Last year I started a Donors Choose Project and for whatever reason... I didn't finish it. Well I decided to finish it today. :) I had to wait a little bit for them to accept the Project. But after only 2 hours... they did!! So now we can now start earning money to fund a new listening center, with headphones and Non-Fiction book sets. (Unfortunately do to my lack of planning and completion time... this years class won't be able to use the listening center, but next years students and all the students after that will be able to.)
Please tell anyone you can get to listen and even list the Project on your Facebook pages to get the word out to EVERYONE!! (I don't have Facebook or else I'd list it on my page.) For the next 7 days, until June 2, when someone donates to my Project and enters the code INSPIRE... DonorsChoose.org will match the donation dollar to dollar (up to $100.00!!) Woohoo!!!
Go to this link to read all about the Project
and maybe make a donation to too. :)
While searching through Pinterest for a fun under the sea craft to get the class excited about Water Day and our Beach Party... I came across some Youtube videos on blends and silent e. They are catchy, so be ready to sing along with them. :) Especially the silent e one!
Enjoy! And in case you're wondering... I didn't find a craft yet. haha But I will. :)
I can't believe we are down to only 9 days left of the school year... This has been a great year. :) I have the best Kindergarten Class at Chimney Lakes!! (I tell the students this fact every day. :) Every single day! haha They are probably sick of hearing me say it. )
Writing: We are editing our Kindergarten Memory Books, because of last weeks CGA's we didn't have much time to go back and complete the sheets. Be ready to see them after the Kindergarten Award Ceremony... they are the most adorable books! :)
At home, please remind your child even to apply all the writing skills they have learned through out the year: spaces, capitalization, punctuation, using their sounds/ blends and sight words!
I want to make you all aware that the students have been informed not to scream at you (their parents, family members and friends) when we enter the Multi Purpose Room. When your children enter the room they will be waving, winking and mouthing "Hello". :) Also, all the students have been told to walk back to the classroom with me and the other students after the Awards Assembly. So you are free to join us in our line, but please do not pull your child out of the line. Thank you. :)
Math: We are continuing the review of vocabulary "Greater Than" and "Less Than." We should be finishing the topic and taking the test on Friday.
At home, continue to review the worksheets with your child and discuss the vocabulary.
Resources for the week are: Monday-P.E., Tuesday- MUSIC w/Broach, Wednesday-MUSIC w/ Taft and Friday- MUSIC w/ Broach again. :)
Wednesday is an Early Release Day. Our Lunch is at 9:40.
Friday is Patriotic Day.
I can't wait to see all the red, white and blue!!
At home, read your child a book and review the characters and setting. Then ask them why they think the Illustrator chose the pictures they did for the book. After that discuss the meaning of words used in the story. Ex. We read a book in class where the main character felt puzzled. The students had a little trouble at first, but then they figured out it meant he was confused. :)
Writing: We are continuing our Kindergarten Memory Books. We haven't had much time to go back and complete the sheets... so this week we will be doing just that! :) The students will be making their pages perfect and making their pictures beautiful!
At home, please remind your child even to apply all the writing skills they have learned through out the year: spaces, capitalization, punctuation, using their sounds/ blends and sight words!
At home, discuss the movements with your child and then ask them if a ______ can be pushed or pulled. Be prepared for your child to say both and when that happens ask them to explain. Ex. The chair... they will need to explain and possibly model why they are saying both movements are acceptable.
Math: We are going back to review vocabulary "Greater Than" and "Less Than." I found Topic 4 still on the shelf and this is a great time to break it out. :) Not only does it review the vocabulary it also asks them to make groups that have one more or one less, than the group they are given. (So secretly we are reviewing addition and subtraction too... but I'm not going to mention that to the students. haha)
At home, review the worksheets with your child and discuss the vocabulary. Have your child bring out a toy that they have lots of (barbies, race cars, ninja turtles, etc) and use the toys to make groups. Then ask your child how many there are, after that ask them, "Without recounting, how many would there be if I added one more?" Next do this with one less and if it is easy... increase the difficulty by saying 2 more or even 3 more. :)
**While searching for songs I could you to make our lessons more inviting... I came across this video for the song Tooty Ta. We have danced to this song many times on Fun Friday's. haha I thought you would enjoy watching it with your child and maybe acting it out too. No worries if you have trouble, your child can help you out. :) The video is a little over 3 minutes, but the song ends at 2:30. Enjoy!
Today was a great day!! The fun started at 8:00 when the students entered the classroom. :) (I brought the students in early so that they could change into their International Day T-shirts.) The students were full of talking and laughter about what they thought today would be like. Then at 8:40 we all piled outside our room into the hallway to watch the parade. Walking with our Principal,
Mrs. Knott, was our very own Bailey and Carmen. :) Then right behind them was Hannah and Santana. The four of them all looked adorable in the parade!! (My pictures were a little blurry from the fast walking... so I recorded the 2nd loop of the Parade.) Next we all traveled down to our first presenter and then real fun began! We saw four different presenters and we walked the whole school, about 3 times. (The class got a lot of exercise in! haha) We didn't end our "traveling" until 1:50. Everyone was pretty tired, so we relaxed some: Fun Friday Snacks, Treasure Box and then ANY Math Center of their choice. :)
Hopefully all the students went home with lots of stories and if they didn't... show them the slideshow and I'm sure they'll start talking about all the fun they had real fast! :)
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I walked all around the "WORLD" after the dismissal bell rang today :) and took lots of pictures!! I took pictures of things hanging on the walls, set up on the floor, hanging from the ceilings and stapled on the bulletin boards. :) It was A LOT of picture snapping, but totally worth it... the decorations around school look BEAUTIFUL!!! Everyone did a great job getting our school together for our Annual International Cultural Day.
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