Friday, December 22, 2023

Happy Holidays!

 

Dear Families,
Thank you for sharing your most precious gifts with us! 
We ADORE your children and look forward to our time together in the New Year! 
We greatly appreciate your generosity and warm Holiday wishes.
Many thanks
xoxo💗 Mrs. Neuville and Mrs. Rocky
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Thursday, December 21, 2023

Weekly Newsletter- December 18-22

 


December 21, 2023

Dear Families,

 What a busy week we have had!  

ELA  SKILLS
This week we reviewed all of our past sounds and all of our tricky words.  Please practice ALL tricky words each night!  These words are: one, two, three, the, a, blue, yellow, and look. We played the game "Tricky Teacher, Smarty Student" Mrs. Neuville would say a sound, and the students had to write the correct picture of the sound.  Students would get a point if everyone wrote the right picture, and the teachers would get a point if the drawings were wrong or if they went backward.  Then, Mrs. Neuville made it trickier!  She would say a CVC word (consonant, vowel, consonant) and students would have to write the whole word!  Ask your kindergartner to write words like "cat, set, mop, sip, yes"  They can do it!

We also got our own Ox and Man book!  Each day, we get to illustrate a page in our book.  The illustrations need to match the words.  Our books are looking great!

Our poem this week was Reindeer Snack.  Ask your kindergartner all about it!  Today, we made some reindeer snack to help Santa's reindeer on their trip to our homes.  We added the special sprinkles that our elf, Jingles, brought us to some oats.  We each had a chance to do three big shakes into the big bowl.  All of us have the special reindeer snack to bring home.  





ELA  KNOWLEDGE
We started our new unit all about Native Americans! We learned all about the Lakota Sioux tribe.  We found out that this tribe lived in the Great Plains and would travel from place to place to hunt for buffalo.  The Lakota Sioux tribe felt that the buffalo was sacred and would use all parts of the buffalo.  Clothing, shelter, toys, food, and tools were all made from the buffalo.  In the next few lessons, we are going to be learning about the Wampanoag and the Lenape.  

Check out our learning so far!  We are comparing students today to the different tribes.  So far we have filled in the Lakota Sioux tribe information.  Ask your kindergartner about it!







MATH
We played a fun game in math this week. It is called Beat You to Twenty.  It is like our game Beat You to Five and Beat You to Ten.  We need to roll a number die and add that many cubes to our game board.  Once one team gets to 20, they win!  It is a fun way to practice our addition.  You can play this game at home!  Please visit https://student-activities.mathlearningcenter.org/?8b73f6e0 

SOCIAL STUDIES
We are continuing to learn about where we live.  We started so big that we live on Earth, the North America continent, the country of the United States, the state of Wisconsin, and go to school in Cedarburg!  Wow!  Students were loving finding these places on globes and on maps.
* Tomorrow is Festive Friday!  Your child can wear tropical outfits OR they can dress like their favorite character from the Grinch movie.  

*Please send your child's LABELED snow clothes in a separate bag. We do not want to put wet snow pants/mittens in their backpacks.

* ALL students go outside for winter recess- please ensure your child has proper winter attire.

*Extra mittens and socks are always a good idea on those wet, snowy days!

* Please return the paper bags from the art projects to school.  We would love to fill them back up again at the end of January!

*TOMORROW is our last day of school before Winter Break!  We will be watching the Grinch movie.  We are so excited!

Have a wonderful break!  We will see you in 2024!
💚💛 Mrs. Neuville and Mrs. Rocky
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Thursday, December 14, 2023

From the Thorson Office

 

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Our Weekly Newsletter December 11th - December 15th

December 14th, 2023

Dear Families,

     It's GINGERBREAD WEEK!! We are so excited to make our very own Gingerbread Houses tomorrow!! Many thanks to ALL of the families for the supplies and helping hands!! 

ELA  SKILLS
This week we were introduced to the sound of /k/.   We listened for this sound in words, we blended this sound to make new words and we segmented words that contained this sound.  We also learned the correct way to draw a picture of the /k/ sound.  Be sure to ask your child to blend and read some words like Ken, Kim, kid, kin, kip, and kit.  We also read a new Big Book.  It is called Ox and Man.  We are excited to have a chance to read this book on our own!  This week our new tricky word was - look.  Be sure to practice ALL of our tricky words each night - one, two, three, the, a, blue, yellow, and look.
This was our game review this week! Be sure to ask us to read the words and tell you where cookie and friends were hiding!!

