Thursday, October 20, 2011

Pumpkin Fun!


 We have had a blast the last two weeks!
It's been all about PUMPKINS!!!
Check out some of our projects!

We read Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeane Titherington.
Then, we retold the story and changed the ending.
Instead of the character, Jamie, picking the pumpkin...
we replaced his name with our name!
The pumpkin grew, and grew, and grew, until KEIRA picked it!
In science, we began our KWL chart on pumpkins.
What we know, what we want to know, and what we learned (KWL)

We will complete this on Friday--listing the
 things we learned about pumpkins.
Our scrapbook paper pumpkins are on display in our hallway.
Very cute!



Here is our circle map that describes pumpkins.
On Tuesday, we did a writing activity where we
found a picture in a magazine that we
 had some type of connection to.
Then, we cut the picture out and pasted it in our journals.
Our objective was to come up with a sentence
 that would describe what is
happening in our magazine picture.
After we wrote, we shared our writing with a friend.
Our class did an amazing job on our writing pieces.
Also, we created a picture of the
different parts of the pumpkin plant.
We labeled each part.
Here is Trystin with her plant part picture.
During pumpkin rotation on Monday,
we mixed pumpkin bread batter to bake.
Mrs. Shelby cooked the batter and we ate
pumpkin bread on Tuesday.
Jacob liked the pumpkin bread!
Paige enjoyed it too!
20 little thumbs up for pumpkin bread!!!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Red Ribbon Week

This week is RED Ribbon Week!


Drug Free is the Way to Be!!!

Dress for success each day:

Monday-Wear Red!
Tuesday- Put a cap on drugs--Wear a hat!
Wednesday- Team Up against drugs--Wear a jersey!
Thursday- Don't let unhealthy choices "sneak up" on you--Wear sneakers!
Friday-Spirit Day--Wear a Robertson t-shirt!


Saturday, October 15, 2011

Five Little Pumpkin


Listen to our Five Little Pumpkin poem!
We love sharing it!


October's Robertson Round-Up!

We had a great time yesterday at Robertson Round-Up!

Two of our friends, Cherlin and Faith, got to limbo during 
round-up in celebration of their October birthdays!

So fun!


Happy Birthday Girls!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Star of the Week Posters

Please make sure I have received your
child's Star of the Week poster! 

We will be starting it very soon! 
If you have not sent it in, please do so ASAP!!

Thanks!

Letter Sound Videos

Parents,

I have found a couple of wonderful letter/sound videos 
that may be helpful for reviewing sounds at home.

They can be viewed through YouTube.com

Click on the links below:



Sunday, October 9, 2011

A Few Extras!

Here are a few extra photos from this week!


We are working on main idea skills while we read and write.
This is a circle map of different items that belong with the main idea--"school."
The question mark stands for the unknown main idea.
The class had to come up the main idea for all of the pictures.

They did AWESOME!
Right on it!
School was our main idea!

Here is another wonderful writing piece from Our Apple Pie Tree project.

They were so excited to make applesauce on Friday!

We read the story, "A Little Red House.
The story was about a little boy who goes on a journey
looking for a little, red house with NO doors,
NO windows, and a STAR inside.
He travels to many places and visits with many people asking about this "house."
Then, he finds the little, red house....it is an apple!

We learned that an apple has a STAR on the inside!
SO COOL!!!

Apples, Apples All Around!

What an exciting week in Kindergarten!
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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Math and Science with APPLES!

During our apple unit, we have enjoyed doing some
fun lessons and activities!

Here are a few of our math 
and science apple activities:

Our math lessons have been centered around measurement.
Shorter and longer are two of our measurement words.

In relation to measurement, we listened to
the story, Rumpelstiltskin. 

Afterwards, we predicted how many letters
we thought were in his name.
We wrote down our predictions and
then counted to find out.
There are 14 letters in his name! WOW!

We have been comparing our names all week to
see who has the longest and shortest names in our classroom.


In science, we measured our apples using cubes.  

Check out Cherlin's apple. It is 3 cubes tall.

Hayden is measuring his apple.

During math, we played "Spin an Apple."
After we spun, we graphed which color apple we landed on.

We love building graphs!

Here is Connor measuring his apple during science.

We practiced writing our numbers from 1-20 during math too!

