Good Afternoon,
We had a lack of a camera in the classroom today :( But that did not stop us from engaging in lots of learning today!
We added the Gingerbread Man poem to our poem notebooks and found LOTS of our sight words!
We measured items with gingerbread man cut outs. These are being sent home. Have your special kindergartener show you how they measured using the gingerbread men. :)
We also celebrated Leo's half birthday today!
Have a great afternoon! I hope to have more photos for you tomorrow :)
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Measuring the Season
Good Afternoon!
We worked on the letter P,p today and learned a new poem, "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater."
This afternoon we worked on a great measurement project. We compared the lengths of strips of paper and then put them in order, forming a tree! They turned out great and are hanging in our hallway for all to see :)
Have a great evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
We worked on the letter P,p today and learned a new poem, "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater."
This afternoon we worked on a great measurement project. We compared the lengths of strips of paper and then put them in order, forming a tree! They turned out great and are hanging in our hallway for all to see :)
Have a great evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Monday, December 9, 2013
New Words!
Good Afternoon-
Brr...that chill in the air is hard to shake!
This morning we introduced three new sight words: my we like. We also added some new amazing words to our vocabulary:
This afternoon we had SMART time, check out some of these pictures:
We also talked about measuring things. We used the words longer and shorter to describe the length of objects. Then, we measured the objects with cubes.
Have a wonderful evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Brr...that chill in the air is hard to shake!
This morning we introduced three new sight words: my we like. We also added some new amazing words to our vocabulary:
This afternoon we had SMART time, check out some of these pictures:
We also talked about measuring things. We used the words longer and shorter to describe the length of objects. Then, we measured the objects with cubes.
Have a wonderful evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
S is for Snow
Snowy Greetings!
The excitement was in the air today! We could hardly contain ourselves, just waiting for recess time to roll around so we could get out and play in the white snow!
This morning we worked on building our stamina again. Going back to practice these behaviors helps to continue our muscle memory and ensure that we have quality time with books each and everyday!
We sponge painted animals from our story and labeled them with our amazing words. We had a choice between an armadillo or a tortoise.
We also practiced writing that tricky letter S,s-making sure they did not disguise themselves as Z, 2, or 5!! :)
We had our first attempt at reaching our writing goals in our journals! What a success!
Some friends took the Super Improver challenge and wrote two sentences!
Enjoy the snow this evening and drive safe.
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
The excitement was in the air today! We could hardly contain ourselves, just waiting for recess time to roll around so we could get out and play in the white snow!
This morning we worked on building our stamina again. Going back to practice these behaviors helps to continue our muscle memory and ensure that we have quality time with books each and everyday!
We sponge painted animals from our story and labeled them with our amazing words. We had a choice between an armadillo or a tortoise.
We also practiced writing that tricky letter S,s-making sure they did not disguise themselves as Z, 2, or 5!! :)
We had our first attempt at reaching our writing goals in our journals! What a success!
Some friends took the Super Improver challenge and wrote two sentences!
Enjoy the snow this evening and drive safe.
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Let It Snow!
Good Afternoon,
Everyday I am thankful for the abundance of windows we have in our classroom, but today in particular was special. Watching the snowflakes fall this afternoon, and experiencing the joy of the children as they talk about all the fun activities involving snow-makes you forget about the sloppy commute home :)
Today was a great day of learning. We searched for the letter S,s in our new poem.
We did a guided drawing, where students must listen to directions to know what to draw onto their paper. Our end result was a blackbird to illustrate our poem!
During our journal time today each student was given an individual writing goal. An important piece of goal setting is sharing your goal with someone. We shoulder-shared our goals on the carpet. Tomorrow we start earning stickers towards our goals.
This afternoon we continued to work on number writing and also started an art project that will decorate our windows for the next couple of weeks.
