We have had lots of fun learning this week!

In reading this week, we researched Bats since they are hibernating animals. Every day we wrote new facts we learned about bats from reading books and researching on Pebblego.  We are currently making a video of each child recording something they learned about bats! Ask your child to tell you something they know. You’ll be surprised!

In math, we finished learning number bonds to 3.

The children enjoyed learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. this week. We know that his birthday was in January and he wanted all people to be treated equally.

Next week’s agenda: 

Language Arts:Relate previous experiences

Poem: Little Groundhog

Words: will, they, out

Phonics:  intro digraph /ch/

Essential Questions: 

How can I connect this story with myself?  How can I connect this story with another book? How can I connect this story with the world?

Math:  Measurement Comparisons

The student will compare two objects or events, using direct comparisons, according to one or more of the following attributes: length (longer, shorter), height (taller, shorter), weight (heavier, lighter), temperature (hotter, colder), volume (more, less), and time (longer, shorter).

Vocabulary: length, longer, shorter, height, taller, shorter, weight, heavier, lighter, temperature, hotter, colder, volume, more, less, time, compare

• What does it mean to measure something?
• When do we need to measure length?  
• When do we need to measure height?  

Science: Shadows

The student will investigate and understand that shadows occur when light is blocked by an object. Key concepts include a) shadows occur in nature when sunlight is blocked by an object; and b) shadows can be produced by blocking artificial light sources.

• How is a shadow produced (made)?
• Who or what produces shadows?
• How can shadows change?
• Select an object, and create the shadow of that object.

 How are the object and its shadow alike? How are they different? What will happen to the shadow if the light is moved?

Upcoming dates:

1/27 Student Holiday

1/28 Family Valentine Project Due-this will go in the hall!

2/6 Parent Teacher Conferences-3:00-7:00

2/10 Report Cards go home/Classroom Awards

2/12 100th day collections due

2/13 Celebrate 100th Day, Hooray!

2/14 Valentines Day Party 

2/17 Half Day Dismissal -11am

Please turn Family Valentine Project in by Wednesday to go into the hall for February!

Keep reading with your child and practicing Rainbow Words!

Thanks for all you do and let me know if you ever have questions!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Haskins

This week we have been busy learning about snow stories. We finally got colder weather today! We have been predicting what will happen next in our stories. We’ve read the poem “Snowflakes, snowflakes” and knew many of the words in this poem. Please keep practicing those rainbow words at home! We are beginning to write sentences on our own, using capital letter first, using word wall words, punctuation, and sounding out CVC (3 letter words). Wow! That’s a lot!

In math, we have learned games to reinforce Part/part/whole. For example, 2 and 1, 3 and 0, 0 and 3, 1 and 2 make 3! We will continue this next week.

In science, we finished up learning about magnets. The students enjoyed searching for objects in the room that are attracted to magnets and drawing these items in their journals. Ask you child what some of these things were!

Agenda for next week:

Language Arts:

The student will conduct research to answer questions or solve problems using available resources. We will research Bats!

Poem: Snowman

Words: Review

Phonics:  short a/o/i/u/e medial sounds, blending

-What hibernating animal do we want to learn more about? What do we already know about our hibernating animal?  What else do we want to know? Where can we find information about our animal? What did we learn? How can we share our information with others?

–What do you predict will happen next?  What clues helped you? Did it happen?

Math:  Part-Part-Whole (cont’d)

The student will recognize and describe with fluency part-whole relationships for numbers up to 3

Social Studies:  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

The student will recognize that history describes events and people of other times and places by identifying the people and events honored by the holiday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Jan. 20-Holiday-Martin Luther King- NO School

Monday, Jan. 27- NO School-Student Holiday

Tuesday, Jan. 28- Family Valentine Heart project due. These will go in the hall sleeves. Let me know if you need another copy! Please decorate the heart and write sentences on the second heart. This is all stapled together. 

Have an awesome weekend!

Mrs. Haskins

Happy New Year to all!

We are busy learning a new month, new year, and a new season! 

