Field Trip

Due to the weather, our field trip to the zoo has been postponed to Monday, June 8th. A bagged lunch is not necessary!!

:)

Winding Down in Room 202

With 15 days of kindergarten remaining, we are soaking up all of  these precious moments with our friends we've made this year. Here are some photos of us having a good time outside over the last couple of days!

               A friend helping a friend on the swing!!

  An intense soccer game. :)

     On the hunt for inch worms and caterpillars.

   Mrs. D brought in popsicles! She's the best!

Looking ahead...

Monday June 1st is our field trip to the zoo. The forecast says 60% chance of rain. We will decide Monday morning if we are heading to the zoo or not. So, please come to school prepared for the field trip! 

A bagged lunch is needed and please wear sneakers!

Wednesday, June 3rd is field day. Please be sure to wear a purple shirt!

A letter will go home Monday regarding the kindergarten end of the year party This party will take place on Monday, June 15th. :)

Enjoy your weekend!!

Our Last Character Assembly!

Today was our last Character Assembly of kindergarten! It sure is bittersweet! Some of my tots got a charm for great acts of character and some of my students got a charm for reading over their April vacation! Here they are getting their award!!

Important dates coming up...

Monday, June 1st is our field trip to the Beardsley Zoo. If you have not returned your permission slip, please do so ASAP.

Wednesday, June 3rd is field day. All parents are invited to watch! Our picnic lunch begins at 11:45. 

Be on the look out for a letter explaining our kindergarten end of the year party which will take place Monday, June 15th. 

Math Centers

Today marks one month left of kindergarten for my tots; can you believe it?! It is bittersweet for sure! However, we are still working hard right until the end! We have some new, differentiated math centers this week, and here are some photos of my tots working hard and gettin' smarter!

Group 1 was working on place value.

Group 2 was using blocks to find answers to addition problems, and writing the number sentence correctly.

Group 3 was working on Name Collections. This was also their math homework last night. The students are expected to be able to represent a number in different ways such as picture, number sentence or tally marks.

Lastly, group 4 was working with Mrs. D on addition!

If you have not returned your permission slip for the zoo field trip, please do so ASAP! 

New Student

Believe it or not, Monday morning we will have a new student coming to our class! His name is Andrew and all of my tots are very excited to meet him. This will be our 4th new friend this year!!

This week in Room 202 we practiced all 65 sight words from the kindergarten list, reviewed long vowels and silent "e" and worked on writing number sentences using the + sign and - sign.

We explored non-fiction texts about dolphins and animals, and continued to work on our All About Me stories.

 Jasmin was our celebrity this week and brought in miniature princesses to share with her friends!

**Things to work review with your child at home: counting to 100, writing numbers 1-30,  ask questions when reading their book-in-a-bag and the K sight words. **

Looking ahead...

Sight words: call, did

Be on the look out for a flyer going home regarding field day (June 3rd) and our trip to the zoo (June 1st) and celebrating summer birthdays!

Feel free to send your child to school with a water bottle. Our classroom was very warm this week!!

  Monday we have art. Tuesday we have gym. Wednesday we have music. Thursday we have art.   Friday we have gym.

                           Enjoy your weekend!! XOXO

My Tots are Readers and Writers!!!

As I begin the end of the year reading assessment with my tots, I am amazed at how far they have come.  Nothing makes me happier than my students reading! It is such a wonderful thing to witness their progress throughout the year.

Not only are they reading, but they are writing too! On Monday, we met with a partner to edit our story we wrote on our five senses. Here they are busy editing their partners work!

Our latest writing: A Non-fiction all about me book! Check back for photos on my authors and illustrators working hard on their latest story! 

***No book-in-a-bag tonight***

 Have a great night! 

Reminder!!

Reminder: Tomorrow is Spirit Day!!! Everyone is invited to wear Roxbury gear or blue and yellow!!

Also, tomorrow is early dismissal!!

Have a great night!!

Mother's Day Tea Party

Our Mother's Day Tea Party was a success! We had a great turnout! I am so happy many were able to take some time out of your day to visit Room 202. For my moms' that could not make it, here are some photos! :)

Looking ahead...

This week's sight words: boy, how **There are only a few sight words left to be taught from the K list, please practice all the kindergarten sight words with your child.**

This week's phonics: review of long vowels, vowel teams, silent E, -ed, and -ing ending.

Wednesday, May 13th is a half day. 

Please be on the look out for information about Field Day. The date is Wednesday, June 3rd! 

Monday we have gym. Tuesday we have music. Wednesday we have art. Thursday we have gym. Friday we have music. 

Happy Mother's Day to all of the mommies!!!! :) 

Bruce Museum

Bruce Museum's Crusty Crabs came to visit Room 202 on Tuesday! All of my tots got to see and touch creatures from the Long Island Sound!

On Wednesday, we enjoyed the 4th grade chorus concert! We were a very respectful audience. 

Today, we finished up the preparation for the the Mother's Day Tea Party. We also compared non-fiction stories, finished writing our five senses book, partner read with friends and… made a house for an inch worm!! (its not easy being a kindergartner!) :)

I look forward to seeing all of the moms tomorrow! And for those of you that cannot make it, don't worry, there will be pics on the blog and gifts sent home for you! Have a great night!

Photos from the Play!

I promised photos for the parents who couldn't make it to the show, so here they are!! Enjoy!

Non-Fiction Unit

We have officially ended our Eric Carle Unit and began Non-Fiction! This week we compared fiction and NF books and discussed their different characteristics. My tots enjoyed the story, How Animals Move and wrote about a fact they learned!

We continued to work on addition and subtraction in math, and reviewed number writing 1-30.

Looking ahead…

If you have not RSVP'd to the Mother's Day Tea Party, please do so ASAP.

Next week's sight words: big, ask

Next week's phonics: -ed ending and long vowel review


Monday we have music. Tuesday we have art. Wednesday we have gym. Thursday we have music and media. Friday we have art.

                                                            Enjoy this gorgeous day!!!