March 21, 2019
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Our March is Reading Month breakfast is tomorrow morning! No need to feed your kindergarteners any breakfast before school – we will eat a bunch here. 🙂
Also, we will be celebrating March is Reading Month by reading with flashlights tomorrow afternoon! Please send your kindergartener to school with a flashlight, if possible.
March 18, 2019
by Miss Hutchison
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OUR LEARNING:
Popcorn Words – Our popcorn words this week were “were,” “there,” and “where.” We are becoming super readers, and we know TONS of popcorn words now!
Math – This week, we continued to compare numbers (greater, less, or equal), write numbers 1-20, and learn about teen numbers. We are also practicing adding and subtracting more fluently (quickly!). Plus, we learned about how to use math mountains to show addition or subtraction equations.
Writing – This week we started a new type of writing: “ALL ABOUT” books. We began by learning the difference between fiction and nonfiction books. Nonfiction books tell us facts about something and help teach us things! We spent the week researching CHICKENS, then we sorted our facts into things that chickens “can / have / are.” After that, we wrote our own nonfiction books with facts and realistic illustrations about chickens. We can’t wait to learn about a new animal next week!
Reading – We began Unit 4 this week by learning what it means to be an AVID reader! Avid readers….read a lot, find places everywhere to read, keep a stack of books they want to read, can’t stop reading, and really pay attention to their books! We also learned that avid readers think about the feelings of the characters they are reading about. We took some time to write down and share the feelings of characters in our books.
St. Patrick’s Day – We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on Friday with a day full of good luck and fun activities! First, Miss Hutchison gave everyone a leprechaun hat to wear. Then, we made a rainbow of things that we’re lucky to have! Next, we wrote kind notes to others in our classroom about why we’re lucky to be their friends. These notes were so heartwarming! We also did some math graphing with Lucky Charms!
CELEBRATIONS:
Top Frog – We loved having Liam as our Top Frog this week. Jayce will be our new top frog next week.
Mystery Reader – Elise was so excited to see her grandma walk through the door on Thursday! She read us two super cool books, and we got to design our own hats after reading a hat book.
March is Reading Month Fun – Our class was so thrilled to have some special book-themed snacks during Reading Month! Colton’s mom brought us some clementines and sunflower seeds to help us make flowers from Eric Carle’s “The Tiny Seed.” Then, Christian’s dad brought us dirt cups with worms, just like “The Diary of a Worm” book! Thank you so much for making reading month fun for our kiddos!
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BONUS: We FINALLY made it outside this past week for a nice walk around our outdoor classroom and the middle school! Hooray for warmer spring days on the horizon!
March 10, 2019
by Miss Hutchison
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OUR LEARNING:
Popcorn Words – Our popcorn words this week were “about,” “home,” and “went.” We are becoming super readers, and we know TONS of popcorn words now!
Math – We focused lots on teen numbers this week by building teen numbers out of base ten blocks, making a teen number matching game to bring home, and more. We also started learning how to compare two numbers as “greater than,” “less than,” or “equal to.” The alligator always opens his mouth to eat the bigger number! (Example: 5 > 3)
Writing – We did it! Your amazing writers finished their small moment writing unit this week by writing FABULOUSLY AMAZING stories about library for their On-Demand Assessment (which is a time when they do all of the writing, drawing, and editing completely by themselves!). I can’t wait for you to see the great stories they wrote at conferences this week!
Reading – We finished Unit 3 of Reader’s Workshop this week by checking out the ways that popcorn words can “disguise” themselves with different endings (-ing, -ed, -s). We searched for these sneaky disguised popcorn words in our book boxes, too!
Me on the Map – We finished our “me on the map” booklets this week by learning about our addresses! We practiced writing our street names and house numbers, and we each drew a special map of our bedrooms to show our special spot on the map. 🙂
CELEBRATIONS:
Top Frog – We loved having Harper as our Top Frog this week. Liam will be our new top frog next week.
Mystery Reader – Colton was so excited to see his grandma walk through the door on Thursday! She read us two super cool books from one of our favorite authors, Mo Willems.
Kids Heart Challenge – Our kiddos started learning about the Kids Heart Challenge (formerly “Jump Rope for Heart”) this week in P.E.. Please take a moment to check out this blog post and register your child for this awesome challenge!
March is Reading Month Fun – In addition to reading with other classes and having fun reading days, we’ve also been lucky enough to have some special book-themed snacks during Reading Month! Nathan’s mom helped us celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 1 with some Cat-in-the-Hat string cheese, Barbaloot teddy grahams, and green eggs and ham candies. Then, last week, Evan’s mom brought in a special One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish snack for our class! Thank you so much for making reading month fun for our kiddos!
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March 6, 2019
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Thursday, March 7: Wear clothes with words on them!
Friday, March 8: All-School PJ Day!
March 6, 2019
by Miss Hutchison
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Since March is Reading Month, our class has a goal to read with as many other classes at Georgetown as we can before the end of March! Today, we visited Mrs. VanKoevering’s first grade classroom, and her students graciously offered to read to us. Here are some pictures of our afternoon reading fun!
March 4, 2019
by Miss Hutchison
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OUR LEARNING:
Popcorn Words – Our popcorn words this week were “get” and “and.” We are becoming super readers, and we know TONS of popcorn words now!
