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| 3 Cheers Hundred's Day! |
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
This has been a week of many highlights – with Valentines Day and our celebration of 100 Days of School. We enjoyed making valentines, sharing treats and doing special Valentines activities in the classroom.
On Thursday, we learned more about the number 100. We finished reading Emily’s first 100 Days of School, by Rosemary Wells and read Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by Joseph Slate. We built a long chain of 337 links. It was made up of 33 links of 10 with 7 left over. Each child chose a color and counted out 10 links and put them together. On the rug we linked the separate chains of 10 together and made a long chain. We also started a list of 100 things that we are grateful for… We are at 37 right now. Stay tuned. Once it is complete I’ll send it home so they can share it with you.
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| Counting 10 of each treats makes Trail Mix 100! |
We made trail mix of 100 treats using 10 different snacks: raisins, m&m’s, peanuts, etc. They also worked in their table groups together to build one building using 100 small colored blocks and flats. This proved to be the most difficult as some children had trouble collaborating on one building. Something to work on. J At the end of the day we shared our collections of ten things that we brought in. We didn’t finish everything so tomorrow we will finish the other activities.
Language Arts:
Continue having your child finish the Jolly Phonics workbook. When it is completed I will have a special treat for each child. :)
Math:
We continued to talk about money and the two coins introduced to date: penny and nickel. We also worked to learn about different ways to make ten. We reviewed what a math sentence is and practiced reading our math sentences: 8+2=10; 3+7=10, etc. This activity used two sided plastic shaped beans. One side is red and the other white. You can do this activity at home using pennies. Put 10 pennies in a cup. Have them gently spill the pennies out of the cup on a table or floor. Count how many are heads up and how many are tails up. Help them to write their math sentence: for instance, 4+6=10 (four heads + 6 tails = 10 pennies altogether).
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| Cashton's /v/ share: Valentine's Day Bear |
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| Stars the Hamster is Star for the day! |
CALENDAR
- Share: I had inadvertently forgotten to choose new share sounds for this week. I sent home a note on Monday and chose: /ng/ and /v/. It was timely with Valentines Day this week. Cashton brought in his new Valentines teddy. On Monday Ava brought in a special share: her hamster, Stars. The children enjoyed learning about her new pet and watching ash she traveled in her hamster ball on the rug.
- Snacks: Thank you to Andrew’s family for providing this past week’s healthy snacks. We enjoyed Cheese, Nilla Wafers, apples and raisins. A big Thank you to everyone for the extra Valentine treats which we enjoyed. This coming week’s snacks will be donated by Finn’s family. Thank you one and all!
HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS:
- Scholastic Book Orders: Please return on Wednesday, February 15. I will be submitting the scholastic book order by Wednesday next week. If you didn’t return your book order but would like to still place an order you can order online at scholastic.com using our classroom code: H9K3R
- February Vacation: February 20-24th.. I hope you all enjoy a happy, healthy and restful break.
- A special thank you to everyone for the special Valentines given to me by your children. They were very delightful!
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Bodnar
