Yay! We got a full week of school in this week! The kids have settled back into our routines. This week we participated in Global Play Day. In kindergarten, we know the importance of play in a child's development. During play, children build social and emotional tools and they learn to solve problems independently. On Wednesday, the kids had the entire day to be in charge of their learning and play without any screen time. It is always fun to see how the kids choose to spend their day!
On Thursday, we celebrated the 100th day of school! We read 100 words, made 100 day crowns, did 100 exercises, made 100 Fruit Loop necklaces grouping by 10's and worked in teams to try and build 100 cup structures...this one took lots of teamwork, patience and cooperation!
I will be out of the classroom on Monday, Feb. 9th to take the Ski Team to our Regional meet. Miss B. will be in the classroom. If you have any end of the day changes or messages for her, please feel free to email her at
kbartholomew@lowellschools.com
Learning Fair Basket
Please help add to our classroom basket for the Learning Fair Raffle! Sign up below to donate to our basket. This is always a fun night here at MLE! Thank you to Mrs. Schmidt and Mrs. Clark for organizing our basket!
Food Fight Time!!
Our school is participating in our annual Food Fight for FROM! Families can donate non-perishable food to help out families in our community. Let's see how many food items our class can bring in! Thank you to everyone that has donated so far. Let's keep those non-perishable foods coming in!
For Your Calendar:
Feb. 10th--Field Trip to the Wittenbach Nature Center next Tuesday 9:30am--12:00pm . We will need parent volunteers to meet us there. Let me know if you are able to attend! All parents are welcome, just meet us at the nature center (right across from the high school) at 9:30am. All students should have snow pants, boots, hats, mittens and a warm coat as we will be outside a good portion of the morning. We will return in time for lunch back at school.
Feb. 13th--Valentine's Day Party 10:15-10:45am--Sign up below to donate. Valentine's can be turned in anytime, but they are all due to school on Thursday morning.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4AAEAD22AAFB6-mrs#/
Feb. 26th--Learning Fair 5:00-6:30pm. Please be sure to sign up to donate to our classroom basket below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F45A5AE2AA2FFC43-61913087-mrs#/
April 28th--Field Trip to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum 9:30-11:30am. I will need 4 parent volunteers to meet us there. I will do a drawing as we get closer to the date. Student admission is paid for by MLE Family Links fundraiser.
May 14th--Field Trip to the Wittenbach Nature Center 9:30-1:30pm. We will be eating lunch at the nature center. Please pack a lunch and drink for your child. We will need parent volunteers to meet us there. Let me know if you are available to attend!
May 21st -- Kindergarten End of the Year Family Picnic at Creekside Park in Lowell. We hope all our Kindergarten families will join us for a picnic lunch and playtime! 10:45am-1:30pm Younger siblings are encouraged to come, too!
May 28th--Field Trip to the Dairy Discover Farm 10:00-12:00. All parents may attend. Cost $6 per parent attending. Student admission is paid for by MLE Family Links fundraiser.
Reading
Theme: Our Country, Our Culture
*The job of the author and illustrator
*Listening for middle vowel sounds and ending sounds
*Letters/Sounds: We reviewed letter Uu and learned about Zz
*Building words with known letters
*Taking picture tours/walks through a book
*Using an illustration to tell a story
*Make connections to our own lives when we read a book
New Sight Words: all
Review Words: a the and go he had I see you has we of at to
it is in has am on as can his him have did girl for but up
*Today in your folder you will see your child's recent sight word assessment and a list of flashcards for those words your child still needs to practice. We are working on learning to read each word within 5 seconds (building fluency) and how to write them in our every day writing.
Writing
*Using sight words and known sounds to write simple sentences
*Capitalizing the first word in a sentence
*Writing beginning, middle and ending sounds in CVC words.
*Space between words
*Period at the end of the sentence
Math
*Understanding subtraction 0-10
*Composing and decomposing numbers from 6-10
*Writing and solving addition and subtraction problems 0-10 using manipulatives
*Counting to 100 by 1's and 10's
Reminders
*Send a snack daily
*Library books are returned on Thursdays
*Literacy Bags returned on Mondays
*Send a water bottle daily
*Once a month ice cream Fridays are free for all :)
Take a Peek at our Week
100 Exercises
100 cup team challenge
100 Fruit Loop Necklaces
Global Play Day Fun
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Byrne and Miss B.
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