Popcorn Word:

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Holiday Crafts: 

This week in kindergarten we had a blast making crafts for the holiday season.  On Monday, we each made a snowman that will hang in our hallway all winter long.  On Tuesday, we learned about reindeer then wrote down some facts about them and assembled a reindeer craft.  On Wednesday, we celebrated Grinch Day by reading “The Grinch” by Dr. Seuss, making a Grinch craft and doing a few Grinch activities.  On Thursday, it was all about the gingerbread boy.  We read a book about the gingerbread boy and took part in a few gingerbread activities.  On Friday, we celebrated the end of the holiday week by having a Polar Express day!  The kinders  traveled to each kindergarten classroom and watched part of the movie.  We finished the morning by making a Santa craft!  We had a blast this week celebrating the upcoming holiday this week in kindergarten.

 

Math:

This week in math we worked on building larger shapes from smaller ones!  We noticed that you can build a larger triangle out of smaller ones and a hexagon out of 6 triangles!  We had fun experimenting with this and seeing what shapes we could build.  We also worked on sorting in math.  The students sorted shapes and animals.  We talked about the different categories we could sort these objects—by size, color, shape, number of legs, etc…The kinders had a blast with this activity!

 

Book Exchange:

On Wednesday, we had our book exchange!  The kinders were very EXCITED about the game we played to do the exchange.  Everyone sat in a sat in a circle and we played Christmas music on a CD and passed around books.  Whoever had a book when the song stopped, got to open the book!  We played this until everyone had a book.

 

Star Student:

Meet Landon!

Landon was our star student this week!  We learned that his favorite color is blue and cats are his favorite animal–he has two cats at home!  He enjoys eating hot dogs and loves the book, “Just Me and My Dad”.  His favorite sport is baseball and his favorite thing in school is STEAM studio!  For fun, Landon enjoys fishing, making crafts such as slime and going up north with his family.  Thank you for being an awesome star student Landon.  We are so glad you are part of our classroom family.  

 

Mystery Reader:

On Wednesday afternoon Finn was super surprised to see his sister Avery walk through our door as a Mystery Reader!  Avery read us the book “The Gingerbread Mouse”  in this book about a tree branch falling on mouses house making her find a new home.  She ends up finding a new home, one that she can truly call home!  It was a very sweet Christmas tale that the students seemed to enjoy!

 

Important Information

Have a safe and fun Holiday Break!

I am looking forward to seeing everyone again in 2020!

 

Upcoming Dates

• Monday, Jan, 6…Music
• Tuesday, Jan 7…Gym
• Wednesday, Jan 8…Art
• Thursday, Jan 9…STEAM, Jets Pizza Night 4-9pm
• Friday, Jan 10…Music, Stuffed Animal Day-bring your favorite stuffed animal to school
• Friday, Jan 31…Early Release @ 12:15pm
• Winter Break: February 1-4