Hello! Here are some notes on what we'll be doing in the Kindergarten room this week!
Language Arts:
This week is a big one...we will start learning word families!! This week we will explore and learn the -at word family. The letter of the week is the letter Hh. Hattie Horse is our alphafriend. We'll also be reviewing our sight words: I, like, see, my; and we'll learn our new sight word: a. When reading to your child at home have them read these words to you or point them out and find them. Also, pointing out that the first word in the sentence starts with a capital letter and that sentences end with a punctuation mark.
We are in a new section of our Reading Series that focuses on friendship. Our story this week is Aaron and Gayla's Alphabet Book. Throughout this book we will also be finding different positional words: on, in, at, under.
Math:
We'll review our numerals and number words: 0 - 10. We'll also move on to larger numbers this week: 11 - 16. Counting one to one with larger numbers can be difficult for children if they try to rush...when counting with your child at home, remind them to slow down and take their time. On their work pages I will often encourage them to put an 'X' over the object that they counted, that way they will not loose their place and count it again.
Religion:
We will talk about St. Nicholas (Dec. 6th) and continue to talk about Advent. We'll here about the story of Jesus' birth and talk about the Holy Family. We will also be watching a video "God Loves Me" that will help us understand that God gave us the wonderful gift of our bodies and will help us learn what we need to do to stay safe and stay healthy. (This is part of our Safe and Sacred Training for our children.) At the end of the week we will also watch a video about responcibility, which is our character trait focus for the month of December. Congratulations to Viddy Wabindato for getting the student of the month for Honesty in Kindergarten for November!
Social Studies:
We will talk about the holidays and also about different traditions around the world. We'll explore the map and various different cultures that celebrate Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanza.
Science:
We will be writing and drawing thank you letters to Brad Gingras. Brad (Madison's dad) was able to come in last week and bring in various animal furs and a mounted duck to talk about the three things animals do during the winter: migrate, hibernate and tough it out! The children really enjoyed his presentation and learned a lot about the different animals in our area and what they do in the winter. They were very excited when I mentioned writing stories back to him...they all had so much to share, but we were limited on time so I decided to extend this activity and write/draw them out.
Centers:
In our centers this week we will be making snowflake ornaments, being completing a Black Bear Booklet and making hand-made presents for our parents.
Important Dates to Remember:
December 10th ~ Christmas Store...be sure to send an envelope with a list of names of who your child needs to buy for and 50 cents per gift.
Have a great week...thanks for stopping by!!!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
November 15th-19th
Hello! Hard to believe that the week before Thanksgiving is already here! Time is sure going by quickly, but we're having lots of fun! The children are excited not only for Thanksgiving, but for the predicted snow arrival this weekend. I'm at home in Mason and we have a good thick ground cover of snow...I've heard Ashland had rain/snow mix. Interested to see what we'll have on Monday! Please remember to send your child's boots, snowpants, hats and mittens to school with them every day!
Here's what we'll be doing for the week:
Language Arts:
Our Alphafriend this week is Benny Bear and we'll focus on the letter Bb. Our new sight word this week is 'like' and we'll also review our other sight words: 'I', 'see' and 'my'. We work on a letter each week, but also take time to review past letters and sounds as well as review recognizing all of the alphabet. Please continue to do this at home with your child. When they work on their 'homework' in their notebooks, go over each letter or number or other skill with them so they practice not only writing them, but recognizing them.
Our story this week will be "Shoes From Grandpa", which will help us work on remembering sequence of events, and predicting and drawing conclusions about different parts of the story.
Math:
We'll continue to work on numbers 6 through 10. We'll review numbers 0 through 5 also and continue to work on number order. We'll play various math manipulative games, which helps the children gain a more solid, tangible understanding of the numbers.
Religion:
We'll be focusing on God and how He sent us His Son, Jesus. This will be a good bridge into talking about the upcoming Advent and Christmas seasons. Advent begins on Nov. 28th, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We will focus on the waiting and preparing for the birth of baby Jesus.
