Last week we changed our Alphabet Chant to a Halloween Chant. You might have heard your child singing it a little differently over the past two weeks. They really enjoyed it and seem to learn the chant faster and better then I did.
In Language we added we to our sight word list as well as reviewed the previous five words. All the students are doing really well with learning them. We also began blending onsets and rimes (no this is not misspelled). What this means is we took the first sound of a word and blended it with the rest of the word. For example I would say /s/ and then /at/ the student would then say sat. This can be a difficult concept so if you could work on this at home it would help them. Also if you actually point to an object and do it with them they will be able to relate it better. Point to the table and then say /t/--/able/ and then ask the student to blend the two sounds together to make the word table. Another option would be at dinner find something on the table to blend and have the student try to guess as to the item you have chosen (Tell the student that you are going to blend a word that they can find at the table, say /c/ - /orn/, what food item am I saying) the student can look around the table if they are having trouble and find the corn.
We used buttons for sorting in Math this week. The students were asked to sort them by the number of holes each button had in them. We had some with 4, 2 and even 1 (shank) hole in them. At home many of you found a variety of objects to sort.
We ended the week with a study of our bones in Science. We talked about how our skeletal system helps us move and do all types of activities. We even used candy bones in Math while we counted, sorted and graphed them. In Reading we are making a class book about how our bones work. This should start coming home with the students beginning next week.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS for next week:
Monday we will be celebrating All Saints Eve: students may wear a costume that represents their favorite Bible Character - They should be able to tell the class who they have chosen and something about them.
Thursday November the 3rd is our 50th Day of School. Our class will be celebrating by learning about the 50's; events that happened, popular games, candy and activities. We will have a Sock Hop in the gym and will share a 50's style lunch followed by a banana split for dessert. Lunch items are being provided by the room parents and the banana splits will be served up by my father who in his time was an actual soda jerk in an ice cream shop owned by my grandfather. Lunch will start around 11:00 in our classroom. They children are encouraged (but do not have to) dress in 50's attire (Poodle skirts and bobbie socks, rolled up jeans and t-shirts).
Friday is a NO SCHOOL day. All teachers and administrators will be in Dallas for the SAES conference. However, ECO will still be open for those students who normally attend.
Please check out this weeks CCS Newsletter for other updates.
Mrs. Keever
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Jr. Kindergarten News
We have been very busy the last couple of weeks. In the mean time my personal computer crashed and I have been unable to upload any of the wonderful pictures that have been taken. I will continue to work on this and hopefully it was just a wrong setting on my camera. Today was our 40th day of school. I cannot believe how fast the year is moving along. Unfortunately Sofia's last day was last week and the students have asked about her. However, we have been really busy with so many other activities.
Last week we spent an hour painting and getting ready for Friday. On Friday the whole school went on a walking field trip to the Pumpkin Patch sponsored by the First United Methodist Church. The students saw pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colors. There was a story time and a picture to color. A bean bag toss through a giant pumpkin was the highlight of the event. Each student received a small pumpkin to bring back to the school. We will use these later for an art project. When we arrived back at school we made paper bag pumpkins, paper plate scarecrows and did Fall M&M Math.
This week we began making a book about The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin. Each day we complete a different page. We should be finished by next week. In addition to our week long Science project we learned a new sight word as we began anew unit in Reading. As you help your child practice, add the word see to the list. Friday we also celebrated the Renaissance by participating in the schools annual Canterbury Faire. There were games and prizes, a bake sell and even a pony ride. All the children had fun.
Next week we will continue to work on our pumpkin book. We will also start discussing the skeletal system and make class book about our bones.
Last week we spent an hour painting and getting ready for Friday. On Friday the whole school went on a walking field trip to the Pumpkin Patch sponsored by the First United Methodist Church. The students saw pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colors. There was a story time and a picture to color. A bean bag toss through a giant pumpkin was the highlight of the event. Each student received a small pumpkin to bring back to the school. We will use these later for an art project. When we arrived back at school we made paper bag pumpkins, paper plate scarecrows and did Fall M&M Math.
This week we began making a book about The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin. Each day we complete a different page. We should be finished by next week. In addition to our week long Science project we learned a new sight word as we began anew unit in Reading. As you help your child practice, add the word see to the list. Friday we also celebrated the Renaissance by participating in the schools annual Canterbury Faire. There were games and prizes, a bake sell and even a pony ride. All the children had fun.
Next week we will continue to work on our pumpkin book. We will also start discussing the skeletal system and make class book about our bones.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Jr. Kindergarten News
This week was FILLED with birthday celebrations. We started the week with Johnny Appleseed's birthday, on Tuesday we enjoyed Zachary's and we ended with Brinley's on Wednesday. Needless to say this has been a very busy week. During our study of Johnny Appleseed we learned that his real name in John Chapman. He lived about 200 years ago and he lived playing outdoors and planting things. As he move west he would plant appleseeds and when they became little saplings he would sell them to settlers moving west. He also planted many orchards of his own. We enjoyed learning about different types of apples and tasting three of them in class. The yellow, red and greed apples were all so delicious, however, we all had our favorite. We made a pictograph the showed that the class favorite was the red and green leaving the yellow apple with only one vote. Come by and see our graph hanging on the bulletin board outside our room. We also made patterns using pictures that represented Johnny Appleseed and read a story about a little red house with no windows, no doors and a star inside.
Our sight word flash cards are almost complete we just have to add our color words and they will be ready to be sent home. We have learned I, like and the. Next week we will learn and. Your child should have brought home two books this week. Baby Bear's Family is a pre-decodable book that was sent home early in the week. Friday the students should be bringing the decodable book The Party. Their homework is to read to anybody or anything that they can get to sit still and listen.
Next week begins the month of October, which brings with it many exciting events. Most of them you should have received in the flyer that explains all the celebrations we will have this year. However, two new ones that we just confirmed this week are the trip to the Pumpkin Patch at First United Methodist Church on October 14th and a visit from the Temple Fire Department on October 18th (pending no emergencies).
The first of these celebrations will be this coming Tuesday. St. Francis Day is a day the commemorates St. Francis. He is the Saint of Animals. As a young man he loved animals so much that he would rescue injured animals and nurse them back to health. We remember him on this day by offering a blessing to our pets. You may bring your pets on Tuesday morning to the big field across Main St. for a blessing. We ask that pets be brought and taken home by parents. They may not stay at school during the day.
We start a new lesson next week focusing on people in the work place. We will concentrate on the /m/ sound make another class book about Fall.
Our sight word flash cards are almost complete we just have to add our color words and they will be ready to be sent home. We have learned I, like and the. Next week we will learn and. Your child should have brought home two books this week. Baby Bear's Family is a pre-decodable book that was sent home early in the week. Friday the students should be bringing the decodable book The Party. Their homework is to read to anybody or anything that they can get to sit still and listen.
Next week begins the month of October, which brings with it many exciting events. Most of them you should have received in the flyer that explains all the celebrations we will have this year. However, two new ones that we just confirmed this week are the trip to the Pumpkin Patch at First United Methodist Church on October 14th and a visit from the Temple Fire Department on October 18th (pending no emergencies).
The first of these celebrations will be this coming Tuesday. St. Francis Day is a day the commemorates St. Francis. He is the Saint of Animals. As a young man he loved animals so much that he would rescue injured animals and nurse them back to health. We remember him on this day by offering a blessing to our pets. You may bring your pets on Tuesday morning to the big field across Main St. for a blessing. We ask that pets be brought and taken home by parents. They may not stay at school during the day.
We start a new lesson next week focusing on people in the work place. We will concentrate on the /m/ sound make another class book about Fall.
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