April 18th - 21st

Wow!  The Froggy Store was a big success!  Each child took the coins they had earned and went shopping.  Our senior friend, Julie Trumble, helped to run the store.  The children had a choice to spend all of their coins, save them to buy a more expensive item next week, or spend some/save some.  They each had the opportunity to count out their money to pay for the item they chose. Next, they helped count out their change.  What a fun learning experience.  The Froggy Store will be open each Friday until the end of the year (Wednesday - this week only). Thank you for donating items.  This class is very motivated!  They love to shop! (Me, too)

  This week, we will continue with our short e word families (en, ed, et) and Easter readers.  We will complete our money unit and engage in a bit of Jelly Bean math!

  Remember, numbered eggs (#1-16) are due by Tuesday.

Our Egg Hunt is Thursday and we are out on Good Friday.

Have a blessed week!

 I want you to know how well our testing went last week.  The class did a wonderful job of listening and focusing.  I am very proud of them.  Thank you for all of your support and encouragement.  I am looking forward to a great week as we open our Froggy Store!

April 11th - 15th

Next week in Kindergarten

Reading

*Short e and short u word families

*Story building

*Using exact naming words (nouns)

*Spring stories and word charts

*Counting syllables

*Phoneme substitution (first and last )

*Phonics reader-Ken and Jen

*Journal writing:  Jelly Bean Prayer

Math

* Continue money unit
*Comparing amounts of money
*More or less
*Counting different amounts of change

*Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Hallford -“Froggy Store”

(Mrs. McDavid and Mrs. Harrison will open their stores the following week J)

*sorting, identifying and counting coins

Bible

*The Easter Story

Lunchbunch

*Smartboard reading and math games

*Spring art activities

ITBS
  I am so proud of our first two days of testing!  Our class is listening and following directions soooo well!
  This test is a great tool to help me identify strengths and weaknesses.  
  This week, we will be studying "bugs"!  We will read books by Eric
Carle, paint a class book, as well as learning about:
  -money - buying items from our store
 - short u word families
 - phonetic readers
 -vocabulary review - new word: are
What a great "bubbling" week we are having!

March 28-April 1
Next week in kindergarten...

Reading
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up the Wash
*Spring stories and word charts
*counting syllables
*phoneme substitution
*categorizing and classifying
*creating writing and illustrating class stories
*blending short e words
*building sentences
Phonics Reader-Pig Can Get Wet


Math
Money
*sorting, identifying and counting coins
*vocabulary-penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar
*interactive story-Miss Flamingo Spends!

BibleThe wise man builds his house upon the rock
*Matthew 7:24-27
*Target Truth-We need to learn to build our lives on the rock, Christ Jesus
                     -Faith

Lunchbunch
* rhyming review
*number bingo
*smartboard reading and math games
*Spring art activities

Monday, March 21, 2011March 21 - 25


Welcome Back!! Spring has sprung! Hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break. We will continue with Miss Wishy Washy, acting out the story, a little yummy mud writing and recreating the book. We will also learn some lessons from our friends "The Tortoise and the Hare".

This week...

- first, next, then and last parts of the story

- creative writing

- rotation tubs with reading and math

- he, she, me and we (understanding and illustrating)

- adding, odd & even numbers, teen numbers, add-on counting

- writing 1 - 100

- counting by 2s, 5s and 10s

- short vowel review

*Remember to review around 10 minutes each night. Review sight words and word families. Practice for instant recognition.*

Dates To Remember:

April 4 - 8 ITBS Testing

April 22 Good Friday Holiday

Have you ever eaten a Purple Cow? Well, we enjoyed making and eating one today! Ask us about the recipe!
Next week will be a week of fun with Mrs. Wishy-Washy… mud, mud, and more mud!
We will be involved with:
-creative writing
- science experiments centered around mud
- mud math with animal crackers (adding, odd & even numbers, teen numbers, add-on counting)
- graphing favorite characters
- creative writing
- reading, re-reading, retelling, and acting out Mrs. Wishy-Washy-- characters, setting, beginning, middle, and ending parts of story

*Remember to review around 10 minutes each night. Review sight words and word families. Practice for instant recognition.*

Dates To Remember:
March 11 - Science Fest
March 14 - 18 - Spring Break
Kindergarten is a messy business....especially when we are working with "Oh Lovely Mud"!


Wendy Hallford
Kindergarten
Trinity Presbyterian School