Science:
We will discuss animal habitats. Our Weekly Reader will help us talk about different habitats and the animals that live there. We'll also talk about animals and what they do to get ready for the winter; focusing on migration and hibernation. We'll also talk about what some animals do that do not migrate or hibernate over the winter.
Social Studies:
We'll continue to talk about Thanksgiving. We'll focus on what happened during the first Thanksgiving and the importance of all of the gifts we have to share with each other. We'll talk about being thankful and list things that we are thankful for. This will also come into play as we talk about things we have now and things they had back then.
Centers:
Centers 1 and 2 will focus on Thanksgiving games that have the children take turns picking picture cards and recalling the different sounds that we've learned so far: S, M, R, T and B.
Center 3 will be making a "I'm Thankful For..." Thanksgiving turkey centerpiece that the children will take home to put somewhere to show what they are most thankful for.
*Please remember we have Show-N-Tell on Mon, Tues, Thur, and Fri. I do not have the list of who is on what days infront of me right now, but I will send a reminder home on Monday with that information. Please help your child come up with at least a couple clues about their item and if you can, send in a bag (plastic, paper). Thanks!
**Don't forget...Parent Teacher Conferences on Tuesday afternoon/evening!
That's all for now...thanks for stopping by!
~Mrs. Westlund
Here's what we'll be doing for the week:
Language Arts:
Our Alphafriend this week is Benny Bear and we'll focus on the letter Bb. Our new sight word this week is 'like' and we'll also review our other sight words: 'I', 'see' and 'my'. We work on a letter each week, but also take time to review past letters and sounds as well as review recognizing all of the alphabet. Please continue to do this at home with your child. When they work on their 'homework' in their notebooks, go over each letter or number or other skill with them so they practice not only writing them, but recognizing them.
Our story this week will be "Shoes From Grandpa", which will help us work on remembering sequence of events, and predicting and drawing conclusions about different parts of the story.
Math:
We'll continue to work on numbers 6 through 10. We'll review numbers 0 through 5 also and continue to work on number order. We'll play various math manipulative games, which helps the children gain a more solid, tangible understanding of the numbers.
Religion:
We'll be focusing on God and how He sent us His Son, Jesus. This will be a good bridge into talking about the upcoming Advent and Christmas seasons. Advent begins on Nov. 28th, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We will focus on the waiting and preparing for the birth of baby Jesus.
Science:
We will discuss animal habitats. Our Weekly Reader will help us talk about different habitats and the animals that live there. We'll also talk about animals and what they do to get ready for the winter; focusing on migration and hibernation. We'll also talk about what some animals do that do not migrate or hibernate over the winter.
Social Studies:
We'll continue to talk about Thanksgiving. We'll focus on what happened during the first Thanksgiving and the importance of all of the gifts we have to share with each other. We'll talk about being thankful and list things that we are thankful for. This will also come into play as we talk about things we have now and things they had back then.
Centers:
Centers 1 and 2 will focus on Thanksgiving games that have the children take turns picking picture cards and recalling the different sounds that we've learned so far: S, M, R, T and B.
Center 3 will be making a "I'm Thankful For..." Thanksgiving turkey centerpiece that the children will take home to put somewhere to show what they are most thankful for.
*Please remember we have Show-N-Tell on Mon, Tues, Thur, and Fri. I do not have the list of who is on what days infront of me right now, but I will send a reminder home on Monday with that information. Please help your child come up with at least a couple clues about their item and if you can, send in a bag (plastic, paper). Thanks!
**Don't forget...Parent Teacher Conferences on Tuesday afternoon/evening!
That's all for now...thanks for stopping by!
~Mrs. Westlund
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Nov. 7th-11th
Another week is here! This is what we'll be doing this week:
Language Arts:
New letter focus/alphafriend: Tt for Tiggy Tiger
New word: 'my' Review: 'I' and 'see'
We'll read a story about a spanish family: Tortillas and Lullabyes. We will learn some spanish names and words and focus on how the story makes us feel. We'll also focus on the characters and the setting.
