Popcorn Words:
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Writers Workshop
This week in writing we learned a new type of writing! We learned about “How-To” writing. We learned that a “How-To” piece tells us step by step on how to do something. On Monday, we kicked off the new unit by watching a short “how-to” clip on how to pick strawberries and jump rope. We discussed the steps it takes to do these things. After our introduction we talked about making a snowman and what are the exact steps it takes to build it! We put pictures in order on how to build a snowman and we wrote down the steps. We did this for making hot cocoa, washing our hands and making a smore! Next week the students are going to come up with their own “How-To” and work on it independently.
Readers Workshop
This week in readers work shop we received new reading mats! These mats are encouraging us to stack our books on one end and read through the pile. When we are finished with a book we put it on the new stack and we keep doing this until it is time to partner read! The reading mats were a hit and the students were excited to receive one! This week we also discussed that our brains are growing and we are now reading more challenging books than we did at the beginning of the year. We discussed our super powers and reminded ourselves that we can tackle these long books if we remember to put our powers to use and try very hard! I am so impressed with how well everyone has been working this week in readers workshop!
Math:
This week in math we told addition and subtraction stories, showed numbers 6 through 10 using 5-groups, sorted and classified objects and used the equal and not equal sign. We are also working on drawing numbers 6-10 using a 5-group and writing numbers 0-30 as a whole class! Check out a few pictures from our time in math this week.
Star Student:
Meet Mason
Mason was our star student this week! We learned so many fun new facts about Mason. We learned his favorite color is blue, he likes to eat pizza and his favorite book is the Pete the Cat series! He enjoys recess, centers, art and gym at school. He loves to play videos games with his brother and cousin at home. He lives at home with his mom, dad, sister, brother and new dog named Nellie. Three super cool facts that we learned about Mason are he is half Korean, he has 3 great-grand parents still in his life and he broke his first bone at 2.5! Thanks for being a wonderful star student Mason!
Mystery Readers:
On Wednesday, Chase was super surprised to see his Dad and brother walk through our door as our Mystery Readers! Mr. Hopkins read us a super fun book about their dog Mocha. This book even had Chase and Peyton’s names in it too! The class though this was so neat! Thanks for visiting our classroom Mr. Hopkins and Peyton!
On Friday, Presleigh was excited to see her grandma walk through our classroom door! Presleigh’s grandma read us the book, “The Way I Feel” by Janan Cain. This book talks about the different feelings that we may feel and how we can be in charge of changing our feelings! We had a great discussion on feelings and it was so much fun to have Presleigh’s grandma visit our classroom!
Important Information
Please remember to send your kinder with a hat, gloves/mittens and coat every day! Many kiddos are coming to school without gloves/mittens.
If there is snow on the ground, please plan to pack your child’s snow pants.
Please remember to send 2 healthy snacks with your kinder each day.
Upcoming Dates
- Monday, Jan, 13…Gym-Take Home Books Due
- Tuesday, Jan 14…Art
- Wednesday, Jan 15…STEAM-Take Home Books Due
- Thursday, Jan 16…Music
- Friday, Jan 17…Gym – Take Home Books Due
- Friday, Jan 31…Early Release @ 12:15pm
- Winter Break: February 1-4
- Valentines Party- Friday, February 14th-an email will go out next week asking for volunteer help. Please be on the look out for it.
