This will be another busy and fun week in our kindergarten classroom. We will spend some time celebrating Valentine's Day, talking about Presidents' Day, and beginning a new science unit on Properties.
We will celebrate our kindergarten friendships and Valentine's Day this Friday at 12:00 in our classrooms. Please encourage your child to 'dress fancy' on this day. You are welcome to join us for a quick snack, some math fun, and reading our Valentine's Day cards. Please let me know if you will be attending so that I can prepare the kids and plan accordingly. Also, please send in decorated Valentine's Day mailboxes and Valentine Cards anytime before Friday. Thank you so much for your help with these projects.
This Wednesday we will also have Pajama Day. The children have been working very hard on filling up our classroom 'warm and fuzzy' jar. It is now full! The class has voted on a Pajama Party. We picked Wednesday for our celebration because it is not a PE day :) The children can wear a pair of cozy, comfy pjs to school. They can also bring in a cozy stuffed animal to spend the day with us. Please make sure that the stuffed animal can fit in your child's backpack.
Academically, as readers we will be working in small guided reading groups throughout the week. The children are now beginning to bring home 'just right' books during the week. Please listen to your child read to you, discuss some of the heart words, and return the book the next day. The children are so excited to take off as beginning readers. We will also continue practicing our Word Wall words and handwriting skills each day. During math, the children are working on learning addition facts. We are using cubes, counters, beads, cheerios, pictures...to help us remember our facts. We also learned that we can switch numbers around and still have the same answer: 2+3=5 AND 3+2=5 We call this a switcheroo in our classroom!
Thank you for sending in
winter gear, boots, and sneakers each day! The children are having so
much fun playing in the snow with their friends at recess. It is so good
for them.
I am looking forward to a very fun and very busy week!
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Saturday, January 18, 2014
January 21st
I hope you all have a terrific weekend and enjoy the extra day off from school.
Last week we spent time sharing our Family Snowman Projects, reading and listening to different snowy stories, and comparing and contrasting some of these stories. We learned about Venn Diagrams to help us organize our thinking after reading two different versions of The Mitten. The children did a terrific job sharing what they remembered from the stories.
During math, we wrapped up our unit on place value and 'tens' and 'ones'. We will, however, continue practicing reading, writing, and building those tricky teen numbers each day! This week we will begin working on adding numbers together. We will use pictures and manipulatives to help us with our learning. I will also be sending home practice flash cards for each child. The goal is for the children to know these facts quickly by the end of kindergarten. Please keep the facts in your child's folder for safe keeping.
During writing, the children are learning all about revising and editing their true stories. Last week we used post it notes and blue pens to help add more to our stories through pictures and words. This week we will learn about writing and publishing our very best stories. We are trying so hard to make our stories easy to read. The children are growing so much as beginning writers!
Our Word Wall is also growing. Each week we continue to add three new words to our classroom wall. We also practice reading and writing words in the same word family. Ex: at is on our wall. We are reading and writing bat, cat, hat, sat... Try doing this at home too! :) I will send home a copy of the words we have learned so far.
Later on in the week we will begin learning all about penguins. We will read fiction and nonfiction stories. We will also create some fun penguin projects to go along with our penguin theme.
Report Cards will be uploaded to BC@Home at the beginning of February. I will be sending home notes regarding conference times. Please return the note and I will schedule conference times according to the responses I receive.
*We will celebrate Friendship and Valentine's Day* on February 14th at 12:00 in our classroom. A note will be sent home with additional information about our next classroom event, but I wanted to make you aware of the date in case you wish to attend.
Thank you so much for your support.
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)
Last week we spent time sharing our Family Snowman Projects, reading and listening to different snowy stories, and comparing and contrasting some of these stories. We learned about Venn Diagrams to help us organize our thinking after reading two different versions of The Mitten. The children did a terrific job sharing what they remembered from the stories.