Math:
We'll continue to work on numbers 0-5 and their order. We'll also move into the next chapter on numbers 6-10.
Religion:
We'll finish up practicing for Liturgy for Wednesday and then move on to talk about honesty and obeying our parents.
Science:
We'll talk about energy from the sun. We'll explore and discuss how the sun helps us and can sometimes hurt us (sunburn.)
Social Studies:
We'll talk about Thanksgiving and traditions. We'll discuss our own family traditions and what we are thankful for.
Centers:
We'll be making Thanksgiving hats in Centers this week. Center 1 will make Native American Hats, Center 2 will make Turkey hats and Center 3 will make Pilgrim hats. We'll save these for next week and wear them for our All School Thanksgiving Dinner (at lunchtime next Thursday.)
Art:
We'll be getting into our watercolors! We will make a class Thanksgiving story and the children will then illustrate what they think a good setting would be for it using their watercolors.
That's all for now...be sure to check their folders for other important items throughout the week! Thanks for stopping by!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Language Arts:
New letter focus/alphafriend: Tt for Tiggy Tiger
New word: 'my' Review: 'I' and 'see'
We'll read a story about a spanish family: Tortillas and Lullabyes. We will learn some spanish names and words and focus on how the story makes us feel. We'll also focus on the characters and the setting.
Math:
We'll continue to work on numbers 0-5 and their order. We'll also move into the next chapter on numbers 6-10.
Religion:
We'll finish up practicing for Liturgy for Wednesday and then move on to talk about honesty and obeying our parents.
Science:
We'll talk about energy from the sun. We'll explore and discuss how the sun helps us and can sometimes hurt us (sunburn.)
Social Studies:
We'll talk about Thanksgiving and traditions. We'll discuss our own family traditions and what we are thankful for.
Centers:
We'll be making Thanksgiving hats in Centers this week. Center 1 will make Native American Hats, Center 2 will make Turkey hats and Center 3 will make Pilgrim hats. We'll save these for next week and wear them for our All School Thanksgiving Dinner (at lunchtime next Thursday.)
Art:
We'll be getting into our watercolors! We will make a class Thanksgiving story and the children will then illustrate what they think a good setting would be for it using their watercolors.
That's all for now...be sure to check their folders for other important items throughout the week! Thanks for stopping by!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! What a gorgeous day! I hope that it lasts and stays nice for all of the trick or treaters this evening. I know my Benjamin is very excited for tonight!
Hard to believe that it's the last day of October though. November is here and with it comes the end of our first quarter! Please be sure to check your child's folder for information on Parent/Teacher Conferences coming up soon!
This past week we've been very busy with Halloween fun. We've been learning about Mimi Mouse and the letter Mm. Thanks to all the parents who were able to help this week...we had helpers in each day! In centers, we worked on spiders and numbers 1-8, monster paper bag puppets and the growth of pumpkins. Some of the children still have some to finish up, those who weren't done will finish and bring them home this week.
On Tuesday we had a fun day with real pumpkins! The children predicted their pumpkins weight, circumference and number of seeds; then they measured and counted each. I was hoping that the smaller pumpkins would maybe have a bit fewer seeds (easier for us to count) but I was wrong.....the pumpkins still had a lot of seeds. With parent helpers some got up to 100 and still had more to count...so we decided to just say 100+ (we were starting to run out of time!) Then, the children decorated their pumpkins with glow in the dark stickers...they did a great job! They were so creative! I did get a nice group photo that I'll put in our Kindergarten Collage at the end of the year.
On to this week.....
Language Arts: Our new alphafriend is Reggie Rooster. We'll be learning all about the letter Rr. We'll read a pourquoi tale (a pourquoi tale tells why something is the way it is...fictional)- "Why the Birds Got Their Colors". In this story we will continue to work on predicting what will happen next and with the sequence of events.
