It's hard to believe that we're halfway through September already! The students are doing wonderful!! I am truly blessed with another fabulous class this year! Thank you parents for choosing to send your children to our wonderful school!
During the first few weeks of school we have been busy learning about the routines of our school day. We've really acclimated well to our morning routine, beginning with Mr. Bell leading us all in prayer and the reading of the gospel message and then leading us in the Pledge of Allegience. After this is finished, we have our 'lunch tally' helper make tallies as I go through and check who is having hot, cold or a salad for lunch. Great math skills! Our 'office helpers' then take any notes, attendance and lunch count to the office. The 'milk helpers' take the count down to our cook, Ms. Sherry, and she fills their bag with the milk that we'll need for snack later in the morning.
After that is finished, we all head to the carpet area to do calendar and weather. We have helpers for both. Our job board is located next to our calendar and this year it's a Dalmation themed one entitled "Job Squad". The children have all enjoyed rotating through different jobs throughout the weeks.
We have started Show-N-Tell; we have 2 children do this each day. We do this right after calendar/weather time.
We then get into Reading. I love starting this time with a fun song or a poem. One of the children's favorite right now is 'Hip Hop Alphabop' by Jack Hartmann. I picked up this CD last year when I attended the Wisconsin Kindergarten Conference that was held near Madison.
We'll then get into our lesson, listening and reading a story and discussing the focus that we need to have while we read. Last week we focused on using the pictures to help read the story. This week we are focusing on noting details and discovering characters.
After Reading, we go to use the bathroom and wash up for snacks. Thank you for all the wonderful snacks that you've brought! I send home a 'OLL Kindergarten Snack Bag' with each child the night before it's their turn for snack...this seems to be working wonderfully!
After Snack we have a special...depending on the day we may have Computers or Gym class. Wednesdays are a bit different...due to Liturgy, we go to Liturgy at 9 AM, THEN we have Snack.
When the children return from their specials class of that day we do Math! They've been breezing through our Sorting and Classifying Chapter...we'll be into a new chapter next week! The children really enjoyed when we sorted by colors, as I treated them to M&Ms and had them sort them into color groups before they could eat them. Today we learned about Venn Diagrams and sorted by color AND shape. They all did wonderfully on this activity and enjoyed my use of hoola hoops to show the different sections. They also enjoyed fishing into the bucket during their turn to find a shape and tell which section it belonged to.
After Math, the children break up into small groups. I have Small Groups each day. Each day the children are broken up into 5 groups and rotate to do each activity throughout the week. This is wonderful because it really allows me time to work with one group closely each day to improve their reading skills. The group that I work with usually does some Guided Reading. It really gives me a great opportunity to work on each child's individual needs.
At 11:00 Mrs. Levings comes to our room and I go to her room to teach the 1st Graders Religion. The Kindergarteners go with Mrs. Levings as she takes them to use the bathroom and wash up to get ready for Lunch. The Kindergartners eat lunch at 11:15. I return to them down in the lunch room at 11:30, after Religion with 1st Grade is done and I've brought them down for their lunch time.
We eat lunch together and then go out for Recess around Noon. Recess is done at 12:30, and they come in and use the bathroom, get a drink and get ready for Rest Time. Rest Time is usually 20-30 minutes and I play some nice calming, quiet music. I let the children know that they don't HAVE to go to sleep, but they can if they want to, and I'll wake them when rest is done.
After Rest, we have Kindergarten Religion. We've really enjoyed talking about Creation and God's love for us. We've discussed all of the wonderful gifts that God has given to us and how we need to be thankful for them EVERY DAY! Along with Religion class, the Kindergarten go to Liturgy (Mass) on Wednesday mornings. Our Mass Buddies are the 5th graders. I must say that I am very impressed with how well the children are doing. Sitting still for Mass for 30-40 mintues can be hard for them! It's been so helpful that the 5th graders have been there to be good examples and help us know when to sit, stand and pay attention. We're all excited to buddy up on Friday to walk to Kreher Park with the 5th graders and get to know our Mass Buddies more and look for signs of God's creation (for religion), signs of Autumn (for science) and things that are Living and Nonliving (also for science).
After Religion, on Mondays and Wednesdays, we have Music; on Tuesdays and Thursdays we have Science or Social Studies. In Science we've been having lots of fun looking through our National Geographic for Young Explorers. This month we've learned about the weather, names of different animals groups and about living and nonliving things. In Social Studies we been talking about ourselves, our families and about the symbol of our flag for our country and saying the Pledge of Allegience.
At the very end of the day, the children then have Free Time. During this time they may choose to play with the blocks, cars, games, puzzles, dramatic play area, art area, paints, stamps and more! I love observing the children during this time...it's a great time to see how they interact with each other. It's also a great time for them to learn some problem solving skills and communication skills. It allows them the chance to practice what we talk about when we talk about using our words instead of hurting; compromising and getting along with others. And that's just the social/emotional aspect of playtime...they learn so much more with each different station or set of manipulatives.
When Free Time is done, we sing our little 'Clean Up' song and go back to our seats. I pass out their folders and notebooks and have the children go to their mailboxes and get their mail. Before they leave, I stamp each of their notebooks with either a green (for a good day), yellow (for an okay day) or red (for a 'not so good' day).
If you ever have any questions about school or about our day...please let me know! I can be reached at school during regular school hours at 715-682-7622 or by email at awestlund@ourladycs.org.
Please remember to get our Walking Field Trip permission slips in for this Friday and our Bayfield Apple Company Field Trip permission slips in by next week for Thursday's trip! We're still looking for drivers, so please let me know if you can! Thanks!!!
Have a blessed week!! I'm certainly enjoying the cooler temps and the Fall colors starting to emerge!
~Mrs. Westlund =)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Summer is here!
What a wonderful year we had! I'm so proud of all of the Kindergartners!! At the end of this year we had an awesome time meeting up with our pen pals from St. Rose Catholic School in Proctor, MN. We went to the planetarium in Duluth and then had lunch together at Playfront Park. It was a very windy and cool day, but the kids had a great time.
Blessings to all over the summer! Have fun, stay safe!! I can't wait to see everyone again in the fall! =)
~Mrs. Westlund
Blessings to all over the summer! Have fun, stay safe!! I can't wait to see everyone again in the fall! =)
~Mrs. Westlund
Sunday, December 5, 2010
December 6th-11th
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 =)
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 =)
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
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