Letter Pp & Number 16

Last week, we had a wonderful time learning about the letter Pp with Penelope Pig!  We worked on many puzzles through the week and we had our first group of friends to finish a one hundred piece puzzle!  We also celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday (March 2nd)  all week by reading many books each day.  We read some familiar Dr. Seuss books such as, " The Cat in the Hat", "Green Eggs and Ham", "Dr. Seuss' ABC Book",  and "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back".  We learned through reading a Scholastic reader that Dr. Seuss loved hats! He loved to wear silly hats because he thought they gave him his silly thoughts.  We all made our own silly hats just like Dr. Seuss.  We also made silly Thing Ones and Thing Twos, characters from " The Cat in the Hat", with our handprints.  On Friday, our classmate reread the story " Green Eggs and Ham" and we all were able to try real green eggs and ham! When we were finished with used tally marks to see how many students liked the eggs and ham and how many friends did not like them.  We had a total of six students who liked them and four students who did not like them.

 

This week we will be learning about letter Qq with Quilla Queen and the number seventeen.

 

Just a reminder, please remember to check your child's folder and remove all papers/notes each night on the Keep at Home side.

 

Monday, March 17th is our St. Patrick's Day party.  Please send your child to school wearing green.

 

 

Letter Oo & Number 15

Last week we learned all about the letter Oo with Ollie the Octopus.  On Monday, we read about octagons and made our own Octagon Octopus!  Through the week we learned about opposites and played many fun games using opposite words.  You can see in the pictures below, we played a game called Action.  Each team was given a set of picture cards of an opposite combination and they had to find the appropriate props to act them out while their friends guessed.  We had so much fun with this game!  We also learned about the number 15!  We learned how to write and spell the number fifteen and focused on how to use tally marks to display this number along with counting by 5's. 

 

At the end of our week we all came to school wearing our pajamas to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  We thank you all for your wonderful donations!  We also celebrated our 100th day of school! We started our day with some simple 100 hunts and making the number 100 with 100 pennies.  Once everyone arrived we followed the 100's all the way upstairs and found a room filled with 100 Day  activities.  We made silly hats with 100 dots, we worked together to finish a 100 piece puzzle,  we all tried the 100 cup stack challenge, played our Hershey Kiss Number Match, and also played the Roll & Race to 100 game!  We thank all the families for bringing in a special snack! The children loved counting by 10's all the way to 100 during snack!

 

Click on the link to see all the photos from our 100th day of school!

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This week:

 

This week we learning letter Pp & number 16.  Through the week we will be reading many Dr. Seuss books and will be having a fun Friday trying some green eggs and ham!  If anyone would like to come in to read their favorite children's book or their child's favorite book please email me directly.  Just a reminder, progress reports went home in the folders Friday.  Please make sure to read through the report and send the top page and the signed report back to school by Tuesday so I can schedule a conference with you.

100th Day of School

Click on the link to see photos from our 100th day of school!

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Valentine's Day/ Presidets Day Celebrations

Through the last two weeks and in between all our snow storms and days off we had so much fun celebrating Valentine's Day and President's Day.  In preparation for Valentine's day we read many books about how to show love to those we care about and how we all are very special in our own ways.  We focused on (first) name recognition and worked on writing our first names correctly.  We enjoyed making our special Valentine's Day Mailbox and we all loved delivering our mail.  During our Valentine's Day celebration we made heart necklaces, enjoyed a nice snack and play a Valentine's Day game(much like Pin the Tail on the Donkey).  We read our scholastic books and learned how to say "I Love You" many different ways and worked on pattern making.

 

Towards the end of the week we started discussing what it meant to be a President.  We learned that the President is the leader of our country, a person who is a helper, a community builder, and a problem solver.  We discussed how we can all be helpers and problem solvers within our classroom and at home. We enjoyed learning about our flag and of course making our beautiful flag paintings.

 

This week:

 

We are back on schedule this week with letter Oo and number 15. 

 

This Friday is Pajama Day and our 100th Day of School! 

Please send your child to school on Friday wearing their pajamas.  We have many activities planned for our 100th day of school and we will be celebrating with a special snack of 100! Please check outside our classroom for a sign up sheet for different types of snacks you could bring in.  If you are able to donate any of those snacks please bring them in by Thursday.  I will be purchasing any items that were not signed up for Thursday night.

 

Progress Reports will be sent home this Friday in folders.  Please read through all sections, sign the progress report and send it back to school with the top form filled out about scheduling a conference.

 

Next week we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss.  If you would like to come in to read your favorite children's book or Dr. Seuss book to our class please email me directly to set up a date and time.   Instead of having one day or week for parents/siblings to read I will be inviting you to come in through the month of March.