This week we are reading winter books written by Jan Brett. We are also practicing making prediction in books. Our favorite book was The Mitten. We will act out the book in class with everyone will be a certain character from the book. We also will make a puppet of our favorite animal. Our poem this week was The Mitten.

In math we are continuing counting to 50. Many can already count to 100! We also practiced reading numbers to 50.

Magnets are so much fun to explore with! In science the students are predicting what objects magnets will attract. Next week we will continue learning about magnets!

Some pictures of our class before winter break: party, dancing in the gym, pajama day, making crafts, Mrs. Rhoden reading the Polar Express, and of course Santa and Mrs. Claus!

Our elf, Sparkle, left us a surprise!

Next Week’s Agenda:

Language Arts: Use pictures to make predictions.

Poem: Snowflakes, Snowflakes

Words: have, fun, do

Phonics:  short a/o/i/u medial sounds, blending

Essential Questions: 

–What do you predict will happen next?  What clues helped you? Did it happen?

Math:  Part-Part-Whole

The student will recognize and describe with fluency part-whole relationships for numbers up to 3

Science:  Magnets

The student will investigate and understand that magnets have an effect on some materials, make some things move without touching them, and have useful applications.

From Mrs. Rhoden:  Parent referrals for gifted identification will be accepted from January 6 to January 24, 2020.  As you consider your decision to refer your child, please be sure to speak with his/her teacher to discuss any gifted qualities being observed in the classroom on a consistent basis.  Referrals should be submitted in writing (email is acceptable) to Jennifer Rhoden at jmrhoden1@henrico.k12.va.us during these designated dates.  No referrals will be accepted after January 24.  Subject line of email should state Gifted Referral, and the email should include student’s first and last name, grade level, teacher, and area of referral (English, Math or Both areas).  An email confirmation will be sent within 48 hours.  If you do not receive an email confirmation, please call the school.  

Dates to remember:

January 18- PTO Spirit Night Ashland- 5:30-7:30

January 20- Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday-NO SCHOOL

January 27- Student Holiday

Homework:

The students brought home a “Family Valentine Project” this week with their homework. It also included a large heart to decorate any way you wish, as well as an additional heart with lines on it for your student to write a sentence about their family.  These projects will be displayed in our hallway.  Please return these projects by January 28th.

Have an awesome warm weekend!

Mrs. Haskins

I cannot believe that Winter Break is almost here! The children have come so far and I am so proud of their progress! We will continue working hard this week, finishing up with our Winter party on Friday. If you’d like to come volunteer for the party, it will be held from 12:30-1:30. Also thank you so much for sending in goodies and items needed!

Next week’s Agenda:

Language Arts: Retelling with Story Elements (Holiday Stories)

Poem: Santa Claus Poem

Words: are, where

Phonics:   -ar words

Who is the most important character? What did he or she do?  Why did he or she do that?

Math:  Rote Count to 50

The student will count forward orally by ones from 0 to 50

Social Studies:  Goods/Services

The student will:

a) recognize that people make choices because they cannot have everything they want; b) explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want. 

Week of  January 6th Agenda:

Language Arts: Retelling with Story Elements

Poem: Celebrate the Season

Words: come, your

Phonics:  blending

Essential Questions: 

Essential questions:

How can you use the pictures to help your understanding? 

What is a prediction? How can I use the story to guess what will happen next?

Math:  Rote Count to 50

The student will count forward orally by ones from 0 to 50

Science: Magnets

The student will investigate and understand that magnets have an effect on some materials, make some things move without touching them, and have useful applications.

Winter break- Dec. 23- Jan. 3

Homework will be sent home when we get back!

See you in 2020!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Mrs. Haskins

I hope you and your family enjoyed Thanksgiving break! The children seemed happy to be back!

We have enjoyed reading stories about the gingerbread man. There are so many different ones-The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Baby and more! Ask your child which was his/her favorite! We continue to practice telling the beginning, middle, and end of stories. You can do this at home as well while reading books at night.

We are counting objects to 20 . Also we will be recognizing and writing numbers 1-20! 