We'll review the stories that we read the past few weeks for this theme of colors...."I Went Walking" and "In the Big Blue Sea". We'll also review and continue to work on our sight words: I, see.
Math: We'll be working more on numbers, specifically zero and five. We'll also do some graphs to show these numbers.
Religion: On Nov. 1st we'll talk about All Saints' Day and hear some stories about them. We'll also be learning and focusing on "The Lord is my Shepherd" this week. This is the focus of the 1st Graders Mass coming up next week on Nov. 10th. The Kindergarteners will not be joining the 1st Grade with this Mass, but we will have the opportunity to join them later in the year. We'll take some time to help the 1st Graders practice throughout this week. It will be a good opportunity for us to learn some new songs and more of our Mass parts.
Science: We'll be learning about Healthy Foods. We'll learn and talk about the food pyramid and do a collage of healthy food we like to eat. This ties in well with talking about what living things need to survive.
Social Studies: We'll read our Weekly Reader about Thanksgiving. We'll talk about the food we eat and the traditions we have. We'll hear a story about the first Thanksgiving and talk about the differences and similarities between then and now.
NO CENTERS THIS WEEK! After a busy week last week, we need some time to cool down before we start Centers again. A calendar will go home this week. If you are able to fill in a blank spot, please be sure to write me a note in your child's assignment notebook.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Nov. 2nd: End of 1st Quarter
Nov. 5th: Early Release Day
That's all for now, thanks for stopping....please be sure to take our online poll for this week!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Hard to believe that it's the last day of October though. November is here and with it comes the end of our first quarter! Please be sure to check your child's folder for information on Parent/Teacher Conferences coming up soon!
This past week we've been very busy with Halloween fun. We've been learning about Mimi Mouse and the letter Mm. Thanks to all the parents who were able to help this week...we had helpers in each day! In centers, we worked on spiders and numbers 1-8, monster paper bag puppets and the growth of pumpkins. Some of the children still have some to finish up, those who weren't done will finish and bring them home this week.
On Tuesday we had a fun day with real pumpkins! The children predicted their pumpkins weight, circumference and number of seeds; then they measured and counted each. I was hoping that the smaller pumpkins would maybe have a bit fewer seeds (easier for us to count) but I was wrong.....the pumpkins still had a lot of seeds. With parent helpers some got up to 100 and still had more to count...so we decided to just say 100+ (we were starting to run out of time!) Then, the children decorated their pumpkins with glow in the dark stickers...they did a great job! They were so creative! I did get a nice group photo that I'll put in our Kindergarten Collage at the end of the year.
On to this week.....
Language Arts: Our new alphafriend is Reggie Rooster. We'll be learning all about the letter Rr. We'll read a pourquoi tale (a pourquoi tale tells why something is the way it is...fictional)- "Why the Birds Got Their Colors". In this story we will continue to work on predicting what will happen next and with the sequence of events.
We'll review the stories that we read the past few weeks for this theme of colors...."I Went Walking" and "In the Big Blue Sea". We'll also review and continue to work on our sight words: I, see.
Math: We'll be working more on numbers, specifically zero and five. We'll also do some graphs to show these numbers.
Religion: On Nov. 1st we'll talk about All Saints' Day and hear some stories about them. We'll also be learning and focusing on "The Lord is my Shepherd" this week. This is the focus of the 1st Graders Mass coming up next week on Nov. 10th. The Kindergarteners will not be joining the 1st Grade with this Mass, but we will have the opportunity to join them later in the year. We'll take some time to help the 1st Graders practice throughout this week. It will be a good opportunity for us to learn some new songs and more of our Mass parts.
Science: We'll be learning about Healthy Foods. We'll learn and talk about the food pyramid and do a collage of healthy food we like to eat. This ties in well with talking about what living things need to survive.
