I can't believe I missed a week! Oh dear!
Let's see if I can get everyone caught up. :)
We learned the rest of our color songs and the songs will be at the bottom of the post.
We are halfway through learning our alphabet and moving right along. If your child is struggling with remembering the letters and sounds here are some ideas that should be helpful.
Starfall.com is a great place to go play games to help learn letters and sounds.
Leap Frog has a video called "Letter Factory" that we have watched and used in class. Each letter has a song and action to go with it. Here is a sample, have your child show you the actions for the letters in the video.
Also, there is an app called Letter School that we use in class to help teach how to write the letters and numbers. The kids love it!
I know there are a lot of other tools out there, that are fantastic, but hopefully, those will give you a good place to start. Feel free to comment and share any others that you have used or know of, there are many who could use them!
I AM looking for volunteers. I would like to have a permanent volunteer schedule up and going by next Monday. Thank you for your patience in this area, as I have been working hard to establish a routine with our class before we introduced parent helpers into our classroom.
I am looking forward to another week with your amazing children!
Love,
Mrs. Newman
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Week Two
We had another fun week in Kindergarten! We learned about letters and sounds and colors and numbers. We also got to explore apples! What a fun time we had!
We have been learning songs about each of the colors, to help us remember the color words. Here are the songs we have already learned so that you can practice them at home!
This week we will be learning the colors blue, purple, black, brown, and pink. Watch for the songs in next week's blog post!
Don't forget to wear blue on Monday, purple on Tuesday, black on Wednesday, brown on Thursday and pink on Friday.
Remember that our Monday Mailers come home the first day of the week with all of the flyers and information from the school. They need to be emptied, initialed and returned to school the next day.
Friday Folders come home each Monday containing our class newsletter. The homework assignments are listed on the newsletter. Please complete the activities during the week and return the completed activities in your child's Friday Folder on Friday.
Also, go check out our new Star Student page! It will give you all of the information you need to help you complete the star student activities when your child is the star student! It also has a calendar so you can keep track of when your child's turn is coming up.
Here's to another great week in kindergarten!
Love,
Mrs. Newman :)
We have been learning songs about each of the colors, to help us remember the color words. Here are the songs we have already learned so that you can practice them at home!
This week we will be learning the colors blue, purple, black, brown, and pink. Watch for the songs in next week's blog post!
Don't forget to wear blue on Monday, purple on Tuesday, black on Wednesday, brown on Thursday and pink on Friday.
Remember that our Monday Mailers come home the first day of the week with all of the flyers and information from the school. They need to be emptied, initialed and returned to school the next day.
Friday Folders come home each Monday containing our class newsletter. The homework assignments are listed on the newsletter. Please complete the activities during the week and return the completed activities in your child's Friday Folder on Friday.
Also, go check out our new Star Student page! It will give you all of the information you need to help you complete the star student activities when your child is the star student! It also has a calendar so you can keep track of when your child's turn is coming up.
Here's to another great week in kindergarten!
Love,
Mrs. Newman :)
Monday, September 7, 2015
Hayden Peak's first week
I can't believe it! The first week has come and gone already. Wow!
I know it was a little crazy with the first day of school and picture day and a fire drill, but I want you to know that your kiddos did fantastic!
We spent the majority of our time this past week focusing on our classroom rules. We learned a lot about listening and following directions.
One of my favorite friends that helps remind us to use our listening ears is a rabbit named Howard. You can learn more about him here. We will be talking about Howard all year long. If you go to Howard's homepage, the We Do Listen Foundation, you can find some fun games and activities to work on at home. Please watch the video "Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen" with your child and have them tell you why it is important to listen both at home and at school.
We also got to rock in our school shoes with Pete the Cat.
Our Friday folders will come home tomorrow. They contain a newsletter explaining which activities your child is responsible for completing this week. Please return the folders on FRIDAY with the completed activities inside.
This week we are going to begin learning to recognize our color words. Wear RED on Tuesday, orange on Wednesday, yellow on Thursday and green on Friday.
We will also be starting to learn letters and numbers this week, as well as attending our specials rotations. It's going to be a busy week and we are excited to start digging into our curriculum.
Don't forget our AM class pick-up spot has been changed to the North side of the school building on the grass near the kindergarten and 1st grade doors.
