What a great way to start our Monday with a two hour delay! I hope everyone enjoyed the extra rest this morning!
We came in and got right to work with our morning work this morning! The activity asked the kids to write their own story and illustration. Most of the kids wrote just basic sentences, but that is fine. They also had to match pictures on the other side of the worksheet. We discussed the connection each picture had.
Following morning work we had our morning board time. Then we had lunch!
After lunch we shared what we did over the weekend and had a short read aloud before heading to the gym to practice for our Kindergarten program!
After practice we had language arts time! Today we continued our discussion on ABC order and completed a worksheet! I am VERY impressed! The kids worked independently to complete the ABC order worksheet and ALL did a GREAT job! We will continue to stress ABC order throughout the remainder of the year!
After completing the ABC order sheet the kids got time for silent reading or read with a partner. They are all doing such a great job during this time and it is great to see them excited to read in the pit!
We had outside recess today which was great!
Following recess we had our math time. We started off with our hot pencils math test. I am very impressed with the amount of students passing each day! Then we worked in our April math books. Following the April math books we discussed different ways to get to ten. This is review but it is an important standard for students to master in Kindergarten. We completed a worksheet to go along with this discussion. Everyone did a great job during this time! We finished math with some Mclass practice. The Mclass testing will begin next week so we will spend a little time each day reviewing the main concepts that will be tested. I am confident that ALL students will do very well on the math testing!
We finished our day with science! Today we discussed seeds and how a plant grows from the beginning! We started our baggy seed growing activity today and discussed how we will observe it over the next couple of weeks! We also had some reading from our science big book today! These kids are really excited about growing and plants and trees! I love discussing and answering questions they come up with during our science time!
I sent home the script for the play today. Remember not all students have speaking parts, and if they are not involved in this play they will be involved with other parts of the Kindergarten program! If your students has lines please practice with them at home!!
Please continue to read and work on math and writing at home each night!
Have a great evening! Enjoy the weather!
Joshua Schultz!
Monday Activities!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
April 26, 2013
We had a GREAT Crazy Friday here in Kindergarten! It was fun to be crazy for a day!
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The kids were great all day and did not ACT CRAZY!
We had a crazy schedule as well today.
This morning we had discussed the OI and OY blends. We had a great discussion and completed the worksheet together. We will continue introducing more blends so students will be able to sound out bigger words!
We had a guest reader from third grader read to us this morning!
We had our sign along time this morning. We practiced our songs for the program in May!
Next we had two centers!
We had a read aloud following centers and then went to lunch!
Following lunch we had a shortened math time in which we completed a quick hot pencil test!
Next was fairy tale time! Our class went to Mrs. Lords room for a special activity!
We had an extended recess today as a reward for doing such a great job on Dibels and TRC!!
Following recess we had our snack and then practiced our play!! It is coming together and it will be great come May 16th for the school program!
Today was a REWARD Day for our children! They have been doing such a great job each and everyday and I am especially proud of their Dibels and TRC scores! They have done such an awesome year and I am excited to be able to have more reward time as our year winds down!
Please continue to encourage your children to read at home with you each day! Also work on math skills! Mclass math testing will start on the 10th. The testing will be on counting to 100 in a minute, number identification, fill in the missing number, and identifying the larger number. Will will also hit this in review starting next week! Once Mclass testing is done we will be done for the year!!!
Have a GREAT weekend!!!!
Joshua Schultz
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thursday April 25, 2013
We had a GREAT Thursday!!!
The kids did a great job today! We had Mr. Glassman here all morning! The kids learned all about several animals and he even brought in a salamander and snake for them to hold or touch if they wanted! The kids loved this and it was funny to watch them react to the animals!!
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The kids did a great job today! We had Mr. Glassman here all morning! The kids learned all about several animals and he even brought in a salamander and snake for them to hold or touch if they wanted! The kids loved this and it was funny to watch them react to the animals!!
It was a fun morning for the kids!! This is a picture of the salamander and snake!
We had two centers today which were free time centers for the kids. We did not have regular centers this week because of the Dibels and TRC schedule.