On Fun Friday, we had gingerbread cookies for snack. We also graphed which part we took a bite of first. head, arm, leg? Ask your child about our class graph and which had more and less. We ended the day by making gingerbread puppets.

Below are pictures from our Thanksgiving Feast! Thank you for sending in treats and supplies. We couldn’t do it without you! For steam, the students built a table of blocks and popsicle sticks to fit the thanksgiving paper food! Our little turkeys had so much fun!

Next week:

Language Arts: Retelling with Story Elements (Holiday Stories)

Poem: I’m a Little Dreidel

Words: play, you

Phonics:  short a/o/i medial sounds

Essential Questions: 

Who is the most important character? What did he or she do?  Why did he or she do that?

Math:  Count Sets Up to 20

The student will

1. a) tell how many are in a given set of 20 or fewer objects by counting orally; and
2. b) read, write, and represent numbers from 0 through 20. 

Social Studies:  Needs/Wants/Goods

The student will

1. a) recognize that people make choices because they cannot have everything they want; 
2. b) explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want.

Essential Terms

• basic needs: things people need to live (food, clothing, and shelter)
• choice: choosing between two or more things
• money: coins and paper bills people use to buy the things they want 
• wants: things people would like to have but do not really need 

Dates to remember:

December 9- HALF DAY OF SCHOOL-Steam

December 20- Winter party- Please sign up to send in items for the winter party below!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0548AAAB2EA2F58-winter

December 23- January 3

Please feel free to contact me with any questions at school or by email!

Enjoy the weekend!

Mrs. Haskins

We enjoyed our Steam Day on Monday to make the Great Giving Challenge and to promote school-wide collaboration! We paired up with 4th grade and watched the video from the book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind .

Each multi-age group brainstormed ideas and choose one idea as a group.design to engineer useful gifts for others using recyclables.  On December 9, each group will produce 30 or more of their chosen design (at least 1 per student) for our Trevvett Giving Market. On December 19, we will hold the market.  Each student will have the opportunity to choose a handmade gift for someone special!  

Next week’s Agenda:

Language Arts: Continuing with Questioning

Poem: Mr.Turkey

Words: look, at

Essential Questions: 

Who…?

What…?

When…?

Where…?

How…?

Which…?

Math:  Graphing and Data The student will
a)   collect, organize, and represent data; and
b)  read and interpret data in object graphs, picture graphs, and tables. 

Vocabulary:data, graph, object graph, picture graph, table, greatest, least, same, category

Social Studies:  Thanksgiving The student will develop an understanding of how communities express patriotism through events and symbols by
d)    recognizing the holidays and people associated with Thanksgiving Day.

Upcoming Event: PLEASE SIGN UP!

 Nov. 26 -KINDERGARTEN THANKSGIVING FEAST-1:00  all kindergarten classes will head down to the café for a “Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast”.  In celebration of this holiday, students will be doing a fun STEAM activity and building their own Thanksgiving table with friends, and tasting different foods to represent the First Thanksgiving (popcorn, animal crackers, goldfish, fruit-juice drink). We invite you to come to the café to watch students enjoy this fun event. Also, we will need MANY parent volunteers/donations to make this as fun and smooth as possible. We would greatly appreciate any food donations or volunteers to help this activity (set-up/clean-up and helping with STEAM). We ask that you sign up online using the following link:

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094aafab28a1fc1-kindergarten

Thanksgiving Holiday(NO SCHOOL) -Nov. 27-29

Please remember to play the homework game with your child and to read each night! Also practice those RAINBOW WORDS! Some students are already on YELLOW Words! 🙂

A Scholastic book order was sent home this week and is due DECEMBER 3. Please let me know if you would like to buy some for Christmas gifts and I can save them for you to come pick up here at school without your child seeing them!

Our new favorite Ticket from the treasure chest!  SITTING AT THE TEACHER’S DESK! Also they love Stinky Feet and Bring a Stuffed Animal to School!

Enjoy the weekend!

