Hello parents and families!

The students had a great time learning this past week! They continued learning how to sequence stories, and retelling the parts of a story; beginning, middle, end, characters and setting. We also compared and contrasted the strength and durability of the "Three Little Pigs' houses.' Check out the pictures below of students building the three types of houses; brick, straw, and stick.

Students reviewed and continued working on creating letters this week, and there should be some completed letters to mom and dad in their homework folders! :)
 
Next week, our guest reader from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, Miss Pam, will be back to read to us on Tuesday, October 2nd, afternoon!

This upcoming week we will be reviewing all letters, sounds, and sight words. Your student should know all of the letters of the alphabet and the sight words listed under the sight words page. Be sure to keep practicing at home!

Don't forget - ILP conferences are next week, October 3rd-5th. I will be sending home your finalized times this Friday, Sept. 28th in your child's homework folder. The students have no school next week, Oct. 3-Oct. 15th.

Have a great fall break, and I will see everyone on Tuesday, Oct. 16th!

Best,

Miss Crowl

Week of Sept. 21st-28th

Hello parents and families!

The students had a great time learning this past week! They learned how to sequence stories, and have been practicing how to retell the parts of a story; beginning, middle, end, and the characters.

Students also really enjoyed working on creating letters this week, and we will now move on to creating finalized written letters this upcoming week to various friends, teachers, and family.
 






We also had a guest reader come to visit our class this week from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Miss Pam is show below reading to our students, and will come to visit once a month!

This week we will learn the letters Qq, Zz, Vv, Xx. We will also learn the new sight words 'not,' 'here' and 'the.'

In math we are  practicing comparing numbers and measuring items using cube towers; measuring longer vs shorter in names and various items.


We will continue to retell and sequence stories by using story webs and maps through using "The Three Little Pigs." We will also be building the different houses; straw, brick, and sticks to compare the structure and stability.

ATTENTION:


I will be also sending home a sign up sheet this Friday, Sept. 21st for ILP conferences coming up in October: Wed. 3rd, Thursday 4th and Friday 5th. Be sure to sign and return it to get your desired times.

If you have older children attending ASU Prep, your older students' teacher will be contacting you to schedule ALL of the conferences for your children at once. You will receive confirmation of your conference times by next Friday, September 28th.

Best,
Miss Crowl

Week of Sept. 17-21

Hello parents and families!

The students had a great time learning this past week! They learned about the art and life of artist Pablo Picasso. We are working on creating art in his image, and learning about his Blue and Rose Periods of art.

Students also really enjoyed working on creating functional lists this week, and we will now move on to creating and understanding the purpose of letters this upcoming week.

This week we will learn the letters Uu, Ee, Jj, and Yy. We will also learn the new sight words 'but,' 'at' and 'had.'

In math we are  practicing 1:1 correspondence with items as we count; touching each item and moving it forward so we count correctly.We also will be practicing how to count backwards and how to compare numbers this week!

Best,


Miss Crowl

This week and next, Sept. 10th-14th

Hello parents and families!

The students had a great time learning this past week! They learned about the artists Diego Rivera and Henri Matisse. We are working on creating art in their image, and a mural will be put up in our Kindergarten hallway modeled after Diego Rivera.

Students also really enjoyed working on creating lists this week, and we will continue to create functional lists like shopping lists and 'to do' lists this next week.

The students are excited to visit our 2nd grade Reading Buddies today and do a reading and art project with them!

This week we learned the letters R,r, K,k, L,l, and P,p. We also learned the new sight words 'was' and 'said.'


In math we are finishing up our counting books and practicing 1:1 correspondence with items as we count; touching each item and moving it forward so we count correctly.We also played a game called roll and record where we read the and counted numbers on dice and recorded the roll we made, properly writing the numbers! Check out pictures below!


Best,


Miss Crowl

Last week and This week!

Hello Parents and Families!

Welcome back from our three day weekend! I hope Labor Day was relaxing and enjoyable for everyone. This last week we learned more about our bodies by doing some body tracings and adding our brain, skin, digestive, skeletal, and respiratory systems! Please check them out in our Kindergarten hallway on the walls. We also had a great time learning how shapes can compose real life objects and things during math. Check out some samples below!

 Butterfly

 Choo-choo train

 flowers

 people

 flowers

arrows

This week we will be learning about different artists, like Henri Matisse and Diego Rivera, and creating some art in their image! We will continue learning new letters from  our alphabet, and some new sight words!

Extended Day activities also start today, so be sure to sign your child up for something soon! I will be teaching a story hour that includes a story and art/craft to accompany it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I would love to have more of our Kinders join!

I will also be sending home a progress report for your child in their folders by Thursday, so be sure to check it and see what they could be working on more at home with you, as well as what your student's strength is! :)

Best,

Miss Crowl