Tuesday, May 31

...And it's the last day of May! Wow, the last three months has flown by, and we have 3 days of school left until your children are first-graders! I hope you saw the invitations for our slideshow on Thursday, June 2 at 10:25 and 1:50. You do not have to attend both of them (it will be the same show), nor do you have to attend at all, but I wanted to give you the opportunity to see pictures of our time together. It will be amazing to see how much they have grown! If you attend the 10:25 showing, you are welcome to stay for lunch as well. If the weather is nice, the students will be picnicking outside!

Also, please be sure to bring the lunch accounts current and wrap up any business you may have with the school. If you have a kindergartner or know someone who does for next year, please register or encourage them to register as soon as possible. We will have a better idea of numbers for next year if you do!

Have an excellent evening,
Miss Kimpton

Week of May 23-27

Whew, what a week! It has been a busy one filled with the ZooMontana field trip, assessments for report cards, and all that rain! Next week wil be very busy as well as we begin wrapping up the year and sending school supplies home. Be prepared for extra supplies and goodies from the year to be in the backpacks.

Next Thursday, the second to last day of school, we will be presenting our class's end of the year slideshow. I hope you are available during one of the times to join us as we see a review of the kindergarten year in pictures! Please plan to stay about 15-20 minutes. The first show will be at 10:25 (before lunch) and the second show will be 1:50 (right before we get ready to go home).

Rainy, Rainy Friday, May 20

This time of year certainly brings about many behaviors, both positive and negative! With the changes in weather, longer days, and busy Spring schedules, the children can have difficulties managing themselves. Consistencies in routines (as much as possible) and expectations will help your child as the end of the school year progresses. Please let me know about any of your child's anxieties as necessary!

In your child's folder today, you will find the permission slip for the zoo. With the zoo losing it's accreditation, we were unsure whether the trip would work! But, it sounds like the zoo will be open, and there will be animals! I am sorry for the short notice about the permission slip and money, but it will be due on Monday. It will cost only $1.oo for admittance as we had a donation to the Kindergarten class. What a treat!

I hope you all stay warm and dry this weekend!
Miss Kimpton

Field Day was a Success!

Thankfully, the rain subsided enough for the kids to have Field Day! They played so many games, and I am sure you will hear wonderful stories about the day.

Morning Meeting: Discuss Field Day
Field Day in the morning
Movie Story
Weather Weekly Reader and Drawing with Miss Black
Centers

Have a fantastic rest of your day!
Miss Kimpton

Monday and Tuesday, May 16-17

Well...we are hoping for rain-free weather for our Field Day on Thursday. We will cancel the games if it is actively raining, and we will not know for sure until Thursday morning. Please send your children dressed for Field Day anyway in hopes that we can play outside!

Also, you probably noticed on the the calendars that the students brought home that we planned one more field trip to ZooMontana for next Thursday, May 26. We are not sure how that will be affected with the news of the zoo losing its accreditation, but after we do some research, I will let you know what our plans are!

Morning Meetings: Letter Sounds song, exercise Zumba, discuss the proper behavior for getting ready to go home and make plans to implement those behaviors (in kindergarten speak, of course)
Math: Fewer Than
Centers and Assessment for Report Cards
Reading: "The Tiny Seed"
P.E. and Library

Have a great night,
Miss Kimpton

The Rest of the Week...

This time of year gets so busy! I am posting lists of things we have done during the last 3 days, and there was a lot!

Morning Meetings: learning letter sound songs, shape songs
Reading/Writing: Alliteration (same sounds used multiple times in a series of words: Silly Sam the Snake slithered softly.) and Idioms (means something other than a literal translation: (a student remembered this one!) You are driving me up a wall!), reading Zebra and the Bug, Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
Math: Ways to Make Numbers (4-10), using the terms "addends" (numbers you add together) and "sum" (the whole amount)
Science: Answering the question: Can we put an insect in a sealed container and create an environment in which it will survive? We are exploring the idea by creating a terrarium with rocks, soil, living plants, and insects inside a sealed soda bottle. (With our Reading Buddies)
Centers and making habitats for our paper frogs from our Field Trip
Planting plants in our license plate containers to decorate the front entrance of our school.

Have a wonderful weekend! Stay tuned for pictures from our DanWalt Gardens Field Trip.

Thank you,
Miss Kimpton

The Great Boat Float

These pictures explain why we all got so wet at the end of the day! I hope your children had great stories to tell about their floating boats.

Tuesday, May 10

We had a wonderful day filled with science!

Morning Meeting: "Let's Have a Great Day" song, "Going on a Bear Hunt" video
Science: The Great Boat Float: Let's turn this rain into a learning experience! We followed the scientific process by asking a question: Can we make a boat that floats and how?, Hypothesis: Yes...let's see what we each can create, Materials: 6 large craft sticks, 2 regular craft sticks, 1 chenille stem, 2 toothpicks, 1 square of fabric, Procedure: Varied with each creative mind and problem-solving techniques, Results: Indeed we can make boats that float!!!!!!
Reading: Continue "The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses"
Math: Ways to Make 6 and 7
Play in the water for Science!

We will be going to DanWalt Gardens tomorrow, so be sure to check the checklist in your child's folder to ensure that he/she has everything he/she needs!

Miss Kimpton

Monday, May 9

We need volunteers for Field Day!

On Thursday, May 19, the students will participate in school-wide Field Day. K-2 will be outside from 9-10:45, and the 3-6 will be outside in the afternoon. They will be playing games they have learned in P.E. We need two volunteers to stay with our class during the whole time. You will be in charge of helping the students as they move from station to station. We also need volunteers to be "first-aid", "referees", or general help. If you would be available either the full time or partial time, please contact me as soon as you can. Thank you so much for considering this. It is a very fun way to spend the morning at school! My number is 281-6934 and my email is kimptonw@billingsschools.org.

Morning Meeting: "Start This Day with a Song", "Learning Letter Sounds", meet Miss Black (MSU-B student completing her field experience in our kindergarten classrooms) and ask her questions
Science: Five Senses
Math: Ways to Make 4 and 5, update May calendar
Reading: The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses

Stay dry!
Miss Kimpton

Thursday, May 5

Morning Meeting: read/sing from the poetry folders, finish the Word Family books
Story: watch "The Lorax"
Special Activity

Enjoy your long weekend!
Miss Kimpton

Tues. May 3 and Wed. May 4

Our Library day is tomorrow! Please send your child's book to school tomorrow.

