Halloween Party and Halloween Parade

Our Halloween party and the Halloween Parade will be on Thursday, October 31st.

Please send your child to school with their costume to change in to. Please do not send them to school in their costume!

We will be changing into our costumes from 2:00-2:15.

The party is 2:15-3:00.

The parade is 3:00-3:30. Make sure you come early as Kindergarten is the first grade to march!

Thank you to parents who donated items to our Halloween party! Please remember to send these in tomorrow or Thursday.

Thank you to parents who volunteered to come in and help! If you could please come at 1:50 to help set up and help other students into their costumes, that would be great!

Field Trip

We are going to First Stage on Thursday, October 31st to see Elephant and Piggie! 

Hot lunch will NOT be available!!

We will be eating cold lunch in the classroom when we return from our field trip. 

Please send your child to school with a cold lunch and a drink!

October 21-25

Our poem this week was "5 Little Bats". We made moments to our poem, completed some words sorts, and learned all about bats!

For word work, we sorted AD and AN words. 

Our Big book was "The Sleeping Giant". 

Our new word wall words were "in" and "at". 

For writing, we wrote books about recess and our favorite things to do. 

For read aloud, we read "Where's My Mummy". We practiced making connections, retelling, telling the problem and solution, talking about the setting, and working on a project. 

For math, we made a butterfly quilt and talked about patterns. 

For handwriting, we completed letters V and W. 

For guidance, we talked about feelings. 

Field Trip and Halloween Parade

Our field trip to First Stage is on Thursday! Please check Skyward accounts to make sure you have paid!

Our Halloween party and parade are on Thursday, October 31st. We will be changing into our costumes in the afternoon when we return from First Stage. Please remember- no weapons are allowed at school- even if they are part of our costume. Be sure to come to school and watch our parade- the parents line the hallways of Thorson and each class parades through the halls. 

The parade starts at 3:00. You will want to come a bit earlier as Kindergartners are the first to march! 

50's Day

50 DAYS IN SCHOOL!

Wednesday, November 13th will be our 50th day in school!

LET'S CELEBRATE!!

Get out your poodle skirts, rolled jeans, and bobby socks! 

We will have lots of fun activities to celebrate the 50's!

October 14-18

Our poem this week was "Candy Corn". We made movements to our poem and completed some sorts. 

My big book was "Fly Away". 

For word work, we sorted AT or AP words. 

For writing, we wrote about Kindergarten and the things we do at school. 

For read aloud we read "Creep Carrots". We worked on predicting, retelling, cause and effect, making connections with our main character, telling our favorite part, and answering comprehension questions. 

For guidance, we talked about feelings. 

For math, we practiced using number racks and making tally marks.

For handwriting we practiced L and U. 

For science we talked about the parts of a plant. 

Our new word wall words this week were: me and my. 

Center Work Coming Home

During our day, the students have an hour block called "Literacy Centers". The students are broken into 5 groups and visit 4 centers each day. 

At these centers they might have a worksheet to complete or an activity. When it is time to move to their next center, rather they are done or not, the work goes in their yellow folder and they move on. 

At a later time, they might get time to work out of their yellow folders and finish some of their unfinished work. 

Every couple of weeks, I will check their folders to see if they are doing their center work. If they have more work finished than unfinished they get a punch on their punch card. When their punch cards are all full, they get a prize. 

Today, we had some work time to work out of our yellow folders and then I checked the yellow folders. 

All center work is coming home today rather it is finished or unfinished. 

You do not have to finish this work with you child! 

Beam Signing

Today we got to sign a beam that will be displayed in the new art room next year! 

October 7-11

Our poem this week was "Itsy Bitsy Spider". We made movements to our poem, completed sorts, and completed a poetry page.

For word work, we sorted V/K, W/V, X/W, Y/W, and Z/Y. 

Our big book was "The Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly". We loved how silly this book was!

For writing, we moved into writing in books! Together as a class we wrote a book about our field trip to the pumpkin farm. The students are starting to sound words out all on their own!

For our read aloud, we read "Creepy Pair of Underwear". We thought the story was very funny! We worked on predicting, retelling, making connections, studying our main character, answering comprehension questions, and telling our favorite part. 

For math, we have been practicing with our ten-frames and our number racks! We even made some equations. 

For handwriting, we practiced letters H and K. 

For science, we talked about living vs. non-living. 

For guidance, we talked about being assertive. 

Our new word wall words this week were you and it. 

Benny was our special person of the week! We were so excited to learn more about Benny and for Mrs. Adams to come read to us!

Halloween Party

Halloween is quickly approaching! 

Our Halloween party will be on Thursday, October 31st

Here is the schedule: 

1:45-2:00 Recess

2:00-2:15 Change into costumes

2:15-3:00 Halloween Party

3:00-3:30 Halloween Parade

We will need the following items for our party:

Juice boxes

Small bags of popcorn and M&M mix

Rice Krispie Bars

Fruit

Forks/ Spoons/ Knives

Sweet treat

Plates

Napkins

I also need 5 parent volunteers to help during our party! These volunteers will be helping with a Halloween center. 

Pin the bow-tie on Mr. Bones/ Pin the eyeball on the monster

Skeleton Toss

Halloween Coloring

Mummy wrap

Eating

Please let me know if you are willing to donate anything to our Halloween party or if you are available to come in and help!

Quarter 1 Assessments

Quarter 1 assessments have started! 

Writing numbers to 30 and writing upper case letters are two of many assessments we practice. 

I am sending home number practice sheets and alphabet practice sheets. Please practice these two skills at home with your child. 

We do not want backwards numbers or letters!

Thank you for your continued help at home! 

September 30th- October 3

Our week was all things pumpkin!

Our poem was "Pumpkin Patch". We made movements to our poem and completed some word sorts. 

For word work, we looked at U or B, S or U, P or S, X or P, and X or K. 

Our big book was "Miss Mary Mack". We thought the rhyming book was funny!

For writing we wrote B and drew a bird, wrote S and drew a snail, wrote P and drew a Pig, and wrote K and drew a Kangaroo. 

Our new word wall words were "the" and "we". 

For guidance, we talked about self talk and staying on task. 

Our read aloud was "Pumpkin Jack". We retold our story, made connections, and looked at the pumpkin life cycle. 

For math, we worked on patterns! 

Pumpkin Farm

We had a blast at the pumpkin farm! We came back to school tired from carrying our heavy pumpkins and we are still finding corn EVERYWHERE!