We will be rereading stories from the theme "Let's Play". As children becomes familiar with a story through repeated readings, they respond to it with more depth and creativity. Last week the class read "David's Drawings". Just like in the book, I started a drawing of a tree and each student in K-5 added something to it. We have a classroom picture and each student drew their own.

We will be reviewing the sight words: me, for, where, do, you, look, one, see, what and two

We also will review vocabulary words: bound, drooped, joyous, load, steep, thrill, agreed, contribute, fantasy, jolly, spontaneously and versatile

Our letters this week are: "Ww" and "Xx"

We will be reviewing number 10 - 30, working on Number Patterns that make up the 100 chart. We will be counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. We will be using an application on the Itouches to practice what is an odd and even number. I will be introducing Chapter 8: Money and Time.

We will be celebrating 100 days of Kindergarten!

Wow! Wednesday, February 23rd will be our 100th day of Kindergarten! I have some fun things planned for that day! The room is all set just waiting for all of you to come through the door!

Watch out though.......you might have to duck!

Parent/Teacher Conferences
are on Thursday, March 3rd and Friday, March 4th.
If you are not sure when to come for your conference please call me at 952-491-8429. I will send out reminders this Friday in your child's Friday Folder.
The conference time slots are only 20 minutes and I want to be respectful of your time and the people scheduled after you, so I do ask that you come on time for your child's conference. Thank you so much!

In Math, we are on Chapter 7 - Number Patterns. We are looking at the 100 Chart and learning about all of the patterns we see. We have been counting by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's. We used calculators last week and the students loved counting by 2's, 5's and 10's!

In Science we will be observing and learning about Gold Fish and Guppies. The students always love this unit!

Our Valentine's Party was so much fun! The students all brought in boxes they had decorated and they looked great! Everyone exchanged Valentine's. It was so fun to watch and listen to the students. They all were very excited and very polite to each other. I heard a lot of "Wows!" and "Thank yous!"

Thank you to all the Mom's who came in and helped! You all were amazing!!!!!!

The rest of the week we will be reading the books "I'm a Jolly Farmer" and "David's Drawings". These books show other children using their creativity to make the world a little more beautiful and exciting. K-5 will use their creativity and their imaginations in the Art Center this week. I will start a drawing, just like David did in the book, "David's Drawings" and each student will add to it! I can't wait to see what our class drawings look like!

Our new sight words are what and two.

Our new vocabulary words are: agreed, contribute, fantasy, jolly, spontaneously, and versatile

We will continue to work on numbers 10 - 30 and we have moved on to Chapter 7: Number Patterns. Work with your son or daughter at home counting up to 100.

Wow!
We had four students from our class participate in the Imagination Fair!
Great job Gavin, Laura, Luke and Sam!
Here are their projects!

Gavin's Dinosaurs

Laura's Tell Me A Story

Luke's Lego's Space Police

Sam's Fish and Lures

This week we started a new theme called "Let's Play". Your child is reading Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo by Kevin Lewis and Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner. We will stretch our imagination as we read and talk about these stories.

Our new sight words are: one and see

Us the word one in a sentence with your child----An example is:

Our family has one __________. (fill in the blank)

Or if you are in the car say:

I see one ___________. (fill in the blank)

In Math we will be learning about number patterns with numbers from 1 to 100.

This week Mackenzie's mom came into our classroom and presented the first two pieces of art in the Adventures in Art Program. This program is provided by our PTA. The class will have the opportunity to learn about great works of art that are displayed at the Art Institute. After the art pieces are discussed, the student will create their own artwork!