Author: mkurtz

We had a lot of fun with our pets at school this week! We talked a lot about how to take care of pets and we even made reports on what our specific pet would need to stay healthy. Hopefully we'll be able to show our reports if we are able to reschedule our Pet Show later in the year! We did take our pets on a walk around the school today and showed them the library, the gym, the bathrooms, and some other classrooms, as well as the office and we even introduced them to our reading buddies! Next week, we will begin a unit on spring weather and rainbows!

Our literacy goal this week was to write a pet care report.

Our math goal was to count to 10 with dog bones using one to one correspondence.

Upcoming dates:

March 23 - 27 - No School/Spring Break

April 9 - No 4K

April 10 - No School

April 17 - Play Literacy 9:35AM-10:20AM

This week, we continued our unit on rhyming and nursery rhymes. We also added in some Dr. Seuss books for some extra rhyming practice! We continued to add pages to our nursery rhyme book and will finish our books next week! Next week, we will also begin our unit on Pets!

Our 4K Pet Show is next Friday, March 13 from 8:45AM-9:15AM. We are asking each kid to bring in a stuffed animal to be their "pet." Some pets have already made their way to our classroom, and I would like the rest by Tuesday, March 10th! Friends and family are welcome to stop in and see the students' pet booths. We ask visitors to interact with the kids and ask them questions about their pets and how they take care of their pets.

Our literacy goal this week was to recognize rhyming words.

Our math goal was to count to 10 using 1-1 correspondence as well as matching numbers 1-10.

Upcoming Dates:

March 10 - Pets brought into school

March 13 - Pet Show in the cafeteria 8:45AM-9:15AM

March 23 - March 27 - No School/Spring Break

April 9 - No 4K

April 10 - No School

April 17 - Play Literacy at Black Earth Public Library

We concluded our unit on Community Helpers this week! We practiced being garbage collectors in a very fun letter matching activity. See ClassDojo to see pictures of this activity! We also learned a little bit about firefighters and how they help keep us safe.

We have been practicing making "Mat Man," to help us remember all of the details of a person that we can add when we are drawing pictures of people. The kids LOVE the mat man song!

Our literacy goal this week was to recognize our name with lower case letters.

Our math goal this week was to use shapes to plan a city.

Upcoming Dates:

February 27 - Parent/Teacher Conferences 4PM-8PM

February 28 - No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences 8AM-12PM

March 6 - Play Literacy at Black Earth Public Library

March 13 - 4K Pet Show 8:45AM-9:15AM

March 23 - 27 - No School/Spring Break

What a week we've had in 4K! We did many projects and activities on Valentine's Day and hearts! Many projects worked to strengthen fine motor skills by ripping, using a hole punch, and stringing yarn. We also did several patterning activities with hearts! The kids seemed to really enjoy handing out their valentines today, but many kids were out sick (5, oh my!). Those students who were not at school today will be able to hand theirs out on Monday.

Our math goal this week was complete an AAB pattern.

Our literacy goal was to isolate beginning sounds in words.

Upcoming Dates:

February 17 - No School/Child Development Fair 2PM-6PM

February 27 - Parent/Teacher Conferences 4PM-8PM

February 28 - No School/Parent/Teacher Conferences 8AM-12PM

March 6 - Play Literacy at Black Earth Public Library

March 13 - Pet Show 8:45AM-9:15AM

March 23-27 - No School Spring Break

This week, we have learned all about Community Helpers! First we talked about what it means to be a community and how our class is it's very own community! We need to work together to keep our community safe, clean, and fun! We also discussed if we might like to be a community helper when we grow up.

Next Friday, February 14th, kids may pass out valentine's if they choose. Students are making their Valentine boxes at home. Please let me know if you need a box to complete this project! We have 14 student in our class. If you would like your child to participate in this activity, please have them write their name on 14 valentine's to pass out. Students will not label who the valentine's are to so that they may independently hand them out. Please contact me with any questions!

Our literacy goal this week was to practice isolating beginning sounds in words.

Our math goal this week was to name shapes and represent information in a graph.

