This is similar to the tens frame game we play with cards in school. Love this!
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=75
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Five Frame
Below is an interactive five frame game. When you get to the sight, you may have to give it a minute. I didn't think it was working at first, but then it appeared. Make sure you have your volume up. Your child can put the cursor over words so the text is read to them. Also, the activities vary in difficulty. Make sure your child goes through all activities first. Have fun!
Five Frame
Five Frame
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
DRA Correlation Chart
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Thanks for Helping with the Thanksgiving Centers!
I want to thank Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. Panesse, Mrs. Holmes, and Mrs. Wilhelm for helping out with our Thanksgiving centers. The kids seemed to enjoy the day, and it is always fun to have parents in the classroom. We had fun making crafts and playing games. Before we knew it, the day was over and it was time for dismissal.
We are looking forward to more celebrations this year!
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
AM Kindergarten Volunteer
I am looking for one more parent volunteer to help with our Thanksgiving centers this Friday, November 21st. The centers will go from 10:15-11:20. Email me asap if you are interested!
Monday, November 17, 2014
POM Bottles
I am kindly asking for students to bring in empty POM bottles by the first week of December. I will send out a hard copy reminder as well. I am aware of the fact the POM beverages are not cheap. You can also send in a Gatorade bottle. It is a little more difficult to work with, however, they are less expensive. I can't tell you what this is for, but you won't be disappointed!!!
This Week
Please forgive me for not posting any detailed information this week. Preparing for 39 conferences is quite time consuming.
I just wanted to bullet the most important information:
Lively Letters:
n/g
l/r
Sight Words:
in
to
it
Read Aloud:
Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
The Story of the Pilgrims by Katharine Ross
Nonfiction Text:
"Pilgrims' First Year" in our Let's Find Out magazine. Here is the class code to view at home with your child.
Classroom Code: mrsdolchkindy1
Math:
Addition number stories: if you notice, I use number lines as a strategy to solve addition problems.
Math addition games
Monster Squeeze game: Monster Squeeze (here is the game we will be playing on the number line in our classroom)
FYI:
On Friday, we will be having fun and educational Thanksgiving centers. I am looking forward to getting some help from some parent volunteers. I will be sure to post pictures of the activities.
We will visit the Book Fair during library tomorrow. Make sure to stop by during conferences!
Volunteers:
A few parents came forward to offer help in the classroom. I am putting a schedule together and will send it out to those who are interested (this does NOT include parties). I am trying my best to accommodate to everyone. If you are still interested, I can put you down on the schedule later on in the year.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
NO NOVEMBER HOMEWORK MENU THIS WEEK!!!
I will be sending home individual assignments tonight and tomorrow night. Please encourage your child to bring in good deed feathers to share with the class!
A.M. Kindergarten Class Mystery Reader
If your child is in the morning kindergarten class, please email me if you are interested in being a Mystery Reader. A Mystery Reader is someone who is scheduled to visit our classroom with a special book to read to the class. The best part is, the students do not know who you are. I try to schedule Mystery Readers on Fridays at 11:10. Also, Mystery Readers must be CORI'd.
In the email to me, please include the month you prefer (I will try my best to accommodate) and three clues about yourself.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Updates
I’d
like to start off this blog post by thanking all veterans and active duty
military. Thank you for serving
our country and protecting our freedom.
Math:
In
math this week, we are continuing to work on writing numbers. We have been spending time on the
“tricky teens”. Counting to 19 is
relatively simple for many kindergarteners. The tricky part is understanding what the teen numbers mean. For example, the number 12 is a group
of 10 and 2 ones. We worked with
unifix cubes and tens frames to learn this concept. In addition, I found a great math song about teen numbers. We have fun singing and dancing to this
song. Here is the link below in
case you want to sing it for reinforcement with your child.
Language
Arts:
In Language Arts, I have introduced letter sounds from our Lively Letters
Program. The sounds are /p/, /b/,
/t/, /d/, /f/, /v/, /k/, /g/, and /qu/, /th/, short /a/, and /o/. This week will work on the /m/ sound
and continue decoding cvc words.
Now that we learned two vowels, we can make words. Here are some
questions you can ask your kindergartener at home:
Who is the character
that makes the quiet tongue dancing sound?
(Answer: /t/ is the
Quiet Tongue Dancer)
Who is the character
that makes the noisy tongue dancing sound?
(Answer: /d/ is the
Noisy Tongue Dancer)
Who
makes the quiet choking sound?
(Answer:
/k/ he is going to a wedding and his mother
tied
his bowtie too tight. It made him
choke a little, so
now
he makes a quiet choking sound)
Who
is the character that is big and juicy?
When you
open
your mouth really wide, you say what?
(Answer: /a/ the apple)
Who is the cute and
hungry character. Every time you
see her, you tilt your head and say “o” (sound like awww).
(Answer: The baby who is
opening her mouth wide to eat from her mom’s spoon)
In
reading, I am excited to say we are diving into the “Daily 5”. Below is a link
that will give you information about this
Literacy
framework.
This
week, we will continue to learn how to read to self. We will make a chart about what it looks like and sounds
like to read to yourself. We have
more printable sight word books to read as a class and in small groups to
practice this reading habit.
Please read the books with your kindergarten at home to review reading
the pictures, reading the words, and retelling the story.
This
week we will read To Town with different objectives each time. We will first read the pictures to
infer what the book is about. Then
we will read the book looking for sight words. Finally we will read the book from beginning to end and do a
retell with dramatic enactment.
When
you are reading at home, encourage your kindergartener to read the pictures to
tell what is happening in the story.
This
week, we will learn two more ways to read a book: reading the words and
retelling the story.
Writing:
In
writing, we will read a variety of texts without words. We will add words to the text through a
writing skill called “labeling”.
Labeling is such an important beginning reading and writing skill. Labels give readers information about
the picture or story. One activity
I know the students will enjoy is labeling the teacher. I will have to post pictures of that
one after the lesson.
Concepts for
the Car ride or home:
Generating
Rhymes is still such an important phonemic awareness. Please work on having your child think of words that rhyme
with your words.
“Slap
It!”
As
your kindergartener is learning more and more sights, use the sight words
placemat (created by Mrs. McCarthy) to practice sight words. You call out a sight word, and your
child tries to find it and slap it as quick as possible. Another alternative to this game is
called “Bounce”. You post sight
words on sticky notes on the wall or your fence. Your child has a bouncy ball in his/her hand. You call out a sight word, and your
child tries to bounce the ball off of that word.
Review the
sight words:
I,
am, is, the, go, like, see, the, do
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Fun Family Turkey Project
Here is a website to give you an idea of the ways you can disguise a turkey. Below that are a couple of pictures I found online that I thought were cute. I can't wait to display these outside of our classroom!
Star Students
Sorry I haven't updated this list, but we have had a few Star Students.
Ava ~ A.M.
Sammy ~ P.M.
Dhyan ~ A.M.
Richard L. ~ P.M.
The following students are the Star Students for next week:
Amelia ~ A.M.
Nipun ~ P.M.
Ava ~ A.M.
Sammy ~ P.M.
Dhyan ~ A.M.
Richard L. ~ P.M.
The following students are the Star Students for next week:
Amelia ~ A.M.
Nipun ~ P.M.
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