The 100th Day

Our K4 class is 100 days smarter!  I can't believe it's been 100 days since school began.  We celebrated the 100th day of school on Wednesday.  Mrs. Tammy from the lunchroom made us a special 100th day cake.  It was yummy!  We also made a "100" mask with dot paint and sequins.  We made a paper chain with 100 links, and a snack mix with 100 pieces.  We also counted to 100 by ones, fives, and tens.  They are so smart!  You will also see some pictures from our Spanish Culture Study spotlight day.  We visited a class that performed a spanish folktale.  They transformed their classroom into a spanish theatre.  We also saw a bull fight, learned a spanish dance, and enjoyed a spanish story telling.  Hopefully you saw the video of our K4 performance of "San Fermin".  If you didn't get that email, let me know and I will resend it.  K4 did a super job!  Everyone was impressed!  Next week we will incorporate a study of penguins in with our math and literacy activities.  It will be lots of fun!

Week of January 30 - February 3

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - D

-Sight Word - Like

-Ending sounds

Math:

-Identify coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter)

-#'s 1-20

Handwriting:

-Lower case letters: - q,c,s

-Number writing 1-10

Reminders:

-Valentine's Party - Friday, February 10th

-Kindergarten testing for 2012-13 school year - February 13th and 14th  

Fun with Mittens!

Story time in the library with Mrs. Osmer

What a fun week!  Many of our centers and activities this week revolved around mittens.  We read Jan Brett's The Mitten.  I bet your child could tell you the story!  We played a mitten matching game.  The mittens had capital and lower case letters on them.  We also had mittens with numbers on them which we put in order from 1-10 and 10-19.  They are doing a great job learning "the teens" (10-19).  For the letter  G this week, we painted "Gertie Goose" and had lots of fun with Gold Glitter.  Next week we will continue with the mitten activities and celebrate the 100th day of school.  I'm looking forward to another week of fun!

Week of January 23-27:

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - E

-Sight word - My

-Beginning sounds 

Math:

-#'s 10-20

-Review patterns and counting

Handwriting:

-Lower case letters - o,a,d

-Number writing - 1-8

Bible:

-"The Brothers" Genesis 32-33

-Verse:  "When Esau saw Jacob, he hugged him and forgave him."  Genesis 33:4

Reminders:

-Book Fair - Mon.-Fri. 7:30-3:30.  Come shop with your child or send order form and money.

-100th Day of School Celebration - Wed. Jan. 25th

-Return flight from Spain - Friday

Hola!

        Flowers for our Spanish patio

Packed and ready for Spain!

Hola!  We are having fun in Spain.  We have learned our Spanish song about "the running of the bulls", made flowers for our Spanish patio, and enjoyed all the items from Spain that are on display throughout the school.  Ask your child to sing our song for you!  In addition to our study of Spain, we are very busy learning other new things.  We've been working on  a few high frequency sight words.  I've been adding a word to our list each week.  So far  the words I've introduced are:  I, the, a, see.  Our K4 boys and girls are noticing these words in print everywhere!  I'm looking forward to another week of learning and fun!

Week of January 17- 20 :

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - G

-Sight word - Go

-Beginning sounds

Math:

-Measurement (weight/volume)

-#'s 10-20

Handwriting:

-Lower case letters - t,f,e

-Number writing - 1-6

Bible:

-"The Worker" (Genesis 29-31)

-verse:  "God blessed Jacob with many flocks and children."  Genesis 30:43

Reminders:

-Kindergarten Open House - Thursday January 19 at 6:30

Happy New Year!

"H" is for Hat!

"Funny Hats"

We love our hats!

Happy New Year!  We started the new year off in K4 with lots of fun!  As you can see, we had a great time making hats for the letter "H".  We also kicked off our culture study with a  flight to Barcelona, Spain.  It was really cool!  I hope that your child was able to tell you all about it.  We are learning many things about Spain.  On the smart board, we were able to see the path our plane would take from Montgomery to Barcelona.  It's a long way!  Our class is learning a song in spanish  too.  Give us another week to work on it, then ask them to sing it for you.  K4 is looking forward to another great week in Spain!

Week of January 9-13:

Reading/Language:

-Letter/Sound - I

-Sight words - I, see, the, a

-Beginning sounds

Math:

-Measurement 

-#'s 1-20

Handwriting:

-Lower case letters - i,l,u

-Number writing - 1-4

Reminders

-School holiday Monday January 16

-Kindergarten Open House January 19 at 6:30