Morning Meeting: Letter songs and math songs, continue Word Family's Train book
Math: Ways to Make 6 story ("Miss Bessy's Pies") and May calendar (with Reading Buddies)
Centers

Have a pleasant night,
Miss Kimpton

Monday, May 2

Happy May!

Morning Meeting: Letter Sounds song, discuss the schedule changes for the week (Library and Skyview Cookies with Kids)
P.E.
Library
Reading: "Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash", new weekly story: "Tag for Two"
Math: Intro different ways to make a number, students experimented with different ways to make 11 with colored tiles, then we read, wrote equations for "12 Ways to Get to 11"
Centers

Enjoy the beautiful weather!
Miss Kimpton

Important End of the Year News

The year is winding down, and it is hard to believe that there are only 22 days of school left! With all of the busy activity of Spring, please check the blog often to keep current.

Cookies with Kindergartners is a volunteer, community-building activity with Skyview High Student Council members. The high school students will be joining us in the afternoon for reading books and eating and decorating cookies.

This week's Library times have been rescheduled due to Cookies with Kindergartners tomorrow. The students had Library this morning, and they will have Library again on Thursday. Please send their books to school on Thursday.

Field Day is May 19. The students will spend the morning outside playing games they have learned in P.E., weather permitting. They are required to wear tennis shoes, pants or shorts, and an appropriate top. They may also have water bottles labeled with their names (they get really thirsty!) and hats.

Please check the updated dates to the right for important days in May.

Schedule Change

We will be having Library on Monday, May 2 instead of Tuesday, May 3. Please send your child's Library book to school on Monday morning. Thank you!

Miss Kimpton

Friday, April 29

Morning Meeting: Morning song, Math Song (counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's), finish reading "The Lorax"
Math: Shipshape Shapes video to end the shapes chapter
Centers
Handwriting: Write/Illustrate the Word Family Train books

Have a great weekend and stay warm and dry!
Miss Kimpton

Wednesday and Thursday, April 26-27

Morning Meetings: Morning Songs, Letter Sounds video and Moving to the Sounds video, Fill in K (what we already know) and W (what we want to know) on the K-W-L Chart about Earth Day
Language Arts: Begin the "Word Families Train" book
Story: Start reading "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss
Math: Flat Surfaces on 3-D Shapes and Building Shapes with Other Shapes (some new shape names you might hear: hexagon, parallelogram, trapezoid)
Centers

Enjoy your evening,
Miss Kimpton

Tuesday, April 26

Welcome to the week!

Special Note: Library is rescheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, April 27

Morning Meeting: Greeting song, Letter sounds song, read the Morning Message, start a K-W-L chart about Earth Day
Writer's Workshop
Story: "Our Class is Going Green" and discuss ways to "Be Green"
Math: We had Guest Teachers in our room from First Interstate Bank (Thank You Mrs. Smith and Miss Edwards!) teaching a lesson about safe places to keep money. The students listened to a story about places to keep money, answered questions, and then ordered 9 different places from the Least Safe to the Most Safe. After that, each student received a piggy bank (a safe place) and decorated it. Our guests also gave each child one penny, one nickel, one dime, and one quarter to start their savings! We are so fortunate to have had this opportunity, and I hope each child takes care of his/her gifts from this day!

Please send your child to school dressed for the weather! There were many, many chilly students at recess today.

Miss Kimpton

Tuesday, April 19

Reading: "ug" chunk - , "ug" family and /u/ story, bug slider
Art: paint eggs
Math: stamp flat surfaces of a cube, cylinder, and cone. We answered the question: Does a sphere have a flat surface? No!
Puzzles

Have a great evening!
Miss Kimpton

Monday, April 18

Morning Meeting: "Morning" Song, greeting - find 3 students that have similar shoes and say good morning, Letter Sounds song, Calendar: before and after numbers, patterns
Math: 3-Dimensional vs. 2-Dimensional Shapes
Reading Buddies
Centers

Please send your kindergartners to school with warm jackets and gloves and hats tomorrow! It is supposed to be chilly!
Miss Kimpton

Spring is here and we saw it! Friday, April 15

We had such an amazing walk today! The kindergartners saw so many signs of Spring, and we even saw an osprey (well, we think it was an osprey) carrying a freshly caught fish. Be prepared to hear about buds, leaves, flowers, and many other signs that Spring is here.

Morning Meeting: Song-Rise and Shine, Math videos (3D shapes, Secret Agent Shapes and Colors)
Finish drawing pictures for the Walk
Celebrate Mrs. Billin's last day
Spring Discovery Walk
Music with Mr. Small
Centers

Next week is a short week. We will be in school for the full days of Monday and Tuesday and only a half day on Wednesday. School will resume on Tuesday, April 26.

Have a great weekend,
Miss Kimpton

Thursday, April 14

Morning Meeting: Greeting Song. Review "prices" for Miss Kimpton's Store
Math: different ways to make 1/2 with Reading Buddies
Handwriting: write 6 and 7
Illustrate list of items for the Signs of Spring Checklist
Centers

Don't forget the Spring Walk is tomorrow! Please make sure your child has tennis shoes, long pants, jackets, and gloves and a hat if needed! Also, talk to your child about following directions and making safe choices on our walk tomorrow.

Miss Kimpton

Wednesday, April 13

Morning Meeting: Greeting with things we are thankful/lucky for, Vowel Bat Song, read Signs of Spring list
Update Calendar
Math: Shapes Collage
Centers
Reading: "Rumpelstiltskin", Wig is Wet" (and write The End at the end of the book)

We have had one volunteer to donate blood next Wednesday. If you or someone you know can donate blood, please call United Blood Services, fill out that postcard, and donate. It's time to be someone's hero. :)

Also, if your child is in a sport this Spring, and if you are able to send me a copy of the game schedule, I would love to watch him or her play. It means a lot to the students to have support from their teacher! Please let me know in advance so I can plan my schedule.

