Panda News:

 

We continue to assess for upcoming report cards.   The Pandas took their report cards home today.  Please sign and return the envelope.  You may keep the report card for your records.  

If you have not sent in valentines yet please do so by 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:k & y

Phonics Letters: c

Word of the Week:do

Early Release - 2/15

Valentines Due - 2/3

Report Cards- 2/3

Winter Vacation 2/27-3/3

 Panda News:

Starting next Tuesday, your child will begin to bring home books to read to you.  These are books they have practiced over and over.  They should be easy and sound like they have been memorized.  Snuggle up and enjoy your child's progress!  You will find a note in their folder explaining more about the reading bags tomorrow.

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase d & g this week.  We also worked on the word an. 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 3rd.

Math:

The Panda have been playing many different math games this month to reinforce skills.  The have played a game called Top-it it is school version of "war".  We also been studying the hundreds chart as we approach the hundredth day of school.  

 

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: i &  u

Phonics Letters: w & h

Word of the Week:  up

Early Release - 2/15 (dismissal @ 12:50)

Report Cards- 2/5

Winter Vacation 2/27-3/3

PANDA NEWS:

 

Welcome back!  I apologize for the delay in blogging.   I hope you had a restful and fun vacation.  We are getting back into the routines of the classroom.  We are working on organizing our snow gear and getting dressed in a timely manner.  Any practice with this is greatly appreciated.

  

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase c, o, s, v, & w during the last few weeks.  We also worked on the word it and to. They practiced the word in several different ways as well as reviewed other sight words.  We also have begun to blend sounds together to decode simple cvc words.  We have been working on mid-year assessments.  This information will be used to complete progress reports, which will sent home at the end of January.

Math:

The Pandas wrote the numbers 1-20 for a math assessment.  We played a sequencing teen number game.  We also worked with the concept of addition and subtraction.  They also worked on number puzzles by finding patterns on the hundreds grid.  We continued to practice counting to 70 and are working on recognizing our teen numbers.

 

Art:  

We made Model Magic snowmen.   We also created painted snowman and stained glass mittens.

 

 

Wish List:

tissues

shaving cream

corn starch

 

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: a &  d

Phonics Letters: ch & j

Word of the Week:

No school - 1/16 MLK Day

Early Release - 2/15

We focused on Jan Brett's The Gingerbread Baby. 

Language Arts:  

We worked on lowercase G, S, A, I, T & J.   We also worked on the word is and the.    We started writing patterned books which matches with our work in reading.  The students are learning they have super powers to be super readers.  They have been reading and writing easy books with language patterns and lots of sight words.  Ask your Panda about their super reading powers.

Math:

We worked on attributes and shape.  We have been practicing counting to seventy by ones. We continued to work on practicing teen numbers.  We played a variety of games using dice and ten frames.  We also worked on representing hexagons different ways and recording the information we found.

Art:  

The students worked on a draw a long of Santa and a reindeer.  They decorated a gingerbread baby.

Book of the Week: The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Song of the Week:  "The Gingerbread Man" by Jack Hartman
(check out the video on the student resource page)

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: review of all capital letter 

Word of the Week: am

Gingerbread Decorating Party: 12/22 @ 2:05 in the Panda Classroom family's are welcome

PJ Day: 12/23

Winter Vacation: 12/26-1/2/17

PANDA NEWS:

We have begun work on our gingerbread unit.  We have read a few versions of the folktale The Gingerbread Man.  We will work on retelling, comparing & contrasting and other elements to stories.

Language Arts:  

We worked on the letters C, O and Q.   We also worked on the word and.   We started writing patterned books which matches with our work in reading.  The students are learning they have super powers to be super readers.  They have been reading and writing easy books with language patterns and lots of sight words.  Ask your Panda about their super reading powers.

Math:

We have been practicing counting to fifty by ones.  We continued to work on practicing teen numbers.  We played a variety of games using dice and ten frames. We played Monster Squeeze it is like guess my number using language like greater and less.

 

Art:  

The students worked on a winter quilt this week.  They gingerbread men sun catchers and painted a giant gingerbread man.

Book of the Week: The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski

 

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters: G, S & A

Phonics Letters:  S & Z

Word of the Week: is

Gingerbread Decorating Party: 12/22 @ 2:05

PJ Day: 12/23

Winter Vacation: 12/26-1/2/17

Panda News:

This week was National Education Week.  We celebrated what we were thankful for at school.

As you know our Family Breakfast is Tuesday, November 22nd.  It will start at 8:00.  We will finish with reciting a poem at 8:25.  I hope all will be able to join us. I hope all of you have a restful and happy Thanksgiving.

Mrs. Griffith came in to talk about tattling vs telling.  The students watched a video and discussed each situation.  They learned a mental checklist they could use before they find a teacher: 
                   Is someone in danger?
                   Is someone hurt?
                   Did I try to solve the problem on my own?
                   Am I minding my own business?
 

Language Arts:  

We have been working on the word so and reviewing the other words we have learned.  The Pandas practiced diagonal lines in handwriting.  We worked on the letters X, Y & Z.  Please try and reinforce the correct school way of holding a writing tool and forming letters and numbers.  I am trying to break  some bad habits.  If they can learn proper formation now  it will help with the fluency going forward. We also wrote our own version of  I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie.  

 

Math:

During math we continue to work on numbers and quantities 0-10.  We practiced positional words with a board game (next to, in front of, on, etc.)  We will work on turkey dice games as well as make a turkey glyph.  The Pandas are creating turkeys with the pattern block templates. The kids can't wait for you to check out their work at the breakfast.

Art:  

The classroom is looking very festive with all the Thanksgiving art work we have been creating!

Book of the Week:  I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie
Song of the Week:  "Turkey, Turkey" (tune of Twinkle, Twinkle)

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters:  C, O, & Q

Phonics Letters: u

Word of the Week: and

Book Fair: 11/28-12/2

Thanksgiving Break:  11/23-11/28

Family Breakfast: 11/22 @ 8:00-8:25 (Panda Classroom)

Gingerbread Decorating:  12/22 @ 2:00 more info to follow

Winter Vacation: 12/26-1/4/16

Panda News:

 

I enjoyed speaking to all of you during conference.  Next Thursday, you will receive your child's report card, conference sheet, and record sheet of the Boehm.  As I mentioned, there will be no grades on the report card.  The attendance is reported and it gives you insight to the expectations for your child's development.  Please, sign the envelope and return it to school.  The contents of the envelope are yours to keep.

We had Mrs. Griffith talk about Personal Body Safety on Thursday.  She talked about bathing suit areas on your body and uncomfortable touches.  The students learned if something is making you feel uncomfortable you say Stop (assertively), Get Away, and Tell Someone.  They also talked about "stranger danger."  She included a handout in your child's folder.

Next week she will focus on the importance of telling versus tattling.   

 

Upcoming Events:

Handwriting Letters X,Y & Z

Phonics Letters: m &n

Word of the Week: so

No school: 11/8 & 11/11

Family Breakfast: 11/22 from 8:00-8:25 a.m.

Thanksgiving Break:  11/23-11/26