May 21st-25th

Monday:  In math, we added the minute hand to our clock and practiced telling time.  Our new popcorn words are here and are and our last star letter is Uu.  Today we read The Ugly Duckling and then we wrote about our favorite part of the story.  Today we went to music and we were practicing the jogging and galloping beat.  Today in art we colored our body and shoes and we will paint later this week.  We also read a book called Fish. 

 Tuesday:  Today we went on a field trip to the DuPage Children’s Museum.  We got to build in the workshop, go in the wind tunnels, watch the wind carry the fuzz balls through tubes and lots more fun things.  We also went to the lab and did lots of math activities like patterns, building and describing block towers, sorting and counting.  Back at school we did capital letter U handwriting.  We also went to the computer lab and did an activity for the story Barnyard Banter.  Today we read Fun Dog, Sun Dog.  We also practiced telling time and playing the time match game. 

Wednesday:  Today we went to P.E. and played a game called emergency rescue.  We went to art and painted.  We watched a video about plants and finished our seed to plant journal.  Today in math we did some adding and subtracting.  We read The Lost and Found and we practiced our comprehension by doing a sketch to stretch activity.

Thursday:  Today we read a book called Drip, Drop.  We went to P.E. and stretched.  We read The Night Sky and Stargazers to learn about stars and constellations.  In math we used our calculators to solve number stories.  We also read Dory Story about the ocean food chain.  Today we had a Memorial Day Assembly.  In science we learned about water and how it changes into different states (solid, liquid and gas).

Friday:  Today we went to art and finished our hot air balloon projects and we got our portfolio.  We had writer’s workshop today.  We went outside for P.E. and played Jack Frost.  We read the book Me and My Place in Space and put all of the planets in order.  Today we read Splash in the Ocean.  In math we used the pan balance to weigh objects.  We also read the story called The Planets in our Solar System. 

Reminders:  May 30^th: Field Day (see blog for more information)

                                         11:30-12:00 whole school picnic lunch (see blog for more        

                                           Information)   

May 31^st: Bubble Day (see blog for more information)

                        June 1^st: Last day of school (10:10 Dismissal)

                           **STUDENTS CAN BRING YEARBOOKS TO SCHOOL FOR    

                           AUTOGRAPH SIGNING ON JUNE 1ST**

May 15th-18th

Tuesday:  Today we read Quick as a Cricket.  Our new sight word is me and our star letter is Qq.  We went to the computer lab and practiced typing our ABCs.  Katie was the reader of the day and she read Fred and Ted’s Road Trip.  In math, we talked about and looked at the dollar bill.  We also answered questions about our weather graphs.  We went to music today and sang a lot of songs.  We also checked our plants and recorded our observations in our seed to plant science journals. 

Wednesday:  Today in art we made a hot air balloon basket.  We went to P.E. and played fitness Wednesday.  In R & R Joey read us The Bernstein Bears at the Aquarium.  In math we played the one dollar game.  We had our May math centers today.   We read The Patchwork Quilt.  We wrote in our journals.

Thursday:  Today in P.E. we had back-to-back buddies.  We read Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen and wrote about the beginning, middle and end and retold the story with a friend.  In math, we made name collection posters. During R & R, Daniel read us the book Flying High.  We also had handwriting and got to move our boat.  We wrote about our favorite part of kindergarten and had writer’s workshop.

Friday:  Today we went to P.E. and played outland.  Matthew was our last reader of the day and he read us the book Dinosaur Hunt.  We had a fire drill and wrote in our journals.  This morning we colored words with the /q/ sound.  We reviewed  story elements and made stories with a partner.  Each kindergartner interviewed a partner and recorded the data.  In science we talked about what plants need to grow and we also completed another page in our seed to plant journal.  In math, we created our own function machines.

Reminders: May 22^nd: Field trip to the DuPage Children’s Museum

                    PTA Skate Night (6-8:00)
                    May 28^th: No School
                     May 30^th: Field Day (see blog for more information)
                     May 31^st: Bubble Day (see blog for more information)
                    June 1^st: Last day of school (10:10 Dismissal)

Matthew 5-18-12

Daniel 5-17-12

Joey 5-16-12

Katie 5-15-12

May 7th-11th

Thank you parents, students and PTA for all of the wonderful surprises during teacher appreciation week!

Monday: Our new star letter is Zz and our popcorn word is “one.”  Today we read a nonfiction book about zebras and made a web of what we know about zebras.  We also answered 3 questions about zebras.  We made a zebra puzzle too.  In science we started our plant unit by planting seeds and writing in our Seed to Plant Science Journal.  In math, we made clocks and began telling time using only the hour hand.  We went to Art and Music today.