Miss Kimpton

Tremendous Tuesday, April 12

Morning Meeting: greeting, song: "Morning", exercise: Zumba
Book Activity: Each morning, the students read a task on the board and complete the activity. They can help each other figure out the written activity, and then they "grade" each" other's work. It gives them a chance to have a learning challenge right away in the morning, learn how to look for correct answers, and even practice counting. This morning, they had to find and circle the "et" chunks in their morning book. The students really like the added activity and purpose.
Handwriting: 4 and 5
Reading: "I Didn't Know That Some Bugs Glow in the Dark and ....", discuss signs of springs and insects
Centers and Reading Groups
Math: Number Writing

Enjoy this beautiful Spring afternoon and evening!
Miss Kimpton

Monday, April 11

I did not send the permission slip home today for Friday's Spring Discovery Walk. Please watch for it tomorrow.

We had an assembly today for the Sandstone United Blood Services Blood Drive on Wed., April 20 from 2-6:00 in front of the school. The students will be showing you a postcard encouraging an adult (you, grandparent, aunts, uncles, etc.) to donate blodd during that time. The requirements are: at least 16 years of age, at least 110 pounds, and feel well and healthy. If our school has the most people that donate, we could win $500 for playground equipment! If you or someone you know is going to donate, please send the completed postcard back to me so that UBS knows how many people will be donating.

One person that donates helps 3 patients!

Morning Meeting: song - "Hello Around The World", postcard from a student
Handwriting: 2, 3
Math: read The Very Hungry Caterpillar, make caterpillars out of cylinders
Blood Drive Assembly

Enjoy the beautiful sun!
Miss Kimpton

Friday, April 8

As the students and I were reading their favorite poems and their new story for the week, it hit me that they are truly becoming readers. Those kids that started the year off knowing only a few letter names are now starting to sound out words, students that came in to kindergarten knowing their letter names, sounds, and reading strategies are really starting to bloom as they develop different tools to figure out unknown words, and the students that came into kindergarten reading are reading with fluency and expression! I hope you take the time this weekend to celebrate with your children how truly marvelous they are.

Morning Meeting: Song - "Start This Day With a Song", "Workout to the Letter Sounds", sort all of our coins into the four different coins and organize for our new reward system
Make Piggy Banks to store our school coins
Story: "Shapes" (get ideas for our beautiful shape collages!)
Centers
Music with Mr. Small
Math: Shape Collages

Have a fantastic weekend!
Miss Kimpton

P.S. Please make sure you have checked out our upcoming dates. Our Spring Discovery Walk is schedule for next Friday. Please watch for a permission slip on Monday to sign and return!

Thursday, April 7

Morning Meeting: Greeting - talk to 3 people and ask questions to find out something you have never known about those people, Song - "Let's Have a Great Day", Brainstorm rewards sold at our "store" and creat prices for them
Math: Read "Puzzlers" and find the numbers, Introduce Ch. 8 Geometry, start Shape Collages
Reading: Math Story, "Bugs"-highlight in matching colors the rhyming words, find chunks

The new incentive program we have created in our classroom allows students to earn school money by following the rules, doing their best, helping others, setting a good example, etc. and then spend that money in our "store". Some of the things that students can buy is a Fuzzy Friend for the day, Rolling Chair, Hat Day (will have to bring a hat from home), Toy Recess (will have to bring a toy from home, and it will have to be approved by me), White Line Recess (play on the playground across the primary boundary), Lucky Lunch (lunch with the teacher), and a Long Recess. The students came up with the ideas and how much each would cost. Not only will this help foster positive behavior in our classroom, it will also give the students a better understanding of money!

Let's see how much snow we have in the morning!
Miss Kimpton

Wednesday, April 6

Morning Meeting: Greeting: greet somebody who you have recently argued with or haven't played with and ask them a question about themself (build relationships and understanding of each other), Song: Hello Around the World, Lettercise song, discuss different system of awards, watch ktvq2 to see the newscast about our Golden Apple Award winner!
Handwriting: letter "u": "down, travel, up, back down"
Story: "When a Line Bends, A Shape Begins", read "Bugs!" in pairs and work on reading with expression
Math: Shapes, April Calendar
Centers and Reading Groups

Enjoy your night!
Miss Kimpton

Tuesday, April 5

Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with me for parent-teacher conferences. Good communication is so important to your child's education, and I am always thankful for the opportunity to talk with you.

Morning Meeting: "Rise and Shine", Class News: Pizza order forms are due tomorrow, discuss the Rachel's Challenge Assembly, Calendar, short /o/ sound: circle words with /o/ sound in the morning message and read "Oliver O and the Olives"
Assembly: Surprise Assembly! It was not a Rachel's Challenge Assembly but a chance to award one of our 1st Grade teachers, Mrs. Leffler, the Golden Apple Award. Congratulations, Mrs. Leffler! You are an amazing teacher!
Math: Different ways to make a number (using the cold lunches), quarters and dollars, differences between coins/bills
Story: "The Aunts Go Marching" (discuss the difference between the insect ants and family aunts), "Bugs!" book
Centers and Reading Groups

The weather is forecasted to be rainy and snowy this week, so please make sure your child brings warm clothes for recess.

Miss Kimpton

Week of March 28-29

This week has been so busy with conferences that I haven't been able to post on the blog! Consequently, I am summing up this week in one post.

Morning Meetings: Favorite greetings/songs, drawing pictures for the "in" family, "og" family: www.starfall.com - short o sound/story, brainstorm "og" family words, "og" slider
Math: Coins/Bills
Centers
Writer's Workshop: Writing sentences (adding details to make it interesting)

Please check the upcoming dates as I have updated them. Have a great weekend, and remember that there is no school on Monday! Please send Library books to school on Tuesday.

Miss Kimpton

Friday, March 25

Wow! Today is the end of 3rd quarter. Report cards will be coming home to you next Tuesday. Also, parent-teacher conferences are next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, so primary students (K-3) will be dismissed at noon. They will be eating lunch at school, so please send a cold lunch or have your child eat hot lunch as usual. This is different than a typical half-day, so please be aware of the change.

Reading: "What Hatches?", new coin poems, "The Rain Came Down"
"in" family: brainstorm "in" words (win, spin, shin, grin) and then make the "in" slider
Centers and assessments
Math: coins

Enjoy your weekend,
Miss Kimpton

Thursday, March 24

Morning Meeting: /i/ short i sound, identify words with an /i/ sound and fill in the missing blank
Reading: Read "It's Spring", write a list of signs of Spring, "What Hatches?"
Math: identify different coins, sort by different attributes
Centers and assessing

Enjoy your evening,
Miss Kimpton

Wednesday, March 23

We have some missing items in our classroom. If they turn up at your home, can you send them back to school? We are missing a brand new gray Laurel Police Department pencil and two magnetic charms for a bracelet. Thank you!

