Panda News:

On Monday, June 4 during the Grand Luncheon the student's guest are welcome to come and visit the classroom.  They should arrive 15 minutes prior to their scheduled lunch times.  We will share all of the hard work the Pandas have done.
 

Last Day for K: 6/12 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.

SCIENCE:

 

Have you heard the news.  We are going to be the proud parents of new baby chicks.  They are due to arrive around the 24th..  The students have been learning about the life cycle.   Ask them what other interesting facts they can remember. 

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

Wellness Walk: 5/8 @1:30

Bike to School: 5/11

Early Release: 5/23 @12:50
Makerfest: 5/17 & 5/18 
Field Trip: 5/24 See Science Center

Field Trip: 5/30 Exeter High SchoolNo School: 5/28 (Memorial Day)

STA & PTO Parent Appreciation Morning, SMS : 6/15

Grandparent Luncheon 6/4

Field Day: 6/8

PANDA NEWS:

 
Today we took part in Jump Rope for Heart and Earth Day celebration.  The students will jumped rope during the afternoon.  The have been practicing during our P.E. times.

Thank you to the PTO garden committee for teaching us how to take care of the earth and how to care for our garden.

Have a great weekend and a Happy 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. We also worked on fruit  and pizza poems.  

MATH:

We have been working on writing number stories and writing the equations that go with them.  We have been learning about addition and subtraction and explaining our thinking.  It is important that students understand the concepts and not just the equations.

WISH LIST:

tissues
flour
   

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

Jump Rope for Heart: 4/20

Spring vacation:  4/23-4/27

Field Trip: 5/24 more info to follow

Early Release: 5/23 @12:50

Bike to School Day: 5/11

1-2-3- Fun Run: 6/1

Makerfest: 5/17

No School: 5/28 (Memorial Day)

Grandparent luncheon: 6/4

Tentative last day of K: 6/12 more info to follow

PANDA NEWS:

It has been a busy week in the Panda room.  We are ready for Spring.  We made umbrella suncatchers for April showers.

Language Arts:  

 

We are working on  procedural writing "How To's".  They are  reading some "How To's" and writing them as well.   We have learned the different  characteristics of a "How To".  They usually contain photographs, they might have some words in bold, and they may have a glossary.  They are using the characteristics in their books.  We are also working on sight words and blending CVC words to make our reading more fluent.

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 on skip counting by 2, 5, & 10.  

WISH LIST:

restaurant items (dramatic play- Pizza Parlor)

UpComing Events:

Handwriting Letters: review of all lowercase letters

Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: review of all words of the week

Parent Conferences:  4/11 early release 12:50

Jump Rope for Heart: 4/20

Spring vacation:  4/23-4/27

Field Trip: 5/24 & 5/30 more info to follow

Early Release: 5/13 @12:50

No School: 5/28 (Memorial Day)

Tentative last day of K: 6/12 more info to follow

PANDA NEWS:

We had a fabulous time at Dragons Love Tacos show.  The children were excited to recognize that we have read many of the books.  
 
 

Language Arts:  

 

We are also working on sight words and blending CVC words to make our reading more fluent.  We wrote our opinions of the show and we also wrote about where we would fly if we were a kite.

Math:

 

We played some addition games and have continued to work on addition.  We also have be working on persevering when things are thought provoking.  We talked about how important it is to be able to communicate your math thinking and to be able to subitize.  When you kids are working with dice see if they can recognize the dot pattern rather than counting each time especially if they are adding 2 dice.

Art:

The Pandas have been making kites. We used various art supplies to collage the kites.  We are using them for inspiration for a book.

Book of the Week:  Interrupting Chicken

Upcoming Events:

 

Handwriting Letters: b & h

Phonics Letters: review

Word of the Week: on

Parent Conferences in April 4th & 11th (early release @ 12:50)

PANDA NEWS:

Happy Valentine's Day!  The students celebrated 100th day and Valentine's day last week.  We celebrated in a lot of different ways.  The students were able to built with 100 Solo cups, write a book (My Teacher Has Told Me 100 Times...), we played with valentine's foam and a whole lot more fun! 

