Weekly Update

What's been going on?

Last week was a busy and eventful time in our classroom. The children received their reading boxes and writing folders! Each child has their own reading box where they keep the books and poems we create during centers. These books and poems are pieces of predictable text that children can read independently by using the pictures and reading sight words. It is awesome to see and hear the kids with these books and poems; they are becoming little readers already! Each child also has their own writing folder where they keep the pieces of writing they are working on.

We also worked on syllables last week and on Friday we graphed the number of syllables in our names. Here are some pictures of our graph as well as some from centers...


As you can see, most people in our class have 2 syllables in their name.

In reading center students begin by building a poem and highlighting the sight word.

Students worked on representing numbers in promethean center.

In writing center the students worked on writing sight words and recognizing color words.

Students sorted pictures by their beginning sound in ABC center.

In art center the kids made maize.

 

Last week was also spirit week. It was so great to see all the kids participate.

These are some "Wacky Tacky" feet!

I love all my little State fans, but...Go Heels! :)


One thing we can agree on...Joyner rocks!

 

What's new?

Daily 5 Literacy:

Letterland: Fast tracking sounds:

a – Annie Apple	i – Impy Ink
b – Bouncy Ben	j – Jumping Jim
c – Clever Cat	k – Kicking King
d – Dippy Duck	l – Lucy Lamp Light
e – Eddy Elephant	m – Munching Mike
f – Firefighter Fred	n – Noisy Nick
g – Golden Girl	o – Oscar Orange
h – Harry Hat Man	p – Peter Puppy
q- Quarrelsome Queen	r- Red Robot
s- Sammy Snake	t- Talking Tess
u- Uppy Umbrella	v- Vicky Violet
w- Walter Walrus	x- Fix-it Max
y- Yellow Yo-yo Man	z- Zig Zag Zebra

Reading:

-organization and basic features of print: follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page; one-to-one correspondence (pointing to each word as you read)

-reading different types of texts (poems, storybooks)

-making connections between text and illustrations

-how to take care of books

-thinking about what readers read about

- real reading vs. fake reading

Word Work:

-recognizing and producing rhyming word review, identifying beginning sounds in words for each consonant, segmenting sounds, syllables, segmenting sentences

Sight Words (Target Words): I, see, like, my, the, can

Writer’s Workshop: Identifying the tools we use during Writer’s Workshop, choosing topics, using drawings to convey our stories, telling about our stories in the order in which they occurred, what do writers write about

Math: counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s, using one-to-one correspondence when counting objects, answering “how many” questions when counting and solving word problems, writing numbers 1-20, sorting and comparing numbers using graphs *We finish assessing this week. Students will be participating in math centers to review concepts taught so far*

IB Words and Meanings:respect, empathy

IB Unit: Food for Thought

 What’s coming up?

Creepy Crawly Day

Creepy Crawly Day is going to be lots of spooky fun! Thank you to everyone who has already sent in items. If you have not sent in the items you signed up for yet please send them Monday!

Don't forget!

Tuesday, October 30 - Creepy Crawly Day

Wednesday, October 31 - No School - Teacher Workday

Weekly Update

What's been going on?

Last week we spent a lot of time preparing for our field trip to Ganyard Hill Farms. We read lots of stories about pumpkins, where they come from, and things you can do with pumpkins after they leave the farm. On Friday, the children completed their Pumpkin Report. Students drew pictures of their pumpkins, where pumpkins grow, and things that are made from pumpkins. They also measured how tall their pumpkins were. Each child took home their pumpkin and report on Friday.

What's new?

Daily 5 Literacy:
Letterland: Fast tracking sounds:

a – Annie Apple	i – Impy Ink
b – Bouncy Ben	j – Jumping Jim
c – Clever Cat	k – Kicking King
d – Dippy Duck	l – Lucy Lamp Light
e – Eddy Elephant	m – Munching Mike
f – Firefighter Fred	n – Noisy Nick
g – Golden Girl	o – Oscar Orange
h – Harry Hat Man	p – Peter Puppy
q- Quarrelsome Queen	r- Red Robot
s- Sammy Snake	t- Talking Tess
u- Uppy Umbrella	v- Vicky Violet
w- Walter Walrus	x- Fix-it Max
y- Yellow Yo-yo Man	z- Zig Zag Zebra

Reading:

-organization and basic features of print: follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page; one-to-one correspondence (pointing to each word as you read)

-reading different types of texts (poems, storybooks)

-making connections between text and illustrations

-how to take care of books

-thinking about what readers read about

Word Work:

