Fun With Bears!

We had a "beary" fun week!  First we all put our bears in our cave to hibernate.  There were still bears  everywhere.    We had bear activities in our reading centers!  We also practiced adding with sets of teddy grahams.  You will see the bear graph in the photos.  We graphed our favorite flavor of teddy grahams after we tasted each.  We also sorted the bears that we brought from home into "dressed" and "not dressed".  Then we created a graph with the bears.  There were more dressed bears than not.  We learned many facts about bears and hibernation too.  Finally, we celebrated our bears coming out of hibernation with a pajama party.  We all enjoyed popcorn, teddy grahams, and a movie in our pj's.  We had another treat on Friday.  Our star student, Tripp, brought everyone an italian ice from Nancy's. Yum!!!   What a great way to end a fun filled week of learning!

Week of February 27 - March 2

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - K

-Blending

-Ending sounds in words

Handwriting:

-Lower case letters - n,m,and h

-Number writing 1-20

Math:

-Combing sets of objects

-"Teen" numbers 

Bible:

- "The Blessing" (Joseph's family moved to Egypt and enjoyed God's blessing.)  Genesis 45:21-49:33

Our Busy Week

Singing at K4 Open House

What a busy week!  We had K5 testing, K4 open house, a visit to the kindergarten classes, and we ate lunch in the lunchroom.  I hope everyone saw the video that I sent of our K4 performance during K4 open house.  They did a great job singing.  I especially enjoyed the kazoos.  They loved playing them too!  Next week we will begin a unit on bears.  Make sure that your child brings a bear to school on Tuesday to hibernate for the week.  We will finish our week with a pajama party with our bears.  The boys and girls may wear their favorite pj's on Friday.  We will have a "beary" yummy snack and watch a movie.  We also have many other bear activities planned for the week.  Math, art, and learning centers will all include fun bear activities.  It should be lots of fun.  Enjoy the rest of our long weekend!

Week of February 21-24:

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/sound - N

-Ending sounds

-Phoneme substitution

-Sight word - to

Handwriting:

-Lowercase letters b,p,r

-Numbers 1-20

Math:

-Combining sets

-Graphing

-Ordering numbers 1-20

Bible:

-"The Reunion" Genesis 42-45 (Joseph welcomes his brothers)

-Verse - "Joseph said, 'I am your brother.' "  Genesis 45:4

Reminders

-Tuesday:  Bring bear

-Friday:  Pajama Party!  Wear your pj's.

Valentine Fun

Our Valentine Party was a blast!   Jacqueline did a great job planning the party.  Thank you to all the parents who helped out.  We enjoyed valentine activities all week in art, literacy centers, and math.  You will see some of them in the photos.  Our K4 class has been working hard learning a new sight word each week.  We love to practice with our letter vests which you will see in the pictures.  Your child is probably finding these words everywhere.  They are soooo smart!   Kindergarten testing will be going on next week.  Your child will be taken out of class to test during the school day on Monday or Tuesday.  Don't forget that Friday and Monday (Feb. 17th and 20th) are school holidays.  Have a great week! 

Week of February 13-16:

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound N

-Sight word - me

-Ending sounds

Math:

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

-Ordering #'s 1-20

Handwriting:

-Lowercase letters b,p,r

-Number writing 1-20

Bible:

-"The Dream"  Genesis 40-41

Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dream.

Reminders:

-No school on Fri. Feb. 17 and Mon. Feb. 20

Fun With Penguins!

Fun with counting

Measuring Penguins and Graphing Height

"_at" Words

We had fun this week learning about penguins!  We had penguin activities in our centers, and learned lots of cool facts about penguins.  Did you know that they are birds but cannot fly?  Our K4 class has been doing lots of counting, measuring, and graphing this week.  We are also learning to make and read "_at" words.  Next week we will be getting ready for Valentine's Day.  Many of our activities will be related to valentine fun.  Our Valentine's Day Party will be on Friday February 10th at 2:00.  Join us if you can!  Please send your child's valentine cards before Friday.  Please do not write classmates names on your cards.  Have a great week!

Week of February 6-10:

Reading/Language Arts:

-Letter/Sound - L

-Sight word - am

-Ending sounds

-"at" words

Math:

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

-Counting by 5's

-Sorting and Graphing

Handwriting:

-Lowercase letters j,g

-Numbers writing 1-10


Bible:
-"Joseph helps Potiphar"  Genesis 39:1-6
-verse:   "The Lord was with Joseph and blessed everything he did."  Genesis 39:3

Reminders:

-Valentine Party - Friday at 2:00

-Send 16 valentine cards before Friday

-No school on Fri. Feb. 17 and Mon. Feb. 20