Social Studies: We'll read our Weekly Reader about Thanksgiving. We'll talk about the food we eat and the traditions we have. We'll hear a story about the first Thanksgiving and talk about the differences and similarities between then and now.
NO CENTERS THIS WEEK! After a busy week last week, we need some time to cool down before we start Centers again. A calendar will go home this week. If you are able to fill in a blank spot, please be sure to write me a note in your child's assignment notebook.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Nov. 2nd: End of 1st Quarter
Nov. 5th: Early Release Day
That's all for now, thanks for stopping....please be sure to take our online poll for this week!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, October 17, 2010
October 18th-22nd
Hello! Another week is ready to start! Hope you had a great weekend!
Here's what we have planned for this week:
Language Arts:
Now that we've completed our overview of the entire alphabet we're ready to get more into learning our sounds and some sight words.
This week's letter is: Ss Our alphafriend is Sammy Seal. (You're child may come home singing a tune about him.) Help your child recognize the beginning sound of 's' in different words while at home.
Our sight word this week is: I (as in "I went walking.")
We'll read a story called "I Went Walking" which includes our sight word of the week and color words.
This week we'll also get to spend some reading time with the 4th Grade. They will read to us and we will read "5 Little Pumpkins" to them. This story will go home with the Kindergarteners on Tuesday, so they can read it to you at home as well!
Math:
We'll continue working on counting and our numbers. On Monday we'll look at a Shapes Weekly Reader magazine and later in the week we'll also make a graph of favorite colors (be sure to vote for yours online here!)
Religion:
October is the month that Pope Leo declared as the month to honor and celebrate the rosary. This week we'll be talking about this special prayer and be learning about some of the mysteries. We will briefly talk about the Sorrowful and the Luminous mysteries and focus more on the Joyful and Glorious mysteries. Fr. Paul and Fr. Gary will be away at a conference for our usual Mass on Wednesday, so the teachers will be leading the rosary. Following direction from Pope John Paul, we will do the Glorious mysteries for the Wednesday prayer service (certain mysteries are said on certain days of the week.)
Science:
We'll be learning about bats! We'll do a Weekly Reader about bats and also talk about daytime and nighttime and the different activities we do during each. We'll also be learning about echolocation and play a fun game for the children to experience it for themselves.
Social Studies:
We'll be talking about families. We'll talk about our own families and make a graph of where we fit in (oldest, middle, youngest, only). We'll draw a picture of our families and create our own classroom family tree. Next week we'll be doing more about families and our project will require a family photo....a note for this will go out soon!
Art:
We'll be completing a 'Halloween Colors Book". On each page the children will follow the instructions for a different color. On the back of each page you will also find the sign language for each color. We will practice these in class.
Centers:
Our three centers this week are: Bats, Candy Corn Math (estimation) and Pumpkins (Let my light shine for Jesus!). Thank you so much to our helpers!!
Look for a note to go home this week concerning Show-n-Tell and Star Students of the Week. We will start both of these in November!
Also, for your information....I will be gone on Thursday (all day)....Mrs. Urling will be my substitute. I've already informed the kids and they are all very excited! (They love her...as do I!!!)
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!!!
~Mrs. Westlund
Here's what we have planned for this week:
Language Arts:
Now that we've completed our overview of the entire alphabet we're ready to get more into learning our sounds and some sight words.
This week's letter is: Ss Our alphafriend is Sammy Seal. (You're child may come home singing a tune about him.) Help your child recognize the beginning sound of 's' in different words while at home.
Our sight word this week is: I (as in "I went walking.")
We'll read a story called "I Went Walking" which includes our sight word of the week and color words.
This week we'll also get to spend some reading time with the 4th Grade. They will read to us and we will read "5 Little Pumpkins" to them. This story will go home with the Kindergarteners on Tuesday, so they can read it to you at home as well!
Math:
We'll continue working on counting and our numbers. On Monday we'll look at a Shapes Weekly Reader magazine and later in the week we'll also make a graph of favorite colors (be sure to vote for yours online here!)