Following lunch we had play practice!
Following that we had math time. We took a hot pencils math test and I am so happy with the results! More and more are passing everyday! We also worked on counting by 5's and even and odd number recognition. That proved to be challenging for some because we were dealing with two digit numbers. We had a long discussion and I believe most took away an understanding of how to identify based on the ones digit! We also worked in our April Math books!
We then had recess which was inside because of the rain!
Finally we worked on a reading comprehension page! The kids are really doing a great job with these pages! This is such a tough skill and the kids are really catching on quick! I am confident that these skills helped produce the excellent scores on TRC testing!
At the end of the day we practiced our Kindergarten program songs and nursery rhymes!
I did send home a math page to be completed for homework tonight!
Please continue reading, working on math skills, and writing at home each night!!!
Looking forward to Friday! Remember it is crazy day! So crazy hair, crazy clothes for a dollar donation that will go towards to PHM Silver Mile Foundation!
Look forward to Friday!!!
Joshua Schultz
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Monday, April 22, 2013
April 22, 2013
Happy Earth Day!!
We are going to have a different week this week! Today was way different!
This morning we watched The Lorax in honor of Earth Day! The kids enjoyed watching and discussing this movie! We talked a lot about the importance of Earth Day all day today!
Following the movie we had a discussion and then moved into some Fundations time. We worked with Consonant S blends. The kids were GREAT during this time!
We also had our morning wall time before heading to lunch!
Following lunch we had gym which our kids used to start preparing for the Kindergarten program in May!
Following gym we did an Earth Day coloring sheet and wrote a sentence about what we would do to save the Earth. The kids also drew an illustration to go along with their sentence. They had some great suggestions for ways to keep our Earth clean!
We had recess today outside! It is beautiful out and hope the kids can get out more once they get home!
Following recess we had some math time. We worked on a Earth Day math sheet that had us counting and writing the number words out. The kids did a great job during this time!
To wrap up our short math time today we did some counting, and number identification activities!
We finished the day by practicing our songs for the program!
The Kindergarten Program will be on May 16th at 6pm!!!
Will continue with our mixed up week tomorrow! Working on TRC testing! Kids that have been tested so far have done an excellent job and I am confident that all will do well!!!
Have a great evening! Enjoy the weather!
Josh
We are going to have a different week this week! Today was way different!
This morning we watched The Lorax in honor of Earth Day! The kids enjoyed watching and discussing this movie! We talked a lot about the importance of Earth Day all day today!
Following the movie we had a discussion and then moved into some Fundations time. We worked with Consonant S blends. The kids were GREAT during this time!
We also had our morning wall time before heading to lunch!
Following lunch we had gym which our kids used to start preparing for the Kindergarten program in May!
Following gym we did an Earth Day coloring sheet and wrote a sentence about what we would do to save the Earth. The kids also drew an illustration to go along with their sentence. They had some great suggestions for ways to keep our Earth clean!
We had recess today outside! It is beautiful out and hope the kids can get out more once they get home!
Following recess we had some math time. We worked on a Earth Day math sheet that had us counting and writing the number words out. The kids did a great job during this time!
To wrap up our short math time today we did some counting, and number identification activities!
We finished the day by practicing our songs for the program!
The Kindergarten Program will be on May 16th at 6pm!!!
Will continue with our mixed up week tomorrow! Working on TRC testing! Kids that have been tested so far have done an excellent job and I am confident that all will do well!!!
Have a great evening! Enjoy the weather!
Josh
Friday, April 19, 2013
Friday April 19, 2013
We had a busy Friday! It has been a crazy week with Dibels so I apologize for not updating blog daily. We ALL did awesome on our Dibels testing and the TRC reading part will start next week. This one is even more time consuming so please be sure kids are ready to go each day here at school!
This morning we wrote our sight words for morning work. We are working on handwriting and I also want students to know how to spell the sight words.
We had our morning board time and sing along.
We did two centers today and I was VERY impressed with those the read with me today! We are doing a great job of trying to sound out new words that we do not know! I am very pleased with the progress these kids have made!
