Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

We had counselor. We got to learn about how to listen. We got to see a special video on the SmartBoard. Pepper came! (Logan and Sophia and Connor)

We did math. We wrote on a piece of paper. We wrote how to make 5. We drew a picture to show 5. (Kate)

We used popsicle sticks to make bones on the bodies we made yesterday. We used glue to stick the bones on. It was our body. (Sylus)

We read Bones. We talked about our bones compared to animal bones. The T-Rex had the biggest bone. We compared the big feet to our feet in the book. We compared a mouse’s skull to our skull. We did arms too. (Mikayla)

We did writing. We made a plan sheet of what our stories are going to be about. They are How To stories. (Andrew)

We did Fundations. For Fundations we got to learn our first little chunk. It was “ch” like chin. We did our big and little cards and our vowel chart. (Sophia)

We did specials. We did library. We watched a video. There was an alligator. His friends were being too bossy, so he went away to sleep in the water.(Layla)

Kindergarten Registration is tomorrow evening from 4:30 to 6:30 PM if you have an incoming kindergartner!

Have a wonderful Wednesday evening!

Allison Tappana

Twitter: MissTappanaMCE 

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

We did Fundations. This is our last day for our capital letters. We wrote Y and Z in our Fundations notebook. We did big cards and little cards and vowel chart. We did tapping. (Sophia)

We did snack. We read Skeletons and Muscles. (Logan)

We did math. We had word problems. Some people got to act them out. We had to show our thinking. We had a little extra time to play Count Around the Circle. Whoever got to a group of 10 had to sit down. As we play our group gets smaller. (Ginger)

We did  P.E. In P.E. we did the bean bags. We threw the bean bags in the basket. We had lots of stations. (Lyrik)

We did writing. We made a list of things we can do that we could write about for our How To books. We made a list of things on the SmartBoard. (Andrew)

We did Daily 5. (James)

We did our poem. It was called My Body. There were pictures of your hand with skin and pictures without skin. It’s called a skeleton without your skin. (Evan)

For project we drew on a piece of paper with our body. We had to color our body with realistic colors. (Layla)

We did the Zero the Hero Stomp! (Kate)

Reminder: Library Day is tomorrow, so please remind your child to bring the library book back!

Yesterday we watched another Class Dojo video! We are now on Episode 3. The kids absolutely love these videos. They have done a great job with watching the video and then talking about it after. This video talked more about trying hard even if something is hard, which is very important to understand as a Kindergartner. Here is the link:

https://bit.ly/1Qy84Se

It would be great if you could watch this at home with your child this week! After watching this video, you could discuss the following questions:

1.                   Name a time you were afraid to ask for help. Why were you afraid? (Both parent and student should pick a moment to share)

2.                   How can you improve the phrase "I can't do this?”

3.                   Think of a time where you just didn't get “it.” What could you do in that situation?

https://bit.ly/1Qy84Se

Thanks for everything you do! Have a wonderful Tuesday evening and try to stay dry! J

Miss Allison Tappana

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today:

We did Fundations. For Fundations we got to write on our white boards. We did the big cards and little cards and the vowel chart. We got to sky write on our Fundations board. We did the letters Y and Z. (Sophia)

We were talking about our body during snack. We read My Body. Our poem was called My Body too! We are talking about our body this week. We are talking about keeping our body healthy so we don’t get sick. (Ginger)

We did Daily 5. We did one choice. (Lyrik)

We did writing. For writing we did Monday News. We wrote about our weekend. Our goal was to use the paper with more lines on it. (Mikayla)

We did math. We played Collect 15. You roll the dice. You match the number on the dice with the number of bears and you put it on the board. You try to get 15 total.  (Logan and Evan)

We did morning job. We sorted pictures to put them in order. It was how to make a PB&J. (Andrew)

We did art. For art we didn’t have Mr. Gwinner. Instead we had Mrs. Cockrell. We watched a movie about a guy that paints. (Max)

We talked about how many times we breathe each day. We breathe 18,000 times a day. We have been talking about our body a lot at school. (Layla)

I will now be sending out the daily emails about what we do during school. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns, feel free to contact me!

REMINDERS: Spring Pictures will be this Wednesday. Kindergarten Round Up is also this week on Thursday from 4:30-6:30PM if you have a child who is going to be in Kindergarten next year.