Here is my yellow table friends playing a math card game
and working on fall number puzzles.

Justin and Kellen are measuring their apples and
recording their findings in their apple report book.

We can't wait for tomorrow!
More photos to come!
It's going to be a blast!


Star of the Week Posters

Please send your child's Star of the Week
poster tomorrow!

If you have already sent it, disregard this post!

Thanks so much for all of your support!

Monday, October 3, 2011

Reminders

A few reminders:

* Wednesday, Oct. 5th- Picture Day
Please send your order forms 
and money on Wednesday.

* Monday, Oct. 10th- Parent Conferences
Please come for your assigned time.

* If your child has not brought an apple, please send one soon!

Have a great Tuesday!


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

So Far, So GOOD!!!

We have been super 
busy this week!


Making connections to a piece of literature
We have discussed what it means to be a good reader and find something in our stories that we can relate to. Our class is learning that a "connection" or "link" would be something that we hear or see in the story that reminds us of something that has happened in our lives. This week, we are learning all kinds of things about Johnny Appleseed. We decided to make a connection chart to show some of our thoughts about how we can relate to him.

Check out our chart:



Our class is really doing a great job of coming up with things that they can relate to in the story! We are going to continue to work on this concept as good readers. 

Writing
Also, we have been making different circle maps about different types of settings and events that we could use to enhance our writing. 

Here are a few of our setting circle maps:

Inside Settings

Outside Settings
***Parents--please begin writing with your child at home. They are really learning so much this year about being a good writer. Let them share some of their characters, settings, and events with you at home when they write! 

Math 

During our math lessons, we are exploring measurement. We are using a special tool in our classroom to measure by---10 unfix cubes connected together. It is our "ruler!" The kids are so excited to be learning measurement because we know that our parents and some adults use measurement in their everyday jobs!

Therefore, we are measuring all around our room. We started by measuring different objects to see if they were shorter or longer than our 10 cube tower. Then, we explored different items on our table to see if they were the same length as our tower. Here are some photos from our measuring exploration:





Saturday, September 24, 2011

Kindergarten is AWESOME!


Our week was AWESOME! 
Check out some of our NEW work stations!

Audrey is working in Write Around the Room.
We record words we see around the room.
This week, we wrote our
ABC's that were hidden on little ladybugs.

Keegan is reading an alphabet book
with a telephone in our Library Nook.

Austin is enjoying a book too!

Jonathan and Max are working
on sequence cards in ABC Center.

Kellen, Jacob, and Giovanni
are writing in Writing Center.

Hayden is working in Write the Room.

On Fun Friday, we played Alphabet Bingo!

Justin was one of our winners!

Cherlin was a winner too!

We had so much fun!

Aidan won as well! 

Monday, September 19, 2011

Scholastic Orders

Scholastic Orders
are due by Friday!

I will finalize our class orders this weekend!
Get your orders in online at Scholastic.com

Our activiation code is:
 H2QPJ

Order some great books
for your little one today!


Permission Slips and Money!

Kinder Parents,


Please get your Pumpkin Patch permission slips and money to me by Friday. If I do not have your child's permission slip before we go on the field trip, I will not be allowed to take them with me! It is a district policy that we must have a signed permission slip in order to take a student on a field trip. Please get those into me as soon as possible!


Also, if you have not paid for your child's field trip t-shirt (the RED one with an "S" on the back) please send in your money ASAP too!


Thank you for all of your cooperation! 

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Sight Word Baggies

Just a friendly reminder!!!

Kiddos need to bring their sight word baggies tomorrow!

Happy Monday!

Friday, September 16, 2011

College Week 2011

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Calling All Kinder Girls!

Have you ever wanted to be a Girl Scout-- friends, crafts, 
field trips, and helping others?  

Troop 4716 has an exciting year planned for you!  
  
We are currently seeking new members
 for the 2011-2012 year. 

For more information or questions, please contact: 
Jennifer Williams, Troop Leader

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Sight Words and Letters/Sounds

Parents:

Please make sure you are practicing
all of the LETTERS and SOUNDS of the
alphabet with your child DAILY!
It is so important for your child
know ALL of their letters and sound!

www.Starfall.com is a great resource to review
letters and to hear the correct sounds of each letter!
Check it out!

Also, our sight words need to be
reviewed daily!
These words will help them in
reading and writing!