Next week we will celebrate Read Across America.  I note went home with each days theme.  Monday will be Fox in Sox Day (wear your crazy sock)..  

 

Language Arts:  

 

We continue to work on practicing sight words and sounding out CVC .  I am also finding a lot of children starting from the bottom when writing letter and numbers.  We also continued to work on our reading strategies.  We have learned good reader use a lot of different tools when they read. 

 

Math:

 

Last week the Pandas celebrated the 100th day of school.  We  counted to 100.  We played many math games.  It was an exciting day in the Panda room.

 

Art:  

 

We made hearts to decorate the room.

 

Social Studies:

The students worked in the post office all week.  Check out the pictures

 

 

Book of the Week:  Secret Valentine by Laura Damon

Song of the Week:  The Valentine's Dance Party Song by Jack Hartmann

 

Upcoming Events:

 

Handwriting Letters: k & y

Phonics Letters: e

Word of the Week:me

February Vacation: 2/26-3/2

School District Meeting: 3/9 @7:00pm babysitting will be provided by STA

Field Trip:  3/23 to Portsmouth Music Hall (more info to follow)

Panda News:

We finished all of the assessments this month for the report cards.  The Pandas took their report cards home today.  You may notice that there is a wa on the encore grades.  This means with assistance.  Please sign and return the report card envelop.  You may keep the report card for your records

Please send IN your VALENTINES on MONDAY.  THE CHILDREN WILL PRETEND TO RUN A POST OFFICE AND MAIL THERE VALENTINES.  

IT IS THE TIME OF YEAR FOR SICKNESS.  PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOU CHILD TO SCHOOL SICK.  THE SCHOOL POLICY SAYS THAT THEY MUST BE FEVER FREE FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS BEFORE THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL.  IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO AIR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION WHEN MAKING THE DECISION TO KEEP THEM HOME.  I HAVE BEEN STRESSING TO THE KIDS TO COUGH IN THEIR ELBOWS AND TO WASH THEIR HANDS.  HOPEFULLY, THE SICKNESS WILL DISSIPATE SOON.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!  

 

HERE ARE A FEW TIDBITS ON UPCOMING EVENTS.  HAPPY WEEKEND!

Wish List:

valentines stickers for classroom post office  

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: u & i

Phonics Letters: w & h

Word of the Week:up

Early Release - 2/7

Valentines Due - 2/5

Report Cards- 2/2

Winter Vacation 2/26-3/2

 PANDA NEWS:

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase d & a this week.  We also worked on the word can. They practiced the word in several different ways as well as reviewed other sight words.  We have begun calling these word "snap word".  They are words we know in a snap.  Please continue to practice these words.  It will make there reading more fluent and less laborious.  We continue  to blend sounds together to decode simple cvc words.  We continue to work on mid-year assessments.  This information will be used to complete progress reports, which will sent home on February 2nd.

Math:

The Panda have been playing with shapes this month to reinforce geometry skills.  The have played a games and built structures.  During calendar we also have been studying the hundreds chart as we approach the hundredth day of school.  

Social Studies: 

Last Friday, the Pandas learned about MLK and what he stood for.  We watch a story called Martin's Big Words.  The students were all interested in the peaceful way he made a change.  Monday, we made peace signs out of paper plates and cam up with two ways we could make small changes for a better world.  

 

Art:  

We made melted snowmen.  We have been working with a lot of draw-alongs.  

These reinforce handwriting strokes and basic shapes.  Ed Emberly's books are a wonderful resource.

Book of the Week:  various winter books
Movement:  GoNoodle inside recess videos

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: g &  i

Phonics Letters: w & h

Word of the Week:  review

Early Release - 2/7 (dismissal @ 12:50)

Report Cards- 2/2

Winter Vacation 2/26-3/2