Mrs. Haskins

We have had a fun week of learning. We had a wonderful Veteran’s Day assembly and listened to 1st grade sing patriotic songs! We have been answering questions about books read in language arts and continue to listen to both beginning sounds and ending sounds in words. In math, we finished up comparing numbers. In science, e learned about the weather and even got to see snow falling while we were at school! How exciting!! We also met with our book buddies again, doing a fall walk and a fall scavenger hunt!

Next week’s Agenda:

Language Arts:Questioning

Poem: Mr.Turkey

Words: look, at

Essential Questions: 

Who…?

What…?

When…?

Where…?

How…?

Which…?

Math:  Graphing and Data The student will
a)   collect, organize, and represent data; and
b)  read and interpret data in object graphs, picture graphs, and tables. 

Vocabulary:data, graph, object graph, picture graph, table, greatest, least, same, category

Social Studies:  Thanksgiving The student will develop an understanding of how communities express patriotism through events and symbols by
d)    recognizing the holidays and people associated with Thanksgiving Day.

Dates to remember:

Nov. 18-Steam day, half day of school, also Parents are invited to see your child receive Q1 awards given out in our classroom-7:45-8:00. This will be  quick since we will be starting our Steam Activity at 8:00. Please be on time.

Nov. 20- Report cards go home. Please keep the report card and send the envelope back signed.

 Nov. 26 -KINDERGARTEN THANKSGIVING FEAST-1:00  all kindergarten classes will head down to the café for a “Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast”.  In celebration of this holiday, students will be doing a fun STEAM activity and building their own Thanksgiving table with friends, and tasting different foods to represent the First Thanksgiving (popcorn, animal crackers, goldfish, fruit-juice drink). We invite you to come to the café to watch students enjoy this fun event. Also, we will need MANY parent volunteers/donations to make this as fun and smooth as possible. We would greatly appreciate any food donations or volunteers to help this activity (set-up/clean-up and helping with STEAM). We ask that you sign up online using the following link:

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094aafab28a1fc1-kindergarten

Thanksgiving Holiday(NO SCHOOL) -Nov. 27-29

New homework will come home on Monday! Please remember to play the game with your child and to read each night!

Our new favorite Ticket from the treasure chest! SITTING AT THE TEACHER’S DESK!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Haskins

Thank you for coming out to Parent Teacher Conferences! It was great connecting with families and getting to know a little bit more about your little ones!

This week we have been reading fairy tale books and answering questions about the books. We have begun comparing numbers, more, less, same. In social studies, we have been learning about the past and the present.

Our Favorite book this week was The Little Red Hen. So on Fun Friday we ate  bread (from Mrs. Grossman’s bread maker) and made our own butter for snack. They ate every crumb! Yummy!

NEXT WEEK

Language Arts: Questioning (Mercer Mayer Books)

Poem: The Family

Words: mom, dad, we

Phonics:  ending sounds/final consonants 

Math:  Compare and Order Sets

The student, given no more than three sets, each set containing 10 or fewer concrete objects, will

1. a) compare and describe one set as having more, fewer, or the same number of objects as the other set(s); and
2. b) compare and order the sets from least to greatest and greatest to least. 

Vocabulary:more, fewer, same, compare, order, greatest, least, set

Science/Social Studies:  Weather 

K.9 The student will investigate and understand that there are simple repeating patterns in his/her daily life.

Upcoming Dates:

Nov. 14- Veteran’s Program- 8:00 for school, 6:00 for PTO

Nov. 18- half day, Steam Day

Nov. 20- Report Cards

Nov. 22- picture retake, makeups

Thanksgiving Break- Nov. 27-29

Please think about donating to the Hat, Glove, and Sock Drive next week!  Bring in new winter hats, gloves, or white tube socks (any size) and place them in the decorative box in the lobby all next week. Thank you!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Haskins

It is hard to believe that it is already November and we have finished our first quarter of kindergarten!  I have loved getting to know each child and have seen so much growth already! 

We started our week off with a Steam day. The students made a ghost house with snap cubes, built a fence for the 5 little pumpkins, made a pumpkin patch on the iPad, and made jack-o-lanterns for our door decoration!

