Sunday, January 10, 2010

Three Little Kittens

Our nursery rhyme for this week was The Three Little Kittens and the kids absolutely loved acting it out. I have the book on tape and the narrator sings it to a tune and music - it's really cute.

When I taught 2nd grade one of my favorite things to do was to teach my class various reader's theaters. We'd practice them all week and then on that Friday we would go perform the plays for Mrs. Faustino's class (pre-k am/pm). It was always a blast and I thought it really taught the 2nd graders tons of important skills (public speaking, fluency, inflection, confidence, how to entertain, etc). So, it is an amazing feeling to know that I can also do the same thing with a younger class!
And what an excellent job they all did - especially for their first time performing (and they must had been so nervous because they were all just in pre-k last year)! It was too cute!




Everyone got a chance to act it out in class. Later, names were drawn to see who got chosen for the different roles (book holder aka "teacher", mom, dad, 3 kittens and the singers/narrators).

Performing for Mrs. Faustino's AM Pre-K class.


Kristy: "teacher"
Evan: dad
Zoish: mom
Trey: kitten
Sarah: kitten
Anthony: kitten




Trey got to perform for his little sister's class and he did an excellent job hamming it up :)
PM Performance
Alexa: teacher
Garrett: dad
Mia: mom
Bailey: kitten
CJ: kitten
Alysha: kitten







We used props like magnifying glasses to look for our mittens, mittens, a hamburger bun on a plate (our pie), parent clothes and balls of yarn to play with.


Indoor Recess

Drilling Table
Science Table

Snow writing Table


Due to the super cold weather, we've been having indoor recess. One of the kid's favorite activities is for me to cover the entire table with shaving cream so that they can "play in the snow."







Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Week 17 Newsletter


Kindergarten Newsletter
Week 17
Jan. 4th – Jan. 8th



Welcome back! We hope everyone had a wonderful break.
Our theme for this week is the winter season.
We are still reviewing and learning about ordinal numbers in math. Practice this concept with your child by having them line up different objects. Ask them what object is 5th, 3rd, 10th, etc.


School to Home Connection
(Week 17)
Focus letter: Rr
This week’s passwords: did, get
Shape of the week: diamond and oval



Poem of the Week:

The Three Little Kittens

Three little kittens
They lost their mittens,
And they began to cry,
Oh, mother dear,
We sadly fear our mittens
We have lost.



Important Dates
Jan. 12th: Cici’s Pizza Night
Jan. 15th & 18th: Student Holiday – No school
Jan. 22nd: Pickles and Popcorn
Jan. 26th: Picture Day (class pictures)


Notes from your teacher:

*** Your child was such an excellent writer the first semester of school that they already filled up their writing journal. Please send another spiral notebook to school with your child this week or next. Their kindergarten journals are a great keepsake.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Fun Homework Assignment




When you get a chance, PLEASE take your child to the Fort Worth Science Museum -- I can't even begin to tell you all how amazing it is!


So, parents this is your next big homework assignment ;) ... but you will enjoy it too!




Winter Party

The room is crowded - but with holiday cheer!

The CAE Viking Choir caroling for us.


Evan taking some time to relax and eat his food.

Pin the nose on Rudolph!



Chris really piled his cookie with icing and sprinkles!

















Two cute girls (Christina and Alexa) snacking.






Playing games





Will Alysha make it through the snowman's belly?









MMmmmmm, party food!




Christina making her beaded tree ornament.
The party went great... special thanks to all of the parents who helped out!















Pajama Day - 12/17


The boys in their pjs


the ladies in their pjs
(so much pink!)

I think I can vouch for us all when I say that we love pj day!


Pizza Halves











Before the break we were learning about halves and wholes in math. The best, well definitely fun, way to demonstrate halves and wholes is to make pizza... and we did! First, we read the books, Pizza and Pete's Pizza. Then we cut our pizza in halves. Next, we had to spread on the pizza sauce and sprinkle on the cheese. Last, we got to eat our yummy pizzas!



All you need for this super easy pizza recipe that your child can make by all by themself is: bagels (or english muffin), pizza sauce, and cheese