Kindergarten
Language Arts- Our new songs are, "Candy Cane Chorus" and "Reindeer on Rooftops".  Look for the songs to come home on Friday.  We learned the letters and sounds for x and y.  We also learned the two sounds that oo can make.  New popcorn words include: little, and, yes, no, so & go.  Keep practicing the letters, sounds and words over the break.  We are seeing great progress here!!
Math- We continue to work with numbers through 10.  Our centers the past two weeks included the following: ordering cups by number and putting the correct number of sticks in each, number puzzles, numbering dog bones,  gingerbread baking and hot chocolate dash.

1st grade tier 3 reading
We continued to work with word endings.  We focused on the following short vowel endings: -it, -in, ig, -op, -og, -ot, -ill, and -all.  We also began to look at some long vowel endings including: -ade, -ake, -ike, -ile, and -ide.  We have started reading level D books, which are somewhat equivalent to a DRA level 6.  Continue reading daily with your child over the break!!

ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS!!!

Kindergarten

Reading- Our song for the week was December.  We worked on the letters and sounds for w and v.  We made a walrus and a vulture.  Popcorn words for the week were: ran, into, & for.  We are working on sounding out simple CVC words, using all of the letters that we have learned thus far.

Math- We continued to work on numbers 0-10.  We matched numbered apples to their stems.  We played a bean bag toss game and determined greater and lesser numbers.  We also used a "10-frame" and counted cats.  

On Friday, we made some reindeer using graph paper.

RTi-1st grade tier 3 reading 

We completed filling in our short vowel chart using short u words.  We began to talk about word chunks this week we worked with -at, -an, -et, -en, -am, and -ad.  The students are doing a great job of reading their daily leveled books.  I hope you are enjoying them as well.  We had our progress monitor day on Friday rather than Thursday this week so there is no homework this weekend.  

Kindergarten
Reading- We reviewed all of our November songs.  Look for them to come home today.  This week we learned the sounds for "ee", "or" and "z".  Our new popcorn words included; to, too & do.  We worked on building sentences with our popcorn words.  We continue to review all of our letters, sounds and words.  Practice blending sounds together to make words!
Writing- We worked on the formation of capital U,V,W and X.
Math- We put numbers in order from 1-10.  We counted out bears and birds.  We practiced writing numbers on the dry erase board.  We played a game working on greater than and less than with numbers 0-10.

1st grade tier 3 reading
We worked on the short vowel sounds and began filling in our own vowel books.  We learned a poem to assist us in remembering which letters are vowels.  Continue to read the books that come home each day.  Repeated reading increases fluency as well as word recognition.  The boys should bring home a book each day with the exception of Thursday.  Each Thursday, I progress monitor their reading fluency and sight word fluency. We also spend time working on the kindergarten and 1st grade sight words and I-station on the computer.

 Kindergarten


Language Arts- We worked on the sounds made by oa, and ie.  We introduced many new popcorn words including; am, did, not, can, but and is.  We continue to review letter names and sounds.  We are also working on building CVC words.  

Math- We are working on numbers 0-10.  Students need to know the name of each number, the symbol that represents it, 1-1 correspondence and greater and less than.

Handwriting-  We played a guess the "frog jump" letter activity.  Frog jump letters capitals are F,E,D,P,B,R,N, & M.

1st grade tier 3 reading-We continue to read leveled books daily.  Watch for red folders to come home at least 3-4 times/ week.  We are working on reading and writing CVC words and basic sight words.  

Kindergarten
Reading- We have worked on the letters and sounds for f, b, and j.  This week we learned our first vowel pair ai.  The students took home their October songs on Halloween, hopefully you enjoyed hearing them sing them.  
Math- We are working on number sense from 0-5.  This includes recognizing, writing, 1-1 correspondence and comparing these numbers.  
     We welcomed in 5 new students to our afternoon classroom this Wednesday.  They make a great addition to the 4 students we already had!!!

RTI- 1st grade tier 3 reading
The students have been busy reading a variety of books.  Continue to reread these as they come home in the red pouch during the week.  As we begin to focus on writing responses to what we read, I am noticing that some students don't understand the difference between upper and lower case letters.  When reading, have your child locate the uppercase letters.  Discuss why that letter was used within the text.

Kindergarten
   Language Arts- Our song for the week was "Spiders All Over Me".  The students are doing a great job when it comes to locating their popcorn words within the various songs we sing.  We learned about the letter u and l.  We followed directions to make an umbrella and a lion.  We are focusing on words that rhyme.  At home you can read some rhyming book (Dr. Seuss is known for this) and have your child pick out or predict the words that rhyme.
  Fine Motor- We worked on the letters B and R.  They are both "frog jump" letters.
  Math- We made spiders to hang in our classroom, but first practice our positional vocabulary with them.  Making them move over, under, above, below, behind...We made patterns while working the 2-D shapes that the students need to know: square, circle, rectangle, triangle and hexagon.  We made AB, AAB, ABB and ABC patterns with cubes.  We also learned about patterns that grow.

RTI- 1st grade reading tier 3
  We read the stories, "Ant Can't", "Eggs", and "Where Things Grow".  We completed our alphabet linking chart.  We worked on syllables, rhyming and beginning sounds.  

Kindergarten
   Language Arts- Last week we learned letter name and sounds for Gg and Oo.  We followed directions to make a ghost and an otter.  Our song for the week was Columbus.  We were introduced to two new popcorn words, like and my. 
   Math- We reviewed the words over and under as well as above and below.  We used all kinds of manipulatives to build a variety of patterns. 

RTI
    Last week we worked on rhyming words.  We begin talking about syllables and finding words with 1,2, or 3 syllables in them.  We read the stories, "Sam and Papa" and "Too Much Stuff".  We added many sight words to our word bags.  These will come home occasionally in our homework folders for some fun extra practice.  Make sure to return the red folder and red book pocket daily!!

Kindergarten 
   Language Arts  On Monday the students took home their September songs.  I hope you enjoyed sharing those with your child.  Our song for this week was, October.  We worked on the letter/sound for M and D.  We made a mouse from an M and we also make dogs.  Our popcorn word for this week was "big".
     Fine Motor  We learned a song that reminds us to start our letters "at the top".  We practiced making uppercase F's, E's, D's and P's.  These letters are all considered "frog jump" letters because you begin at the top, go straight down and then frog jump back to the top to complete the letter.
    Math We have been focusing our attention to positional words.  Practice using these words with your child at home.  over, above, under, below, between, beside, next to, in front of & behind.

RTI- 1st grade tier 3 reading
   We started our LLI (leveled literacy intervention) program this week.  The students will be bringing home a red folder and a book pocket daily, please check the homework and return the next day.  
  This week we read a variety of poems and highlighted the rhyming words in them.  We began building an ABC linking chart to review all letters/sounds.  We read the stories, "Waking Up", "Frog Food" and "The New Puppy".  As we read these books the students will bring them home to reread in their red book pockets.  Please take the take to enjoy listening to your child read these stories.  At times they will come home 2 days in a row.  It is great to reread books, it builds confidence and helps with fluency!!
   

Kindergarten News

   Language Arts- We have worked on the following letters so far this year. A,C,E,I,K, N, P, S and T.  We have learned songs about apples and scarecrows and enjoy reading them daily.  Look for them to be coming home at the end of the month.    Handwriting- We have worked on drawing people as well as proper pencil grip.     Math- We have worked on sorting objects by shape, size and color.  Given pre-sorted objects, students should be able to state the "rule" they sorted by.