Saturday, April 29, 2017

April 28th: A Week In Review

What a week in Kindergarten.  I am so sorry that I missed science night, but I hear it was a great success.   The children that attended shared so many cool activities.

Today a note went home from PTA about ordering field day t-shirts.  Each child gets one free - paid for by the PTA.  If you plan on volunteering, you may want to order one for yourselves.  Be sure to turn in the form to school this week:)





Perhaps the most exciting event of the week was the arrival of our earthworms.  The kids loved building their earthworm habitats!  We learned about 4 things that ALL living things need to survive and then we made sure that all of those were provided for the worms.  We have been observing the change in the habitat over the week and it really it quite fascinating.






In writing, we have been working on writing pattern books.  Since the children have pretty much become experts on READING pattern books, writing them has been a breeze.  The children are so proud of their work and were so excited to take home books to share you all of you.




In reading, we have been working really hard on retelling.  When you retell a story, you first read the book and then tell the story in your own words starting at the beginning.  They had so much fun working on retelling this week with the book Lazy Duck, that we created our own books to practice further.  The children sequenced pictures from the story, glued them into a book and then labeled the pictures.  They used their "Lazy Duck" puppet to practice retelling.  I hope you have had the pleasure of hearing your child tell the story to you.




Upcoming Events:

  • May 5th - WLE Spring Fair.  This is an annual event for WLE families.  I will be there working the Happy Apple Tree from 5-6pm and then selling game tickets for the games from 6-7pm.  I hope to see you there!
  • May 18th - MSU Tollgate Field Trip - We will be learning how farmers use the wool from a sheep and trun it into a sweater!  Thank you for turning in your child's permission slip and money!
  • June 2nd:  Field Day.  Another annual event.  If you are interested in volunteering, be sure to check out the WLE Weekly from Mrs. Nickel.
  • June 7th - Kindergarten ZOO Field Trip - please return permission slips and money as soon as possible.


-June

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

March 31st: A Week In Review

Hello Families,

I hope this finds you well.  We have returned from Spring Break and hit the ground running.  It is amazing to me how much older the kids seem.  I have been reflecting and looking back at your children's work from the beginning of the year until now!  Let me tell you - IT IS AMAZING!  Kindergartners grow so much, so fast.
In writing, we are working hard to finish our first nonfiction book.  Your child picked and object and wrote about its attributes.  They will be bringing the books home next week in their book bags, but please return them to school.  I am keeping a portfolio of their work!


In science, we have begun our Living and Nonliving unit.  The first few lessons have the children thinking about the attributes of living and nonliving things.  We first talked about objects and had to decide if they could be stored in a box or not.  Next week, we will be setting up our worm habitats and get to observe a living thing up close and personal:)  Thank you so much for the quick replies and willingness to donate items for our science unit.


Upcoming Field Trips/Activities:
-MSU Tollgate May 18th - If you havent submitted the permission slip and payment, I will be sending home another today.  Please return it by Friday.

-Detroit Zoo - June 7th - A detailed note and permission slip will be going home soon.

-Field Day - June 2nd:  Look out for information in the WLE Weekly from Mrs. Nickel about this annual event.  It is an awesome day for the children!


April News

April 11th:  https://safeshare.tv/x/QDNgpnzHf2Y
April 13th:  https://safeshare.tv/x/S2Mkpc5tTZU

April 18th:  https://safeshare.tv/x/fe902A11KWk
                KID PRESIDENT VIDEO:  https://safeshare.tv/x/ss58f60b37d2313
April 20th:  https://safeshare.tv/x/j8Ugil7ntW0

April 27th:  https://safeshare.tv/x/GPn4-9Rr1ho