March 11

Hello all! What a wild week of wacky weather! It has certainly made graphing our weather each day a little more interesting.

In math this week, the highlight of the week was "Roll and Record." The students love this activity! The students take turns rolling dice, counting "how many" and recording the data on a graph. We also had the opportunity to practice counting back from 10 to 0 with "Zero the Hero." The kindergarteners had a great time in math this week!

In literacy, we have been emphasizing the middle sounds in words. One of our new activities allows students to identify the correct vowel sound by holding up the appropriate letter card.

We said good-bye to two of our morning students this week. Hopefully we will keep in contact with them and learn about their lives in Arizona.

Reminder: Aronoff Center permission slips and fees were due today. If you need another form, please let me know. Thanks!

Happy Dr. Seuss Week!

Hello! The class enjoyed Dr. Seuss week! We read many fablulous Dr. Seuss books, including The Foot Book. After reading, we traced one another's feet and created a list of the many things we do with our feet (walk, run, skip, etc.). On Wednesday, (the anniversary of his birthday). we had birthday treats. Yum!

In math, we practiced many skills, including counting on and creating numbers in various ways. We used beads to explore the various ways to make 5--four and one, and three and two. The students really enjoyed the lesson: see the picture above.

Reminder: $3.50 is due for the Aronoff by Friday, 3-11-11.

Short weeks fly by!

Hello! I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend last week for Presidents' Day! Please be aware that students do not have school tomorrow, 2-25-11. Teachers will be working at an in-service day. I am sure that boys and girls will enjoy the time off.

It was a short week, but we accomplished a great deal. I am glad to announce that we began working with word families today. Word families are words that share the same ending with a different beginning sound. Today we focused on "-ig" words. We read a mini-book called "A Pig" and practiced the words: big, pig, dig and wig. Please have your child share the book with you. I am impressed by how many students were able to read the book independently.

Next week is Dr. Seuss week in our class. To get ready for the fun to come, we used the Smart Board to go to seussville.com where we played "Fox in Socks." This was a fun way for the students to practice their rhyming skills.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Until next week,

Miss Stepaniak