After centers we had a story that we all listened to.
Language Arts time was after lunch today and the kids were great during the lesson. We had a build it, write it, say it sentence activity! The kids did a GREAT job with this and were able to explain why the first word had a capital letter and why the last word was followed with a punctuation mark!
We then worked on a comprehension worksheet! We are doing a great job with comprehension skills and understanding the importance of know what we read! We will continue to stress this throughout the remainder of the year.
We then has recess and snack time.
We finished the day with some math and partner reading!
The kids had art at the end of the day!
It was another busy week here in Kindergarten and I am excited about the progress these kids are making! It is awesome to see the learning and growing! 32 Day until first grade!
Have a GREAT weekend!!!
Joshua Schultz
This morning we wrote our sight words for morning work. We are working on handwriting and I also want students to know how to spell the sight words.
We had our morning board time and sing along.
We did two centers today and I was VERY impressed with those the read with me today! We are doing a great job of trying to sound out new words that we do not know! I am very pleased with the progress these kids have made!
After centers we had a story that we all listened to.
Language Arts time was after lunch today and the kids were great during the lesson. We had a build it, write it, say it sentence activity! The kids did a GREAT job with this and were able to explain why the first word had a capital letter and why the last word was followed with a punctuation mark!
We then worked on a comprehension worksheet! We are doing a great job with comprehension skills and understanding the importance of know what we read! We will continue to stress this throughout the remainder of the year.
We then has recess and snack time.
We finished the day with some math and partner reading!
The kids had art at the end of the day!
It was another busy week here in Kindergarten and I am excited about the progress these kids are making! It is awesome to see the learning and growing! 32 Day until first grade!
Have a GREAT weekend!!!
Joshua Schultz
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tuesday April 16, 2013
We had a great Tuesday!
Our morning work was the other side of our add and color worksheet. The kids did a great job with this activity and enjoyed coloring in the pictures!
We then had morning meeting and morning board time. All the kids did a great job staying focused during this time!
We had two center rotations today. My groups started working on the story details sheets that we will be working on throughout the remainder of the year after we read!
Following centers we worked on our fundations worksheet. We are talking about blends! Today's lesson was consonant r blends. We had a lengthy discussion about this before centers and completed the worksheet after centers. We took our time and worked through this. Blends are difficult for many to understand but we will be discussing them everyday through the end of the year.
Next was lunch, today the group of students who brought back spring break packets got to have lunch with me in the classroom! They really enjoyed this and it was great to be able to reward those who completed the extra practice work!
Following lunch we had read aloud time.
In math today we completed a hot pencils math test. The kids are doing a great job on these! Next we completed three pages from our April math books. We also worked on addition problems. The kids really are mastering their addition skills! Finally we introduced the different ways to add up to ten. We used blocks to give a visual during this time. We also talked about turn-around facts. The kids did a good job during this and we will continue to practice throughout the week.
Finally we ended our day working on our spring acrostic poems. We did not finish but the kids have been coming up with great things to write!
We had art to finish the day!
Dibels testing will start tomorrow so please be sure that your child gets a good amount of sleep and a healthy breakfast to start the day! Tomorrow we will be tested on letter sounds in nonsense words. For example they will see the word MIP and must say /M/ /I/ /P/. I am confident that they will all do well!!!
Get them outside after school to run around and play!!
Mr. Schultz
Tuesday activities!
Our morning work was the other side of our add and color worksheet. The kids did a great job with this activity and enjoyed coloring in the pictures!
We then had morning meeting and morning board time. All the kids did a great job staying focused during this time!
We had two center rotations today. My groups started working on the story details sheets that we will be working on throughout the remainder of the year after we read!
Following centers we worked on our fundations worksheet. We are talking about blends! Today's lesson was consonant r blends. We had a lengthy discussion about this before centers and completed the worksheet after centers. We took our time and worked through this. Blends are difficult for many to understand but we will be discussing them everyday through the end of the year.