Here's to a great week!
Love,
Mrs. Newman :)
I know it was a little crazy with the first day of school and picture day and a fire drill, but I want you to know that your kiddos did fantastic!
We spent the majority of our time this past week focusing on our classroom rules. We learned a lot about listening and following directions.
One of my favorite friends that helps remind us to use our listening ears is a rabbit named Howard. You can learn more about him here. We will be talking about Howard all year long. If you go to Howard's homepage, the We Do Listen Foundation, you can find some fun games and activities to work on at home. Please watch the video "Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen" with your child and have them tell you why it is important to listen both at home and at school.
We also got to rock in our school shoes with Pete the Cat.
Our Friday folders will come home tomorrow. They contain a newsletter explaining which activities your child is responsible for completing this week. Please return the folders on FRIDAY with the completed activities inside.
This week we are going to begin learning to recognize our color words. Wear RED on Tuesday, orange on Wednesday, yellow on Thursday and green on Friday.
We will also be starting to learn letters and numbers this week, as well as attending our specials rotations. It's going to be a busy week and we are excited to start digging into our curriculum.
Don't forget our AM class pick-up spot has been changed to the North side of the school building on the grass near the kindergarten and 1st grade doors.
Here's to a great week!
Love,
Mrs. Newman :)
Monday, December 1, 2014
December Information
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out for our parent-teacher conferences a few weeks ago. I appreciate you taking the time to come in and meet with me to discuss your child's learning.
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend.
We are jumping in to December and Benchmark testing at the same time. It's going to be a busy week, and it is important that your child arrives on time after getting a good night's rest and a good breakfast. It's much easier to learn when you aren't tired and hungry!
Tomorrow, I will be sending home a Family Traditions Journal for you to complete WITH your child. Please return it by MONDAY, DECEMBER 15th at the very latest. We will be sharing them in class and your child will be responsible for explaining the information in his/her journal. We will be using these traditions to discuss differences in families and customs, as is part of our social studies curriculum this year.
We are also going to begin our holiday unit, which is going to be centered on the book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Seuss. We will be reading it in class, and completing math, writing and social studies activities that all tie together with the storybook. Watch for more information to come!
I am looking forward to another wonderful month of learning with your kiddos. Thanks for supporting your child's learning!!
Love,
Mrs. Newman
I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend.
We are jumping in to December and Benchmark testing at the same time. It's going to be a busy week, and it is important that your child arrives on time after getting a good night's rest and a good breakfast. It's much easier to learn when you aren't tired and hungry!
Tomorrow, I will be sending home a Family Traditions Journal for you to complete WITH your child. Please return it by MONDAY, DECEMBER 15th at the very latest. We will be sharing them in class and your child will be responsible for explaining the information in his/her journal. We will be using these traditions to discuss differences in families and customs, as is part of our social studies curriculum this year.
We are also going to begin our holiday unit, which is going to be centered on the book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Seuss. We will be reading it in class, and completing math, writing and social studies activities that all tie together with the storybook. Watch for more information to come!
I am looking forward to another wonderful month of learning with your kiddos. Thanks for supporting your child's learning!!
Love,
Mrs. Newman
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Too Fast
Wow! That break sure went fast!
Well, back to work it is.
We have parent teacher conferences coming up soon, so we are going to be busy, busy for the next week or so. I look forward to meeting with you all.
I will be sending home a newsletter with some great information on Monday, so watch for that.
I sure hope you enjoyed your break and I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday.
Love,
Mrs. Newman
Well, back to work it is.
We have parent teacher conferences coming up soon, so we are going to be busy, busy for the next week or so. I look forward to meeting with you all.
I will be sending home a newsletter with some great information on Monday, so watch for that.
I sure hope you enjoyed your break and I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday.
Love,
Mrs. Newman
Monday, October 13, 2014
It's a short week!
Wow! What a whirlwind this first track time has been! I can't believe we have been in school for nearly 8 weeks.
So far, here are the sight words we have learned:
a, and, for, go, here, have, I, is, like, my, play, see, said, to, the
You child should be able to read the sight words on command, without having to think about it for very long. That's why we call them sight words, so they can read them "on sight."