-recognizing and producing rhyming word review, identifying beginning sounds in words for each consonant, segmenting sounds, syllables, segmenting sentences

Sight Words (Target Words): I, see, like, my, the

Writer’s Workshop: Identifying the tools we use during Writer’s Workshop, choosing topics, using drawings to convey our stories, telling about our stories in the order in which they occurred, comparing Kindergarten writers to professional authors like Eric Carle and Kevin Henkes

Math: counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s, using one-to-one correspondence when counting objects, answering “how many” questions when counting and solving word problems, writing numbers 1-20, sorting and comparing numbers using graphs *We will be assessing this week. Students will be participating in math centers to review concepts taught so far*

IB Words and Meanings:respect, empathy

IB Unit: Food for Thought

 

What’s coming up?

 

Spirit Week

Spirit Week at Joyner starts Monday, October 22nd through Friday, October 26th. Join in the FUN!! (No Halloween costumes please!!)

Patriotic Monday: Wear stars, strips and/or red, blue, and white
Tourist Tuesday: Wear your fanny pack, camera, binoculars, favorite souvenir t-shirt, etc
Wacky Tacky Wednesday: Mismatch and tacky
Favorite Team Thursday: Team jerseys, t-shirts
Joyner Spirit Friday: Wear blue & gold or Joyner t-shirt

 

JDRF Sneaker Week

JDRF Sneaker Week is from October 22 to November 2. Joyner will be selling paper sneakers for $1.00 each in the lobby from 8:00 to 8:30 AM. All proceeds will be donated to JDRF to help fund research to find a cure for diabetes. Fifteen thousand children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes each year. Please buy a sneaker and help us find a cure!

In addition, you and your family can participate in the Walk to Cure Diabetes on November 10 at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion in Raleigh. Registration opens at 8:30 am and the Walk starts at 10:30am. To join the Joyner team, visit walk.jdrf.org and look for "Register". To make an online donation in support of the Joyner tem, go to walk.jdrf.org, look for "Donate to a Walker", and enter Ann Truax's name. Thank you!

 

Don't forget!

Friday, October 26^th- Joyner Jamboree

Tuesday, October 30 - Creepy Crawly Day (see the sign up sheet for ways to help!)

Wednesday, October 31 - No School - Teacher Workday

Fun, Fun, Fun!

We had a GREAT time today at Ganyard Hill Farms! Thank you SO much to all the parents that came out to chaperone! The kids loved everything, from the hayride, to the corn maze, to picking out the perfect pumpkin, and of course, the corn pit! Please check out the slide show to the right for pictures from our trip. Also, your child will be bringing home their pumpkin tomorrow, after we finish our pumpkin report.

Field Trip

 

Our field trip to Ganyard Hill Farms is on Thursday!

There will be a few reminders and important information about our field trip in OTIS tomorrow, so don't forget to check it! Just a heads up, your child will need to pack a bag lunch. I've got plenty of paper lunch bags at school so if you'd like me to send you one in OTIS just shoot me an email. :)

 

Weekly Update

What's been going on?

Spanish
On Friday our class got a new Spanish teacher, Ms. Kilburn. She will be the student’s Spanish teacher for the next 6 weeks. The children will now go to Spanish every day.

 What's new?

Daily 5 Literacy:

Letterland: Fast tracking sounds:

a – Annie Apple	i – Impy Ink
b – Bouncy Ben	j – Jumping Jim
c – Clever Cat	k – Kicking King
d – Dippy Duck	l – Lucy Lamp Light
e – Eddy Elephant	m – Munching Mike
f – Firefighter Fred	n – Noisy Nick
g – Golden Girl	o – Oscar Orange
h – Harry Hat Man	p – Peter Puppy

Reading:

-organization and basic features of print: follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page; one-to-one correspondence (pointing to each word as you read)
-reading different types of texts (poems, storybooks)
-making connections between text and illustrations

Word Work:

-recognizing and producing rhyming word review, identifying beginning sounds in words for each consonant, segmenting sounds, introducing syllables

Sight Words (Target Words): I, see, like, my

Color Words: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple

Writer’s Workshop: Identifying the tools we use during Writer’s Workshop, choosing topics, using drawings to convey our stories, telling about our stories in the order in which they occurred

Math: counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s, using one-to-one correspondence when counting objects, answering “how many” questions when counting and solving word problems, writing numbers 1-20, sorting and comparing numbers using graphs

IB Words and Meanings: respect

IB Unit: Food for Thought

Don't forget!

