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
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
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
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, 2011
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
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, 2011
Tuesday, April 19
Monday, April 18, 2011
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
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
Friday, April 15, 2011
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
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, 2011
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
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, 2011
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
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
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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
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, 2011
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
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, 2011
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!
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, 2011
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
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, 2011
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
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, 2011
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
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
Friday, April 1, 2011
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
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
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