Next was lunch, today the group of students who brought back spring break packets got to have lunch with me in the classroom! They really enjoyed this and it was great to be able to reward those who completed the extra practice work!
Following lunch we had read aloud time.
In math today we completed a hot pencils math test. The kids are doing a great job on these! Next we completed three pages from our April math books. We also worked on addition problems. The kids really are mastering their addition skills! Finally we introduced the different ways to add up to ten. We used blocks to give a visual during this time. We also talked about turn-around facts. The kids did a good job during this and we will continue to practice throughout the week.
Finally we ended our day working on our spring acrostic poems. We did not finish but the kids have been coming up with great things to write!
We had art to finish the day!
Dibels testing will start tomorrow so please be sure that your child gets a good amount of sleep and a healthy breakfast to start the day! Tomorrow we will be tested on letter sounds in nonsense words. For example they will see the word MIP and must say /M/ /I/ /P/. I am confident that they will all do well!!!
Get them outside after school to run around and play!!
Mr. Schultz
Tuesday activities!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Friday April 13, 2013
Today was a Great Friday here in Kindergarten!!!!
This morning we worked on addition and coloring in the numbers to reveal a picture. The kids enjoyed this and it was great to see them taking their time to work on it! We did not finish so I collected it and we will work on it again next week!
We had morning meeting and calender time. We completed everything on the morning board!
We had sing-a-long next with the entire Kindergarten! We are practicing our songs for the Kindergarten program in May.
We had two center rotations today. I used this time to practice the Dibels testing format with individuals. The practice run is turning out great with most in green!
After centers we had a read aloud with Mrs. Peaks class!
Following lunch we read a chapter from our Magic Treehouse book!
During our math time today we practiced turn around facts on the whiteboard, had a 3 minute math test, and worked with base ten blocks to make numbers. We discussed place value for tens and ones during this time. There were 4 students who struggled in the beginning and it was awesome to see them gain and understanding of the use of base ten blocks today! Math went well today!!
Following math time we had our fairy tale time block. Our listened to Jack and the Beanstalk, and then made Jack or the Giant! While reading we discussed story elements. The kids were excited to color their own giant or Jack! These turned out good!! They will have the opportunity to make the other character next week!
This took us until the end of the day when we packed up and finished with art!
This morning we worked on addition and coloring in the numbers to reveal a picture. The kids enjoyed this and it was great to see them taking their time to work on it! We did not finish so I collected it and we will work on it again next week!
We had morning meeting and calender time. We completed everything on the morning board!
We had sing-a-long next with the entire Kindergarten! We are practicing our songs for the Kindergarten program in May.
We had two center rotations today. I used this time to practice the Dibels testing format with individuals. The practice run is turning out great with most in green!
After centers we had a read aloud with Mrs. Peaks class!
Following lunch we read a chapter from our Magic Treehouse book!
During our math time today we practiced turn around facts on the whiteboard, had a 3 minute math test, and worked with base ten blocks to make numbers. We discussed place value for tens and ones during this time. There were 4 students who struggled in the beginning and it was awesome to see them gain and understanding of the use of base ten blocks today! Math went well today!!
Following math time we had our fairy tale time block. Our listened to Jack and the Beanstalk, and then made Jack or the Giant! While reading we discussed story elements. The kids were excited to color their own giant or Jack! These turned out good!! They will have the opportunity to make the other character next week!
This took us until the end of the day when we packed up and finished with art!
The kids are doing an awesome job during partner read/read to self! This picture shows them reading in the pit! They really are doing a great job! It is fun to just sit and listen to them read! Their favorite books are still my Dr. Seuss collection!!
This was a great week here in Kindergarten! I am actually looking forward to our testing times next week because I am confident that these kids will do a GREAT job! It will be exciting to see the result of their hard work all year! These tests also give us an idea of area's we can better improve on through the remainder of the school year!
Have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!
Joshua Schultz
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Thursday April 11, 2013
We had a good day today!!!!
This morning we worked on counting and graphing for our morning work! The kids did a great job with this activity! It is important for them to know and understand how to make a graph and how to read a graph!
We then went to IMC!
