Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We tested things to see what was heavier and what was lighter. We colored pictures blue if we thought it was heavier and yellow if we thought it was lighter. (Kate)

It was the 86th day of Kindergarten. (Connor)

We did snack. Mrs. Hotchkiss read us another book about Peter. He had a dog named Willie. (Layla)

We had counselor. We talked about our brains. We have to try hard things and make mistakes. That’s how our brain gets bigger. (Andrew)

For writing we got to write in our Peter book. We are on the second page. He hit a tree with a stick. (Sophia)

We did Daily 5. (Dylan)

Miss Tappana sent home an introduction letter today in your child’s folder! Please send back the student interest survey and the permission slip as soon as you can! These will be due Tuesday, January 19^th!

I will have a sub on Friday the 15^th and Tuesday the 19^th. If there are any changes in transportation for those days  please let me know today or tomorrow.  If there are any changes the day of please make sure to call the office and they will let the sub know.

Hi Parents!

This is what we did today!

We did P.E. We did stations like volleyball and soccer and 4 square. They were difficult but we tried our best. (Ginger)

We talked about Peter from The Snowy Day. We talked about things Peter does and things Peter and I both do. (Sylus) We compared our lives to Peter’s life!

It was the 85th day of Kindergarten. (Connor)

We did writing. We are making a book of The Snowy Day. We are retelling the story. We drew Peter and what happened in the story. (Andrew and James)

We did snack. We read The Snowy Day. (Logan)

We had inside recess. We got to go to Miss Reinkemeyer’s class. We got to play with play-doh and we got to play with some building blocks. It was really fun in there! (Sophia)

We did Fundations. For Fundations we did our little cards and big cards and we did tapping. We tapped the word “mud” and “mop”. (Kate)

We did Daily 5. (Layla)

We did our poem. Our word this week is “on”. There are a lot of repeating words in it. (Ginger)

Allison Tappana, from the University of Missouri, will be student teaching in my classroom this semester! She started full time this week! She will be with us until the beginning of May! She is looking forward to working with your students!

Today in your child’s folder you will find a note about the 100^th day of school and note about the “tapping” we do in Fundations. Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math. We learned more about 10’s frames. We played Quick Eyes and did a 20 frame. We did a counting snowman. After we cut out the 10’s frames we put it under the matching snowman. (James and Layla)

We did weekend news. We wrote about what we did over the week. A lot of people went sledding. (Kate)

It was the 84th day of Kindergarten. (Connor)

We did Fundations. We learned about how to tap. We did our big cards and our little cards and vowel chart. (Andrew) Tapping is isolating each sound in a word by tapping our fingers to our thumb and then blending the sounds back together. We practiced with the words “mat” and “mad”. Ask your student to show you at home tonight! I will send home more information soon!

We did our poem. It is called Snow! There is snow on the ground outside. It has some rhyming words. (Mikayla)

We had snack. We read a book called The Snowy Day. (Jayden)

We did art. We got to color a monster with a special crayon. (Sophia)

We did Daily 5. (Evan)

We did morning job. We did math workstations. (Logan)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did writing time. We finished our party hats. We made a project about our balloons. We called a paper face. (Logan and Layla) The kids have been working on a New Year’s resolution project this week! These will be on display on the hallway bulletin boards soon!

It is the 83rd day of Kindergarten. (Connor) The 100^th day is quickly approaching! I will send home information next week about our 100^th day celebration!

We did a snowball fight. If someone throws it all you, you have to sit down. It was boys vs girls. The snowballs had word wall words. We had to open it and read the word. (Kate)

We did snack. We read a book called Blizzards. It is a really big snow storm. (Andrew)

We did Fundations. For Fundations we did got to do our big cards and our little cards. We did Qu and z. We got to skywrite and write them on the white boards. (Sophia)

We did Daily 5. (Kymiah)

We did our poem. We highlighted the word wall words. We added some pictures. We put it in our poetry folder. (Mikayla)

We played Quick Eyes. It had 2 tens frames. (Malai) We worked on identifying numbers in the teens and describing them using a group of 10. For example, 14 is a group of ten and 4 left over.

We went to music. (Malai)

Your child is coming home with books to read at home this weekend! They picked out a few books from their book box that they wanted to share! Please return these books on Monday!!

There is a book order in their folder as well! To order, there is a link on my classroom website or you can find it here: http://orders.scholastic.com/H2MBR

Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We got to find out if Mrs. Hotchkiss’ baby was a boy or a girl. We took a bite of an energy bite and it was blue on the inside! It is a boy! (Kate) Here is a video of their reaction! The ending is my favorite part! https://youtu.be/6vNkuiO_oyg

We played a game where we had to draw circles in the 10’s frame to match the number. (Evan)

We did snack. We read a book about snow. It was called Snow. (Andrew)

We went to library. We got to do a vote of books we like on the computer. We got new books. We got to play fun games on the computer. (Sophia and Dylan)

We did our poem. (Logan)

For writing we got to write about our goal for 2016. We wrote about trying something new or something we want to get better at. (Ginger)

We did Daily 5. (Layla)

Have a great night!!

Vesta Hotchkiss

Mill Creek Elementary

Kindergarten Teacher

417-818-9848

http://mrshotchkisskindergarten.blogspot.com/

https://twitter.com/hotchkissmce

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did our Winter poem. (Logan)

We did Fundations. We practiced our letter cards. (Mikayla)

We read a book called Snowballs. It was a really cool author named Lois Ehlert. Mrs. Hotchkiss got to read it. She is one of her favorite authors. (Sophia)

We did our creativity lesson. We made inventions. (Andrew) Mrs. Cardetti from the Gifted Center came and did a lesson with the kids today!

We will spend the end of the day with Mrs. Winn. (Kate)

We are going to go to P.E. We are going to do games. (Ginger)

We have a new friend in our class named Max. (Mikayla)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!!

We did a snowman for the people that help us. (Kate) We made artwork for our Partners in Education to hang in their offices!

We did art. In art we played a game. (Andrew)

We did Daily 5. (Logan)

We read a book about snow at snack time. (Jayden) We started talking about the season of winter today.

We did our last 2 letters in Fundations. We did z and q. Q is always with the letter u. (Ginger)

We wrote about what we did over our break. (Dylan)

A January calendar is coming home today.

We will have a new student starting tomorrow! His name is Max! You are welcome to pass along the news to your child!

I will be leaving early tomorrow for a doctor’s appointment. Please let me know before 1:30 pm tomorrow if your child has a change in transportation.

Thank you! Have a great night!