Math – We started Unit 4 of math this week, which began with finding “partners of 10.” We will be digging deeper into the number 10 and teen numbers throughout this unit.
Writing – We are almost finished with our unit: SMALL MOMENT WRITING. We kept filling up our writing binders by writing small moment stories about lunch, birthday cake, and more! We also learned the importance of checking our writing once we’re done. Here’s what our writing checklist looks like: 1- Start each sentence with a capital letter. 2- Use spaces between each word. 3- Add a punctuation mark to the end of each sentence. 4- Make sure your writing makes sense. 5- Make sure the pictures and the words match.
Reading – This week, we practiced looking at the ends of words when we are reading. Usually, our young readers look just at the first letter in a word and guess until they get it right. 🙂 We are practicing the skill of reading through the WHOLE word to figure it out without guessing anymore! We played a word discovery game to practice this skill with our reading buddies.
Me on the Map – This week, we began to find our special place on the map! We began by looking at the world, then North America, the United States, then Michigan. We will get even more “zoomed in” on the map this week.
CELEBRATIONS:
Top Frog – We loved having Jordan as our Top Frog this week. Harper will be our new top frog next week.
Mystery Reader – Elise jumped right up when she saw her dad walk through the door on Thursday! He read us three super cool books from a series, one of which was Ada Twist: Scientist. The kids loved learning about new careers through storybooks!
Kids Heart Challenge – Our kiddos started learning about the Kids Heart Challenge (formerly “Jump Rope for Heart”) this week in P.E.. Please take a moment to check out this blog post and register your child for this awesome challenge!
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March 3, 2019
by Miss Hutchison
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Our class is excited to celebrate March is Reading Month this year! All throughout the month, we will be doing fun reading activities, learning about different authors, reading TONS of books, and celebrating all of our reading growth so far this year!
On Friday, March 22, our class will be having a March is Reading Month breakfast and we would love to have your help! You can sign up to bring (or send in) one of the themed-breakfast items on the sign-up, and you are also welcome to join us for a relaxed morning of eating breakfast and reading a few of our favorite books.
In addition to our activities, I would LOVE to do some fun book-themed snacks for the kiddos on random days throughout the month – you get to pick the date when you’d like to send in your snack! I put a few different ideas on the sign-up sheet, but if you would like to bring in (or send in) a different book-themed snack, PLEASE go for it!!! If you have a free moment and would like to stop in and read the book that goes along with your snack before we eat it, that would be even more amazing!
Both of these “March is Reading Month” activities are completely optional, but our class of little readers would be thrilled to see you supporting our fun month of reading and growing together this March!
Also, here is the calendar for our fun reading-themed days:
February 25, 2019
by Miss Hutchison
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Since Dr. Seuss’ birthday is on March 2, we will be celebrating with a Dr. Seuss-themed learning celebration on Friday, March 1! We will be having a lot of fun by reading and learning about all things Dr. Seuss! We would love for our kindergarteners to dress up Dr. Seuss style! (Think about characters from books like Cat in the Hat, Fox in Sox, Green Eggs & Ham, Grinch, Horton Hears a Who, etc.) I can’t wait to see what Seuss-tastic outfits we’ll have on Friday for our celebration!
Also, in our classroom, we will be jumping right into March is Reading Month next week, so Dr. Seuss day will be a great kick-off for our celebratory month of reading!
February 24, 2019
by Miss Hutchison
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OUR LEARNING:
Popcorn Words – Our popcorn words this week were “not,” “who,” and “map.” The word “map” aligned perfectly with the start of our new social studies unit!
Math – We wrapped up unit 3 of math this week by reviewing our shapes, teen numbers, and number-writing. We took our unit 3 test at the end of this week and are ready to kick off a new unit on Monday!
Writing – We continued our unit: SMALL MOMENT WRITING. We kept filling up our writing binders by writing small moment stories about recess, mystery readers, play time, and more! We also learned the importance of checking our writing once we’re done. Here’s what our writing checklist looks like: 1- Start each sentence with a capital letter. 2- Use spaces between each word. 3- Add a punctuation mark to the end of each sentence. 4- Make sure your writing makes sense. 5- Make sure the pictures and the words match.
Reading – In our new reading unit, we have been learning how to read challenging books! These books have more lines, longer words, and surprise endings. We’ve also learned how to check to make sure the words that we read look right, sound right, and make sense!
Me on the Map – For our new social studies unit, we have begun to learn about MAPS! We’ve looked at the difference between a globe and a map, and we’ve started to learn about the parts of a map. Next week, we’ll dig deeper to find WHERE we live on the map!
CELEBRATIONS:
Top Frog – We loved having Henley as our Top Frog this week. Jordan will be our new top frog next week.
Mystery Reader – Ms. Sherry (my mom) came to visit the class on Friday as our mystery reader. She taught us about nonfiction books and brought us a WHOLE collection of nonfiction books about animals! The kids were so excited to add these books to their book boxes and look through the pictures.
Kids Heart Challenge – Our kiddos started learning about the Kids Heart Challenge (formerly “Jump Rope for Heart”) this week in P.E.. Please take a moment to check out this blog post and register your child for this awesome challenge!
Notes for Parents:
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February 18, 2019
by Miss Hutchison
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