Visitors to Room 210

Room 210 has been SO busy the last week with conferences, mystery readers and families sharing holiday traditions.


Our first visitor was Stevie's mom. She came in and read us a story about Hanukkah. We got to play with dreidels and everyone got a goody bag!

Next up was Morgan's mom who came in as our first Mystery Reader! Morgan was so surprised, and the kids loved listening to the Polar Express and The Snowy Day.

On Thursday, the hearing impaired teacher, Ms. Katie was so kind and brought us a special winter craft. You may have seen a snow globe come home with your tots face in it!! Thanks Ms. Katie!

Today, Mrs. Lapolla came in and read a gingerbread story to us! We are loving our gingerbread unit!!

It is not too late if you would like to come in and share a tradition! 

Looking Ahead...

letter of the week: U review and R

words of the week: and, love

Polar Express Day is Friday. Don't forget to wear your pajamas!!!!

Recap & Looking Ahead

We have been so busy in room 210, I forgot to take pictures of my tots last week! 
In phonics, we are on letter number 15! Last week, we learned our first digraph (-ch). We are using the letters we have learned so far to blend words and I am SO proud of how hard we are working.

In reader's and writer's we began our new unit on Fairytales. We read Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and compared it to different Versions like Goldilocks and Just One Bear. We also read gingerbread stories like Gingerbread Boy, Girl, Man and Bear.We have started our own fairytale stories using the gingerbread that was created at home. Stay tuned for updates on our writing process!

In math we learned about the "tween" numbers 11 and 12. Next up- the teen numbers! 

Looking Ahead...

Words of the week: here, baby
Letters of the week: B, U
Numbers of the week: 12,13

Report cards went home Friday. Please bring all questions regarding the report card to our scheduled conference. 

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are all early release days. Dismissal will begin at 1:20. 

Thank you to all of the families who participated in the December family project! The gingerbreads look great in the hallway, and we are using the characters that were chosen to write our own gingerbread stories!

If you would like to come in one day before vacation to share a family tradition, please contact me ASAP so we can plan a day!

Holiday Traditions

A letter went home this week inviting all families to come in to share a family tradition, craft, story or treat with the class. If you are interested in doing this, please email me at  rtenk@stamfordct.gov. The sooner the better as  December gets very busy!!

Our Week

We learned the letter J this week and two sight words it, and a.  We used these sight words to build sentences and read them in our just right books. We used the letter J on our blending board to make words like jog, jam and  jig and even some silly words like jop and jad!

In reader's and writer's we read more stories about our feelings. We made connections and worked on stretching out words in our writing!

In math, we introduced the numbers 11 and 12. We are loving Dreambox and math stations!

Your assigned conference time and date went home this week. If there is an issue with the time and date, please let me know ASAP.

All scholastic book orders are due Wednesday, December 6th to ensure holiday books are here before the holiday break.


Family gingerbread projects are due Thursday, December 7th.

Looking Ahead...

Letter of the week: Kk, CH
Words of the week: my, said
Number of the week: 12


Two cheers for my tots who were caught being kind!

Donor's Choose Funded!

Thank you to the families who donated, the flexible seating project was funded in a week!! Here our some pictures of the new additions to my classroom!

Our writing center now has comfy cushion topped stools!

Our reading corner has a new couch that the kids are loving!

The table where we work in small groups has comfy chairs!

We are waiting on our lap desk to work on the floor and our art easel!!

Thanksgiving Pictures!

Sorry these pics are so late- it has been a busy few weeks! After a full week of school, we are back into the swing of things and are ready to take on December and all of the fun activities planned!

Here are some pics of us decorating our turkey cookies (thanks Mrs.D!!) and pictures of our feast. We are SO thankful for our friends. I am so thankful to get to share my days with 18 adorable, curious and creative little ones.

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!

November Birthdays!

We finished out our November birthdays this week by celebrating 3! Happiest of birthdays to David, Grace and Keontay!

Marking Period 2

Can you believe it is already the second marking period?! Each marking period the essentials schedule changes. We now have gym on Thursdays. Please remember to wear sneakers on Thursdays.

