Week of December 17^th

Holiday Rotations has been SO much fun. The kids have learned about Hanukkah, Diwali, Chinese New Year, and Christmas in Germany. On Monday our class will finish Holiday Rotations with a visit to Mexico to learn about Los Posadas. I will post pictures next week!

 Next week we will be working on lots of holiday and winter activities to practice the skills we have learned so far. We will NOT be having centers next week.

 Don’t forget to send in a small wrapped gift for our classroom by Wednesday! I want to make sure every child has one to open during the exchange. Having them in by Wednesday will give me time to wrap some things on my own if I need to!

A few reminders…

 Wednesday December 19^th: Pajama Day! We will be finishing watching the Polar Express so wear your favorite PJ’s!

Friday December 21^st: Class Gift Exchange and Early Release
December 22nd-January 2nd: Winter Break

Class Gift Exchange

Class Gift Exchange

December 21^st

* We would like to encourage a unique classroom gift giving activity this year to encourage the idea of giving, not just receiving.  We would like to have a classroom shower where each child brings in a school supply that will be kept and used in our classroom. 

* We would like your child to bring his/her wrapped gift to school by Wednesday, December 19^th.

* If you bring in more than one supply, please wrap each item individually.

* If everyone participates, each child will be able to open a gift and know that it is something that we need for our classroom. 

* Let your child be a part of the buying so that they feel the pride of giving! 

 

Baby wipes	Paper towels	Tissue boxes
Glue sticks	Electric Pencil Sharpener	Dice
24 pack Crayola crayons	Lysol wipes	Large popsicle sticks
Pump hand soap	Colored card stock	Avery labels 5160/8160
Story books to read aloud	White card stock	Legos
Boxes of Band-aids	Avery Labels 8163	Small individual sized hand sanitizer

Weekly Update

What’s New?
Reading:

- “Real” Reading vs. Fake Reading, 3 Ways to Read a Book (Pictures, Words, Retell)What Do We Do With Our Book Box?, Characters, Setting, Events

Word Work:

- segmenting sentences & syllables, beginning sounds, first blending

 Letterland:

We are now teaching each Letterlander for mastery, introducing capital letters and working on correct letter formation. The letters covered so far are: c, a, d, h, m, t, s,

 

Sight Words (Target Words):

I, see, like, my, the, can, am, we, will, go, to

 Writer’s Workshop:

- What is a Story?, Writing Process (think, plan, sketch, write), What do we do during Writers Workshop?, When I think I'm done, I’ve just begun

 Math:

counting objects and one to one correspondence, shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle, hexagon), horizontal graphs, positional words

 

IB Words and Meanings:

empathy, appreciation, curiosity

 

IB Unit:

Food for Thought, What a Wonderful World

 

Updates and Reminders:

Wear your Kindergarten T-Shirt on FRIDAY! J
We sent your child’s t-shirt home today. We will wear these shirts on the FIRST FRIDAY of every month.

 Winter Book Fair- December 3rd -7th
Joyner is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair this week. The book fair is open every day from 8:00-4:00. On Tuesday, December 4th the book fair will stay open until 7:00pm. Our class will be visiting the book fair on Tuesday to make our wish lists. Your child will have a chance to purchase something from their wish list on Wednesday or you can take your child before or after school any day next week.

Holiday Rotation
During the Kindergarten Holiday Rotation, your child will rotate through each classroom and travel to five different parts of the world. Each day your child will participate in different centers from 8:45-10:30 to learn about Chinese New Year, Hanukkah, Diwali, Los Posadas, and Germany. We need a lot of supplies for this special event. Please sign up to bring in the MUCH NEEDED supplies on our sign-up sheet on our blog.

Save the Date!

December 3rd-7th: Book Fair
December 7th: Wear Kindergarten T-Shirt
December 10th-17th: Holiday Rotation (8:45-10:30)
December 21st: Class Supplies Gift Exchange (more information coming soon!)
December 21st: Early Release (12:30)
December 22nd - January 2nd: Winter Break