During math, we wrapped up our unit on place value and 'tens' and 'ones'. We will, however, continue practicing reading, writing, and building those tricky teen numbers each day! This week we will begin working on adding numbers together. We will use pictures and manipulatives to help us with our learning. I will also be sending home practice flash cards for each child. The goal is for the children to know these facts quickly by the end of kindergarten. Please keep the facts in your child's folder for safe keeping.
During writing, the children are learning all about revising and editing their true stories. Last week we used post it notes and blue pens to help add more to our stories through pictures and words. This week we will learn about writing and publishing our very best stories. We are trying so hard to make our stories easy to read. The children are growing so much as beginning writers!
Our Word Wall is also growing. Each week we continue to add three new words to our classroom wall. We also practice reading and writing words in the same word family. Ex: at is on our wall. We are reading and writing bat, cat, hat, sat... Try doing this at home too! :) I will send home a copy of the words we have learned so far.
Later on in the week we will begin learning all about penguins. We will read fiction and nonfiction stories. We will also create some fun penguin projects to go along with our penguin theme.
Report Cards will be uploaded to BC@Home at the beginning of February. I will be sending home notes regarding conference times. Please return the note and I will schedule conference times according to the responses I receive.
*We will celebrate Friendship and Valentine's Day* on February 14th at 12:00 in our classroom. A note will be sent home with additional information about our next classroom event, but I wanted to make you aware of the date in case you wish to attend.
Thank you so much for your support.
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Welcome 2014!
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful break and were able to spend quality time with your family and friends. I am looking forward to seeing my 'kindergarten kids' again this week!
This week we will spend time gently easing back into the routines of our kindergarten day. We will practice our reading, writing, math, and listening skills as we read stories about snowy weather. We will read Lois Ehlert's Snowballs and Ezra Jack Keats' The Snowy Day to help us with some of our learning this week. We will also begin reading Jan Brett's The Hat and The Mitten. We will talk about main characters, settings, problems, solutions, as well as the beginning, middle, and end of stories. We will also work on some fun snowy projects to go along with our reading!
Please check your child's folder for our January Family Project. The children love sharing their work with their classmates. All projects will be displayed in our kindergarten hallway for our school to enjoy. Thank you for your support with our monthly projects.
I am looking forward to a fun week in our kindergarten classroom!
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne
This week we will spend time gently easing back into the routines of our kindergarten day. We will practice our reading, writing, math, and listening skills as we read stories about snowy weather. We will read Lois Ehlert's Snowballs and Ezra Jack Keats' The Snowy Day to help us with some of our learning this week. We will also begin reading Jan Brett's The Hat and The Mitten. We will talk about main characters, settings, problems, solutions, as well as the beginning, middle, and end of stories. We will also work on some fun snowy projects to go along with our reading!
Please check your child's folder for our January Family Project. The children love sharing their work with their classmates. All projects will be displayed in our kindergarten hallway for our school to enjoy. Thank you for your support with our monthly projects.
I am looking forward to a fun week in our kindergarten classroom!
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne
Sunday, December 15, 2013
December 16th!
I hope you all enjoyed the snowy weather this weekend! Please be sure that your child comes to school with snow pants, hats, gloves, and boots. They will certainly be playing in the snow during recess this week! :)
This week will be busy, but we will continue with our kindergarten learning too. Last week we wrapped up our unit on bears. The kids had so much fun working with their Teddy Bears, making paw print snacks, trying foods that bears eat (fish, jam, & honey), and reading stories about bears. This week we will read and compare many different gingerbread stories. We will be working with our buddies to build our very own houses during the week. Please send in all supplies for our projects on Monday or Tuesday. Also, please join us on Thursday at 2:00 to help with decorating the houses and transporting the houses home. It would also be helpful if you could bring or send in an extra can of white frosting for decorating the houses on Thursday. Each child can use his/her own can of frosting for decorating purposes.
