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 around the 24th..  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: 5/18 @12:50

Wellness Walk: 5/11

Field Trip: 5/13 

May Day (puppet show): 5/24 (9:50-10:35)  if you have little ones that would like to join us for the show please feel free to join.

Field Day: 6/9

No School: 5/30 (Memorial Day)

Grandparent Luncheon: 6/6 more info to follow

Last Day for K: 6/14 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 22nd we will be taking part in Jump Rope for Heart.  The students will be jumping rope during the morning outside.  The have been practicing during our P.E. times.

Today the students received their report cards along with conference notes.  There are no grades third quarter just reporting attendance.  Please sign the envelope and return.  The copies are yours to keep.

I have received a number of request to chaperone our field trip.  I will wait until I have all permission slips back and then we will have a lottery.

I will not blog next week so please 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.  

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: 4/22 

Spring vacation:  4/25-4/29

Bike to School: 5/6

Field Trip: 5/13 more info to follow

May Day 5/24 more info to follow

Early Release: 5/18 @12:50

Makerfest: 5/19

No School: 5/30 (Memorial Day)

Grandparent luncheon: 6/6

Field Day: 6/9 (looking for volunteers)

Tentative last day of K: 6/14 more info to follow

Panda News:

It has been a busy week in the Panda room.  We are ready for Spring.  We made Spring flowers and umbrellas for April showers.  We made pigs to go with our up coming poetry unit.

 

 

Language Arts:

We have been finishing work on our how to unit.  We will begin reading a variety of poems and writing our on poems.  We worked on the sight word on.  They found the word in a sight word book.  They wrote on and made it with wickey sticks.  We focused on reading left to right when reading and spelling on.  

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)

Book of the Week:  "Roller Coaster"  Marla Frazee

Song of the Week:  Roller Coaster Gonoodle.com

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: review of all lowercase letters

Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: she

Parent Conferences: 4/6 & 4/13 early release 12:50

Jump Rope for Heart: 4/22 

Spring vacation:  4/25-4/29

Bike to School: 5/6

Field Trip: 5/13 more info to follow

May Day 5/24 more info to follow

Early Release: 5/18 @12:50

Makerfest: 5/19

No School: 5/30 (Memorial Day)

Field Day: 6/9 (looking for volunteers)

Tentative last day of K: 6/14 more info to follow

Panda News:

I wanted to wish all of the Panda families a happy Easter and Spring season.  The kids are very excited to have egg hunts this weekend.  I have included a list of upcoming dates.  There will be more information to follow as the time gets closer.  Enjoy your weekend!
 

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: review of all lowercase letters

Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: on

Parent Conferences: 4/6 & 4/13 early release 12:50

Jump Rope for Heart: 4/22 

Spring vacation:  4/25-4/29

Field Trip: 5/13 more info to follow

May Day 5/24 more info to follow

Early Release: 5/18 @12:50

Makerfest: 5/19

No School: 5/30 (Memorial Day)

Field Day: 6/9 (looking for volunteers)

Tentative last day of K: 6/14 more info to follow

Panda News: 

This Tuesday, March 15th is our field trip.  Please remember to eat a good breakfast and pack a snack.  We will be eating snack before we leave for the Music Hall.  The students will have lunch when they return to school.  If you are chaperoning please meet us at the Music Hall at 11:00.  Thank you!
 

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:

 

The Pandas have been learning the difference between 2D and 3D shapes.  We have been focusing on the cube and cone.  We have also explored measuring.  We continue to practice the sums through 5.  Every other week your student will bring home a set of math facts.  Please practice all the math facts with your student.  There will be homelinks sent home weekly as well.

 

Art:  

 

The students made tricky leprechauns for St. Patrick's Day.  The wrote what they would wish for if they caught a leprechaun.  They also made glitter shamrocks.

 

 

 

Book of the Week:  Fin M'coul by Tomie De Paola and various Piggy and Elephant stories by Mo Willems

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: f and q

Phonics Letters: review of all phonic letters

Word of the Week: go

Spring Conferences: 4/6 & 4/13

Music Hall Field Trip: 3/15

Early Release: 3/17 (dismissal at 12:50)

No School: 3/18

PANDA NEWS:

I hope everyone enjoyed the vacation last week.  We are back in the swing of school.    Thank you to all who came out and showed your support for the school Friday night.  

 

Language Arts:  

 

The students found we in the sight word book.  We also practiced all our sight words this week.  The more sight words they recognize in their reading the less work they will have to do as a reader.  It is a lot like learning your math facts in math.  We have begun an introduction to procedural writing "How To's".  The have started to reads some "How To's" and brainstorm things they could write about.   We looked at the special characteristics of "How To's".  They found some have glossaries for important words.  

 

Math:

 

The Pandas practiced math facts this week using dice games and unifix cubes.  How is nightly math fact practice going?  I will not send any flash cards home this week but please continue to practice all of the +1.  They will get a Homelink in addition to the math facts.  Every two weeks your Panda will get more flashcards to work on to master.

 

Art:  

 

The students made pots of gold and clouds to go with rainbows they painted.   

    

Book of the Week:  How To Make Cupcakes

Yoga Cosmic Kids

Upcoming Events:

 

Handwriting Letters: h & b

Phonics Letters:e

Word of the Week: my

No School Friday: 3/18

Early Release Thursday: 3/17

Parent Conferences in April

PANDA NEWS:

Happy Valentine's Day!  
The students celebrated 100th day and Valentine's day this 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!



After vacation, we will be adding to our math homework.  We will begin practicing our math facts through 5.  A letter and the materials will be sent home after vacation.  Be on the look out!

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 diagonals in letters like k & y.  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:

 

The Pandas celebrated the 100th day of school.  We shared our collections of 100 and counted to 100.  It was an exciting day in the Panda room.

 

Art:  

 

We made valentine's crafts with foam stickers.

 

 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: j & p

Phonics Letters: e

Word of the Week:me

February Vacation: 2/22-2/26

School District Meeting: 3/4 @7:00pm babysitting will be provided by STA

Field Trip:  3/15 to Portsmouth Music Hall (more info to follow)