Teeth!

Students will be bringing home a teeth chart on Monday.  We want to help them understand the importance of taking care of their teeth each day and help them form healthy habits by doing so.  Please help them by making a check mark in the box under each day of the week that they brush their teeth.  Return on Friday for a fancy feather! Thank you for your support... 

Pictures of their presentations will be posted as soon as they are done! Cannot wait to hear all about them! 

All About Me!!!

The last several weeks we have been doing a unit of "All About Me!"  The students have learned about some of the features and their functions such as eyes, ears, nose, arms and legs.  They also learned about muscles, heart and their lungs.  They completed a book about themselves that shows their hand print size, age, height and weight.  They made a portrait of themselves using yarn for hair.  They also did a sentence each day for several days describing themselves.  I was absolutely amazed at their handwriting, so very nice.  They will be doing a presentation of themselves this next week with the "homework" assignment they did and returned to school.  We will continue this next week also with learning about "TEETH".  

Valentine's Party Information!

Valentine's Party!

The students will be making a Valentine's sack in class this week.  A list of students names were sent home on Friday.  The students should write the names of their classmates on them before bringing them to class.  They can start bringing them in on Friday, Feb. 8th to pass out.  I would like to have them all in and passed out no later than Wed. Feb. 13th.  

The Valentine's Party will be held on Thursday, Feb. 14th at 10AM.

This day will also be an early out day.  There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, Feb. 15th or Monday, Feb. 18th.

January 28-February 1, 2013

If your child is absent for any of these days.  Here is an outline of what we will be studying for the week.  If your child is here every day and you ask them what they are studying, they should be able to tell you!!!

Reading:  Make a chart of things that we "know, want to know and learn" about penguins. 
               Read a variety of books that tell facts about penguins.
               Research on the internet facts about penguins. 

Writing:  Write facts that students learned about penguins on a chart.
              Write in their journals things they like about penguins.
          
Phonics:  We are working on the word families "ot, og, op" .  We are sorting into the correct family then reading the words to match with the picture.  We are also blending together to read simple 3 letter words.
Long vowels will be practiced as well.

Sight words:  3 new sight words have been introduced this week.  A complete list will come home this Friday.  You and your child can make flash cards with these words to be able to practice at home. 

Math:  Counting, writing and recognizing numbers.  We are making a "game board" with base ten numbers to practice on in class.  These will be coming home on Friday.  Simple addition will also be practiced.

*Other objectives that you can always work on at home with your child are questions from a story such as characters, setting, author, illustrator, problem in the story and the solution.  These will help your child's comprehension of stories. 

February Birthdays!!!

Happy Birthday to:     Shelbie !!!

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS BLOG!

In an effort to keep you more informed about our classroom, I have created this blog.  On this site you will find our monthly newsletters, snack calendar, hug a bears for the month, birthdays and special events or activities we have done or will be doing in our classroom.  I would love to see parent comments and posts.  Please look it over and join so you can be a part of it!  It is important that you do this not only for you to view but for your child to view and leave comments with you.   This is just another great way we can brag on  the great things your children are doing in school.

Hope to be seeing you on here soon!  Leave a comment when you have joined!

Your Child's Teacher,
Mrs. Trone

Our study about "China"

This week we have been studying about "China".  This was brought on by a student's interest.  It has been very educational.  The following is an outline of study. 

Monday:  Map, location, Chinese Flag, population and geography!

Tuesday:  Agriculture- Livestock that they raise and products they
                raise.  Different types of Chinese foods.
                Eat noodles with chopsticks and enjoy reading our
                Fortune from the cookie...

Wednesday:  Language, #'s to 10 in Chinese, particular words and
                      phrases that the students could relate to.  
                      example:   Hello- Shee Shee   

Thursday:   Read a book about the Chinese Dragon Parade.

Friday:  Make a Chinese Lantern!


The students have been completing a writing assignment with the information they have learned during each day.  Be looking for it to come home on Friday!  It is titled " My Book About China". 

Thank you so much for sharing your kids with me.  I have really enjoyed them this week!

Presentations! Great job!

                                                Stephanie
                               

                                    Bella                            

                                  Joseph

                                 Roxanna

                                  Owen                   

                                   James    

                                 Kaydence

                                   

                                Quinnton

Student Presentations! Friday, February 3, 2012

Students did a great job on their presentations of "All About Me!"  I am very proud of each and every one of them.. Pictures to come soon!

All About Me Student!

                                                Tailey                                         
                       

                                                 Bella
                                         

                                            Stephanie        

                                                Joseph 

                                              Roxanna 

                                                 Owen 

                                             Kaydence 

                                                James            

                                              Drayven 

                                 They almost look like real kids!
               The students did a great job on this project!

Great websites for kids!

Here are a couple of websites for your child to use at home.  We have been using the first one at school on our NEW student computer.  Each student gets a personal time to explore and learn.
1. www.starfall.com
2. www.kidzone.com

JOIN in on the fun!

Parents please become a member of our club!  You can view but it would be more fun to join and be able to leave comments and interact.  Lets make this technology more exciting!

Thanks for your support!
Mrs. T. 

100th day Celebration!!! January 30, 2012



The students enjoyed placing cheerios on each number all the way to 100.  Then they covered the 10's numbers with fruit loops!

                   

What an exciting day!

Owen placing his foot in the hallway to add to all the other feet, to see how far 100 feet would be???

100th Day of School!

  Monday, January 30th will be the 100th day of school.  We will celebrate the day with the other Kindergarteners by doing lots of activities concerning the number 100. Included are  marking off 100 feet from the end of our hallway, counting by 1's, 5's and 10's, writing 100 things we love about school and much more fun!

Hug-A-Bear January 27th

                       Congratulations!
       For becoming a good reader and being a great listener!
                     January 27th, 2012

Penguin Unit

   We just completed a unit of study about Penguins!

    The picture above is of a game that the students
    played on Friday.  It is called, Feed The Penguin!
    They used goldfish snacks to try to hit the target,
    which was the beak of the penguin.  This was a
    fun way to end the hard week of learning!

These are some of the kinds of penguins that we researched and studied about during the week.  Did you know that there are 17 different kinds of penguins?

           We also compared and contrasted Penguins and Birds....

                 Way to go Tanner C. for giving an awesome
                          explaination of this activity in class!

  

 
                             Tailey was the leader for today!

                             Playing the game..

                               
                                 Ella getting ready to aim!

                               

All About Me!

           Here is an example for my "All About Me!"

                       as a completed project!

     Due date for completed homework assignment is
                       Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012

Reading Buddies w/ 3rd Graders

Third grade students reading to Kindergarten!

          
           Students love to be with their buddies.

                   
                    Having great fun together.

                     
                      Must be a good book!

              
                 Something in the book looks
                       very interesting! 

Snowman writing!

                             This is an activity that we did using shaving cream and glue.  The students got to mix the two items, plop it on the paper and then decorate.  They used beans for the eyes, buttons, pipe cleaner for the mouth and construction paper for the hat and nose.  They let them dry overnight and then wrote about their snowman the next day.  We have a lot of PRETTY snowmen!  Some of these girls would have painted the end of the sticks for the fingernails if I would have let them.  Hope you enjoy the pictures and writing!               
         
               My snowman is nice.  By Owen

         

                 My snowman is pretty.  By Roxanna

                 My snowman is bubbly.  By Tailey

                       My snowman is pretty.  By Ella

                                 My snowman is pretty.  By Bella