Land forms

We have been learning a lot about land forms!  To finish up our until we are going to have a fun Friday activity with edible land form creations!!!
If you are able to donate any of the below items please send them with your child as soon as possible.
Thank you!

-Nilla Wafers
-Rolos
-Hersey Kisses
-Graham crackers
- gummy worms
-Red icing in tubes
-vanilla pudding (snack pack cups are fine)

Poetry

March is Poetry month in Writer's Workshop!

We began by reading many different types of poetry and creating this anchor chart of what we noticed most poetry has...

Next, we needed to understand that Poets often look at things differently- with Poet's Eyes.
Check out this chart to see what we found...

Then, we created some poetry as a class.
We wanted to describe what recess meant to us and how it made us feel. 

Now see what some students created independently...

Stapler
It is a alligator
mouth when it
goes on a paper it spits out

a tooth.
By: Dylan

Ceiling
I think there are fireflies in the ceiling.
By: Hala
(referring to the lights)

I am so proud of ALL of our Kindergarten Poets!

Plants!!!!

We have been learning all about plants!  We have been studying a plant's needs, parts, and observing many different experiments.
This week we planted a few different seeds in soil and we are patiently waiting for them to sprout!
Check it out...

Here we learned the importance of a plant's stem...
to support the plant and bring water to the leaves and flowers.

Here we are observing what happens when we cut off the top and bottom of a carrot...
the top will grow back!

Rodeo Day and Cook Off

Kindergarten Rodeo Day!

Howdy  Parents! ! !

Next Thursday, March 6th is our Kindergarten Rodeo Day!  After learning all about Texas and Cowboys the past two weeks, we will celebrate our learning with fun activities and games outside.  Please dress your child appropriately for the weather.  He or she can wear western clothing as long as they can move easily in it- if not, save those special clothes for tomorrow.  If you would like to be a parent volunteer to help out with one of the stations please let me know asap so that I can assign you to one.  Or, if you can help by donating any of the following items please send them in asap :)  5 cardboard boxes, green pipe cleaners, a plastic baby pool, bandanas, stick horses, face paint, and bottled water.

Kindergarten Cook Off

Friday, March 7th is our Kindergarten Cook Off during our lunch time.

From 10:35-11:05 we will be having our very own Texas meal in our classroom.  Wear your favorite western style clothing.  Parents are welcome to come and join.    

Your child brought home a small 1/2 sheet of paper today that asked you to bring the following item.  Please have ALL items to school by Wednesday, March 5th to prepare for our lunch.

If you would like to volunteer- I would love your help to get everything ready at school :)  Please let me know asap if you would like to help.  After our lunch please feel free to take your little Cowboy or Cowgirl home to begin your Spring Break.

Yeehaw!!!!

The A Word Family

Check out the A Word Family Words we have learned about...

We practice reading these in a "snap" because we know the
ending is the same and they rhyme.

100th Day Wish List

Hi Parents!
Our 100th day of School is coming up February, 6, 2014!!!
This is a fun filled day of everything 100!!!  We have fun activities, games, and snacks special for this day.
I am asking for your help getting a few more items we need.
Please bring these items to school by Monday, February 3rd!!!
Thank you :)

-2 boxes of fruit loops
-500 small cups (if you want to contribute a smaller amount please send in what you can)

-2 Packages of Pony Beads (Hobby Lobby, Michael 's, Walmart, etc.)


*We are running low on our daily snacks.  If you would like to send something in to share with the class that would be great! :)

Sight words and Special Sounds

Please continue to practice ALL of the sight words we have learned this year!  It is important that your child not only be able to read them but also write them.  Call out the sight word to your child but do not show them the word.  Have them write the sight word as quickly and accurately as they can. 
Our new sight words since winter break:

was, she, he, will, no, not, that, they, did, get

We have also learned about some special sounds... digraphs!  When these letters are put together they create a new sound.

SH, TH, CH, WH, PH

We have learned some L and R blend sounds...
SL, BL, PL, GL, FL, CL, PR, TR, DR, BR

Please practice reading these, stretching (sounding) out words and spelling words with these when writing. 

Thank you for helping your child succeed!

December Upcoming Events

Hi Parents!
This is our last week of school before our winter break!!! 

