Mrs. Christensen's Kindergarten Class 2018-2019

Hello Families, As we end the month of October, I want to congratulate the students for their hard work in writing.  They read their "published" book to their Reading Buddies as well as Mrs. Allen's 2/3 combo class.  The older students wrote compliments for the kinders and it really made the little ones feel confident and successful in writing!  Please take a moment to read your child's published book.  Remember, this is the beginning of kindergarten and if your child wrote letters and/or words  (whether word are spelled correctly or not) this is part of the beginning stages of writing.  Let's all "CELEBRATE" the writing process with the students and congratulate them on an amazing job on their first book!  CONGRATULATIONS, KINDERS! Halloween is on Wednesday.  We will have a parade at 8:30 on the lower playground.  The party starts at 9:30-10:30.  A BIG "THANK YOU" goes out to Alyssa and Jen for organizing the party.  As a reminde...

Hello Kindergarten class, This week, we will be finishing up our "Wild Things theme" as well as our spiders, pumpkins, and bats.   The next couple weeks, we will talk about "Career & College" readiness. This is a school-wide/district wide theme.  We will be reading  Oh the places We Go  by Dr. Suess.  This will open up our discussion about what the students want to do in the future and what they need to do to prepare for their future. We will talk about different careers and paths and colleges they can attend.  This is great time to talk about it at home and what you did to get the job you have too. word wall words: you , me Writer's Workshop:  We will be finishing up our "Launching Workshop" writing piece this week and we will have a celebration on Wednesday.  Please have your child bring in a small stuffed animal on Wednesday so that your child can read to their stuffie. Math:...

Hello Kindergarten Families, Here is what’s going on in Kindergarten this week: Reading:  In centers,  we have one more book with sight words and then we will be starting short vowel sounds.  The first book is "Nat at Bat".  Again, please read at home.  Also, when you read at home find books that are at your child's comfort level (they can read it will  only making a few errors). If your child is not reading yet, have them use a book and tell their own story using the pictures.  Many Scholastic books are easy readers and you can find them on their website. As you read together at home, students can locate sight words, characters and setting.  New Theme: “Monsters and Wild Things”! Our book study will be on “Where the Wild Things Are”.  This theme is a great way to discuss the concepts of “Fiction” vs. “Non-Fiction” which we will be comparing through a variety of books and charting the differences between each genre. We will a...

Hi Kindergarten Families,     Here is what’s going on in Kindergarten this week: We will continue our unit on pumpkins, spiders and bats.  We didn't get to do the experiment last week with pumpkins and will do it this week.  Students will continue to learn about spiders and bats.  Please stop by and check out your child's Fall art projects on the bulletin boards. Please ask questions about what they have learned about pumpkins and spiders.      Art/Music/Science: Students will learn songs and create art that is focused on classic Halloween animals such as black cats, bats and spiders! Reading: We are almost done reading our readers with sight words.  Please continue to read these books and others at home and have them locate sight words in the books you read together.  We will begin short vowel words. Math: Our math centers will focus on number sense to 10. Math games will include number lines, ten-fra...