ELA  KNOWLEDGE
We LOVED learning all about the farm! It was so fun listening and learning from Farmer MacDonald!  We were exposed to so many new academic vocabulary words this unit.  Be sure to ask us the meaning of these words: pasture, harvest, crops, grazing, pen, flock, spoil, shelter, tools, grains, produce, ripe, collects, and valuable!! We loved decorating our room to look like a farm, too.  To end our Farm Unit, we had a visit from Lulu the chicken, 2 very special Veterinarians and we made our own butter - YUM!!  Our new Unit is going to be all about Native Americans! We are so excited to learn all about Native Americans and to compare and contrast the different tribes.





MATH
We played a fun game in math this week. It is called Read My Mind - and you can play it at home too.  Mrs. Rocky picked a number and only told it to Miss Sidney. Then, we all wrote our numbers from 0-10 or 0-20 on our dry-erase boards.  We took turns guessing the secret number.  Mrs. Rocky would tell us if the secret number was greater or less than the number we guessed - we would then cross out the numbers on our board. We loved playing Read My Mind! Play this fun game with us at home!

SOCIAL STUDIES
We continue to learn about our school and community.  This week we focused on our neighborhoods.  We learned that there are many important places in our neighborhood - like post offices, police stations, fire departments, libraries, grocery stores, schools, doctor offices, and more! 

* Tomorrow is Festive Friday!  Your child can wear their favorite Ugly Christmas Sweater!

*Please send your child's LABELED snow clothes in a separate bag. We do not want to put wet snow pants/mittens in their backpacks.

* ALL students go outside for winter recess- please ensure your child has proper winter attire.

*Extra mittens and socks are always a good idea on those wet, snowy days!

*Thank you for ALL of the Gingerbread House supplies - we are looking forward to our decorating day- tomorrow,  Friday, December 15th at 2:50.  If you will be coming in to help, please remember to check in at the office.

*Our last day of school before Winter Break is Friday, Dec. 22nd. We will be celebrating with our GRINCH Day! Be sure to sign the permission slip!

Have a wonderful weekend!
💚💛 Mrs. Neuville and Mrs. Rocky

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Weekly Newsletter- December 4-8th

 



Dear Families,
Can you believe that it is already December?! We have been continuing to work hard in kindergarten!

ELA 

This week we were introduced to the sounds of /w/ /j/ /y/ and /w/.  We listened for these sounds in words, we blended these sounds to make new words and we segmented words that contained these sounds.  We also learned the correct way to draw a picture of these sounds. Be sure to ask your child to blend and read some words like mix, wet, jet, and yap. We also practiced reading phrases and illustrating them, too. We introduced to a new tricky word - yellow. 

Our poem this week is Winter's Here.  It is such a good one that helps us know about the animals that hibernate during wintertime.  Ask your kindergartner to sing it to you!


This week in Knowledge, we continued our learning about the farm.  We listened to the story about The Little Red Hen.  We were able to sequence the main events of the story.  Ask your kindergartner all about it!  This week, we also learned how our farm food gets to the grocery store.  We talked about all the different jobs that were needed to get our food.  Many of us wanted to be the truck driver that brings the food to the grocery store because it would be fun to drive!


Math
We played a fun game in math this week. It is called Fives Up!  Number cards and ten frame cards are placed in a pile.  Students take turns turning the cards over.  Once two cards that add up to five are turned over, that person can take them!  It is a lot of fun!  It is also a fun way to practice knowing all our combinations to make five. 

Social Studies
We continue to learn about our school and community.  We started to look at maps and being able to find things on maps!


* Tomorrow is an early release day!  Please be sure to contact your child's teacher if there is a change in going home plans.

* Tomorrow is Festive Friday!  Your child can wear their favorite flannel shirt!

*Please send your child's LABELED snow clothes in a separate bag. We do not want to put wet snow pants/mittens in their backpacks.

* ALL students go outside for winter recess- please ensure your child has proper snow attire.

*Extra mittens and socks are always a good idea on those wet, snowy days!

*Thank you for ALL of the Gingerbread House supplies - we are looking forward to our decorating day on Friday, December 15th at 2:50.  If you will be coming in to help, please remember to check in at the office - you will need to have your driver's license and go through the Raptor screening.

*Our last day of school before Winter Break is Friday, Dec. 22nd. We will be celebrating with our GRINCH Day! Be sure to sign the permission slip!

Have a wonderful weekend!
💚💛 Mrs. Neuville and Mrs. Rocky
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