Tuesday, December 17th we have our Green Grinch Day in our classroom.  Please have your child wear green or something Grinchy.

Wednesday, December 18th please be sure to send in your $2 for our pizza party on Friday! 
*Today your child will be coming home with a special surprise for YOU!  Please check their backpacks!!!

Thursday, December 19th we have our Christmas Around Kindergarten where the students will rotate to each teacher for a fun filled day of Holiday games and crafts.

Friday, December 20th we have our Polar Express Day!  We can all wear our pjs and drink hot chocolate. 
At 11:00 we will have our Christmas Party in our classroom.  We will have pizza and decorate cookies!  After that you are free to take your little Elf home and get your holiday festivities started!

Check this out!

Look at all of the fun activities we have been up to lately....

We read, compared, and contrasted several Gingerbread stories.

Then, we disguised our Gingerbread so that no one would eat them!!!

We learned about Elves and how they help Santa
then chose which kind of elf we would like to be...

Finally, we elfed our self



 

 

 

Heating

In science this week we have learned a lot about heating, sources of heat, and how it changes things.  Here are some pictures from an experiment we did with using our hand as a heat source with ice.

Here we experimented with a chocolate chip and M&Ms to see which melts faster in our mouth and why.  Everyone agreed the chocolate chip melted faster!

We also did an experiment to see how heat can change things.  We watched popcorn kernels being made into popcorn!

  

Up Coming Events!

Friday, November 22, 2013 at 10:30 am  in our Classroom we will have our
Wilkinson Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast!
After learning all about Thanksgiving traditions and customs our students will get to choose to dress up as a Native American or Pilgrim on that day (we will be making costumes in class as part of our Thanksgiving research) and enjoy a delicious thanksgiving feast.  There will be a Sign up Genius sent out will a list of items we will need.  Please make sure ALL food is cooked and prepared BEFORE it is brought to school.  Parents are welcome to come help out, watch, and celebrate with us!




November 4th is the 50th Day of Kindergarten!!!!  
We celebrate the number 50 all day long with fun and academic learning stations!  Come dressed like it is the 1950s.  We will have a sock hop and ice cream sundaes at the end of our day in the cafeteria!  If you would like to volunteer please send a note or email me letting me know if you can help!  The students will have so much fun on this day and I will post pictures of our fun activities! 

Wish List

All year long we will use the following items for different activities.  
I know many of you would normally throw these items away but please send them in clean and dry for our classroom use:
-Water bottle caps
-Milk container caps

Thank you so much for your help and support!  :)

Labeling

In Writer's Workshop we learned how LABELS can make our writing more interesting by adding details!  We also practiced all week long stretching out or sounding out our words when we wrote labels.  

Here is where we labeled our friend Bradley!  He had a lot of fun :)
                                       
When your child writes at home, please encourage them to write all of the letter sounds they hear.  As they get more confident in their letter ID and letter sound recognition they are really beginning to enjoy stretching out words . Keep up the great practice at home!

Early Numbers 0, 1, 2

We have been learning all about early numbers 0, 1, and 2 this week.  Check out all the ways we can represent this number...

Talk to your child about the different ways to make these numbers.  Also, practice counting to and past these numbers, and practice writing these numbers. We will be learning about numbers 3, 4, and 5 next week. 

Patterns

We began learning about patterns last week.  We started with AB patterns (ex: green, red, green, red, green, red...).  This week we focused on ABC patterns (ex: dog, lion, flower, dog, lion, flower...).  See the fun ways we practiced our ABC patterns below with fall leaves and today with fruit loop necklaces!  Try having your child make patterns at home using household items.

           

Five Senses

Here is our 5 senses guy!  We have been working on learning about our 5 senses (sight, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching) all week long.  Ask your child about the fun experiments we have done using our 5 senses.

Sight Words

Each week, I will add the sight words we are currently working on in class (in red).  Please practice these sight words at home each night.  Once we have added the sight words to our word wall (each Friday), they will change to black font below.  This means we should have them mastered.  However, we will continue to practice them each and every day.  I highly suggest that you use the flash cards provided from parent information night to practice each night.  
Thank you for helping your child succeed!

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