Go Blackhawks!
We will be studying habitats and animals from now until the end of the year. As well as learning to infer while we are reading. We are headed to the zoo on Thursday! We will be leading about measurement in math this week. We will be writing a non-fiction piece for our kindergarten writing book.
Mr. E
Monday, May 27, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
May 20-24
Reading
We are reading Little Panda this week as we continue our study of animals. (the kids had a blast learning about chameleons last week) For the rest of the year we will be making inferences while we read as well as using all the other strategies we learned this year. Making inferences is like being a reading detective. Using clues from the text to figure things out.
Writing
We will continue to review different types of writing that we learned this year as we put together our kindergarten writing book. I am also using fun texts/books as models to give students ideas of how to make their stories/books more interesting.
Math
We are composing and decomposing numbers to 20. The kids did great last week with numbers to 10 so they should catch on to this quick. We will be using ten frames this week. Students should be able to use vocabulary like 10 and 4 is 14, or 14 is 10 and 4. We will also be subtracting and adding with a number line. Students should be able to say the 14 is 2 more than 12 by finding 12 on a number line and jumping two numbers more. We are exploring adding coins a bit as well as telling time to the hour. (just introducing this though)
Social Studies
We will be taking 5-10 minutes each day prior to recess to discuss social issues and talk about appropriate behavior towards one another at recess and always. Please continue this conversation at home.
There are a lot of new videos on my youtube channel from last week. (search lee edwards)
Mr. E
We are reading Little Panda this week as we continue our study of animals. (the kids had a blast learning about chameleons last week) For the rest of the year we will be making inferences while we read as well as using all the other strategies we learned this year. Making inferences is like being a reading detective. Using clues from the text to figure things out.
Writing
We will continue to review different types of writing that we learned this year as we put together our kindergarten writing book. I am also using fun texts/books as models to give students ideas of how to make their stories/books more interesting.
Math
We are composing and decomposing numbers to 20. The kids did great last week with numbers to 10 so they should catch on to this quick. We will be using ten frames this week. Students should be able to use vocabulary like 10 and 4 is 14, or 14 is 10 and 4. We will also be subtracting and adding with a number line. Students should be able to say the 14 is 2 more than 12 by finding 12 on a number line and jumping two numbers more. We are exploring adding coins a bit as well as telling time to the hour. (just introducing this though)
Social Studies
We will be taking 5-10 minutes each day prior to recess to discuss social issues and talk about appropriate behavior towards one another at recess and always. Please continue this conversation at home.
There are a lot of new videos on my youtube channel from last week. (search lee edwards)
Mr. E
Sunday, May 12, 2013
May 13-17
Reading
We are reading Hide Clyde this week. It is a rhyming book about a chameleon. We will begin our study of animals this week that will continue for the moth of May.
Math
We will continue adding, subtracting, time, and coins.
Writing
We will be reviewing types of writing and other writing topics we went over tis year over the next few weeks.
Science
Animals, camouflage and habitats.
Check out the videos to see what we have been up to and see your child's play from last week.
Mr. E
We are reading Hide Clyde this week. It is a rhyming book about a chameleon. We will begin our study of animals this week that will continue for the moth of May.
Math
We will continue adding, subtracting, time, and coins.
Writing
We will be reviewing types of writing and other writing topics we went over tis year over the next few weeks.
Science
Animals, camouflage and habitats.
Check out the videos to see what we have been up to and see your child's play from last week.
Mr. E
Sunday, May 5, 2013
May 6-10
Reading
We are reading Farfallina and Marcel. This is one of my favorite stories we read during kindergarten. It is about two friends, a caterpillar and a gosling. One day the caterpillar is tired and climbs a tree and the gosling waits and waits for her but she never comes back down. He is sad and goes on with his life. When Farfallina emerges as a butterfly her friend is gone and she is sad too. They eventually discover each other again as a goose and a butterfly. We will be discussing the life cycle of a butterfly as well as how things (animals, plants, humans) change.
Writing
This will be our last week doing poetry and we will be learning about some different names/styles of poems (acrostic, shape) and experimenting with them. Your child will bring home all their poetry from our unit in a poetry book.
For writer's workshop we will continue to working on adding detail to our stories by adding detail to our characters (hair/eye color, size, height, personality, etc.) and to our setting (weather, time period, type of place, etc.).
Science
We will continue to keep a science log on our flowers as they grow and change daily. As well as watching the process of stuff decompose.
Math
We will get into subtraction this week and review adding. Students caught on to this quickly last week using little tricks like the adding pokey (on my youtube channel) and the little jingle "I count on 6 from 4 to make 10, WOO!" It makes more sense if your child does it for you. Students will also continue to be exposed to coins and learning their names and values. We have a classroom store to shop at on Fridays that was a big hit last week (Thank you Nettie!). I will also be introducing time to the hour briefly during our calendar times.
Have a wonderful week! I know we will.
Mr. E
We are reading Farfallina and Marcel. This is one of my favorite stories we read during kindergarten. It is about two friends, a caterpillar and a gosling. One day the caterpillar is tired and climbs a tree and the gosling waits and waits for her but she never comes back down. He is sad and goes on with his life. When Farfallina emerges as a butterfly her friend is gone and she is sad too. They eventually discover each other again as a goose and a butterfly. We will be discussing the life cycle of a butterfly as well as how things (animals, plants, humans) change.
Writing
This will be our last week doing poetry and we will be learning about some different names/styles of poems (acrostic, shape) and experimenting with them. Your child will bring home all their poetry from our unit in a poetry book.
For writer's workshop we will continue to working on adding detail to our stories by adding detail to our characters (hair/eye color, size, height, personality, etc.) and to our setting (weather, time period, type of place, etc.).
Science
We will continue to keep a science log on our flowers as they grow and change daily. As well as watching the process of stuff decompose.
Math
We will get into subtraction this week and review adding. Students caught on to this quickly last week using little tricks like the adding pokey (on my youtube channel) and the little jingle "I count on 6 from 4 to make 10, WOO!" It makes more sense if your child does it for you. Students will also continue to be exposed to coins and learning their names and values. We have a classroom store to shop at on Fridays that was a big hit last week (Thank you Nettie!). I will also be introducing time to the hour briefly during our calendar times.
Have a wonderful week! I know we will.
Mr. E
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Hello
We had a great day gardening in room 110 today! No pics or videos. Sorry.
A reminder that tomorrow we are having our speech extravaganza. All parents are welcome to come at 1:30 and stay until dismissal. Just check in at security.
Also, I have added some things to the blog and connected it with my google+ account. You should be able to see all pics and videos from the google+ account. Enjoy. I would love feedback about changes or ease of viewing too. Thanks for having wonderful kids and making my job the best job imaginable.
Mr. E
A reminder that tomorrow we are having our speech extravaganza. All parents are welcome to come at 1:30 and stay until dismissal. Just check in at security.
Also, I have added some things to the blog and connected it with my google+ account. You should be able to see all pics and videos from the google+ account. Enjoy. I would love feedback about changes or ease of viewing too. Thanks for having wonderful kids and making my job the best job imaginable.
Mr. E
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