Morning Meeting: read "Incredible I", greeting
Math: counting nickels and pennies, reading coin poems
Reading: "The Alphabet Tree" by Leo Lionni
Reading Buddies: Math-fractions/parts of a whole
Centers and assessments

Enjoy your evening,
Miss Kimpton

Tuesday, March 22

Brrr! Today was a great reminder that Spring in Montana can be like Winter, so please send your children with warm coats, hats, and gloves. We will go outside in all conditions unless it is below zero degrees or raining.

Morning Meeting: song "Rise and Shine", Greeting with first, middle, and last names (and break down/count syllables)
Centers and assessment
Reading: "It's Spring"
Math: Drawing pictures to solve problems, coins (recognizing coins and values)
Writer's Workshop: use Word Wall words in writing, create sentences, draw quicksketch to organize thoughts

Stay dry!
Miss Kimpton

Monday, March 21

Happy Spring!

Morning Meeting: greeting (share one memorable thing from this weekend), sharing
P.E. with Mrs. Trollope
Reading: "Where Did You Get Your Moccasins?", money poems in poetry folders
Math: Sorting coins, Showing different amounts of money using the coins (pennies and nickels)
Centers and assessments

Miss Kimpton

Our Science Project!

Here are a few photos from our science project in action:

Thursday and Friday, March 17 and 18

We were so busy preparing our Science Project that I didn't have time to post a summary of our day from Thursday, so here is a combination of both of our days:
Morning Meeting: songs: "Hello Around the World", "Lettercise", greet each other
Science: experiment with the "phones" to see which works the best, record your answer on the graph, complete the writing for the graph
Math: coins
Reading: Two Pairs of Shoes, discuss different languages as the class listens to the story (story of a Cree girl who gets different kinds of shoes: black patent leather shoes and moccasins) and introduce the Western Heritage website that has translations for words in Crow and Northern Cheyenne, read and act out "Pig and the Big Rig"
Centers and assessing for report cards

Yesterday, we were able to listen to two guests during an assembly. The students learned the history of St. Patrick's Day, and they also were able to experience the bagpipes as one of our guests played them. We all even stood up to try riverdancing! It was quite enjoyable. Stay tuned for pictures! We also visited Mrs. Schaeffer's 2nd grade classroom to see their leprechaun traps.

If you had a chance to visit our Science Fair today, thank you so much for coming! The kids worked very hard on their project. If you did not, I will post photos on the blog for you to see!

Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Kimpton

Wednesday, March 16

Morning Meeting: "Hello Around the World" song, greet 3 people with a "good morning" and a handshake, read "en" family words
Science: work on the Science Project
Math: sort coins (this did not go so well as many of the kids were not sharing or following directions. We will try again tomorrow, and they will do better!)

Stay dry!
Miss Kimpton

Tuesday, March 15

Morning Meeting: morning greeting song, "Learning Letter Sounds" song, review/read "an", "at", and "en" family words, introduce "ig" words on www.starfall.com
New Centers: add a number/shape book to Match Center, introduce new Word Way center (activities include writing missing sounds, playing "Race to the Top" with Word Wall Words, building Snappy Words, Rainbow words, and writing activities
Centers and assessment for Report Cards

Enjoy the warmth,
Miss Kimpton

Monday, March 14

We got to welcome a new student to our class today! Your children were so kind and helpful to her as she learned the routines, rules, and expectations.

Morning Meeting: "Rise and Shine" song, introduce ourselves to our new friend and tell her one thing about kindergarten in our class
Reading: new weekly book, focus on "ig" family-"Pig and the Big Rig", "Andrew's Loose Tooth"
Math: Coins (names and worth of each coin), Counting change with nickels and pennies
Centers

Stay as dry as possible!
Miss Kimpton

Next Friday is the Science Fair!

Next Friday will be the school-wide Science Fair in the gym all day. You are welcome to come by anytime during the day to view the different science projects. Our class will have one science project that we are investigating together about sound. We will be touring the Science Fair as a class that day, but the time schedule has not come out yet. When I know what time we will be going, I will post it on the blog so that you can join us at that time if you like. You do not have to view it at the same time as us, but it is fun to walk around with the kindergartners and explain the projects to them.

Morning Meeting: read select poems from the Poetry Folders, greeting, "et" slider
Science: determine materials needed for the science project
Reading: "Jet at the Vet", The Little Rabbit
Centers and assessments
Math: Introduce the nickel

Have a fantastic weekend!
Miss Kimpton

Thursday, March 10

Morning Meeting: Greeting with full name (first, middle, and last), read "Eddie E and the Egg" (focus on /e/ sound), brainstorm "et" words
Science: brainstom/decide on a Science Fair question (Can sound travel along a string?)
Math: Penny: investigate with magnifying glasses, then learn Penny poem, count the worth of different pennies, and worksheet
Centers and assessment for Report Cards

Have a fantastic afternoon and evening,
Miss Kimpton

Wednesday, March 9

We had to say good-bye to a student today that is moving, and the students were quite sad about it. It was very apparent to me how much this class has formed relationships and bonds through the work that we do in Morning Meeting, the supportive environment we cultivate, and the caring attitudes we build (through Rachel's Challenge, kind acts, problem-solving, and discussing attitudes and behaviors). This sense of community and trust truly helps each child succeed in school and at life. We have come so far since that first day of school!