Religion:
October is the month that Pope Leo declared as the month to honor and celebrate the rosary. This week we'll be talking about this special prayer and be learning about some of the mysteries. We will briefly talk about the Sorrowful and the Luminous mysteries and focus more on the Joyful and Glorious mysteries. Fr. Paul and Fr. Gary will be away at a conference for our usual Mass on Wednesday, so the teachers will be leading the rosary. Following direction from Pope John Paul, we will do the Glorious mysteries for the Wednesday prayer service (certain mysteries are said on certain days of the week.)
Science:
We'll be learning about bats! We'll do a Weekly Reader about bats and also talk about daytime and nighttime and the different activities we do during each. We'll also be learning about echolocation and play a fun game for the children to experience it for themselves.
Social Studies:
We'll be talking about families. We'll talk about our own families and make a graph of where we fit in (oldest, middle, youngest, only). We'll draw a picture of our families and create our own classroom family tree. Next week we'll be doing more about families and our project will require a family photo....a note for this will go out soon!
Art:
We'll be completing a 'Halloween Colors Book". On each page the children will follow the instructions for a different color. On the back of each page you will also find the sign language for each color. We will practice these in class.
Centers:
Our three centers this week are: Bats, Candy Corn Math (estimation) and Pumpkins (Let my light shine for Jesus!). Thank you so much to our helpers!!
Look for a note to go home this week concerning Show-n-Tell and Star Students of the Week. We will start both of these in November!
Also, for your information....I will be gone on Thursday (all day)....Mrs. Urling will be my substitute. I've already informed the kids and they are all very excited! (They love her...as do I!!!)
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!!!
~Mrs. Westlund
Monday, October 4, 2010
October 4th-8th
Good Monday morning to everyone!
I hope that you had a fabulous weekend- there was so much going on in the area! My sister came up for the weekend and we enjoyed spending time in Bayfield, as did A LOT of other people! =)
Thank you for voting on our apple poll. The Kindergarteners favorite was the red, second favorite was the yellow and least favorite as the green. Our online poll showed that the favorite was red, next favorite as green and least favorite as yellow. Thanks...I'll put another poll up soon!
Here's what we're working on this week:
Language Arts:
We'll read "The Gingerbread Man" on Monday and focus on characters. We'll also continue to work on practicing our alphabet. Our story for the week is "Here Are My Hands". This story is fun to talk about the gifts that we have and the responcibilities that we have (cleaning up our room, washing our hands, etc.) We'll also focus, again this week, on reading top to bottom and left to right. I will be checking the children's reading level with our Guided Reading Series to get a good feel for where all the children are at and what lessons I need to do to help each individual learner.
Math
We'll finish up our left and right section and move onto counting. We'll focus on understanding one to one matching. Often times children may get into a hurry when counting objects and they get off count with how many items they may actually have. Have your children count objects at home slowly, making sure they say one number for one object.
Religion
We'll continue talking about God as our Father. We'll learn about St. Francis of Assisi, as it is his feast day today. Well also talk about the different ways we can pray to God and how he hears us.
Social Studies
We'll focus on a Weekly Reader dealing with Fire Safety. We'll have a special presentation from the firefighters on Friday morning. Be sure to go through your fire exit plan with your child at home!
Science
We'll be talking more about matter. We'll be learning the different attributes of big/little and heavy/light.
Art
We'll be making an Autumn Mobile.
Centers
We'll be working on some Fire Safety projects and be doing some patterning (Math.)
***Don't forget that Wednesday is Grandparents' Day!!! If a grandparent is not able to make it, a special friend will do too! For more info. check your newsletter or give Miss Sara in the school office a call!!!
