Feb. 13th-17th

Monday:  We went to art and made seaweed for our fish picture.  We also went to music and practiced sign language with a song for our musical.  Our new popcorn word is you and our star letter is Hh.  We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and wrote a list of the foods the caterpillar.  We also brought home our own The Very Hungry Caterpillar book to practice reading.  In math we measured in feet using yardsticks, rulers or measuring tapes. 

Tuesday:  We read Sweet Hearts and Franklin’s Valentines.  We made a rhyming heart book and did a story map.  We also went to music and Mrs. Gutmann read us a Mem Fox story in the LMC.  We passed out Valentine cards and had our party.

Wednesday: Today in math we made a pet graph.  Our class has more dogs than any other pet.  We went to art and painted water for our fish picture.  We read Hedgie’s Surprise and answered a question about the story.  We went to P.E. and played a game to practice throwing and running.  We did learning centers. 

Thursday:  In math, we played the attribute spinner game.  Today we went to P.E. and we played the game racecar track.  We had science and did an experiment to find out if a magnet is attracted through different objects.  We read The Happy Hedgehog and talked about synonyms for happy and wrote about what makes us happy.  Today we had math centers.

Friday:  We went to P.E. and had Fitness Friday.  We read a story called President’s Day.  In math, we found different numbers on the number grid and looked at the patterns.  We finished our chapter book Donovan’s Word Jar.  We practiced our opposite words today.  We also had writer’s workshop today.

All About Me: We learned about Tristan.

Reminders:  Feb. 21^st- No School (President’s Day)

                       Feb. 22^nd- No School (Conferences 1-8:00)

The public library has great books for kindergartners to read independently.  These books have many of our sight words and helpful picture clues to assist students in determining unknown words.  Students should be reading at home daily in order to improve fluency and confidence with this new skill.  Scholastic is also a great place to find “just right” books for kindergartners.