Morning Meeting: Rise and Shine song, greet 3 people and share how the sunny weather makes you feel, "et" family, read the weekly books with a partner
Stitch "mittens" together
Story: read the book we made for the child that moved
Reading Buddies: explore the new site www.abcya.com (the link is to the right)
Centers and assessment for Report Cards

The time change is this weekend, so it must mean Spring is right around the corner!
Miss Kimpton

Finally, a lamb day! Tuesday, March 8

You may have heard your children talking about whether or not it is a "lion" day or a "lamb" day. This is in reference to the March saying of "In like a lion, out like a lamb." The kids have been enjoying deciding what type of days we are having!
Morning Meeting: song, greeting, rhyming song, discuss the Morning Message about being "as quiet as mice" during the next week as the 3rd-6th graders are doing their standardized testing, benchmark assessment on writing "at" chunk words
Handwriting: Good-bye book for a student
Story: "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Seuss (focus on rhyming, word families, and opposites)
Centers and assessments for report cards

Enjoy the sun,
Miss Kimpton

Monday, Monday, Monday! March 7

Morning Meeting: "Rise and Shine" song, greet Learning Line partner and share one thing you did this weekend, Morning Message: circle "an" and "an" chunks in the message
Phonemic Awareness: vowel /a/, circle picture with /a/ sound and fill in the missing vowel to spell the word
Math: read "The Paperboy", create frozen tableaus depicting different activities during different times of the day (morning, afternoon, and evening)
Centers

Miss Kimpton

Friday, Mar. 4

Morning Meeting: Vowel Bat song, Opposites with Mrs. Billin: find opposites in Dr. Seuss' One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and create a poster of opposites
Math: Finish March calendar
Reading: "Dolly Digs", "Old Hat, New Hat"
Centers
Finish Cat in the Hat characters with the "at" family

Have a great weekend!
Miss Kimpton

Thurs, Mar. 3

Morning Meeting: greeting with first and last name, brainstorm and write "at" words (cat, fat, flat, mat, hat, etc.)
Art: Cat in the Hat characters
Reading: "There's a Wocket in my Pocket"
Centers and Reading Groups
Calendar

Have a nice evening,
Miss Kimpton

Wednesday, March 2

Morning Meeting: Sharing, songs and dancing (in place of recess-Zumba, Going on a Bear Hunt, Vowel Bat)
Honor Band concert
Guest readers: 6th-graders, Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham
Reading: Wacky Wednesday, The Cat in the Hat
Math: Begin making March calendar
Centers

Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Mar. 1

In like a lion, and out like a lamb! Judging by today, March is going to live up to this saying!

Morning Meeting: greeting with first/last names, songs "Is it a word or not?" and "Letter Sounds Yo-Yo", "an" family-read list created from Friday (ex. man, pan, man, ran, plan, etc.) then make the "an" family slider, also, introduce the "at" family on Starfall.com
Handwriting: v, w, t
Story: Dr. Seuss books: Go, Dog. Go!, The Foot Book
Math: Introduce Ch. 7 Time and Money, Time of the Day (morning, afternoon, and evening) (in this chapter, we do not tell time on the clocks, but rather discuss aspects of time such as time of the day and ordering events. Also, we helped the school today by sorting (a very important math concept) the Lost and Found into different bins, and then we made signs for each bin!
Centers

***********Super Important Dr. Seuss Birthday News!***************
In recognition of Dr. Seuss' birthday on Wednesday, March 2, the KC Club is creating Hat Day. Students will be allowed to wear a hat in the classroom all day for 50 cents. Your child just needs to bring a hat and 50 cents tomorrow, and he/she can wear the hat in the building. They can be silly or normal hats, but please choose something that will not take away from the learning in the classroom. The proceeds go towards purchasing shirts for the KC clun members.

Have a pleasant evening,
Miss Kimpton

Friday, Feb. 25

Today was class picture day. To clarify, a picture of the WHOLE class was taken today, and if you ordered a copy of it, it will have all of the kids (23) minus anyone absent plus the teacher (me!). This is different than the individual pictures like we took in the Fall. Some families ordered individual pictures, and it you did, your child had his/her picture taken individually as well. If you did not order a copy of the class picture and want one, please contact me as soon as possible, and I will try to figure out how to order a copy for you.

Morning Meeting: greeting three people of the opposite gender, spelling cheers for "have", read the ABC chart (letter name, sound, picture), and song (Learning Letter Sounds)
Writer's Workshop: writing three sound words (ex. dog is /d/ /o/ /g/ and we drew 3 lines ( _ _ _ ), then filled in the missing sounds
Math: Comparing and Ordering by Weight
Sharing and Birthday Treats
Centers and Reading Groups

Have a great weekend,
Miss Kimpton

Thursday, Feb. 24

Morning Meeting: Snowball greeting, Ask partner what his/her favorite food is, then graph the answers, "an" chunk in pan, fan, ran, etc.
Handwriting: Sentence writing
Story: Abe Lincoln's Hat, The Cat in the Cab
Math: Comparing Weights, Using a balance
Centers
Calendar

I hope everyone is staying warm!
Miss Kimpton

P.S. Don't forget class pictures tomorrow!

Class/Spring Pictures on Friday!

If you haven't already sent in your picture order form, please do so tomorrow if possible. You can send it on Friday, but it is a little easier for recording purposes if I have it early.

Morning Meeting: greeting, discuss respect during an assembly, then go to an assembly to listen to the Girls' Heights Honor Choir
Handwriting: review all of the diver letters (r, m, n, h, b, p), write Word Wall words and introduce size boxes (to show letter sizes)
Story: "The Cat in the Cab", "The General's Dog" - a story about George Washington, the American Revolution, and what President Washington did when he found the enemy's dog (a true story!)
Finish trains with our buddies
Centers and Reading Groups

Have a great night,
Miss Kimpton

Tuesday, Feb. 21

Morning Meeting: greeting, the "an" chunk: change can to man, pan, fan, tan, and, sign language song with letter sounds
Writer's Workshop Groups: Read "Down By the Bay" and draw two things from the story and label the pictures
Reading: The Cat in the Cab, A Young George Washington
Library with Mrs. Mayhall
Centers and Reading Groups!

Don't forget class pictures this Friday!!!!!!!!!

Stay warm,
Miss Kimpton

Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day!

On Monday, we will be learning about and doing a lot of healthy things for our heart! We will go on a heart-healthy walk with the Reading Buddies, eat heart-healthy snacks, compare/contrast the meaning of the heart (the actual heart and the heart that means love), and many other fun things. In order to do so, here are things you need to send with your child Monday morning:

1. Signed permission slip for the walk
2.Valentine cards for the other students (if desired)
3. Heart-healthy snacks (optional, I've talked to a few of you. We have students bringing fruit and jello hearts)
4. Purple folder

Thank you so much, and don't forget the permission slip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday and Friday, Feb. 10 and 11

Morning Meeting: greeting (real names on Thursday, silly names on Friday), ABC sign language video, Morning Message (birthday message), "The Cat on the Mat" reading and interactive chart
Handwriting Groups: Word Wall Word table, Graffiti table, Writer's Workshop
Math: terms: first, next, and last, ordering events
Centers and small reading groups

Enjoy your weekend!
Miss Kimpton

Happy Art Day! Feb. 9

We had a day filled with creativity making Valentine's Day sacks and trains. We incorporated reading (directions for making a heart), math (using the terms first, next, and last to describe the steps), and art. The students learned how to draw and cut out hearts (this can be very challenging for a kindergartner), and then they worked with their Reading Buddies to turn 3 milk cartons into trains. The trains are a work-in-progress, and we will work on them during the next few weeks adding details while we learn more about trains! The students' Valentine sacks are almost done, so as soon as you can, send in those Valentine cards!