Thank you so much for your support. I am looking forward to a busy and fun week in our kindergarten classroom!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Eileen Browne
This week will be busy, but we will continue with our kindergarten learning too. Last week we wrapped up our unit on bears. The kids had so much fun working with their Teddy Bears, making paw print snacks, trying foods that bears eat (fish, jam, & honey), and reading stories about bears. This week we will read and compare many different gingerbread stories. We will be working with our buddies to build our very own houses during the week. Please send in all supplies for our projects on Monday or Tuesday. Also, please join us on Thursday at 2:00 to help with decorating the houses and transporting the houses home. It would also be helpful if you could bring or send in an extra can of white frosting for decorating the houses on Thursday. Each child can use his/her own can of frosting for decorating purposes.
Thank you so much for your support. I am looking forward to a busy and fun week in our kindergarten classroom!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Eileen Browne
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Welcome December!
I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend with family and friends. I was certainly grateful to spend some time visiting with some of my closest relatives and friends during our time off from school.
This week we are beginning a fun unit on bears! We will read some nonfiction and fiction books as we learn all about bears in our kindergarten classroom. We will learn true facts from our nonfiction reading and we will learn about the different elements of a story from our fictional stories. We will discuss main characters, settings, and the big ideas in our different stories about bears. Be sure to ask your children all about our learning!
This week we will also add three new words to our Word Wall~ 'in', 'at', & 'my'. We now have twelve words in all on our Word Wall: I, a, the, is, me, go, it, and, no, in, at, & my. Please practice reading these words at home. Knowing these words 'by heart' will help your child to begin the process of reading! We practice our 'heart words' each and every day in our kindergarten classroom.
During math we are learning about growing patterns, numbers lines, comparing numbers (two more, two fewer), and learning about numbers 10 - 20. We will be using different types of materials to help us with our math learning each day during the month of December.
Mystery Readers are a huge hit in our classroom. Please send me an email or a note if you haven't signed up to read to the class and are still interested in participating in this activity. The children absolutely LOVE it!
Gingerbread Houses~ Please mark your calendars! We will be decorating gingerbread houses in our classroom on Thursday, December 19th at 2pm in our classroom. Please join us for this very messy and fun event. More information will come home, but I wanted to make you aware of the date.
Please make sure your children have winter clothing for outdoor recess each day! The children need warm coats, hats, and gloves every day. On snowy days the children play outside. Please send in snow pants (they will go home each day) and wear boots. Sneakers should be packed in your child's backpack. Sneakers are worn during the school day and boots are worn for outside play!
Thank you so much for your support in your child's learning and play. I am looking forward to a terrific December!
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)
This week we are beginning a fun unit on bears! We will read some nonfiction and fiction books as we learn all about bears in our kindergarten classroom. We will learn true facts from our nonfiction reading and we will learn about the different elements of a story from our fictional stories. We will discuss main characters, settings, and the big ideas in our different stories about bears. Be sure to ask your children all about our learning!
This week we will also add three new words to our Word Wall~ 'in', 'at', & 'my'. We now have twelve words in all on our Word Wall: I, a, the, is, me, go, it, and, no, in, at, & my. Please practice reading these words at home. Knowing these words 'by heart' will help your child to begin the process of reading! We practice our 'heart words' each and every day in our kindergarten classroom.
During math we are learning about growing patterns, numbers lines, comparing numbers (two more, two fewer), and learning about numbers 10 - 20. We will be using different types of materials to help us with our math learning each day during the month of December.
Mystery Readers are a huge hit in our classroom. Please send me an email or a note if you haven't signed up to read to the class and are still interested in participating in this activity. The children absolutely LOVE it!
Gingerbread Houses~ Please mark your calendars! We will be decorating gingerbread houses in our classroom on Thursday, December 19th at 2pm in our classroom. Please join us for this very messy and fun event. More information will come home, but I wanted to make you aware of the date.
Please make sure your children have winter clothing for outdoor recess each day! The children need warm coats, hats, and gloves every day. On snowy days the children play outside. Please send in snow pants (they will go home each day) and wear boots. Sneakers should be packed in your child's backpack. Sneakers are worn during the school day and boots are worn for outside play!