Upcoming Dates:

February 14 - Play Literacy at Black Earth Public Library 9:35-10:20 AND passing out valentines!

February 17 - No School/Child Development Fair 2PM-6PM

February 27 - Parent/Teacher Conferences 4PM-8PM

February 28 - No School/Parent/Teacher Conferences 8AM-12PM

March 6 - Play Literacy at Black Earth Public Library

March 13 - 4K Pet Show

March 23-27 - No School - Spring Break

This week, we learned all about Groundhog's Day as well as the seasons of Winter and Spring. We learned that groundhogs are rodents that hibernate in the winter. We also learned that on Groundhog's Day, a special groundhog will come out of his hole. If it is a cloudy day, there will be no shadow and Spring weather will be on it's way! However, if it is a sunny day, the groundhog will see it's shadow, get scared, and run back into it's hole. Then there will be 6 more weeks of winter. We made a prediction graph of what we think will happen and it ended in a tie!

On another note, I wanted to let you all know how incredibly proud I was of our students with how they handled the power outage yesterday. We had to do a lot of things differently and they all did a great job of paying attention to and following all of the directions that were out of the ordinary. They were also all very, very patient while waiting for our buses which took MUCH longer than any of us had anticipated. Great job, 4K!

Our literacy goal this week was to sort and write letters S, G, and C.

Our math goal was to match shapes.

Upcoming Dates:

February 7 - Valentine's Boxes may be brought in (any day before the 14th is fine.) Let me know if you need a box!

February 14 - Play Literacy at Black Earth Public Library

February 17 - No School - Child Development Fair 2PM-6PM

February 27 - Parent/Teacher Conferences 4PM-8PM

February 28 - No School Parent/Teacher Conferences 8AM-12PM

We had another fun week learning about winter and polar animals! We started the week by making a booklet with our 2nd grade Reading Buddies, which had lots of different polar animals in it. We also learned a little bit about animals that hibernate! See if your child can remember any hibernating animals that we learned about. We also had a LOT of fun painting snow with watercolors! Be sure to check out ClassDojo to see some pictures.

Students will be able to pass out Valentine's on February 14th for all who want to participate.  Please have your child sign each valentine, but do NOT address them to any specific child.  That way, everyone will be able to hand them out independently.  We have 13 students in our class.

Our math goal this week was to recognize numbers 1-10 and count out corresponding blocks.

Our literacy goal was to make our names with glue and glitter snow.

Upcoming Dates:

February 7th - Earliest date to bring in Valentine Boxes

February 14 - Play Literacy at Black Earth Public Library

February 17 - No School - Child Development Fair 2PM-6PM

February 27 - Parent/Teacher Conferences 4PM-8PM

February 28 - No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences 8AM-12PM

This week we learned all about polar animals. We talked about how they are able to keep warm in such cold areas because some of them have blubber, thick fur, and huddle together in groups to keep warm. We also did an experiment where students were able to feel ice water with a regular baggie on their hand and then with a blubber baggie on their hand to see how it protected them from the cold!

Our literacy goal this week was to practice rhyming.  See if you and your child can make some rhyming words over the weekend!

Our math goal was to practice counting to ten and recognizing the digits 1-10.  We have also been working hard on learning teen numbers as they can be the trickiest to learn and recognize.

Upcoming Dates:

January 20 - No School

February 14 - Play Literacy at Black Earth Public Library

February 17 - No School - Child Development Fair

February 27 - Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-8

February 28 - No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences 8-12

This week we have been learning all about winter and snow! We have talked a lot about the different clothes that we wear in the winter to protect us from the cold weather.

Our literacy goal this week was to practice writing all of the letters in our name as well as all of the letters that we have learned at school so far, in shaving cream!

Next week's letter will be "G."

Our math goal this week was to match and sort shapes.

Upcoming Dates:

January 20 - No School

February 14 - Play Literacy at the Black Earth Public Library

February 17 - No School

February 27 - Parent/Teacher conferences 4PM-8PM

February 28 - No School - Parent/Teacher conferences 8AM-12PM