Have a wonderful evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Everyday I am thankful for the abundance of windows we have in our classroom, but today in particular was special. Watching the snowflakes fall this afternoon, and experiencing the joy of the children as they talk about all the fun activities involving snow-makes you forget about the sloppy commute home :)
Today was a great day of learning. We searched for the letter S,s in our new poem.
We did a guided drawing, where students must listen to directions to know what to draw onto their paper. Our end result was a blackbird to illustrate our poem!
During our journal time today each student was given an individual writing goal. An important piece of goal setting is sharing your goal with someone. We shoulder-shared our goals on the carpet. Tomorrow we start earning stickers towards our goals.
This afternoon we continued to work on number writing and also started an art project that will decorate our windows for the next couple of weeks.
Have a wonderful evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Monday, December 2, 2013
Thankful
Good Afternoon,
I apologize for not posting with last Tuesday's activities! We had a great time adding our two new poems to our poem notebooks!
We also finished our symmetry turkeys.
In guided reading, we continue to work on words in the -at and -an families. Here we made a list of real words and nonsense words in the -at family.
Today we got back into the swing of things. We discussed new vocabulary, started new word work choices, and read our new story for the week.
In math we practiced writing our numbers 1-3.
We are working a lot on "teaching" our neighbors. Your brain can understand and process information better when you are able to teach someone else. We are working on, "Teach-OK." Ask your child about this tonight.
Another new addition to our classroom is the Super Improver Wall. With the Super Improver Wall, students are rewarded for their academic and social behavior improvements. They are in competition with themselves! Students are able to move through ten levels of super improvers, the first four are pictured below.
And of course, it was great to be back with our friends again!
Have a wonderful evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
I apologize for not posting with last Tuesday's activities! We had a great time adding our two new poems to our poem notebooks!
We also finished our symmetry turkeys.
In guided reading, we continue to work on words in the -at and -an families. Here we made a list of real words and nonsense words in the -at family.
Today we got back into the swing of things. We discussed new vocabulary, started new word work choices, and read our new story for the week.
In math we practiced writing our numbers 1-3.
We are working a lot on "teaching" our neighbors. Your brain can understand and process information better when you are able to teach someone else. We are working on, "Teach-OK." Ask your child about this tonight.
Another new addition to our classroom is the Super Improver Wall. With the Super Improver Wall, students are rewarded for their academic and social behavior improvements. They are in competition with themselves! Students are able to move through ten levels of super improvers, the first four are pictured below.
And of course, it was great to be back with our friends again!
Have a wonderful evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Monday, November 25, 2013
Hunting for Turkeys
Good Afternoon,
Today was full of fun and excitement as Thanksgiving Day gets closer and closer! To get into the spirit, we went on a "Turkey Hunt" today! Different colored turkeys, with sight words written on them were hidden around our room. We had to search for the turkeys, read, and write our sight words onto our recording sheet. We met our learning target: I can read and write my sight words!
We also searched our Albuquerque the Turkey poem for sight words. We highlighted words we know by sight on our white board, and then went back to our seats to make our own customized version, highlighting our own personal sight words that we know. These poems will be coming home tomorrow in poem notebooks!
This afternoon we met with Mrs. Board for our last Art Adventure. We discussed a piece of art that was uncovered from the city of Pompeii. We learned about volcanoes, talked about the art, and discussed our upcoming field trip to the art museum.
In math this afternoon we worked on symmetry turkeys. We painted one side of our paper, folded it together and SMOOSHED it-making the turkey's feathers! What fun! We discussed how when two sides match, they have symmetry. (Learning Target :))
During our calendar time we are working on generating and asking questions to the class. The ability to ask questions is a life skill! Madeline asked some great questions today-with awesome compliments to her classmates too!
Tomorrow we have some more turkey activities in store! I can't wait!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Today was full of fun and excitement as Thanksgiving Day gets closer and closer! To get into the spirit, we went on a "Turkey Hunt" today! Different colored turkeys, with sight words written on them were hidden around our room. We had to search for the turkeys, read, and write our sight words onto our recording sheet. We met our learning target: I can read and write my sight words!