Also, we have spent the last few days inside because of the low temperatures. However, always send your child with plenty of gear for outside play as we will go outside if it is above zero degrees, and it can be really chilly at recess!

Have an excellent evening,
Miss Kimpton

Tuesday, Feb. 8

Morning Meeting: Greeting, Rhyming Song, Morning Message: circle Word Wall Words and find them in the room, brainstorm/draw pictures of what you can do in the snow, read our list of Winter Words
Handwriting: Writing Journal, write sentences about what you can do and expand the story
Centers
Math: Most and Least, Before and After

Valentine's Day Notes: We will be making special "Mail Bags" to hold the Valentine cards, so all you need to do is fill out the cards at home and send them in! You may include Valentine candies, stickers, etc. in the individual cards. If you can send them by Friday, that would be great, but if you cannot send them until Monday, I totally understand.

Have a great night,
Miss Kimpton

Brrrrr Chilly Monday

Morning Meeting: Letter Names and Sounds, Sharing
Handwriting: Magic "c" letter: "g"
Math: Measuring/Comparing Volume, terms: empty, full, holds the most, holds the least
Reading: "Thomas the Train", "The Van"
Centers

Have a great night!
Miss Kimpton

Friday, Feb. 4

Groudhog's Week and 100's Week is over and here comes Valentine's Day! I will send home a class list of students' names on Tuesday in order to make Valentines. In order to avoid hurt feelings, if you are going to send Valentine cards, please send one for each child. I will also add to the list any specialist teachers' names your child may want to make cards for. On Monday, February 14, we will have a heart-healthy day of walking 1 mile with our Reading Buddies, look through the Valentine cards (kindergartners LOVE to do this), eat some heart-healthy snacks, and enjoy a little bit of the candy from our friends. If you have a fantastic treat that is heart-healthy that you would like to bring for the class, please let me know!

Morning Meeting: Syllable greeting, introduce Mrs. Billen (Junior Field student from MSU-Billings), Star game, Sharing
Handwriting: Magic c letters: "a" and "d"
Reading: "Gas Helps It Go", "Little Groundhog" poem, "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"
Centers
Math: sequencing with groundhog

Have a fantastic weekend!
Miss Kimpton

Thursday, Feb. 3

The weather was nice enough for outside recess, and the kids loved playing outside!

Morning Meeting: Greeting, Song: Hello Around the World, Fill in Numbers 1-10 on the 100's Chart, practice writing Numbers 3-9
Sharing (listening skills, asking questions)
Reading: "Gas Helps It Go" (read by individual students), "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"
Math: Measuring with a Groundhog
Centers

Have a good night!
Miss Kimpton

Happy Groundhog's Day!

The groundhog didn't see his shadow...so we may have an early spring! After this last bout of chilly weather, we've earned it! For recess today, we watched science movies with the other kindergartens and built puzzles. For exercise, we walked the hallways waving our arms, skipping, running in place, even crab-walking to our classroom! Hopefully, the temperature will be above zero degrees tomorrow for recess!

Morning Meeting: Syllable greeting, clapping rhythm song, morning message ("What is above and below the ground?")
Shared Reading: "Little Groundhog" with groundhog puppet
Math: Make February calendar with Reading Buddies, fill in important days
Lots and lots of movement to make up for no recess!

Stay warm and out of the wind!
Miss Kimpton

Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 2

I'm sorry for not posting yesterday's schedule until now. I had a meeting after school andran out of time! I am also sorry we have not been able to do the "Kindergarten News" lately. Our center time is filling with Guided Reading Groups, and I am not able to do both at once. I hope to at least do one News Program a week. The following is for both days:

Morning Meeting: greeting, Rhyming song, sharing, read "Cat on the Mat" (find word wall words, soundout unknown words, use picture clues to determine an unknown word)
Writing: "On the 100th day of school, I can _________.", magic c letters: "o" ("magic c, keep going, stop) and "s" (little magic c, turn down, curve around)
Math: counting to 100 (100's Day Stew), Funny Fred
Reading: "Gas Helps it Go", "Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten", "On the Go"
Centers

Stay warm!
Miss Kimpton

Center Time!

These pictures show a few of our Learning Centers that we have in Kindergarten. The students practice what they have learned in class, extend their learning, and teach each other. This is also a valuable time for problem-solving with others and learning to work together and share. Enjoy!

...And January is almost completed!

Wow, this month has really flown by! The carnival is tonight from 6-8:00. Enjoy food, fun, and games.

Morning Meeting: "Let's Have a Great Day" morning song, say the alphabet and "sound"abet, find items in the room that rhyme, Morning Message: circle Word Wall Words, draw lines to match the rhyming pictures, Sharing
Centers
Math: watch Chicka, Chicka 1, 2, 3, read "How Big is a Million?", Penny Introduction
Music with Mr. Small
Wax Museum
Birthday Celebration

Enjoy the weekend,
Miss Kimpton

Wax Museum, Hundreds Day, and the Carnival

We have a lot happening at Sandstone! Tomorrow, the 5th grade class will present their wax museum during the day. The 5th graders have researched a person from history, and will dress up and "become" that person for the day. For a coin, the person wil "come alive" and answer one question. Our class will be attending the "museum", and I give each student 5 pennies to ask 5 questions. If your child wants to bring more coins to ask more questions, he or she is welcome to. The money raised goes toward the 5th grade Spring field trip.

The 100th Day of School is on Monday, January 31. If you have questions about what type of 100 edible things to bring, here are aome ideas: (must fit in a sandwich/quart size ziploc baggie) 100 lemonheads, 100 chocolate chips, 100 Whoppers, 100 Skittles, 100 marshmallows, 100 gummy candies, 100 pretzels, 100 cheeries, 100 Fruit Loops, etc. We will mix them up on 100's day and then have a feast!

