January 27th

Hi everyone-
Here's an updated list of the snap words that we are learning:
a
I
like
my
see
have
and
the
to
is
in
can

Please practice these words with your child! We had fun this week talking about dinos! It was so nice at the end of the week we got out the water table and the children had a blast making potions and pretending to be scientists. Next we will talk about paleontologists and fossils. The kids will get to recreate a dinosaur using macaroni. We will also go on a dino egg hunt and SURPRISE....we will find an egg (watermelon)! Its a fun afternoon treat.
Upcoming events....
2/2 & 2/3         Kindergarten Cruising
2/6                   Re-enrollment for next year begins
2/10                 Hoops for Heart Challenge  & Sports dress up day
2/14                 Valentines Day ...bring a card for everyone
2/15                 Grandparents Day...turn in forms soon & 1:45 dismissal
2/17 & 2/20     No School Presidents Day weekend

Dinosaurs!

Hello

The next two weeks we dive in to the subject of dinosaurs! Our large dinosaur mural has already been started. I hope you all enjoyed reading the writing samples that I sent home on Friday. If you have any questions on the writing program feel free to ask. Don't forget Thursday is Kindergarten information night. After the meeting your are free to visit DK and Kindergarten classrooms. We will have another Adventures in Art project this Thursday morning from 9:30-10:30. If you'd like to help out in the class with this project, you're more then welcome!

For Valentine's Day the students will pass out valentine cards to their friends and enjoy cookies and juice! If you need a list of kids names see the class list tab on the BLOG.

Thanks, Mrs. Ellis

Welcome back!

Yes, I know we've been back for a couple of weeks now, but it seems like we are just getting back in to the routine. I'm planning on only updating my BLOG on Fridays from now until June. Our first three writing assignments went SO well. The children really know their snap words and our sounding out their "brain" words (words they have to sound out with their brain) nicely on their own. I will be sending home their first few writings at the end of next week. This week we added the word "to" to our snap word wall. Next week we will add "is" & "in".
In math we've been talking about signs (+, =) . We worked on word problems together such as, "I have two red squares and three blue circles. How many shapes do I have in all?" The children are drawing them out in their math journals. We continue to work on counting by 1's and 10's as well as drawing our shapes and recognizing numbers. We will be focusing on the "teen" numbers for the rest of the year.
We be learning about Martin Luther King Jr. next week and the contributions he made to our society. The last two weeks of January we will focus on DINOSAURS! It's a fun time in DK!

I also updated the wish list so check it out!

Mrs. Ellis