Have a wonderful Monday evening!

Allison Tappana

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did music. We played a game. We earned points. (Logan, Max, and Andrew)

We did writing. We made a PB and J. We did in the wrong order at first. We put the steps in the right order. We put the number on the steps. (Kate and Lyrik)

We played a math game. We played Counters in a Cup. We had to write how many were in and how many were out. (Sophia)

We did Fundations. We did our big cards, little cards, vowel chart, and tapping. When Miss Tappana put the cards in for tapping we had to tap the word to read it. We did skywriting and wrote in our Fundations notebook. We wrote W and X. (Ginger)

We did snack. Miss Tappana read a book called Parts. There was a little boy that was afraid his body was falling apart. We had to get lots of tape. (Layla)

We did our poem called Big Bad Cold. Today we highlighted it on the smartboard and we highlighted our poem to put in our poetry folder. We drew some pictures. (Mikayla and Lyrik)

Reading bag books are coming home today! Please have your child read these to you this weekend! Please return these on Monday!

Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We put glitter on our hands and pretended it was germs. We gave high fives and handshakes. We washed our hands. (Max)

We did media. We picked out some books. We looked at real penguins. We played on ABCya. (Mikayla and Malai)

We did writing. We made a chart about How To books. We looked at How to books like cooking books and building books. It was fun! (Andrew) This is our next writing unit. The kids will be writing their own How To book! Brainstorm ideas with your child tonight about things they know how to do well!

We did Daily 5. (Evan)

We played Counters in a Cup with a partner. We had 5 cubes. We had to put some in and some out and we had to guess how many were in the cup. It was fun! (Sylus) This is a great game to play at home! Take a cup and 5 items (beans, pennies, etc.) put some in the cup and have your child use the number outside of the cup to figure out how many would be in the cup. This is practicing number combinations to 5. Make sure to ask, “How do you know?” or “How did you figure that out?”

We read a book at read aloud time on the SmartBoard called Germs Make Me Sick. (Kate and Lyrik)

We did the letters X and W in Fundations. We wrote on our boards. (Lyrik)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to different classes. We were celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday. (Logan)

We played On and Off with a new partner. We charted the ways to make 5 if some are off and some are on. (Sylus)

We went to P.E. We tried to knock the pins down. We played castle ball. We played a game with sticks where we had to tap to the song. (Malai and Kate)

We had Mr. Hotchkiss’ Dad come. We called him Grandpa Hotchkiss. We read Green Eggs and Ham. (Evan)

In Mrs. Flanagin’s classroom we made Cat in the Hat. In Miss Reinkemeyer’s class we said how we would take care of the earth. (Andrew)

In Mrs. Winn’s class we played a Green Eggs and Ham tic-tac-toe. (Ginger)

In Mrs. Russo’s class we made Oobleck. We used magic water and glue. We watched the book on the Smartboard. (Sophia)

In Mrs. Dixon’s class we watched One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. We graphed with Goldfish and we ate the Goldfish. (Layla)

In our class we read the book What Pet Should I Get? We made our own pet. (James)

Tomorrow is library day! Make sure your student puts their book in their backpack!

Thanks!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did writing. Our books have dedications. We finished our books and we read it to our partner. We are taking them home today! (Layla and Mikayla) The kids worked VERY hard on these personal narrative stories! Make sure they read them to you tonight! We talked about how authors pick titles and cover artwork. We wrote opening sentences to include who, what, when, and where. The students also planned how what happened first, next, and last and used these drawing to write their story in order. We added dedications at the end. We spent a couple days on editing and revising to make it our best! They went back and added details and fixed mechanical errors. Way to go guys! This is something you will definitely want to keep!

We went to art and we finished up our fish painting. We got to free draw or paint whatever you wanted. It is fun! (Evan and Andrew)

Today is the 115th day of school. Today is the first day of March. (Max)

We did math. We played On and Off. It was a different version. We had a game board. We had 5 cubes in all. We dropped it on the paper. We told our partner how many landed on and how many landed off. We wrote that number of the paper. (Ginger)

We did read aloud. We read a book about keeping our bodies healthy. (Jayden)

For Daily 5 some of us did reading groups. For morning job we did a paper for the word “for”. (Lyrik)

Tonight is the PTA meeting at 6:30 if you can make it!