Don't forget the carnival tomorrow night!

Morning Meeting: Syllable Greeting, Letter Sounds Yo Yo song, "From Head to Toe", fill in the missing words (use tools to determine them-check the picture, sound out words, look at the initial letter, ask yourself "Does it make sense?)
Handwriting: Magic letter c
Math: Chicka Chicka 123 video, estimate/measure area of shape
Reading Buddies: area of hands, Math worksheet, reading
Centers
Korean dining with Miss Jeong and using chopsticks

Have a pleasant evening,
Miss Kimpton

Wednesday, January 26

Morning Meeting: greeting in a pattern, add words to the word wall (I, a, can, the), introduce new words: and, have, Sharing story, introduce new center: beading and building/writing words
Handwriting: diver letter "b"
Math: read "Slower Than A Snail", order lengths with rectangular prisms, number sense building with cold lunches
Centers
Reading: Math book, "Ted and Nat" (students read the book aloud by table)

Don't forget the carnival is on Friday night! Tickets are on sale before and after school.
Miss Kimpton

Tuesday, Jan. 25

Morning Meeting: Greet your partner with the matching letter and brainstorm two words that start with that letter, and then share with the class, Sharing, "Can You" poem, read "From Head to Toe"
Handwriting: Write sentence(s) starting with "I see", draw picture to illustrate
Reading/Math: Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3
Centers
Library with Mrs. Mayhall

See you all tomorrow!
Miss Kimpton

Surrounded by Kindness

We had an assembly today to link all of the kindness chains together from the K-4 grades, and the total length equaled 1-1/2 times around the gym! Each link represented an act of kindness that students either experienced ordid themselves. It was a very powerful experience.

Reading: "Ted and Nat", "Snakes-Long, Longer, and Longest"
Math: Comparing Sizes
Centers
Sharing Time

Have a super Monday evening,
Miss Kimpton

Fantastic Friday

The students are bringing home three new reading items this week: "Can You?" poem in the poetry folder, "You Can Do It" book, and "A Plan For Nan". These are excellent reading materials to practice pointing to each word as they read, book handling skills, sounding out words, and finding word wall words. The students and I talked today about saving their paper books in order to practice reading them. They will find that as their reading skills increase (sounding out words, checking the picture for clues as to what the word is, finding words they know), so will their ease of reading these books. Please find a special place in your home for these reading materials.

Report cards are going home today as well! Please use the rubric to determine what those numbers mean in each area. If you have questions, please call me, email me, or check the box on the report card envelope to schedule a conference. We have a limited space to write comments, so I wasn't able to write as much as I wanted! Many of you did not return the report card envelopes and thus have a standard manila envelope. If you still have the envelope at home, please send it back with your child.

Morning Meeting: greeting, reading, sharing
Centers
Math: Ch. 6 Measurement story, work in groups to make small, medium, and tall, find things around the room that are shorter than each student
Handwriting: Write links for the kindness chain

Have a great weekend!
Miss Kimpton

Thursday, Jan. 20

And it's up and running!

Oh, Technology!

Well, we did record our newscast for the day, but it won't post on the blog! As soon as I am able to get it to work, I will!

Morning Meeting: greeting, "small, tall, and fall" alphabet, Morning Message (circle all of the capital letters), Sharing
Writing groups! Graffiti Table, Word Wall Word Table (build words with Wikki-Stix, write words with different tools), Writing Journal
Math: Start Ch. 6: Measurement, Read "Shortest, Fastest, Longest"
Reading Buddies: estimating/comparing area
Centers

Stay warm!
Miss Kimpton

The Kindergarten News Station Is Open!

Welcome to our newscast! We will try to "broadcast" our news each day, although life in Kindergarten can change like our weather! It is a work in progress, and the kids loved recording today. Stay tuned!

Morning Meeting: Syllable greeting using "Shalom" (Israel language for "hello"), acting out "Can You?" poem and highlighting sight words, Morning Message: fill in missing letters, circle sight words, and take a counting survey
Handwriting: lowercase "h" (diver letter: start tall, dive down, swim halfway up, over, down)
Reading: "A Plan for Nan", "How You Got Smart"
Math: Counting/Writing numbers to 31
Centers

I hope you all enjoy this! Thank you for the comments. It is so good to hear feedback!
Miss Kimpton

Tuesday, Jan. 18

Welcome to the Week!

Morning Meeting: Greeting (share news from the weekend), Hip-Hop Letter Sounds, Sharing time, Introduce Tickets!
Handwriting: Diver Letter p
Story: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Math: Place Value (counting groups of 10 to 70), "I Have, Who Has" Game (Number Recognition), Quick Draw dot game (different ways to make a number)
Library with Mrs. Mayhall
Free Time with Puzzles, Cubes, or Shapes

Have a great evening,
Miss Kimpton

The End of Second Quarter

Well, the first half of kindergarten is over, and Tuesday marks the start of the second half! As I have been assessing the students for the last couple of weeks, it has become so apparent how much they have grown. Their biggest strength is learning how to work together as a school family. One of the most difficult aspects in kindergarten is learning how to be in kindergarten and becoming productive problem solvers. Be proud of your children! I hear so many compliments from other teachers and school personnel how wonderful our class is, and I couldn't agree more. Thank you so much for all that you have done to support your children and me for the first 90 days! I hope you enjoy your children for the 3-day weekend, and I will be at a math workshop on Monday, so I will plenty of new ideas when your kids get back to school!

Morning Meeting: Korean greeting ("Ahn-young" and bow), Letter Sounds song, introduce Mrs. Hilden and read a story about an owl with a colorful heart, sharing time
Centers: Assessing for report cards
Music with Mr. Small

Have a glorious weekend! ("Glorious" comes from a kindergartner that told me to have a glorious lunch today!)
Miss Kimpton

Thoughtful Thursday

Here's a few thoughts about the ABC's of my Day:
1. Green is a FANTASTIC day that had no "wobbles".
2. Blue is a day that had a few wobbles. For example, when thinking about behavior, a blue day is a day where a teacher (generally me) has maybe had to talk to that student or redirect behavior, or that student may have had to get a timer for talking loud during centers. For the most part, it was a positive day!
3. Yellow is reserved for days where a student gets a number(s). Generally, students get numbers after a warning/discussion about behavior.
4. If your child has colored any of the letters blue, please keep in mind that it is meant to be a heads-up for your child to be aware of his/her behavior and needs to work on it. It truly means that it was an "OKAY" day, not fantastic but not bad. Again, I want this to be used by your child for them to be thinking about their attitude and behavior. Some students are so focused on wanting to color their letters green to please their parents, but they do not understand that their behavior needs to be actually green

Morning Meeting: Greeting using listening skills to discuss what students like about school, Letter Sounds song, Calendar (counting, patterns)
Special Presentation: Miss Jeong, culture of Korea
Centers: Assessing for Report Cards

Wednesday, January 12

Thank you so much for taking the time to discuss the ABC's chart in the folder with your child. Students are making better choices and becoming more aware of their behaviors and attitudes as they learn from this chart.

