We have some extra cutting and prepping to do for upcoming projects. If you would like to do some work at home let us know. We will send something home in your child's backpack.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Friday, September 27, 2013
We are on the principal's blog!
Mr. Lyon featured our journal writing in his blog today! Click Mr. Lyon's Blog to see!
Monday, September 23, 2013
Write On!
Today we began journal writing! It can be fun, challenging and little bit scary. We did great!
Mrs. Parnell took some time to explain that when we write our letters have meaning and then she showed us some examples of what her writing might have looked like when she was a little girl.
We conferred with a classmate to discuss what we might like to write about.
No matter what letters and sounds we know we were all encouraged to try out best! We also worked on illustrations to go along with our writing.
Now it is time to set goals for ourselves. Each of our illustrations will match our words. Illustrations will have at least 5 colors and will include details like hands and feet on people. We will try to leave at least two finger spaces between each word we write and we will try our best to write down all the sounds we hear in the words we are trying to write.
Mrs. Parnell took some time to explain that when we write our letters have meaning and then she showed us some examples of what her writing might have looked like when she was a little girl.
We conferred with a classmate to discuss what we might like to write about.
No matter what letters and sounds we know we were all encouraged to try out best! We also worked on illustrations to go along with our writing.
After recess we took some time to present our journals to one another. Mrs. Parnell and Mrs. Hoyt were very proud of everyone. Each student shared their journal entry with the class!
Now it is time to set goals for ourselves. Each of our illustrations will match our words. Illustrations will have at least 5 colors and will include details like hands and feet on people. We will try to leave at least two finger spaces between each word we write and we will try our best to write down all the sounds we hear in the words we are trying to write.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Week Two in Review!
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| Macarena Months is proving to be a favorite! We are able to move and dance while we practice the names of the months! |
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| Mrs. Dwyer, Pine Glen's guidance counselor visited us and participated in our Twinkle Friends Song. |
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| The magnetic letter boards are fun! We practiced using t, f and b. |
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| If there is time after we do our jobs, we visit some stations and have some fun choices! |
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| Our color exploration also included fun with some colorful clay! |
On Friday we had our first reading of the Kindergarten News! Students went home today with their own copy. Please help them to finish "reading" and highlighting the news at home. The news should stay at home and does not need to be returned to school.
Fire!
Not really. We are prepared for everything in room 101! Today we had a practice Fire Drill. The kids and teachers did great!
Friday, September 13, 2013
Students could teach us about technology!
Yesterday it was Mrs. Parnell and Mrs. Hoyt along with Mr. Callahan who were saying "Wow!"
Mr. Callahan stopped by first thing to help introduce the ipads and one of the apps we will be using this year. We were very impressed with how quickly our students picked up on the explanations. In just a few minutes the children were explaining what all the graphics and images meant in the Drawing Pad App. They instinctively knew how to navigate through the app and even demonstrated that they know the language of the tools!
Today Mrs. Parnell introduced Brain Pop Jr. We will be able to explore various topics, play games and watch educational stories! Students could not wait to start using the iPads!
Boys and girls also had an opportunity to touch the TouchIt board today! We hunted for and identified letters in a game. It was a great first experience for them.
It feels like only a few years ago that we were in school studying to become teachers. None of us would have imagine that on the 4th and 5th day of kindergarten our 5 year old students would be telling us how to get "home" never mind that to save their work they should click on the icon that looks like a "flash drive"!
Kindergarten is really a very busy place to be! Students are practicing listening skills, and learning to cooperate and take turns. This week we have focused on getting to know one another and learning each other's names. We have jumped right in and have begun work on letter and numeral identification and formation. We have explored various versions of the same story (The Three Little Pigs) and have read and reread new and classic nursery rhymes.
Mr. Callahan stopped by first thing to help introduce the ipads and one of the apps we will be using this year. We were very impressed with how quickly our students picked up on the explanations. In just a few minutes the children were explaining what all the graphics and images meant in the Drawing Pad App. They instinctively knew how to navigate through the app and even demonstrated that they know the language of the tools!
Today Mrs. Parnell introduced Brain Pop Jr. We will be able to explore various topics, play games and watch educational stories! Students could not wait to start using the iPads!
Boys and girls also had an opportunity to touch the TouchIt board today! We hunted for and identified letters in a game. It was a great first experience for them.
It feels like only a few years ago that we were in school studying to become teachers. None of us would have imagine that on the 4th and 5th day of kindergarten our 5 year old students would be telling us how to get "home" never mind that to save their work they should click on the icon that looks like a "flash drive"!
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| Mr. Callahan connected an ipad to the TouchIT Board so the students could see the Drawing Pad App in action. It was pretty cool! |
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Kindergarten is really a very busy place to be! Students are practicing listening skills, and learning to cooperate and take turns. This week we have focused on getting to know one another and learning each other's names. We have jumped right in and have begun work on letter and numeral identification and formation. We have explored various versions of the same story (The Three Little Pigs) and have read and reread new and classic nursery rhymes.
In writing we are working to make sure that we hold our writing utensils with an alligator bite instead of a gorilla grip.
We have much to accomplish and teach this year but our students are off to a great start and will probably be teaching us a thing or two in terms of the technology!
Thursday, September 12, 2013
The introductions continue!
Meet some other teachers and staff who will be working with us this year!
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| Mrs. H. will be in to support us at various times. Today she was especially helpful in helping us with how to properly grip our pencils and crayons. |
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| Ms. Mills and Mrs. Groom were also in to help us today. During the year they will be in to help us during our ELA and math time. |
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| We were all excited to meet Echo! She helps us to learn the letters and letter sounds. When ever she is around we know we should be echoing the correct sounds of the letters we are learning. She is super soft! |
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Wow and Whoa!
You know you are having a good day as a teacher when your students respond like that! Wow! That is what we heard this afternoon when we introduced the interactive part of our TouchIT board! How cool. We can write on the board!
We also worked on our math program using the board today. We watched a video on counting and then played a game on the board. It is fun!
Other highlights to our day today included meeting Baby Echo and singing and dancing the Dr. Jean song, Macarena Months! Besure to ask your children to dance the Macarena for you and to share what we know about Echo. (Echo is a bird that is soft. It is an owl. It's head turns all the way around and it is nocturnal!)
All will admitt that recess is pretty high on our list of favorites. But, boy was it hot this afternoon. We do recommend that the children where sneakers and play clothes for safest mobility on the mulch and equipment.
We also worked on our math program using the board today. We watched a video on counting and then played a game on the board. It is fun!
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| Baby Echo is pretty soft! |
Other highlights to our day today included meeting Baby Echo and singing and dancing the Dr. Jean song, Macarena Months! Besure to ask your children to dance the Macarena for you and to share what we know about Echo. (Echo is a bird that is soft. It is an owl. It's head turns all the way around and it is nocturnal!)
All will admitt that recess is pretty high on our list of favorites. But, boy was it hot this afternoon. We do recommend that the children where sneakers and play clothes for safest mobility on the mulch and equipment.
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