Current Happenings in 235
Week of February 3rd
Upcoming Dates
Monday, 2-310 cycle day 6; conferences
Tuesday, 2-4: cycle day 7
Wednesday, 2-5: cycle day 8; field trip
Thursday, 2-6: cycle day 9; book bag checkout; Valentine's celebration
Friday, 2-7: no school
Field Trip
A reminder that we will be going to Stages Theatre in Hopkins to see The Dot on Wednesday, February 12th.
Wondering what this book is about? Visit this link to have a story read aloud to you (it's about four minutes) to see how Vashti finds self-confidence and passes it along to a new friend.
Mo Willems
We spent the week learning about Mo Willems as an author and illustrator. Some of his most famous characters include the Pigeon, Elephant (Gerald) and Piggie, the duckling, the knuffle bunny and the mole. Continue reading below to see what we found in each of his stories!
100th day of school
If your child would like to dress up as a 100 year old on Tuesday, February 18th to celebrate being a kindergartner for 100 days, he/she is more than welcome! A note was sent home on Thursday in folders with more information.
What we learned
Take a look into our class
Reading:
- To kick off I love to read month, we studied one of my favorite authors--Mo Willems! We learned about movement lines, direction lines, thought bubbles, speech bubbles, big words and quotation marks all used within his writing. We also talked about similarities in books and practice using expression while reading.
Writing:
- We continue to work on two pictures and two sentences with details.
Phonics:
- Poem: This Old Man
- Word family: /-og/ (log, dog, noggin, goggles, etc.)
- Focus: SUPER E words; we started listening and writing blends
Math:
- We worked on subraction throughout the week.
Kaitlin Wermerskirchen
Email: kwermers@shakopee.k12.mn.us
Phone: 952.496.5802
Twitter: @Kindersin235