Conferences

I have created a conference sign up page using Signupgenius.com. An email was sent to you, and there is a link below. If the available dates do not work for you, please email me and we can arrange a time and date.


http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e094eaeac29a6ff2-December




If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! :)

No Book in a Bag

Since it is only a 3 day week,  I will not send home book in a bag. We will resume next week when it is a full week! If you have not returned your book in a bag, please do so ASAP.

This week was filled with turkeys and things we are Thankful for! Our letter of the week was T and my tots came up with 44 words that began with T! One of the words was, turkey!

In reading and writing we talked about feelings. We are in the middle of writing a feelings book. We wrote about a time we felt happy, and a time we felt angry. 

In morning meeting, we are working on expressing our feelings using the sentence starters, "It bugs me when_____" and "I wish__________".  You may hear your child using this at home!

We wished Ianna a very happy 5th birthday!

Two cheers for my three tots who were caught being kind!

Looking ahead...

Letter of the week: Ii

Word of the week: come

Number of the week: 10

There is no school Thursday and Friday for the holiday. Wednesday is an early release day with dismissal beginning at 1:20. 

If you signed up to bring something to the feast, please make sure I have non-food items by Wednesday morning. The feast will begin at 12:00. If you signed up to bring in hot food, please have it at  school no later than 11:45. 

Thank you so much to the families who are supplying items! 

I created a Project Donor's Choose project and we are already half way to getting the project funded!

The link is below. Any amount is helpful!

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/comfortable-flexible-kindergarten-clas/2925053/?rf=email-system-2017-11-proposal_approve-teacher_2000514&challengeid=316622&utm_source=dc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=proposal_approve&utm_swu=4258

Project Donor's Choose

Project Donor's Choose is a site that teachers use to help fund "projects" for their classrooms. Some projects could be books, centers, furniture or technology.

The project I have created is for flexible seating options in the classroom. If this project is funded, it would allow for an art easel, a comfy couch for our reading corner, lap desks to write around the room and comfy stools for our writing center.

The site is below. Every donation is appreciated, no matter the amount!

Thank you for everything you do! Help if you can! XOXO

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/comfortable-flexible-kindergarten-clas/2925053/?rf=email-system-2017-11-proposal_approve-teacher_2000514&challengeid=316622&utm_source=dc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=proposal_approve&utm_swu=4258

3 Day Week!

Our week was short and sweet! Over the three days we were in school we learned the letter L, the sight word you and we worked on making that tricky number 8!

In reading, I introduced our new turkey pointers. We use these during our literacy block to point to words when reading. Look how excited a few of my tots were to use them!

On Wednesday we went on a leaf hunt! We found beautiful, colorful leaves and brought them inside to make projects!

Looking ahead...

Letter of the week: Tt

Words of the week: we, to

Number of the week: 9

**Book in a bag will go home tomorrow for the first week. The bag goes home on Monday and returns on Fridays. Please encourage your child to read the story by themselves, and assist along the way.**

There are a few items that are still needed for our feast. If you have not done so already, please check it out!

The link is below:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b45a8a92aabf85-thanksgiving

Happy Birthday Emma!

Happiest of birthdays to Emma who turned 5 on Friday!! I hope you had a special day!

Disguised Turkeys

Some disguised turkeys showed up at school yesterday. Look how cute they are!

The November family project is due Thursday!

Looking Ahead...

Letter of the week: Ll
Word of the week: you
Number of the week: 8

Everyone received an email in regard to the Thanksgiving feast. We are in need of several items in order to make the feast a success! Below is the link where you can access the sign up page.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b45a8a92aabf85-thanksgiving

Thank you to those families that have already signed up!

There is no school for students on Tuesday, November 7th and Friday, November 10th.

The November family project went home last week. The turkey disguise project is due Thursday, November 9th. Here are some examples of turkeys from previous years!

Caught You Being Kind!

Two cheers for my tots who were caught being kind and doing the right thing when they thought no one was watching!