In House Field Trip

Science Made Fun will be visiting JY Joyner on Friday, February 8^th.  During this presentation called “Mini-Meteorologists”, our class will be able to participate in science experiments related to our IB Weather Unit! 

 Cost:  $8.50

Please use our link to the online payment website OR send in a check made payable to Joyner.

 

Report Cards

Kindergarten report cards have gone home! Please check your child’s OTIS and make sure you look over your child’s report card tonight. Then, sign and return the empty envelope in your child’s OTIS!

100th Day

Tuesday, February 5th will be our 100th day of school!  

This is a day worth celebrating!!!

We will be having special centers that morning to celebrate this momentous occasion!  We'll need some supplies for our centers.  Please take a look at the link to the right and sign up for any supplies that you might be able to send to our classroom.  Also, we'd love to have you celebrate with us!!  If you can volunteer, please sign up! Please send in all supplies by Friday, February 1st. THANK YOU!!

What a week!

We have had quite an eventful short week! The children started "Word Work" in the Daily Five, performed a "modern" Spanish dance at our Joyner Gives Back night, had Graham's dad surprise them as the mystery reader, AND had an unexpected 4 hour early release! Please enjoy the videos from the dancing as well as the pictures below. I hope you all have a safe and warm weekend!

DAILY FIVE




 

Fairlie reading a poem in Read to Self

Alex, Jack, and Breyson at Listen to Reading




Bobby writing sight words in Word Work

Davis in a cozy Read to Self spot

 

SPANISH DANCING

 

UNO!

DOS!

TRES!





 MYSTERY READER

 

 

Weekly Update

What’s Going On?
We have jumped in head first into the Daily Five and the kids are doing GREAT! It is so awesome to see them reading, writing, and listening to reading so independently. We have been working really hard to build our stamina and the class is now able to read, write, and listen to reading for 15 minutes with NO interruptions! Next week we will introduce word work. Once we have mastered the routines and procedures for this part of the Daily Five the kids will be able to start "Read to Someone". I have also been busy assessing students and their progress is amazing. They are all turning into little readers and writers!

Reading:
“Real” Reading vs. Fake Reading, 3 Ways to Read a Book (Pictures, Words, Retell) What Do We Do With Our Book Box?, Parts of a Story, Choosing Safe Reading Spots, Picking good fit books

Word Work:
Beginning sounds, Segmenting and blending sounds to read and write words

Letterland:
We are now teaching each Letterlander for mastery, introducing capital letters and working on correct letter formation.

Writing:
What is a Story?, Writing Process, What do writers write about, What do you do when you come to a word you don’t know how to spell, Where to sit and what tools to use, What to write about

Math:
counting objects and one to one correspondence, shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle, hexagon), horizontal graphs, positional words, partners of five, 3D Shapes

Updates & Reminders

Joyner Gives Back:
Each grade level is collecting items for Joyner Gives Back Night. Kindergarten students are encouraged to bring in Ramen Noodles, gum, and chap stick. You can drop off these items in the bins in the lobby. Our class is also DANCING at this event!

PTA Running Club:

The PTA is sponsoring a running club for all students, faculty and parents to help us prepare for the Joyner 5K on March 3, 2013. The running club will meet from 3:15 to 4:00 pm on 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, and 2/28. Participants must register to participate. Visit Joyner’s website to register your student. Please contact gbrown23@nc.rr.com for more information.

 

Save the Date:

Jan. 18th- End of 2nd Quarter
Jan. 21-22nd- No School for Students

Jan. 24th- Spanish Dancing at Joyner Gives Back Night
Jan. 28th- Report Cards go home

The Daily Five

Happy New Year!

With the New Year, we are revamping our schedule to incorporate all of the Daily 5.  The Daily Five is a literacy structure that teaches independence and gives children the skills needed to create a lifetime love of reading and writing. It consists of five tasks. When introduced to each task, the children discuss what it looks like and sounds like to engage in the task independently. Then, the children work on building their stamina until they are successful at being independent while doing that task.

The five tasks include:

1. Read to self

2. Read to someone

3. Listen to reading

4. Work on writing

5. Word work

 When all five tasks have been introduced and the children are fully engaged in reading and writing activities, I am able to work with small groups and conference with children one on one. This structure is effective, the results are amazing, and the children really look forward to Daily Five time.

Please take a look at our new daily schedule to learn about the changes as the Daily Five will take the place of centers. As always, we love having parents in our classrooms and value your time with us, but the Daily Five is a “sacred” time when we want children fully engaged and independent, so we are asking that you volunteer in other ways and at other times. Two new ways you can volunteer are Mystery Reader and Book and Bite. Check out these sign up sheets for more information! Thanks for your support!

THANK YOU!

Thank you for all of the thoughtful and very generous gifts! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and look forward to a fun and eventful 2013 with your children! Happy New Year!

 

Ms. Thompson and Mrs. Dawes