Celebrating the new year with a movement break!
I enjoyed hearing about all the wonderful adventures the children shared
regarding their winter break!
Morning Meeting: Activity: Singing A Brand New Year.
The children are enjoying having a turn to share the marker to fill in the new year!
Read Aloud
We had some nice discussions about resolutions.
Writing
Two less, two more.
Say the word out loud, write the sounds you hear.
fancy your 2026 with color
The children are being encouraged to write their last names
for this second half of the school year.
Each child has a writing piece in the hallway. We enjoy reading them!
Scholastic News
Polar animals and their habitats.
We followed the journey of an emperor penguin that wound up in Australia.
Each of the children had a turn to play this ending sound game.
labeling practice
Math
Math
Double ten frame color by number (numbers 13-20)
A Quiet Time Choice: Happy New Year Color By Number.
Practicing writing the new year.
Story acting: Whole group: Little Red Riding Hood.
K Goal: I can retell a story by acting out key details.
Centers
Dramatization
Doing it on their own during centers.
Centers
Discovery board teamwork.
Recess fun!
Building with ice chunks.
Stations
Practicing recent red words (high frequency words).
Kindergarten Goal: to be able to read and write 45 plus red words.
Stations
Practicing beginning letter sounds
He was very willing to try to follow the steps to How to Draw a Wolf one by one modeling for the group.
Wow! Well done!
Handwriting this week: lowercase l and t
Centers
Writing and Drawing: a wolf
K for ME Read Aloud
We have begun a study of wolves. This story is a Chinese version of
Little Red Riding Hood.
The children m ay go to Dramatization to ask this story out.
Focus Vocabulary
Phonics
Reviewing letters and sounds taught.
Kindergarten Goals:
Quickly provide all letter names.
Quickly provide all consent and vowel sounds.
Stations
Word work this week: come and some.
Stations
Listening for first letter sounds, finding that letter as quickly as possible and stamping.
Reading group work: Word Search
Read the word and find the picture, circle, mark it completed.
Centers
Listening Center
Listening to Squirrel's New Year's Resolution on CD.
Morning Meeting: Share
Math
addition practice
Phonics
The children are reading short stories during our literacy block.
Due to the four day week (Snow Day #2) , the myHeggerty weekly update will come home on Monday after the children complete day five..
It would be great if you could listen to your child read the story one more time to you when the weekly update comes home in your child's Home/school folder. Thank you for your support!
Drawing and writing what she would like to see at a zoo.
Saying the word (penguin) and writing the sounds she hears.
The children work independently in their workbooks while others are reading with Mrs. Cornell.
Reading a decodable with Mr.s Cornell in reading group.
Reading a text at each child's own independent level is part of reading group.
The books are then put in their reading bin for independent practice later.
Stations
Independent word work while reading groups are occurring.
Word Search with the latest red words.
Word searches are great for securing these high frequency words that
we wish the children to be able to read and write independently.
Centers
Art Table
Waddle into a New Year tare art penguin.
Centers
Art Easel
Cray Pas wolf
fox
We love his enthusiasm about studying wolves!
He came dressed for the study! ♥️
Standing in our drama center: the woodlands.
Please help by sending a dry pair of shoes to put on,
so the boots can be taken off and kept in their locker, thank you!
Shorter (lower profile) water bottles are preferred. The big tall ones are difficult for the children to manage. The children can fill the shorter ones at our filtration station as many times as needed in the day. Thank you for your support.
Next Week:
Monday: Library- If ready to exchange, please return the book in the library bag.
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