Morning Meeting: Syllable Greeting, Workout to the Letter Sounds, Name letters/numbers, sharing time
Centers and assessing for report cards
Writing: Labeling/Writing sentences
Math: Building patterns with cubes

Enjoy your night,
Miss Kimpton

Brrrrr!

Morning Meeting: Dance greeting, Soundabet, Sharing, Update Calendar
Writing: Label pictures of what you can do
Math: Counting/Writing 18, 19, 20
Library with Mrs. Mayhall
Science video about the importance of exercise

Frigid Monday

Morning Meeting: "Happy Monday" greeting, Letter Names/Sounds Alphabet, Begin making "ABC's of My Day" Poster, Sharing Time
P.E. with Mrs. Trollope
Rhyming Story/Worksheet
Centers
Math: Counting Game, Counting milk cartons by grouping into 10's
Begin assessing self-behavior on ABC's of My Day chart

Friday

Morning Meeting: "Hello Around the World", greet each other using a language from the song, brainstorm ideas/name for the carnival basket (decided on a basket filled with dog-related items), Sharing
Centers
Math: Counting 10-20, Worksheet Counting and Writing 16 and 17
Music with Mr. Small

Stay warm this weekend!
Miss Kimpton

Please remember to sign the "ABC's of My Day" in your child's folder after looking at their colors for this week. You may send your child's Library book back on Monday if you like along with the poetry folder. If not, the poetry folder is due on Monday and the Library books on Tuesday.

Thursday, January 6

Morning Meeting: Syllable Name Greeting, new Lower-case/Upper-case ABC game, Sharing Time
Handwriting: m
Math: Counting Game, Number Recognition Game 0-20 "I have, Who has?"
Reading: "The Cool Hen" (students read aloud), "The Panda Palace"
Centers

A note of Sharing time: Sharing is now going to be a part of our Morning Meeting time. It will be a short, 5-minute presentation by one student each day to share something important. At this stage, students will want to bring items from home and use it as show-and-tell. As the year progresses, I hope it becomes a time that students share something important that is happening in their lives and their feelings about it. Through this time, students will learn how to talk to a group, listen to another person, ask questions based on what they hear, develop empathy for others, identify feelings, and build friendships.

Students are wanting to bring a pet for sharing, and I think that's great. Here are the guidelines:
1. The animal MUST be friendly. If it is not, and depending on the level of unfriendliness, I will either not let it in the room or not allow kids to be close to it.
2. You, as the parent, must be with the animal at all times. You would bring it to school during our Morning Meeting (9:10) and stay for approximately 5-10 minutes. You will take the animal when you leave.
3. I must talk to you about it ahead of time. You can email me or call me to discuss it.

Thank you,
Miss Kimpton

Wednesday!

Morning Meeting: Rhythmic Greeting, "You Can Do It" song, Read "Molly Lou Melon" and discuss standing tall despite setbacks, Morning Message (circle Word Wall words/fill in missing words)
Handwriting: "n"
Math: Counting and Writing 13, 14, and 15
Reading Buddies with computers
Centers
Fill in Attitude for the day

Enjoy your evening,
Miss Kimpton

Library Books Go Home!

I sent a new folder home today with your children, and in it are two very important letters. The yellow paper describes the procedure for Library books and the new folder, and the white paper describes the "ABC's of My Day". If you did not receive both of these papers, please let me know.

I am so excited for the ABC's chart. The children did a great job of evaluating their attitudes for ther day. To clarify, this is what the colors mean:
Green: awesome, amazing day, couldn't be better
Blue: average day, wasn't great but wasn't too bad
Yellow: not a great day, made some poor choices, will do better tomorrow
Red: terrible day, maybe even a visit to the principal's office
As I explained to the kids, the purpose of the chart is for them to think about their day and take responsibility for themselves. It is also a method to communicate with you so you know how the day went. This is really a chance for them to learn to take care of themselves and make choices based on an internal motivation. If your child comes home with a yellow or red color, please talk to him/her to help them work through the day and solve problems in order to have a better day tomorrow. It is meant to be a constructive learning process.
I would love to hear feedback from this as it is the first time I have tried this. We may hit a few roadbumps along the way, but in the end, I think it will be very positive.

Morning Meeting: Rhythmic greeting, "Jump, Jump, Wiggle, Wiggle" song, Focus on Attitude (read "The Little Engine That Could" and discuss)
Handwriting: "r" in Handwriting Book
Centers
Math: Count/Write 11 and 12
Reading: "The Cool Hen" (practice sounding out words), "The Crayon Box the Talked" (define vocabulary words)
Library with Mrs. Mayhall
Intro new folders, ABC's of My Day

Have a super night,
Miss Kimpton

Welcome to the New Year!

The children had such a fantastic day back from the break! We did a lot of learning today, and we had a special guest teacher from Korea, Miss Jeong, observing for the day.

Morning Meeting: Greeting, "Hello" song, introduce Miss Jeong, Morning Message (circle the word wall words) and answer the question "What is one thing you did during the break?" with a partner, then share with the class what the PARTNER said (they did a great job listening to each other)
P.E. with Mrs. Trollope
Reading: "The Cool Hen", "The Crayon Box that Talked"
Math: Using a 10-Frame, Introduce Chapter 5: Numbers Through 31
Centers

Today was our first day of learning new vocabulary words! The students learned three new words found in the story about the talking crayon box. Those three words are complete, drift, and unique. We will continue working with these words, so expect to hear them at hone! I will create a box on the side of the blog that has the new words and definitions so you know what we are learning. These are not spelling words, but words designed to increase and enrich vocabulary.

Have a fantastic evening,
Miss Kimpton