Panda News:

October is Safety Month.  We will do a variety of activities to promote safety.  We will be having presentations from the fire department, police, and many more.  We will also practice safety drills. 
 

Big News!  Panda of the Day has begun.  Abby is our first Panda of the Day.  Watch for the panda bag and directions to arrive at your house.  Please try and return the panda bag with a share that matches the theme and the necklace the next school day.

Language Arts: 

We have practiced writing uppercase B & R.  We have used wood pieces and our slate boards to practice.  We also worked on the word  in.  We recreated our own versions of Yuck Soup!    We have been focusing on telling stories based on a moment in time.  It is called a small moment story.  During Readers Workshop we learned that readers have fun reading privately and with a partner.   Ask your student what they learned about in there books this week.

Math:

We worked on our first open response problem in math.  The children worked in partnerships to sort a collection of objects using a certain attribute or attributes.  They then analyzed each others work to try and figure out what the sorting rule was.  The Pandas did a great job having a conversation about the math work.

Art:

The Pandas started making spiders to go with the nursery rhyme the Itsy Bitsy Spider .  We have read a few versions of this story.

Upcoming Events:

Book of the Week- Yuck Soup by Joy Cowley
App of the Week- Quick Image (using ten frames)
Upcoming Letters- N & M
Word of the Week- at
Phonics- qu, th & th
October 12th- No School
October 14th- field trip to Portsmouth Music Hall
Parent Conferences- 11/5 &11/18
Halloween Celebration- Students and Staff only 10/30 

Wish List:

wax paper 

Panda News:  

The students have been doing so well entering the building and leaving they do not need their bus tags anymore.  

Language Arts: 

We worked with the book No, David by David Shannon.   This was our shared reading book of the week.  The book featured our word of the week no.   We wrote our own version of No, David.  They stamped and traced our sight word no.  We worked with rhyming during our literacy centers.  The Pandas were introduced to their handwriting journals for the first today.  We practiced E & F.

Math:

We have been working on subitizing during math.  The students are working on taking "quick looks" at groups of dots.  They are working on see sets and telling how many with out counting.  We also worked on counting and describing shapes.  We worked on using important math language like curvy, straight, corners etc.  They worked with extending patterns as well.  We have completed our first math unit!  



P.E.:

They have been working on entering the gym and finding a good space without the use of carpet squares.  They have learned freeze signals when they are moving their bodies.  They also have learned some ways to warm up there bodies.  They are having a lot of fun!

Upcoming Events:

Book of the Week- No, David
Song of the Week-  Where Do You Start Your Letters


App of the Week- Counting Beads
Upcoming Letters-D & P
Music Hall Field Trip- October 14th
October 12th- No School
Word of the Week- he
Phonics-f & v

Panda News:

We made it through our first full week of school.  The kids are doing amazing learning all the rules and becoming a community of learners.  We celebrated International Dot Day with a whole school morning meeting.  Thank you to those that volunteered to chaperon our first field trip.  We will be have a few more throughout the year.  If you were not able to go or the space had filled up you will have another opportunity to join us. 

Language Arts: 

We have practiced making "mat man".  This helps the children learn body awareness. They worked with the wooden lines and curves that  they will be expose to during handwriting.     We also worked on the word a.  We used water colors to find a mystery word.  We also sorted the letters that are in our name and not in our name.

Math:

We have been working on the numbers 0-5.  We have also been working on patterning and geometric shapes.  The Pandas have used a variety of materials and games.  I have been establishing daily routines with the calendar. 

Social Studies:

October is safety month.  We will learn about fire safety, safety drills, bus safety, and Halloween safety.

Upcoming Events:

Book of the Week- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Song of the Week-  The Monkey and the Alligator
Upcoming Letters- E & F
September 23rd- Early Release @ 12:50
Music Hall Field Trip- October 14th
October 12th- No School
Word of the Week- no
Phonics- t & d

Panda News:

We had a super successful field day.  Enjoy the pictures and all the smiles!   Thank you to all who came and help out.  Happy weekend!

Panda New
Tomorrow is field day for our kindergarten students.  It is a fun filled day with lots of smiles.  If you would like to volunteer to help please meet us out back by the playground at 9:20.  Don't forget to sign in at the office first and get you volunteer badge.  Field day will run until 11:30.  We will break for a mid morning snack.  

Please send your child to school with bug spray and sunscreen already applied.  We/they can not apply it here.  They will need comfortable clothes, sneakers, a labeled water bottle, a change of clothes, and a positive attitude.

This day is about having fun and playing with friends.  Please reinforce good sportsmanship with your child. 

Chicks Are Here!
We have had an exciting week in the panda classroom.  We have 5 new baby chicks.  The pandas have enjoyed learning about them and watching them grow.  

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: review of all lowercase letters
Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: review of all sight words

Field Day: 5/29

Grandparent Luncheon: 6/1 more info to follow

Last Day for K: 6/16 We will have an end of the year celebration starting at 9:30 in our classroom.  Dismissal will be by 11:00am if this poses a problem for your family please let me know ASAP so I can plan accordingly.

   

Panda News:

I hope you all had a great vacation.   Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms!

Language Arts:

We have begun an author study of Eric Carle.  They have been studying his craft and have tried out some of his illustration techniques.  We read A House For Hermit Crab.  The students are working on making their own hermit crab.   

Science:

 

Have you heard the news.  We are going to be the proud parents of new baby chicks.  They are due to arrive the week before vacation.  The students have been learning about the life cycle and caring for them by waking them each morning.  Ask your student how they do that?  You may also want to ask them what other interesting facts they can remember.  A lot of students have talked about taking a chick home.  I told them it is the families decision and "lots" of home do not allow it.  If there is any family that would like to start raising chickens please contact me.

Art:

The students worked on Mother's Day gifts. Shh!  I hope you love them.

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: review of all lowercase letters
Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: review of all sight words

Early Release: 5/13 @12:50

Field Trip: 5/21 May Day (puppet show)

Field Day: 5/29

No School: 5/25 (Memorial Day)

Grandparent Luncheon: 6/1 more info to follow

Last Day for K: 6/16 We will have an end of the year celebration starting at 9:30 in our classroom.  Dismissal will be by 11:00am if this poses a problem for your family please let me know ASAP so I can plan accordingly.

 

Panda News:
On Friday, April 24th we will be taking part in Jump Rope for Heart.  The students will be jumping rope at 1:30 in the gym.  In P.E. this week we learned how the heart works through an obstacle course.  

I will be sending our last volunteer calendar home on Friday for May.  I wanted to thank you all for your support throughout the school year. 

 

Enjoy your vacation!

 

 

Language Arts:

We have been working on a poetry unit.  We have been reading a variety of poems and writing our on poems.  The students worked on descriptive words about pigs and they created a pig poem.  They also learned poetry has a voice and they gave their pizza a voice.  We worked on a list poem based on Shel Siverstein's poem "SICK".  To finish out unit we will be working on an Earth Day poem and a fruit poem.  

Math:

We have been working on writing number stories and writing the equations that go with them.  We also have been decomposing the numbers up to 10 using a variety of manipulatives.  The students have been exploring 2D and 3D shapes.  

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: review of all lowercase letters

Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: review of all sight words

Spring vacation:  4/27-5/1

May Day : 5/21

Early Release: 5/13 @12:50

Field Day: 5/29

No School: 5/25 (Memorial Day)

Grandparent Luncheon: 6/1 more info to follow

Tentative Last Day for K: 6/16 We will have an end of the year celebration starting at 9:30 in our classroom.  Dismissal will be by 11:00am if this poses a problem for your family please let me know ASAP so I can plan accordingly.