This week the students will be finishing up their Superkid book, Hot Rod. They will hear the story Hot Rod's Sharing Solution and draw their own adventure picture. Make sure to ask your child what happened in the story. We will also be starting the last book in this level of the Superkids. As a way to end, the students will be doing some writing about which of the Superkids is their favorite and why.
In math, the kindergarteners have started looking at addition as joining two groups together. We will continue to work on addition by using pictures and learning about the plus sign (+) and the equal sign (=) this week. Also, the students will continue to practice skip counting skills.
In religion this week, the second graders will continue learning about the works of mercy (feed the hungry, visit the sick, pray for the dying, give drink to the thirsty, shelter the homeless, give clothing to the poor). Also Ash Wednesday is this week, so we will also talk about what will happen at mass on Wednesday and begin looking at Lent.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day! The kids had lots of fun today passing out their valentines to each other. They had time to look and read over all the valentines they received from their friends.
We also have met the final Superkid, Hot Rod. Hot Rod wants to be a race car driver and is building a race car. I think he may be a favorite of many of the students. I am sure you have probably heard your child talking about him at home. They were so excited to finally meet him.
I am very excited that in math the kindergarteners will soon be beginning addition!
We also have met the final Superkid, Hot Rod. Hot Rod wants to be a race car driver and is building a race car. I think he may be a favorite of many of the students. I am sure you have probably heard your child talking about him at home. They were so excited to finally meet him.
I am very excited that in math the kindergarteners will soon be beginning addition!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Photostory
Sorry the video accidentally got deleted. Here it is again.
I was finally able to get our class photostory uploaded that we worked so hard on earlier in the year! The students drew a picture of an animal they would like to pretend to be and then wrote a sentence describing their picture. Each one then found a real picture of their animal and recorded their voice over it.
The students had a great time working on the photostory, especially being able to record their voice and then hear themselves.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
100th Day
Today we celebrated the 100th Day of School! It is hard to believe that we have been in school that many days already. To help celebrate this day the kindergarteners made bead necklaces using 100 beads. They were to put 9 round beads and then a star bead to represent the 10th bead. This pattern continued for the whole necklace, 9 round, 1 star, 9 round 1 star. The students practiced counting by 10s up to 100 while making their necklace. It was wonderful that the 100th day just happened to fall right in with our current math unit of counting to 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s.
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| Working hard on their 100 bead necklaces |
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| Counting by 1s and 10s to make their 100 bead necklaces |
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| Counting beads |
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| Working hard counting |
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| Proudly showing off her completed 100th Day necklace! |
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| Showing off their completed 100th Day necklaces! |
Saturday, February 4, 2012
What we Have Been Up to in Class
On Friday the students enjoyed a prayer service in church. This was a great end to Catholic Schools week. The students also got their throats blessed to celebrate the feast of St. Blaise.
In math class the kindergarteners answered number riddles using their hundred chart and plastic stars to cover the number. They were very excited to figure out what number I was describing. The students did an excellent job recognizing numbers up to 100. We also played a game where the students had to toss a beanbag on to the number that I said. This was a big hit with the students.
We also played a game where the students had to toss a beanbag on to the number that I said.
This week the kindergarteners will continue to use their hundred charts to look at different patterns and to help us count to 100 by 2s, 5s, and 10s. On Thursday we will be doing different activities to celebrate the 100th day of school, which just happens to tie in perfectly with what we are studying in math. Next up will be addition!!
In math class the kindergarteners answered number riddles using their hundred chart and plastic stars to cover the number. They were very excited to figure out what number I was describing. The students did an excellent job recognizing numbers up to 100. We also played a game where the students had to toss a beanbag on to the number that I said. This was a big hit with the students.
We also played a game where the students had to toss a beanbag on to the number that I said.
This week the kindergarteners will continue to use their hundred charts to look at different patterns and to help us count to 100 by 2s, 5s, and 10s. On Thursday we will be doing different activities to celebrate the 100th day of school, which just happens to tie in perfectly with what we are studying in math. Next up will be addition!!
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