Thank you for all of your cooperation!

Monday, September 12, 2011

SHOES!!!

 


Parents,

Please make sure you and your child are practicing "how to tie a shoe." I have many friends who need assistance with this each and every day. Please practice, so your child will be successful and independent at school with this task.

Thank you!

Watch D.O.G.S Dads!!!!

Calling all Dads!
On Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
We will be having our 2nd annual
WATCH D.O.G.S. kickoff meeting.  

WATCH D.O.G.S. is an innovative program being
used by schools across America which helps them
to be positively impacted by the committed
involvement of fathers and
father-figures in their student’s life. 
Our goal is to have you spend at least one day this
 year at the school to be a positive male role model
and to help promote a safe and positive school environment.

Dads, granddads, uncles, step-dads
and adult brothers. . . . this is your
chance to have a night out
alone with your Robertson student
 in a fun atmosphere at school!

Friday, September 9, 2011

Our Week--9/5-9/9

We had a great week!

Here is the scoop...

Language Arts:

Our poem this week: Orange
Sight words: Orange, a
Concept: Retelling a story
Some of our books: Caps for Sale, Little Blue and Little Yellow, Brown Bear, Brown Bear--just to name a few!

Some of our projects: We made caps of red, brown, gray, and blue to help us retell the story, Caps for Sale. We learned that yellow and blue mixed together make green.  The story of Little Blue and Little Yellow taught us that! Lastly, we made a color chain to represent each animal in Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear story.

We begin writing in our journals and learning about characters, settings, and events. 

Some of our centers included: Writing Center, Library Nook, Name Nook, and Computers.

I hope you got a chance to listen to your child retell you a story they enjoyed from this week! Very fun!

Math:

In Math, we reviewed counting and creating sets or collections. Also, we started talking about sorting. We sorted ourselves by hair color, outfits and clothes, and by boy/girl. We created different representations of the number 6 and placed it in our counting jar. (Pictures to come)

Our Math Workshop time included exploring counting and sorting games. In addition, we started workshop stations around the room. 

Science:

On Tuesday, we read and began discussing our 5 senses and how we use each sense. We learned that sometimes we are using more than one sense at a time.

On Thursday, we did a taste testing experiment with different items like:
M&M  for our sweet tooth!
Pretzels for a salty snack!
Sour Patch Kids for something sour!

It was YUMMY!

Today, our class explored the sense of hearing. We joined Ms. K's class to experiment with different sounds. Check your child's red folder to find out our predictions and the outcomes recorded on their recording sheet.

Lastly, on Wednesday, we did go to the library to check out books! It was so exciting to find a book and check it out! Enjoy reading those at home! Just make sure you bring it back by this next Wednesday!

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College Week!!! 9/12-9/16

Join us in the fun!!!

MONDAY – Listen to College Spirit Songs as we start our day.
Each morning we will play a school song
from a different College Band.
Discuss with your Teacher where they went to College and
 ask them about their Teacher College Fact Sheet!

TUESDAY – Go future Lone Star Rangers! (wear navy or silver to support your future high school)

WEDNESDAY – Team up for college! Wear your favorite College Tee-Shirt or colors.

THURSDAY – Look to your bright future! (wear sunglasses)

FRIDAY- Wear your school spirit shirts to show how bright your future is!!


Mrs. Shelby will be supporting her UT-Tyler Patriots
 and our Texas Longhorns all week!

This is me, with my parents, after my college graduation!



Saturday, September 3, 2011

A Few More Photos

Here are a few more photos from this week!

Since we are discussing Weather Patterns in Science,
we went outside to check out our weather one day! 
It is definitely a SUNNY day!

On Friday during Calendar, we grouped 10 sticks together for our
place value chart. We are counting towards the 100th Day of School!
"Zero the Hero" visited our classroom, while we were at Specials,
and left us a snack that looks like a zero! YUMMY!

Our Week--Color Me Happy!

We have had another wonderful week in Kindergarten!
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Dot Stickers

Parents,

I need some help!
If you ever run across some of the circle,
dot stickers used for color coding in the colors:
Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow...I need some for our guided reading folders.

I have looked everywhere and can't seem to find them in those specific colors!

I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!

P.S. I have the "bright" colored ones from Wal-mart already that I used for coding.