We also searched our Albuquerque the Turkey poem for sight words. We highlighted words we know by sight on our white board, and then went back to our seats to make our own customized version, highlighting our own personal sight words that we know. These poems will be coming home tomorrow in poem notebooks!
This afternoon we met with Mrs. Board for our last Art Adventure. We discussed a piece of art that was uncovered from the city of Pompeii. We learned about volcanoes, talked about the art, and discussed our upcoming field trip to the art museum.
In math this afternoon we worked on symmetry turkeys. We painted one side of our paper, folded it together and SMOOSHED it-making the turkey's feathers! What fun! We discussed how when two sides match, they have symmetry. (Learning Target :))
During our calendar time we are working on generating and asking questions to the class. The ability to ask questions is a life skill! Madeline asked some great questions today-with awesome compliments to her classmates too!
Tomorrow we have some more turkey activities in store! I can't wait!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Friday, November 22, 2013
Match the Picture
A busy day, but unfortunately, no pictures to share.
We put a new book into our book boxes, and colored the pictures so that our picture would match the words (one of our learning targets this week was I can understand how pictures and words in a story are related).
We added a new poem to our poem notebooks, so be sure to check that out over the weekend.
In math we solved number stories using our interactive whiteboard.
We also squeezed in some time to journal :)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
We put a new book into our book boxes, and colored the pictures so that our picture would match the words (one of our learning targets this week was I can understand how pictures and words in a story are related).
We added a new poem to our poem notebooks, so be sure to check that out over the weekend.
In math we solved number stories using our interactive whiteboard.
We also squeezed in some time to journal :)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Thursday, November 21, 2013
From Trees to Wood
Today we started our next science unit- Wood. Students explored five different types of wood, basswood, pine, redwood, plywood, and particle board. We briefly talked about how plywood and particleboard are made. Here are some pictures of our exploring:
In math today we talked about a fancy word, estimation. Estimation means a smart guess. We estimated the number of cubes in a jar.
We had a wonderful day!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
In math today we talked about a fancy word, estimation. Estimation means a smart guess. We estimated the number of cubes in a jar.
We had a wonderful day!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Word Families
Good Afternoon,
Today we learned about word families and developed an understanding that the words in word families rhyme! We made a necklace about the -at family.
We used some of our amazing words in our writing and created an ocean scene using oil pastels.
We also practiced letter formation with the letter A,a. Encourage your child to start all of their letters at the top.
Our teen number chains are hung!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Today we learned about word families and developed an understanding that the words in word families rhyme! We made a necklace about the -at family.
We used some of our amazing words in our writing and created an ocean scene using oil pastels.
We also practiced letter formation with the letter A,a. Encourage your child to start all of their letters at the top.
Our teen number chains are hung!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
What, chunks???
Good Afternoon,
We started by learning about reading word chunks. First response from kiddos, "eww..gross..chunks!" We talked about these three chunks today:
We worked on a new poem today, Ants Go Marching. We searched for the letter A,a in the poem.
In journals we started the, "Whiz of Is." When students choose to write the word "is" in their journal, and it's written correctly, they can get a "Whiz of is" hat to wear.
This afternoon in math we modeled teen mumbers using paper chains. Here we are putting chains together. I will post another picture once they are hung from our ceiling. They are going to look fantastic!
Have a wonderful evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
We started by learning about reading word chunks. First response from kiddos, "eww..gross..chunks!" We talked about these three chunks today:
We worked on a new poem today, Ants Go Marching. We searched for the letter A,a in the poem.
In journals we started the, "Whiz of Is." When students choose to write the word "is" in their journal, and it's written correctly, they can get a "Whiz of is" hat to wear.
This afternoon in math we modeled teen mumbers using paper chains. Here we are putting chains together. I will post another picture once they are hung from our ceiling. They are going to look fantastic!
Have a wonderful evening!
Love,
Mrs. Huettl
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