Kindergarten in Pictures

This week was full of excitement!  The kids began earning Orange Tiger tickets for following expectations in the hallway.  Officer Stassi (Carson's dad), Officer Omar, and Officer Pasta visited the WLE kindergartners to talk about safety and following rules in the community.  I can wait to see what the week ahead has in store for us!

The highlight of the week.  Officer Omar, Officer Stassi and K-9 Officer Pasta.

YouTube Video of all pictures from the visit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOBF4DMOX0w.

This week we learned that numbers can be represented in different ways.  They used craft sticks, pom poms, stickers, candies, and other materials to show a collection of numbers.  In the picture above, they are working really hard to build the number 5 in as many ways as they can with interlocking cubes.  They were then able to record their ideas in writing.  

The kindergartners are working so hard to become readers. They have learned that readers whisper to themselves, use their fingers to walk across the page to tell all the details that they see, and try to look for words that they already know.  

You can really see how serious they take their jobs as learners.

During the coming week, your child will begin bringing home math bags, traveling animal bags, and class books.  Ever other week, your child will receive one of the above items.  It will go home on Monday, please return it by Friday.  All activities are intended to be done as a family.  Thank you for supporting your child!

September WLE TV NEWS

September 27th: https://safeshare.tv/x/yCYLMaPWKVQ
September 29th:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz5zpu4mDlI

A Week In Pictures: September 23rd

We have been really busy in room 17 this week.  We have learned about how reader's can walk across the page when they tell what is happening in the story.  The most EXCITING thing that happened this week was that we filled our WOW jar and earned a special treat.   Your Kindergartners are really fantastic and meet new learning with enthusiasm.

WOW jar filled!

 DATA Collection:  In math we are beginning to look at data and figure out what we can learn from it.  We saw that the month of October has the most birthdays.  We have also noticed that we had cloudy days more often than any other.

In social studies, we are learning about rules and why we have them.  As a class, we wrote rules for our classroom and we signed them.  Most importantly, we are learning that hands are for helping each other out. 

In the hallway, your children have learned about our school PBS expectations.  They have been working really hard to stay NEXT to the blue tile, hands by their side, and level 0.  We had our first assembly to talk about the PBS expectations as a school.  If your child comes home with an orange Tiger Ticket, that means that they were caught by a teacher at school following the expectations in the hallway.

In class, Gabriel modeled for us what it is like to show that you are ready for learning.  

Each morning, they have table top time.  There is a math manipulative or morning work at each of their seats.  They are working on sharing materials and working together.

Looking forward to the fabulous week ahead.  

Kindergarten: A Week in Pictures

Hello Families,

Your Kindergartners have been working so hard in our classroom.  They have learned many rules and procedures, but are beginning their journey as readers, writers, and mathematicians!  They also LOVE to dance.

They are such a smiley group of kids.

 We are learning how to sit knee to knee and eye to eye.  It helps us focus on what our partner is trying to tell us.  We have been spending time thinking about what we know about and can do.  They have been working hard to develop their story telling voice by telling about things they know about!  

 Coloring can be tricky!  We have been using this rubric to check in to see how we are doing!

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom - A Kindergarten Favorite

 Much of our math is done through calendar time.  We are learning what comes before and after.  We are also learning about the days of the week, today, tomorrow, and yesterday, and we are building a number line.

They have been busy learning how to "read" to self and to someone else.  They have been taking their jobs very seriously and are working hard to become readers!

This is quite possibly the most favorite part of kindergarten!  The DINOSAUR STOMP:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imhi98dHa5w.

4th Grade Readers' Theater

The 4th graders, worked hard to create a Reader's Theater Script based on a Michigan Legend that we read in our classroom. They wrote the scripts, created the props, selected the scenes, and rehearsed the play.  I am very proud of their hard work. 

The Legend of Sleeping Bear:  Peyton DesJardin, Michael Sturgill, Gavin Clark, Daniel Raskin, and Alexa Barnett


The Legend of the Lady's Slipper: McKenna Mitchell, Leila Smith, Justin Hermiz, Carlina Roche, Nicholas Miranda

The Legend of Mackinac Island:  Jonny Gentile, Caden Sturgill, Roman Adhikari, Karlee Sanor, Alycia Fernandes

June News

June 1:  http://safeshare.tv/v/IIV7TmO8IzQ
June 2:  http://safeshare.tv/v/lC6cfYcpifk

June 7- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEyjU0vUZ2o
June 8- http://safeshare.tv/v/7HiFywXG16Y
June 9 - http://safeshare.tv/v/vr-P1CxARtY

May 20th: Week In Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtDcsX7E5C0