That's all for now....Thanks for stopping by!!! I'll post pictures from Grandparents' Day and the firefighter visit when I can!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
I hope that you had a fabulous weekend- there was so much going on in the area! My sister came up for the weekend and we enjoyed spending time in Bayfield, as did A LOT of other people! =)
Thank you for voting on our apple poll. The Kindergarteners favorite was the red, second favorite was the yellow and least favorite as the green. Our online poll showed that the favorite was red, next favorite as green and least favorite as yellow. Thanks...I'll put another poll up soon!
Here's what we're working on this week:
Language Arts:
We'll read "The Gingerbread Man" on Monday and focus on characters. We'll also continue to work on practicing our alphabet. Our story for the week is "Here Are My Hands". This story is fun to talk about the gifts that we have and the responcibilities that we have (cleaning up our room, washing our hands, etc.) We'll also focus, again this week, on reading top to bottom and left to right. I will be checking the children's reading level with our Guided Reading Series to get a good feel for where all the children are at and what lessons I need to do to help each individual learner.
Math
We'll finish up our left and right section and move onto counting. We'll focus on understanding one to one matching. Often times children may get into a hurry when counting objects and they get off count with how many items they may actually have. Have your children count objects at home slowly, making sure they say one number for one object.
Religion
We'll continue talking about God as our Father. We'll learn about St. Francis of Assisi, as it is his feast day today. Well also talk about the different ways we can pray to God and how he hears us.
Social Studies
We'll focus on a Weekly Reader dealing with Fire Safety. We'll have a special presentation from the firefighters on Friday morning. Be sure to go through your fire exit plan with your child at home!
Science
We'll be talking more about matter. We'll be learning the different attributes of big/little and heavy/light.
Art
We'll be making an Autumn Mobile.
Centers
We'll be working on some Fire Safety projects and be doing some patterning (Math.)
***Don't forget that Wednesday is Grandparents' Day!!! If a grandparent is not able to make it, a special friend will do too! For more info. check your newsletter or give Miss Sara in the school office a call!!!
That's all for now....Thanks for stopping by!!! I'll post pictures from Grandparents' Day and the firefighter visit when I can!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Sunday, September 26, 2010
September 27th-October 1st
Hello! It's Sunday afternoon and such a beautiful day! I hope that this weather continues throughout the week ~ it's great to go out and get some fresh air with the kids when we can!
Here's what we've been doing so far this year:
We started off the year getting into the routine of school- our daily schedule, going to Music, Gym, Library and Computers, Lunchtime & Recess routines and much more! The children have done a wonderful job and are really getting acclimated to our school day.
We also began with an overview of the alphabet, which we're still going through now. It's just a quick refresher on each letter before we get into learning each sound and using these letters to form words. Many of the children are reading already and that is awesome! Throughout the year I will be helping them using our Guided Reading series. This series is really wonderful in that it meets the child at their level. This is done in a small group. The groups are not always the same, changing to meet the needs of the different learners and what my lesson pertains to that week.
In Math we've started with learning about patterns and sorting and classifying. We'll finish that up this week, and next week move onto learning numbers and counting.
In Science we've learned about matter and it's different states: solid, liquid, gas. We've also talked and learned about the difference between living and non-living things. As we get further into the fall season we will start to talk about migration and hibernation and what different animals do to get ready for winter.
In Social Studies we've learned about ourselves and how we fit into our community. We have talked about our friends at school and have started talking about our families at home. We will continue to work on our families for the next couple of weeks. Coming home soon will be a 'family tree' poster for you to fill out and decorate and return to school.
In Religion we've been learning about Creation. We've heard the story from Genesis in the Bible about how God created the earth and how God made all living things. We are now talking about our responciblity to take care of this great earth that God has given to us. We will continue this through this week and then move on to talk about God as our Father, which will nicely tie into our lessons on family in Social Studies.
Our Center Times are going nicely- THANK YOU to those who are able to help! I could not do these without your help and the children LOVE having you here. I know that many are not able to participate this way due to work, and I understand, as I am also not able to participate with my son's activities as much do to my schedule. Please know that there will be other opportunities to help out throughout the year - Halloween time, Christmas time, maybe working on some cutting or other prep work for a project, chaperoning for a field trip...I will try to give you plenty of notice for the extra special things to help make time for them in your schedule.