Tuesday:  Today we made a zebra project.  The zebra we made is different than all of the other zebras.  We read the story Zink the Zebra.  During R&R Olivia read us the book A Fish out of Water.  Today we went to the LMC and read the Denise Fleming books Barnyard Banter, Count! and Alphabet Under Construction.   In math we played the high roller game.  We practiced labeling the parts of a flower in Science.  We also had music today and played the xylophone. 
Wednesday:  Today at R & R Presley read us The Foot Book.  We went to P.E. and played kingpin.   In math we learned how to use function machines.  We earned an extra recess.  We read Animal Strike at the Zoo.  We also read Put Me In The Zoo and made our own zig zag zoo book.  In art we made a hot air balloon project.  We wrote about our favorite place to eat or restaurant in our journals.  Today in writer’s workshop we made sure our sentences had a “who” and a “what.”
Thursday:  Today we read a book called Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin.  We practiced the “in” word family.  Aidan read the book Smooch Your Pooch  to the class during R & R.  In math, we got clues and had to figure out and write the numbers.  Today we had writer’s workshop and got to write with a partner.  We also got to write a list.  We went to P.E. and played Fitness Thursday.    We made a popcorn word flower project.  We also started new learning centers.
Friday:  Today we read Zack the Lazy Zebra.  We made our own Zz books and read them with a friend.  We also practiced writing words that start with Z.  Kylie was the Reader of the Day.  We went to P.E.  Today we pulp painted in the LMC.  This is how author Denise Fleming makes her illustrations.  We also played sight word bingo.

Reminders:  May 14^th: No School

                        May 22^nd: Field trip to the DuPage Children’s Museum

                    PTA Skate Night (6-8:00)

                       May 28^th: No School
                       May 30^th: Field Day (see blog for more information)
                      June 1^st: Last day of school (10:10 Dismissal)

Kylie 5-11-12

Aidan 5-10-12

Presley 5-9-12

Olivia 5-8-12

April 30th-May 4th

Monday:  Today in math we made patterns.  Our new star letter is Yy and the new popcorn word is little.  We learned a new poem for the letter Yy.  We read the book Actual Size.  Today we read a book called The Big Yellow Bus and we wrote our own page using the same style.  Today we went to art and started working on our Monet project.  We also had music and thought of ideas for movements.  Tuesday:  Today is the first day of May.  In math we made a number loop and made name collections for numbers.  Mrs. G was here and we made puppets and a school bus to retell the story of The Big Yellow Bus.  We went to music and Mrs. Burke had us practice our movements with music.  We went to the LMC and watched a video about how Denise Fleming makes her illustrations.  The reader of the day was Darren and he read us Clifford Goes to School.

Wednesday:  Today we retold the story of Little Quack’s New Friend.  We went to P.E. and played musical hula hoops.  In art we painted poppies.  Today in math we practiced adding and played the hundreds, tens, ones game.  It was stuffed animal day.  We got to read with our stuffed animals and do a lot of other work with them.   Marisa read us the story Wait for Us.  Today we worked on the Y poem in our poem books.

Thursday:  We read Yo! Yes? Today Angelina’s mom came and did Kinconnect with us and we talked about Earth Day.  We went to P.E. and played the fitness dice.  We read the book called The Five Little Ducks and retold the story with our puppets.  All day long we talked about the things we did in an hour.  We did our lowercase letter y handwriting.  Today Luca read us the story Ride, Fly Guy, Ride!

Friday:  Today we made a poster to teach others how to take care of the Earth.  In P.E. we had fitness Friday and did jump ropes, hula hoops, step up boxes and jogging.  We read the book D.W. The Picky Eater  and made a “Yucky and Yummy” book.  During R&R Tristan read us the book Ten Apples Up on Top.  We wrote in our journal about our favorite day of the week.  We also wrote “y” words in our word book. 

All About Me:  We learned about Lauren
Reminders:   May 11^th: PTA meeting at 9:15 in the Multipurpose Room
                        May 14^th: No School
                         May 22^nd: Field trip to the DuPage Children’s Museum

                    PTA Skate Night (6-8:00)

                         May 28^th: No School

May 30^th: Field Day (see blog for more information)

                       June 1^st: Last day of school (10:10 Dismissal)

Tristan 5-4-12

Luca 5-3-12

Marisa 5-2-12

Darren 5-1-12