December 17, 2010
Thanks to Simona
The K-A Kids said good-bye to Simona. Simona is from Germany and has been a volunteer at W. E. since the beginning of this school year. She helped us during learning centers every day and often many other times. We will miss her good help! During our "trip" to Germany Simona showed us pictures of how she celebrates Christmas in Germany.
December 16, 2010
Newsletter - 12/117
The K-A Kids’ Newsletter
READING
We are currently in a “Friends Together” theme. We reviewed all of the letters and sounds that we’ve studied so far. We continue to blend/sound out words that use the short a sound of our alphafriend, Andy Apple. Callie Cat arrived this week for the letter c.
We played word bingo in small groups this week! Yes, learning is fun! The first bingo game was with our word wall words and the next game was with short “a” words that the students sounded out in order to cover up for bingo.
We are learning to “Read to Self” and are building our stamina to do it appropriately for a length of time. The students helped set up what this time should look like and sound like and are becoming quite good at it with their book baskets full of readable material. We know that there are three ways to “read to self” by reading the pictures, reading the words, or retelling the story.
MATH
I’m sending an “Every Day Math at Home” booklet this week. This booklet contains a variety of playful math activities for you and your child to enjoy together while using everyday situations and materials. Do NOT put it aside. Add it to your book pile and try to do an activity about every day.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES
Our class is working on a theme in our social studies program, Children Around the World. Students reviewed concepts they learned earlier in the school year. We are looking at children, homes, holidays, and families from around the world. These lessons reinforce basic geography skills and concepts. They also help the students discover that, despite our differences, all children, homes, holidays and families are similar in many ways.
READING
We are currently in a “Friends Together” theme. We reviewed all of the letters and sounds that we’ve studied so far. We continue to blend/sound out words that use the short a sound of our alphafriend, Andy Apple. Callie Cat arrived this week for the letter c.
We played word bingo in small groups this week! Yes, learning is fun! The first bingo game was with our word wall words and the next game was with short “a” words that the students sounded out in order to cover up for bingo.
We are learning to “Read to Self” and are building our stamina to do it appropriately for a length of time. The students helped set up what this time should look like and sound like and are becoming quite good at it with their book baskets full of readable material. We know that there are three ways to “read to self” by reading the pictures, reading the words, or retelling the story.
MATH
I’m sending an “Every Day Math at Home” booklet this week. This booklet contains a variety of playful math activities for you and your child to enjoy together while using everyday situations and materials. Do NOT put it aside. Add it to your book pile and try to do an activity about every day.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES
Our class is working on a theme in our social studies program, Children Around the World. Students reviewed concepts they learned earlier in the school year. We are looking at children, homes, holidays, and families from around the world. These lessons reinforce basic geography skills and concepts. They also help the students discover that, despite our differences, all children, homes, holidays and families are similar in many ways.
December 9, 2010
Newsletter - 12/10
Dear Family,
Guten Tag, hello, from Germany. We had a wonderful flight over to Germany. We are learning a little about the country and some of the ways German families celebrate during the Christmas season. The German people were the first to use a tree at Christmas. They decorate their tree with candles, gingerbread cookies, wooden ornaments, and candy canes.
In Germany the children celebrate St. Nicholas Day on December 6. On St. Nicholas Eve the children choose their best right shoe and leave it by the door for St. Nicholas. In the morning they find a small toy or treat. We put our shoe out at rest and later found a treat!
We had fun making gingerbread ornaments and St. Nicholas ornaments for the tree. We frosted and decorated ice cream cones to make a YUMMY Christmas tree treat. We colored an advent wreath as we learned how the families in Germany light the candles leading up to Christmas. We made a wreath from a paper plate to decorate for Christmas.
We will be leaving Germany soon and traveling to Japan. We are having a wonderful trip and wish you were traveling with us.
Frolich Weihnacten (Merry Christmas)
Auf Widersehen (good bye)
The K-A Kids
Guten Tag, hello, from Germany. We had a wonderful flight over to Germany. We are learning a little about the country and some of the ways German families celebrate during the Christmas season. The German people were the first to use a tree at Christmas. They decorate their tree with candles, gingerbread cookies, wooden ornaments, and candy canes.
In Germany the children celebrate St. Nicholas Day on December 6. On St. Nicholas Eve the children choose their best right shoe and leave it by the door for St. Nicholas. In the morning they find a small toy or treat. We put our shoe out at rest and later found a treat!
We had fun making gingerbread ornaments and St. Nicholas ornaments for the tree. We frosted and decorated ice cream cones to make a YUMMY Christmas tree treat. We colored an advent wreath as we learned how the families in Germany light the candles leading up to Christmas. We made a wreath from a paper plate to decorate for Christmas.
We will be leaving Germany soon and traveling to Japan. We are having a wonderful trip and wish you were traveling with us.
Frolich Weihnacten (Merry Christmas)
Auf Widersehen (good bye)
The K-A Kids
December 3, 2010
Math Games
Partners playing a math game - Train games using addition and subtraction.
Partners playing a math game - spinning and showing teen numbers.
Partners playing a math game - spinning and showing teen numbers.
Grandparents Visit School
The grandparents arrived and were introduced!
The K-A kids performed Thanksgiving songs and finger plays. Grandparents are the BEST audience.
The grandparents listened to the K-A kids read.
The K-A kids performed Thanksgiving songs and finger plays. Grandparents are the BEST audience.
The grandparents listened to the K-A kids read.
Newsletter 12/03
Wow, how did it get to be December already? This school year is flying. December is such a fun time together in school.
READING
We have started a new theme – Friends Together. The big books we read together this week were Aaron and Gayla’s Alphabet Book and We Read Together. Our new alphafriends were Hattie Horse and Andy Apple. Now that we’ve officially added a vowel we will be blending to read words. This week we worked on the –at family such as in cat, hat, bat, rat, etc. The new word was an easy one – a!
MATH
• counting by 10s
• practice correctly writing numbers 0 – 20
• teen frame game that provided practice with teen numbers and building number sense.
• Top It! - a card game that reinforces number recognition and number comparisons.
• Pattern-block templates
SOCIAL STUDIES
Our new theme this month will be “December Holidays Around the World.” We’ve explored the holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kawnzaa. We compared these holidays noticing how family and friends get together making special foods, exchanging gifts, and decorating, especially with candles.
This theme is providing an opportunity to use map and globes. We distinguished land and water and are learning the names of the 7 continents.
READING
We have started a new theme – Friends Together. The big books we read together this week were Aaron and Gayla’s Alphabet Book and We Read Together. Our new alphafriends were Hattie Horse and Andy Apple. Now that we’ve officially added a vowel we will be blending to read words. This week we worked on the –at family such as in cat, hat, bat, rat, etc. The new word was an easy one – a!
MATH
• counting by 10s
• practice correctly writing numbers 0 – 20
• teen frame game that provided practice with teen numbers and building number sense.
• Top It! - a card game that reinforces number recognition and number comparisons.
• Pattern-block templates
SOCIAL STUDIES
Our new theme this month will be “December Holidays Around the World.” We’ve explored the holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kawnzaa. We compared these holidays noticing how family and friends get together making special foods, exchanging gifts, and decorating, especially with candles.
This theme is providing an opportunity to use map and globes. We distinguished land and water and are learning the names of the 7 continents.
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