We had a blast at our Book or Treat! Thank you for sending in candy and books for this fun event! Also we enjoyed the Big Blast on Tuesday.

We met our 3rd grade Book Buddies this week! Each child has partnered up with a 3rd grader from Ms. L’Heureux’s class. We will meet with our buddies once or twice a month to read with them and do various activities. Later in the year, my students will read to them!!

Next week’s agenda:

Language Arts: Questioning

Poem: 5 Little Speckled Frogs

Words: it, and

Phonics:  ending sounds/final consonants  

Being able to answer questions about the book read:Who…?What…?When…?Where…?How…?Which…?

Math:  Compare and Order Sets

The student, given no more than three sets, each set containing 10 or fewer concrete objects, will

1. a) compare and describe one set as having more, fewer, or the same number of objects as the other set(s); and
2. b) compare and order the sets from least to greatest and greatest to least. 

Science/Social Studies: Past/Present

The student will sequence events in the past and present and begin to recognize that things change over time.

Vocabulary

• past: something that has already happened  
• present: what is happening now 

Upcoming Dates: 

November 4-Paw Achievement-celebrating the end of the 1st 9 weeks with a movie and popcorn!

Nov. 4- Parent Teacher Conferences-2:30-8:00  Please be on time since we only have 15 minutes and bring your child!  The BOOK FAIR will be open in the library for you to shop for books for your child!

Nov. 5- NO SCHOOL-Election Day

Nov. 6- Spirit Night at Chipotle on Staples Mill Rd. 4-8

Nov. 18- half day of school-Steam Day

Nov. 20- Report Cards go home

Please remember to turn in your reading log for homework! A new one and a new game comes home on Monday. Keep reading and practicing Rainbow Words!

Have a beautiful fall weekend!

Mrs. Haskins

We have had a fabulous week of learning! We have been reading books about pumpkins and learning the pumpkin life cycle

Patterns are so much fun! We have made color, shape, and size patterns, as well as patterns with our bodies. Clap, Snap, Stomp! Ask your child to tell you a pattern.

Enjoy pictures of the pumpkin patch!

Next week’s agenda:

Language Arts: Retelling with Beginning, Middle, and End

Poem: 5 Little Acorns

Words: little, on

Letters:  Z, Q, U

Essential Questions: 

What’s happening at the beginning of the story?

What happened in the middle of the story?

What happened at the end of the story?

Math:  Patterns

The student will identify, describe, extend, create, and transfer repeating patterns.

Vocabulary: 

core, extend, create, transfer, repeating, pattern, next, compare

Science/Social Studies: Patriotism

The student will develop an understanding of how communities express patriotism through events and symbols by:
a)       recognizing the American flag;
b)       recognizing the Pledge of Allegiance; and
c)       knowing that the president is the leader of the United States. 

Essential Questions

• Which colors and shapes are used on the American flag?

• Recognize the words to the Pledge of Allegiance when spoken by an adult.
• What title is given to the top leader of government in the United States?

Vocabulary

• patriotism: feeling of respect for and love of country and state

Dates to remember:

Monday, Oct. 28- 1/2 day of school (11:00 dismissal) and STEAM DAY. Lunch is served. 

Tuesday, Oct. 29- Book or Treat 6-8pm: Your child is invited to wear their costume during Book or Treat!  Since you are spending the evening with us, go ahead and plan for dinner! You can pre-order a Papa John’s pizza and dine in our cafe or take it home after the event. Pizzas will be delivered to Trevvett.  Here is the link to order.

Monday, November 4th: Student Led Parent-Teacher Conference-2:30-7:45- Please sign up here!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0548aaab2ea2f58-november

Tuesday, November 7th: No school for students.

Reminders:

Please remember to practice Red Rainbow Words so that you can get your Orange words! This is part of homework. The game is to be practiced at home with family. Also return the reading log every 2 weeks! 

Volunteers needed! Please let me know if you are interested in helping our class 1 morning a week during reading stations from 8:30-9:30. You would be working with  small groups, playing games, practicing rainbow words, and listening to children read. Let me know if you are interested!    

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Haskins