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| Mr. Lamb introducing the computer lab to the Kinderbees. |
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
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| Lucia navigates Starfall |
What an exciting fun-filled week! On Tuesday we met with our buddy classroom: Mrs. .Ziegler’s 6th grade. They were each paired up with a sixth grade student who will be their buddy throughout the end of the year. Not only will their buddy be reading to them, but now that our children are beginning to read we can be reading to them! It will also allow us to work on a variety of projects throughout the rest of the year.
This past week we added the computer lab to our classroom schedule: Thursdays at 12:05-12:30.
Our first snow day left us plenty of snow to play in at recess. Wahoo!
We are lucky to have two new assistants join our classroom. Ben Pangey will be with us Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays and Jesse Taft will be with our class on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
ELA Phonics
We continue to practice our sounds and sight words. Please practice at home with your child on a daily basis. The children enjoy making a guessing game out of the sounds by doing an actions in sequence and guessing the word. For instance choose a word, such as “coat” do the actions: /c/, /oa/, /t/. Your child guesses the word: coat!
I have challenged the children to finish their Jolly Phonics Workbooks. When each child finishes they will begin a sewing project: to stitch a felt square into a colored pencil holder case.
Mrs. White, Mrs. Symancyk and I held a successful reading and writing workshop last week. I will be sending home materials later this week for you in case you were not able to attend. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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| Tylor shares his Memory Box |
Social Studies: We completed our Memory Boxes and everyone was able to share to the class! We have a busy week ahead of us, but we will try to begin work on our Family Trees.
Math: We will be working on the concept of addition or “bonding. “ More to come in next week’s newsletter.
Share: We enjoyed shares that included lots of /d/ shares: Dan the Robot Man, duck, dump truck, dinosaurs, dachshund. dalmatian, Dori the fish. This week’s share will be the sound /j/.
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| Bryant and Conner play outside. |
CALENDAR:
- Group Snack: Thank you to Morgan’s family for contributing last week’s healthy snack! We enjoyed tasty muffins, crackers, goldfish, cheese sticks and applesauce. Thank you! We are delighted that the children are enjoying a variety of delicious and nutritious snacks. Tanner’s family is signed up to contribute this week’s snack.
- Spirit Week: Student Council announced on Thursday that Spirit Week is this week.
- Monday- Hat Day
- Tuesday- Pj / Stuffie Day
- Wednesday- Fashion Disaster Day
- Thursday- Twin Day
- Friday- Sport Day (dress as favorite team spirit)
We picked out of a hat the theme of Sleeping Beauty for our classroom, so we will be decorating our door accordingly. Please let me know if you have any ideas or time to help out! Thank you!
- Valentine’s Day: We will celebrate Valentines Day on Thursday. We will be celebrating and exchanging valentines during the day. Tanner’s Family is doing snacks and is planning on having Valentines Day cupcakes.
- One Hundred Days. We will actually reach one hundred days of school mid-week, but will be celebrating on Friday. Please have your child count out 100 items (could be anything that fits into a ziplock baggie). We will be sharing them at our celebration on Friday.
- Report Cards: Please return your manilla envelope and sign on the line if you haven’t done so already. Thank you!