Thursday, October 18 - Ganyard Hill Farm Field Trip

Friday, October 19 - Early Release
Tuesday, October 30 - Creepy Crawly Day
Wednesday, October 31 - No School - Teacher Workday

What’s coming up?

Creepy Crawly Day

Tuesday, October 30th from 8:45 -10:30
Please check the Creepy Crawly sign-up document located under important classroom links. This is a super fun day for our children to participate in October activities. Thanks in advance for you help!

Ganyard Hill Farms Chaperones

If you would like to chaperone our field trip on October 18th please sign up by clicking on the link to the right under "Classroom Links". Thanks!

Weekly Update

What's been going on?

Reading Buddies
Mrs. Kaswara's 3rd grade students are our reading buddies this year. Each student has a 3rd grade buddy. They visit us every Friday morning after the news and read with our class. All of the kids love this time and look forward to it each week.

 

Apple Feast
We had a BLAST at Apple Feast! It was such a fun morning and the kids really enjoyed it. They got to try so many different apple products and even help make some apple treats of their own. Thank you to everyone who sent in supplies or came in to help. Be sure to check out the slide show for pictures!

Letterland
I’m sure many of you have heard that last week our Kindergartners traveled to “Letterland” for the first time. Letterland is an imaginary and secret place where all the letters live. We have already met many Letterlanders and are so excited to meet more this week. “What exactly is Letterland?” Letterland is a unique, phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling to 3-8 year olds. The Letterland characters transform plain black letter shapes into child-friendly pictograms and they all live in an imaginary place called Letterland. Simple stories about the Letterland characters explain the full range of dry phonics facts so that children are motivated to listen, to think and to learn. These stories explain letter sounds & shapes, allowing children to progress quickly to word building, reading and writing.

Writer’s Workshop
We are beginning Writer’s Workshop this week. This is the framework for writing instruction and practice in the classroom. It allows students to determine the topics they will write about and work at their own writing stage and pace. The teacher serves as the facilitator and conducts daily mini lessons and conferencing with individuals and small groups. Students always love this time of day and I am excited to watch your child grow into a confident, developing writer!

What's new?

Listed below you will find our weekly curriculum update. This will help to guide and inform you on what Common Core objectives we are focusing on in the classroom. New concepts will always be in underlined.

Daily 5 Literacy:

Letterland: Fast tracking sounds:

a – Annie Apple	i – Impy Ink
b – Bouncy Ben	j – Jumping Jim
c – Clever Cat	k – Kicking King
d – Dippy Duck	l – Lucy Lamp Light
e – Eddy Elephant	m – Munching Mike
f – Firefighter Fred	n – Noisy Nick
g – Golden Girl	o – Oscar Orange
h – Harry Hat Man	p – Peter Puppy

Reading:

-organization and basic features of print: follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page; one-to-one correspondence (pointing to each word as you read)
-reading different types of texts (poems, storybooks)
-making connections between text and illustrations

Word Work:

-recognizing and producing rhyming word review, identifying beginning sounds in words for each consonant

Sight Words (Target Words): I, see, like

Color Words: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple

Writer’s Workshop: Identifying the tools we use during Writer’s Workshop, choosing topics, using drawings to convey our stories, telling about our stories in the order in which they occurred

Math: counting to 100 by 1’s and 10’s, using one-to-one correspondence when counting objects, answering “how many” questions when counting and solving word problems, writing numbers 1-20, sorting and comparing numbers using graphs

IB Words and Meanings: respect

IB Unit: Food for Thought

Don't forget!

Saturday, October 13 - 10:00 - 2:00 Joyner Beautification Day
PTA is planning this day to spruce up our school grounds! Grab your tools and garden gloves and head on down to school!

 If you have not already done so, please click on the “Online Field Trip Payment” link to pay for our upcoming field trip, Scholastic magazine, and Kindergarten t-shirt. If you are unable to pay online, please send in a check or money order written out to Joyner Elementary. Thanks!!

Ganyard Hill Farm Field Trip - $15

Scholastic “Let’s Find Out” Magazine - $6
T-Shirt - $10

Center Volunteer Calendar

I have posted the calendar for center volunteers under classroom links. We would like to have 1-2 volunteers for centers Monday-Thursday. If you would like to sign up, click on "Center Volunteer Calendar" then choose the month you want to sign up for from the tabs at the bottom. (I believe when you open the calendar it's going to show you January 2013 so you will need to click on October at the bottom for this month.) After that, just type in your name! Remember, centers are from 9:30-10:15, except on Mondays when we get started around 9:45.