This week is a short week. Remember WEDNESDAY is early-day and we have no school on Thursday or Friday.
I have noticed a vast improvement in the excitement of our students since I last wrote about changing some things in class. We have been reviewing the rules each day and have started working on some new activities that the class seems to really enjoy.
I do want you to be aware that parent-teacher conferences will be coming up shortly after we return from our off-track time. I will be working with the students at school to learn about what we call our "data notebook" so that they will be able to lead our conferences when the time comes. It is important for our children to see the progress they are making in order to encourage them to continue to work hard. If you hear about this at home and have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Thank you all for all of your support of your child's learning!
Love,
Mrs. Newman
So far, here are the sight words we have learned:
a, and, for, go, here, have, I, is, like, my, play, see, said, to, the
You child should be able to read the sight words on command, without having to think about it for very long. That's why we call them sight words, so they can read them "on sight."
This week is a short week. Remember WEDNESDAY is early-day and we have no school on Thursday or Friday.
I have noticed a vast improvement in the excitement of our students since I last wrote about changing some things in class. We have been reviewing the rules each day and have started working on some new activities that the class seems to really enjoy.
I do want you to be aware that parent-teacher conferences will be coming up shortly after we return from our off-track time. I will be working with the students at school to learn about what we call our "data notebook" so that they will be able to lead our conferences when the time comes. It is important for our children to see the progress they are making in order to encourage them to continue to work hard. If you hear about this at home and have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Thank you all for all of your support of your child's learning!
Love,
Mrs. Newman
Thursday, October 2, 2014
The BIG Three
I can't believe I missed getting a post up this week. Wow! It's been busy!!
We have had all kinds of stuff going on. We completed our 1st Literacy Benchmark this week in addition to our first Math benchmark. We had lots of testing going on and things may not have felt like a typical week at school. I am looking forward to getting things all back in order next week, as I'm sure the kids will be too.
I am sure many of you are aware of Oquirrh Elementary's "Big Three," but just in case you aren't, I wanted to share them with you.
1. Be Safe
2. Be Respectful
3. Be Responsible
Today, we had a class "Pow-wow" to discuss how we thought we were doing in these three areas. Many of the students mentioned being "distracted" at school by too much talking going on around them. We discussed being "responsible" for our own choices, and taking care of ourselves by keeping our voices off during work time. Please follow-up on this discussion at home with your child.
I still need some extra hands during our power-hour time. If you are able to come in once a week from 8:45-9:45 and help students practice sight words, letters, writing, etc., please let me know ASAP!
We are going to start our sight words testing next week. Each Friday, I will have the students read the sight words from the week to me. PLEASE, remember to practice with them at home.
We have watched "The Letter Factory" in parts over the past few weeks to learn our letters and sounds. We are nearing the end of the alphabet introduction, and will have learned the entire alphabet by the end of next week. You can watch part of the movie here to see how we have been learning and practicing at school. Have your child show you the actions that go with each letter of the alphabet!
We have had all kinds of stuff going on. We completed our 1st Literacy Benchmark this week in addition to our first Math benchmark. We had lots of testing going on and things may not have felt like a typical week at school. I am looking forward to getting things all back in order next week, as I'm sure the kids will be too.
I am sure many of you are aware of Oquirrh Elementary's "Big Three," but just in case you aren't, I wanted to share them with you.
1. Be Safe
2. Be Respectful
3. Be Responsible
Today, we had a class "Pow-wow" to discuss how we thought we were doing in these three areas. Many of the students mentioned being "distracted" at school by too much talking going on around them. We discussed being "responsible" for our own choices, and taking care of ourselves by keeping our voices off during work time. Please follow-up on this discussion at home with your child.
I still need some extra hands during our power-hour time. If you are able to come in once a week from 8:45-9:45 and help students practice sight words, letters, writing, etc., please let me know ASAP!
We are going to start our sight words testing next week. Each Friday, I will have the students read the sight words from the week to me. PLEASE, remember to practice with them at home.
We have watched "The Letter Factory" in parts over the past few weeks to learn our letters and sounds. We are nearing the end of the alphabet introduction, and will have learned the entire alphabet by the end of next week. You can watch part of the movie here to see how we have been learning and practicing at school. Have your child show you the actions that go with each letter of the alphabet!
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