WebQuest! A Healthy Me!!

Here is a project I have been working on for the students. There are portions for them to work on at school, but also some links to videos and channels they may be singing to or talking about at home. Have fun exploring!

Happy Spring!

http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=280002

EAT THE RAINBOW week has been so exciting in Kindergarten! We have been brave and tried almost all the foods we were given to try. Each day was a new color scheme and a new tasting experience. What was your child's favorite part of eat the rainbow week???

PLEASE sign up for a parent-teacher conference if you have not already.

Books Read: Clifford's Spring Clean Up, Clifford's Pals, Clifford and the Big Storm, Clifford's Good Deeds, A Rainbow of My Own, 

Science: How eating a variety of colorful foods helps keep us healthy. Try to eat a rainbow everyday! (And we don't mean Skittles).

During writing time they are writing how-to books. Teaching our friends about things we know how to do and showing how to do that in steps. Adding labels, lists, titles, bold print, and numbers help others follow your directions. It has been fun planning out and then writing steps. Not easy, but they are all getting really good at the process. 

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. We have been writing words and sentences using our characters.

In math we are working with 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes, two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week. Also assessment for report cards.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Events:

April 16&17 Half days of school- dismissal after lunch! Parent Teacher Conferences- PLEASE sign up!

April 20-24 Vacation

May 21 and 22- No kindergarten. Kindergarten screening those two days for all entering kindergarten children next year. 

April 3, 2015

I hope you have a wonderful Easter! It is really starting to feel like spring out there~ Enjoy!

PLEASE sign up for a parent-teacher conference if you have not already.

Books Read: Hear This, Look Here, Touch That, Tastes Good, Smell It, The Easter Egg

Science: Our 5 Senses and how they keep us safe. We have had a fun-filled week discovering the world around us by using our senses. Also had a wonderful cold and sweet treat to finish off our study.  

During writing time they are writing how-to books. Teaching our friends about things we know how to do and showing how to do that in steps. Adding labels, lists, titles, bold print, and numbers help others follow your directions. It has been fun planning out and then writing steps. Not easy, but they are all getting really good at the process. 

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. Characters learned this week: Abe the Skating Hare,  Brown Mouse and Grouchy Owl. We have been writing words and sentences using our characters.

In math we are working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week. Also assessment for report cards.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Events:

April 16&17 Half day of school- dismissal after lunch! Parent Teacher Conferences- PLEASE sign up!

April 20-24 Vacation

May 21 and 22- No kindergarten. Kindergarten screening those two days for all entering kindergarten children next year. 

March 20, 2015

HAPPY SPRING, EVERYONE!

Books Read: Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, Clever Tom and the Leprechaun, Over in the Meadow, Counting is for the Birds, Deep in the Swamp, Butterfly Alphabet

We have been involved with the Chickadee Award Program which allows many different teachers in our school (including Mr. Libby) to read a variety of wonderful literature, for the children to respond in writing to the books and then, when all are read, they will have a chance to vote on their favorite of them all. (There are 10 in all). Ask them about their favorite Chickadee book so far!

During writing time they are; writing personal letters to their pen pals in Pittston, visualizing places and people to write about, adding words (letters) to their pictures, rehearsing what they want to say about what they wrote, taking turns sharing their ideas and writing with partners, adding spaces between words and punctuation at the end of a sentence, going back into their writing pieces and revising what they have written by changing or adding to what they wrote and continuing to build up their confidence as writers.

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The character we learned this week was; Ike and his Bike and Grouchy Owl/Brown Mouse.

In math we are working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations (adding “Lion and Lamb” to our weather observations), tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Events:

April 5-Easter

April 16&17- Parent/Teacher Conferences

April 20-24- April Vacation

March 6, 2015

What a fun-filled Seuss week this has been! From Community Readers, to World Read Aloud Day, to crazy socks, hair, hats, to Twin Day. Fun-fun-fun!

I have had a request to wait until Monday to send out the book order, so there is still time to send it in on Monday. Remember-NO SCHOOL FRIDAY the 13th!

Wow! This first full week of March is starting to get drippy! Let's hope that the time change on Sunday will bring with it some continual warmth!

We have had such a fun week with all of our silly Dr. Seuss activities. We began the week with our community reader who came in and read to us. We will go up to the third floor to 6th grade next week to be treated to their Dr. Seuss Cafe. Can't wait!

Books Read: Many, many, many Dr. Seuss books! A few were; The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, Go!Dog!Go!, ABC, Mr. Brown Can Moo-Can You? And on and on!

During writing time they are; writing personal letters to their pen pals in Pittston, writing a thank you letter to our community reader, visualizing places and people to write about, adding words (letters) to their pictures, rehearsing what they want to say about what they wrote, taking turns sharing their ideas and writing with partners, going back into their writing pieces and revising what they have written by changing or adding to what they wrote and continuing to build up their confidence as writers. We began our new "How-To" unit in our Lucy Calkins writing program. Trying to teach our friends the steps of how to do something can be quite tricky!

In math we are being introduced to the calculator, working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Events:

March 13- No School- Teacher Inservice

February 27, 2015

Dear Families,

We have been learning a lot about dental health this week. Not only brushing, flossing and seeing the dentist, but also protecting your teeth while playing sports and eating food that makes your teeth happy.

WOW! You helped us collect over 100 food items for local families in need!!! THANK YOU!

Books Read: Tooth Fairy, Just Going to the Dentist, Doctor DeSoto, Franklin and the Tooth Fairy, Norman Fools the Tooth Fairy, and the song, Wiggly, Jiggly Loose Tooth

During writing time they are; visualizing places and people to write about, adding words (letters) to their pictures, rehearsing what they want to say about what they wrote, taking turns sharing their ideas and writing with partners, going back into their writing pieces and revising what they have written by changing or adding to what they wrote and continuing to build up their confidence as writers. We received a letter and a signed poster from Jan Brett and our pen pals from Pittston sent us cool pictures. It is fun to write to people and have them write back! It makes our writing purposeful.

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The characters we learned this week were; Leaping Eve and Winkie Walrus.

In math we are working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, sorting, graphing, and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Events:

March 13  Staff Development Day- No School

Hard to believe, but tomorrow is the 100th day of school! Wow! This calls for a celebration! I have many fun activities planned for tomorrow and the children are so excited!!

Another part that has been important of celebrating the 100th day of school in the past is our effort in collecting 100 pieces of non-perishable food for needy families. If you are able to send in a couple of canned or boxed food, it would be so appreciated. Thank you!

Thank you for all of your support and stay warm!

Sarah