*Speaking of extra special things...Grandparents' Day is coming up in October. Please look for our October newsletter coming out soon for this date...if a grandparent is not available on that day, a special friend would do nicely to come and visit also.
***I am still looking for one more helper on Mondays and Wednesdays for Centers. I will send home a calendar for October this week.
Field Trip to the Orchard
Our field trip went well! I was so afraid we'd have to reschedule but the weather held out for us and we made it back to school just in time. The children really enjoyed the tour, filling their jugs with cider and picking apples. THANK YOU BAYFIELD APPLE COMPANY FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY!!!
That's all for now...thanks for stopping by!
May God bless us all with a wonderful week!!
Love,
Mrs. Westlund =)
Here's what we've been doing so far this year:
We started off the year getting into the routine of school- our daily schedule, going to Music, Gym, Library and Computers, Lunchtime & Recess routines and much more! The children have done a wonderful job and are really getting acclimated to our school day.
We also began with an overview of the alphabet, which we're still going through now. It's just a quick refresher on each letter before we get into learning each sound and using these letters to form words. Many of the children are reading already and that is awesome! Throughout the year I will be helping them using our Guided Reading series. This series is really wonderful in that it meets the child at their level. This is done in a small group. The groups are not always the same, changing to meet the needs of the different learners and what my lesson pertains to that week.
In Math we've started with learning about patterns and sorting and classifying. We'll finish that up this week, and next week move onto learning numbers and counting.
In Science we've learned about matter and it's different states: solid, liquid, gas. We've also talked and learned about the difference between living and non-living things. As we get further into the fall season we will start to talk about migration and hibernation and what different animals do to get ready for winter.
In Social Studies we've learned about ourselves and how we fit into our community. We have talked about our friends at school and have started talking about our families at home. We will continue to work on our families for the next couple of weeks. Coming home soon will be a 'family tree' poster for you to fill out and decorate and return to school.
In Religion we've been learning about Creation. We've heard the story from Genesis in the Bible about how God created the earth and how God made all living things. We are now talking about our responciblity to take care of this great earth that God has given to us. We will continue this through this week and then move on to talk about God as our Father, which will nicely tie into our lessons on family in Social Studies.
Our Center Times are going nicely- THANK YOU to those who are able to help! I could not do these without your help and the children LOVE having you here. I know that many are not able to participate this way due to work, and I understand, as I am also not able to participate with my son's activities as much do to my schedule. Please know that there will be other opportunities to help out throughout the year - Halloween time, Christmas time, maybe working on some cutting or other prep work for a project, chaperoning for a field trip...I will try to give you plenty of notice for the extra special things to help make time for them in your schedule.
*Speaking of extra special things...Grandparents' Day is coming up in October. Please look for our October newsletter coming out soon for this date...if a grandparent is not available on that day, a special friend would do nicely to come and visit also.
***I am still looking for one more helper on Mondays and Wednesdays for Centers. I will send home a calendar for October this week.
Field Trip to the Orchard
Our field trip went well! I was so afraid we'd have to reschedule but the weather held out for us and we made it back to school just in time. The children really enjoyed the tour, filling their jugs with cider and picking apples. THANK YOU BAYFIELD APPLE COMPANY FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY!!!
That's all for now...thanks for stopping by!
May God bless us all with a wonderful week!!
Love,
Mrs. Westlund =)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Welcome to OLL Kindergarten 2010-2011
Hello! It's hard to believe the summer is over and it's school time again! I am very excited to be back teaching Kindergarten here at Our Lady! Please be sure to check in on my blog every week to see what we're working on and the fun we are having!
Thanks!
Mrs. Westlund =)
Thanks!
Mrs. Westlund =)
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