When we came back from IMC we had time to check over our graphs and discuss them! Then we had two center rotations!
During centers time I spent time preparing kids for next weeks Dibels testing! I think we are in good shape!
After Centers we had our morning meeting and completed our morning wall!
After lunch we had a short read aloud from the new chapter in our Magic Treehouse Book!
The kids went to Music and Movement! I used this time to switch out books for book bags that will come home today!
When the kids returned we had our comprehension strategies time! We had a short story with six questions. The kids did a great job with this. I am calling for volunteers to read aloud. It is great to see them so excited to have the chance to read out loud! We took our time to underline and discuss each question! Most important thing to remember is that the answer is RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES! We just have to find it!
We had inside recess today because of the rain!
After our snack we had math time. We had our 3 minute math test. It is great to see so many passing each day! We have more than half the class now on subtraction and I am sure that by the end of next week we will almost have everyone on subtraction! This is a great accomplishment!!!
Next we worked on our April math books. We had good discussion throughout this! Finally we got out our personal whiteboards and worked on math facts together in the pit!
We then worked on some Fundations things and discussed the different sounds X can make and beginning sounds/letters.
We ended our day by starting an Acrostic poem for Spring!!! We will finish these tomorrow and they will hang in the hallway!
It was a great day today!!!
Looking forward to Friday!!
Mr. Schultz
This morning we worked on counting and graphing for our morning work! The kids did a great job with this activity! It is important for them to know and understand how to make a graph and how to read a graph!
We then went to IMC!
When we came back from IMC we had time to check over our graphs and discuss them! Then we had two center rotations!
During centers time I spent time preparing kids for next weeks Dibels testing! I think we are in good shape!
After Centers we had our morning meeting and completed our morning wall!
After lunch we had a short read aloud from the new chapter in our Magic Treehouse Book!
The kids went to Music and Movement! I used this time to switch out books for book bags that will come home today!
When the kids returned we had our comprehension strategies time! We had a short story with six questions. The kids did a great job with this. I am calling for volunteers to read aloud. It is great to see them so excited to have the chance to read out loud! We took our time to underline and discuss each question! Most important thing to remember is that the answer is RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES! We just have to find it!
We had inside recess today because of the rain!
After our snack we had math time. We had our 3 minute math test. It is great to see so many passing each day! We have more than half the class now on subtraction and I am sure that by the end of next week we will almost have everyone on subtraction! This is a great accomplishment!!!
Next we worked on our April math books. We had good discussion throughout this! Finally we got out our personal whiteboards and worked on math facts together in the pit!
We then worked on some Fundations things and discussed the different sounds X can make and beginning sounds/letters.
We ended our day by starting an Acrostic poem for Spring!!! We will finish these tomorrow and they will hang in the hallway!
It was a great day today!!!
Looking forward to Friday!!
Mr. Schultz
My Apologies! Week catch up!
I apologize for being behind on the blog this week! All has been going well in class this week! I have been very busy getting things ready for the start of our Dibels and TRC testing next week. I will be starting that on Wednesday and it will take a couple of weeks to complete as I can only test at certain times throughout my day.
The kids have been great this week and I am very happy with their effort each and everyday in class.
We have a new class motto and it is " EXPECT SUCCESS"
We have been discussing what this means every morning. I want the kids to understand that being successful does not necessarily mean getting everything 100 percent correct. I want them to understand that they can be successful in whatever they do. The definition I am using for success is, " When you do your personal best and work to achieve your goals." In class I want the students to know that I "expect success" from them each and everyday and they need to also "expect success" from themselves and be confident in their work.
Will be updating this evening and I am doing my best to keep up!!!
I am attaching the comprehension practice sheets we will be doing everyday. It wouldn't hurt to do these at home when you have extra time. I really stress a 4 part approach to these. 1 Read the questions. 2 read the story and highlight/underline parts that are important (think about the questions). 3 reread the story. 4 answer the questions. It is important to stress that ALL of the answers are in the reading. All we have to do is go back and FIND them!!! re-read multiple times if needed!!!