Thank you so much for your support in your child's learning and play. I am looking forward to a terrific December!
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)
Thursday, November 14, 2013
November Reminders!
~November Reminders~
~November Family Projects~ Thank you for sending in your turkeys. We love sharing the projects. The turkeys are currently hanging in the kindergarten hallway for all to see!
~Mystery Readers~ A note went home explaining this activity. During the months of November and December we will have family members coming in to read to the class. We like to keep it a surprise in our classroom. It adds to the excitement. Please try to arrange for someone in your family to participate in this activity. We have had a few mystery readers so far and the children absolutely love it! Please let me know if you would like to participate and haven't yet signed up.
~Family Pictures Wanted!~ Please send in a picture of your family by Monday. The picture should be 4x6 in order to fit inside a project we are making. The children love learning about their friends' families.
~50th Day of School!~ Please see the note in your child's folder. Next Tuesday is our 50th Day of School! We will be celebrating by dressing up like children from the 1950s. We will also be working on many different fun crafts throughout the entire day with all of our kindergarten friends.
~Family Celebration~ We will have a small family celebration on Friday, November 22nd at 12:00 during American Education Week. You are invited to come in and work on a project with your child and see some of things we are working on in our classroom. The Book Fair will also be taking place on this day. This is a great opportunity to shop with your child. You can also eat lunch with the children at school at 12:50 if your schedule allows for it. A yellow note was sent home last week.
Word Wall: We have begun adding 'heart words' to our Word Wall! We added I, a, & the this week. We refer to these words as 'heart words' because we do not stretch out the sounds in these words...we have to know them by heart! We will add three new words each week.
Writing: We are working very hard on writing 'true stories' during writing workshop. The children are doing a terrific job adding details to their pictures and trying to write labels and words to make their stories even better! I am so proud of our kindergarten authors.
Math: We are wrapping up our unit on Ten Frames and are spending some time comparing numbers and groups of objects. We are focusing on the words greater, more, fewer, and less as we compare different groups.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)
~November Family Projects~ Thank you for sending in your turkeys. We love sharing the projects. The turkeys are currently hanging in the kindergarten hallway for all to see!
~Mystery Readers~ A note went home explaining this activity. During the months of November and December we will have family members coming in to read to the class. We like to keep it a surprise in our classroom. It adds to the excitement. Please try to arrange for someone in your family to participate in this activity. We have had a few mystery readers so far and the children absolutely love it! Please let me know if you would like to participate and haven't yet signed up.
~Family Pictures Wanted!~ Please send in a picture of your family by Monday. The picture should be 4x6 in order to fit inside a project we are making. The children love learning about their friends' families.
~50th Day of School!~ Please see the note in your child's folder. Next Tuesday is our 50th Day of School! We will be celebrating by dressing up like children from the 1950s. We will also be working on many different fun crafts throughout the entire day with all of our kindergarten friends.
~Family Celebration~ We will have a small family celebration on Friday, November 22nd at 12:00 during American Education Week. You are invited to come in and work on a project with your child and see some of things we are working on in our classroom. The Book Fair will also be taking place on this day. This is a great opportunity to shop with your child. You can also eat lunch with the children at school at 12:50 if your schedule allows for it. A yellow note was sent home last week.
Word Wall: We have begun adding 'heart words' to our Word Wall! We added I, a, & the this week. We refer to these words as 'heart words' because we do not stretch out the sounds in these words...we have to know them by heart! We will add three new words each week.
Writing: We are working very hard on writing 'true stories' during writing workshop. The children are doing a terrific job adding details to their pictures and trying to write labels and words to make their stories even better! I am so proud of our kindergarten authors.
Math: We are wrapping up our unit on Ten Frames and are spending some time comparing numbers and groups of objects. We are focusing on the words greater, more, fewer, and less as we compare different groups.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne :)
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Welcome November!
