Donor's Choose

Donor's Choose is a website that allows teachers to create projects to receive materials for the classroom through donations.

I have created a project for literacy and math materials to use during center time! If you are willing and able to donate, the link is below! No donation is too small!

Thanks for your continued support this year! XOXO

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/kindergarten-hands-on-work-stations/2429404/

Important Reminders

Letters of the week: Z & Q
Words of the week: come, look

A new book in a bag journal will be sent home this week. This month, your child will write about their favorite character and why they liked that character. Thank you to everyone who returned their journals for January!

100th day of school is February 9th. Please return the decorated 100's by Tuesday, February 7th. I can't wait to see all of your collections!

Celebrity of the Week!

We have finally started our student of the week! In Room 210 we call it, The Celebrity of the Week! A letter is sent home on Monday, and your child's photo is displayed in the hallway ALL week. On Friday, they get to bring in something special to share, and sit in my red rocking chair!

This week was Christopher. He told his friends his favorite food is pizza and when he's not at school, he likes to play legos.

Gung Hey Fat Choy!

Yesterday was Chinese New Year! We took this opportunity to learn about another countries culture and tradition. We read the book, Lion Dancer  and learned about the holiday!

We were SO excited when we got to use markers to color our own mask!!

The end to our fabulous Friday...fortune cookies!!

Polar Animals!

The last two weeks have been spent discussing polar anima. We focused mainly on polar bears and penguins, while still learning fun facts about the Arctic fox, seals and different types of penguins.

We read many non-fiction books about polar bears and wrote a fact we learned. We also made a cute cub!

Then, we traveled  from the Arctic to Antarctica to explore Emperor penguins! We wrote facts about penguins and compared the two animals along the way.

Reminders

Letters of the week: V, X, Z,
We are almost done with all of the letters! Please continue to practice letters, letter sounds and sight words with your child.

Sight words of the week: he, she

*The book-in-a-bag journal is due back on Friday along with the books. Please encourage your child to draw pictures and write the words on their own.

Wednesday, January 25th is an early dismissal day. Dismissal begins at 1:20.
Book orders are due Wednesday.


This week will be the first week of Celebrity of The Week. Each week I choose a student to be the student of the week. Their picture is displayed in the hallway and on Friday of that week, they are allowed to bring in something to share! Be on the look out for this letter in the near future. :)

Math Centers

This week in math we reviewed addition and met Susie Subtraction!


We learned that Susie likes to take things away. We also learned she has a different sign than Andy Addition.

Another skill we are working hard  to master is our tricky teen numbers!

Here's a look at some of our centers from this week.

The first center was practicing addition skills with spinners and lady bug counters.
   The focus of this center was  one-to-one counting and teen number identification.

Last was our  dice quick look center. My tots rolled the dice, counting the dots and found the picture that matched.

Please continue to count with your child at home. A great time to do this is in the car! The end of the year kindergarten expectations are that my tots will identify and write numbers 1-20 and count all the way to 100!

Don't forget Dreambox can be accessed at home!

Happy Birthday Kevin!

We celebrated Kevin's 6th birthday on Friday. Happy, happy birthday Kevin! I hope your day was special.

Happy Martin Luther King Day!

We learned about Dr. Martin Luther King this past week and what his goal was. We learned that Martin Luther King was a hero to many. Then, we wrote about our own heroes. It is displayed in the hallway outside our classroom.

In the words of MLK, Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. XOXOXO

Recap of the Week!

S was the letter of the week! We used stickers and stars to decorate the letter S.

We used sparkly snow to form the letter s in. 

We even started working on our last names!

In math, we practiced identifying and forming shapes. We read Snowmen books and built a snowman out of shapes. Then, we counted how many shapes we used of each one!

We used Andy Addition to practice adding. We used marshmallows to make two groups and add!

Looking Ahead...

Letters of the week: W, V, Y

Words of the week: an, here

The supplies that are still needed for the classroom are:

extra snack

play-doh

hand soap

XO

Purple Bus

My tots boarded the Ferguson Library Purple Bus, and off we went to the library!!

We toured the library and read stories before heading back to Roxbury. It is Free to visit the Ferguson Library. They have great resources for children!

Classroom Supplies

Can you believe it is January already?! With that said, we are running low on some classroom supplies. We are in need of:


hand soap
play-doh
extra snack


If you are able to donate these items, please let me know or send them to school with your child.
Also, if you have not sent in a journal for your child, please do so ASAP as we have turned into writing machines!!


 Thank you so much!

Looking Ahead...

Letters of the week: Ss and Ww
Words of the week: said, of

We have a field trip on Monday, January 9th to the Ferguson Library. We will return to school for lunch.

Please continue to use Dreambox and RazKids at home. These are great tools to reinforce skills we've worked on. If you're having trouble accessing the sites, please contact me!

Have a great weekend! XO

Homewok RoxStars!

Lets give two cheers for my tots who returned ALL of their homework throughout the month of December! I am so proud of you! Keep up the hard work!

Happy Birthday Michael!

Happy 6th birthday to Michael! I hope your day was special!!