Comprehension skills
We are ready for a GREAT Thursday!
The kids have been great this week and I am very happy with their effort each and everyday in class.
We have a new class motto and it is " EXPECT SUCCESS"
We have been discussing what this means every morning. I want the kids to understand that being successful does not necessarily mean getting everything 100 percent correct. I want them to understand that they can be successful in whatever they do. The definition I am using for success is, " When you do your personal best and work to achieve your goals." In class I want the students to know that I "expect success" from them each and everyday and they need to also "expect success" from themselves and be confident in their work.
Will be updating this evening and I am doing my best to keep up!!!
I am attaching the comprehension practice sheets we will be doing everyday. It wouldn't hurt to do these at home when you have extra time. I really stress a 4 part approach to these. 1 Read the questions. 2 read the story and highlight/underline parts that are important (think about the questions). 3 reread the story. 4 answer the questions. It is important to stress that ALL of the answers are in the reading. All we have to do is go back and FIND them!!! re-read multiple times if needed!!!
Comprehension skills
We are ready for a GREAT Thursday!
Mr. Schultz
Monday, April 8, 2013
Monday April 8, 2013
I could not have asked for a better first day back from break! The kids were great today! It was fun to hear all of their stories about what they did over spring break! They all agreed that they all were able to relax and have some fun over the break! They got right back into the swing of things in the classroom so that was great! The kids started out with new Green Bay Packer pencils this morning! I am a huge Packer fan and was in Green Bay for a day over break so I bought them all nice new pencils!
For morning work they each wrote at least 2 sentences about something they did over break. Then they drew an illustration to go with their sentence. We then had our morning meeting and shared our spring break activities. In Fundations we talked about the long a sounds and how most of the time ai makes the long a sound. We had some good discussion and made a list of words with long a and with the ai spellings!
We had two center rotations today!
Language arts we started discussing story characteristics. We will be doing much more with this throughout the week.
We finished our Magic Treehouse book today after lunch.
The kids had music and movement.
When they came back from music and movement we worked on our word families and some math facts. We practiced counting and number identification.
After lunch and snack we had our science time. We discussed seeds and the process of planting and growing them. We planted our own tomato seeds and will be monitoring their growth throughout the remainder of the school year. I am very excited for this process and know the kids are too! Each got to plant their very own tomato plant seeds!
We finished the day with math skills about more or less and number identification. The kids were great during this time!
It was a great first day back!!! We will start Dibels Mclass testing next Wednesday so please be practicing counting to 100 in under a minute, number identification 0-100, missing number 0-20, and Quantity discrimination. We will be hitting these things hard each day in class but extra practice at home will make a big difference! It would be great to see everyone in Green to finish out the year!!!
Looking forward to a great week!
Joshua Schultz
Today's in class worksheets!
For morning work they each wrote at least 2 sentences about something they did over break. Then they drew an illustration to go with their sentence. We then had our morning meeting and shared our spring break activities. In Fundations we talked about the long a sounds and how most of the time ai makes the long a sound. We had some good discussion and made a list of words with long a and with the ai spellings!
We had two center rotations today!
Language arts we started discussing story characteristics. We will be doing much more with this throughout the week.
We finished our Magic Treehouse book today after lunch.
The kids had music and movement.
When they came back from music and movement we worked on our word families and some math facts. We practiced counting and number identification.
After lunch and snack we had our science time. We discussed seeds and the process of planting and growing them. We planted our own tomato seeds and will be monitoring their growth throughout the remainder of the school year. I am very excited for this process and know the kids are too! Each got to plant their very own tomato plant seeds!
We finished the day with math skills about more or less and number identification. The kids were great during this time!
It was a great first day back!!! We will start Dibels Mclass testing next Wednesday so please be practicing counting to 100 in under a minute, number identification 0-100, missing number 0-20, and Quantity discrimination. We will be hitting these things hard each day in class but extra practice at home will make a big difference! It would be great to see everyone in Green to finish out the year!!!
Looking forward to a great week!
Joshua Schultz
Today's in class worksheets!
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