Last week we said goodbye to October with many fun activities. We had a Fire Safety Assembly where we met some firefighters, a rescue dog, and sat inside real fire trucks. We also celebrated Halloween with some fun crafts and treats. Thank you to everyone who sent in supplies and volunteered in our classroom for this event!
The month of November is always a fun and busy time of the year. I will try my best to keep you all updated on the many events taking place. This Tuesday is our last half day. Dismissal will take place at 12:10 on this day. Please send in a note if there any changes in dismissals. Our class has been doing a terrific job with this! Tuesday night is Eagle's Silent Auction. I hope to see you there! It is a great fundraising event for our school.
Throughout the month of November our kindergarten classes will be learning about families, Thanksgiving, and gratitude. Below are some projects and activities that we will be working on to celebrate our families:
~November Family Projects~ will be sent home tomorrow. Please send in all completed projects by November 13th. We love sharing our projects each month.
~Mystery Readers~ A note will go home explaining this activity. During the months of November and December we will have family members coming in to read to the class. We like to keep it a surprise in our classroom. It adds to the excitement. Please try to arrange for someone in your family to participate in this activity. Look for the note in your child's folder this week.
~Family Pictures Wanted!~ Please send in a picture of your family by the middle of next week. The picture should be 4x6 in order to fit inside of our projects. The children love learning about one another's families.
~Family Celebration~ We will have a small family celebration on Friday, November 22nd at 12:00 during American Education Week. You are invited to come in and work on a project with your child and see some of things we are working on in our classroom. The Book Fair will also be taking place on this day. This is a great opportunity to shop with your child. You can also eat lunch with the children at school at 12:50 if your schedule allows for it. I will send home a note about this event as well.
This week we are reading stories about Mrs. Wishy Washy and learning about the letters Ii, Yy, and Ee. We will be adding some November poems to our literacy binders too. We are working hard as readers and writers every day in our classroom.
During math, we have been learning all about ten frames and how they can help us to count numbers. This week will learn how ten frames can help when counting numbers greater than ten (11-20) too. We are working with actual ten frames and our Smartboard to help us with our learning.
Thank you so much for your ongoing support! Happy November :)
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne
The month of November is always a fun and busy time of the year. I will try my best to keep you all updated on the many events taking place. This Tuesday is our last half day. Dismissal will take place at 12:10 on this day. Please send in a note if there any changes in dismissals. Our class has been doing a terrific job with this! Tuesday night is Eagle's Silent Auction. I hope to see you there! It is a great fundraising event for our school.
Throughout the month of November our kindergarten classes will be learning about families, Thanksgiving, and gratitude. Below are some projects and activities that we will be working on to celebrate our families:
~November Family Projects~ will be sent home tomorrow. Please send in all completed projects by November 13th. We love sharing our projects each month.
~Mystery Readers~ A note will go home explaining this activity. During the months of November and December we will have family members coming in to read to the class. We like to keep it a surprise in our classroom. It adds to the excitement. Please try to arrange for someone in your family to participate in this activity. Look for the note in your child's folder this week.
~Family Pictures Wanted!~ Please send in a picture of your family by the middle of next week. The picture should be 4x6 in order to fit inside of our projects. The children love learning about one another's families.
~Family Celebration~ We will have a small family celebration on Friday, November 22nd at 12:00 during American Education Week. You are invited to come in and work on a project with your child and see some of things we are working on in our classroom. The Book Fair will also be taking place on this day. This is a great opportunity to shop with your child. You can also eat lunch with the children at school at 12:50 if your schedule allows for it. I will send home a note about this event as well.
This week we are reading stories about Mrs. Wishy Washy and learning about the letters Ii, Yy, and Ee. We will be adding some November poems to our literacy binders too. We are working hard as readers and writers every day in our classroom.
During math, we have been learning all about ten frames and how they can help us to count numbers. This week will learn how ten frames can help when counting numbers greater than ten (11-20) too. We are working with actual ten frames and our Smartboard to help us with our learning.
Thank you so much for your ongoing support! Happy November :)
Sincerely,
Eileen Browne
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