Monday, March 16

Monday, March 16
Some Leprechauns may visit our classroom today. It's likely that they will do some shenanigans by leaving their green footprints all over and even mess a few things up in our classroom! We will be on the lookout ALL day for any suspicious activity. In fact, we will go on our own hunt for gold this afternoon.

Oh my, the shenanigans have already started in our morning message. 

 Popcorn Word: from
 Writer's Workshop: If I Caught a Leprechaun, I Would...

PhyEd Today

    Math: Lucky Charms Graphing
What shape will have the most? The least? The same? The best part is eating our math!
~St. Patrick's Day Ordinal Numbers

Project: Leprechaun In a Pot

~We will be on the lookout for leprechauns throughout the day by visiting this site...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-p8qaRsBiQ
~Spring break homework will be coming home today. If your child does the homework and reads over break, I will have lunch with them in our classroom! Just a heads up, they will have to graph the weather each day. :)

   ~My heart is aches thinking about the days ahead. Please know that I love all of your children and want the best for all of you! Stay tuned for things to do over break!

Friday, March 13

March 13
    Happy Birthday Evalyn! (tomorrow)
 Sight Word Review: was, with
Reader's Workshop: The children will independently read their part in the story and perform it for their class.

 Literacy Jobs

 Library Day
  Math: Combining Sets to 7

 Today students will make combinations to 7. 

Using the story, Quack and Count by Keith Baker, we will look through the book after the first read-through and stop on each page for the kids to see the combinations of 7. (6 and 1, 4 and 3, etc.)
**Zero the Hero visits for day 120!
Music Today 
 

~Take a look at the picture below for some free online reading resources for kindergarten.

            Have a GREAT weekend and enjoy any activities you may have planned!

Thursday, March 12

   Thursday, March 12

Sight Word Focus: with

Reader's Workshop: Again, the children will work on reading their parts in the story. Each group is working on reading with expression.



Literacy Jobs
Handwriting: Copy a Poem
 Writer's Workshop: Personal Narratives
*We start this new unit today.

A narrative story has a certain job it has to do There are four major things we want to remember when it comes to narrative writing. A narrative is always written by the character. Next, a narrative story is always written about a real life event that happened to you. Third, a narrative contains your feelings on what happened. Did it make you sad? Did it make you happy? Lastly, a narrative is generally a story that is told in sequential order. That just means that the story is told with a beginning, middle and an ending.

         Math: Combining Sets to 6                          

I will begin by posing the following “problem” for the kids. " I am needing some help today. My daughter asked me to make her a sweater with yellow and red buttons on it. She told me she wanted 6 buttons on her sweater and to use red and yellow buttons, but I am not sure how many of each I want to use! Can you help me make all the possible combinations of buttons I can use on the sweater?" The kids will help me make the combinations using red/yellow snap cubes. 

PhyEd Today  
 

~ Again, let me know if you have any questions about your child's report card.

Wednesday, March 11

March 11
Sight Word Focus: with

Reader's Workshop: Using the Reader's Theater book Farm Animals, the children will practice their parts in the story. Each group will be working on reading with expression.

Handwriting: Copy a Poem
The children are getting stronger at placing letters in their proper place between lines. Letters that go above the line 'poke through the ceiling'. Letters that go below the line 'poke through the floor and go to the basement.'

Literacy Jobs
Writer's Workshop
The kids are finishing up their story booklets of beginning, middle, & end. They will be sharing their stories with each other.
Math: Combining Sets to 5

Today the kids will be continuing to review their combos to five. I will demonstrate how to use their fingers to show combos to 5 {4 down, 1 up or 3 down, 2 up}.
Next, I will lay down 5 red/yellow counters and ask, “How many counters will we have? We will have five. Now I’m going to place the five counters in my cup, and when I spill the cup, we will see how many yellow I have and how many red I have.  “Look what we have...3 and 2. Let’s check to see if 3 and 2 are on our friends of 5 chart. We will continue playing several rounds together, and then the kids will play Spill the Cup! with their partner. At the conclusion of this activity, the kids are making their own 'Make Five' booklets.

Music Today 
Time for Kids: Ways to Pay

~Report cards will be sent home today. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me!
~Vader, a canine with the Wright County Sheriff's Department, was at our Irish Pride celebration yesterday. The kids were able to see a demonstration of how Vader secures suspects.