Sep 24-Sep 27

Hello Parents,

We had a lot of fun stuff happen in our room this week!  This week we were talking about apples.  We started off the week by coloring apples, cutting them out, and then putting them in size order (small, middle, big).  We also cut out apple cores, picked a leaf with a magic number and stamped that number of seeds in our apples.  These are proudly displayed in our hallway.

For letter of the week we had the letter Ii.  We read the Iguana on Ice to emphasize the Ii sound.  We colored an igloo for our alphabet book, painted with ice on our letter Ii, and for our  hand print book we made icecream cones.

For the sound this week, we also made this Ii say the short Ii sound (as in: IGLOO) and the long (as in: Ice)

Important Notes:

• Please remember to send your child dressed for the weather. It has been getting colder and we just want to make sure everyone is dressed for outdoor play. We go out as long as it is above zero.  
• Snack this week: AM-Wheaton Family  PM-Schultz Family
• Keep sending in those family photos!
• NEXT Book Order due Nov 28

Next Week:
Theme: Apples (again)
Letter of the Week: Cc

Sep 17-Sep 20

Hello Parents!

We had so much fun this week doing Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Chicka Chicka 1,2,3.  We read both books, watched both videos and did projects about Chicka Chicka!

One project we stamped four letters and worked on naming the letter's names.  We also practiced writing our name.  These are hanging in our hallway!

Another project we cut apart our name, ripped paper into a tree and had our name letters climb up.  We practiced writing our name again, counting, and even writing a number.

For letter of the week we had the letter Tt.  We read the Tilly the Turtle Goes to Tea to emphasize the Tt sound.  We colored a tooth brush for our alphabet book, "tore, tiny, tiles" for a Tt for our book and made a hand print Turtle.

Ask your child to show you the sign for what the T "says."

We have been using these The Literacy Link: A Multisensory Approach to Sound-Symbol Connections and it seems to truly be helping some kids learn the sound for the letter.  






Important Notes:

• Picture Day Sep 27
• Book Order due Sep 28
• Snack this week: AM-Yenter Family (mom) PM-BrunnFamily
• Keep sending in those family photos!

Next Week:
Theme: Apples
Letter of the Week: Ii

The Hortonville School Nurse will visit bi-weekly to check on our room and to help educate the children in health related concepts.  Her first visit will be THIS Tuesday.  She will be discussing her role as a nurse and allowing the students to get to know her.  She will be in for both AM and PM classes.

--Mrs. Gloudemans

Welcome! Sep 10-Sep 13

Hello Parents,

I realized that I would like more routine communication on top of the website.  I have created this blog post to do that.  I will write weekly newsletters on here as well as any extra updates.

This week we started our Letter of the Week.  This week's letter was Ll.  We practiced saying, hearing it, writing it, and making and coloring pictures of words with it.  We even "read" a chant by looking at the pictures of all the Ll words.  These came home.   Feel free to use them as you wish.  We just thought it was fun to say all the l words in it.  It is funny, too!  These same activities will be repeated for each letter.  We enjoyed all the activities and are excited to learn more letters!

Our theme was the 5 senses.  We discussed what the 5 senses were and then used them in an activity.  The students used their senses to look in a kaleidoscope, smell an apple candle, taste a craisin, feel a cotton ball, and listen to relaxation music playing in the background.  Some of the answers were pretty cute!  We also used those senses in our room and put those words up.  The children's words are decorating our room!

While doing the above mentioned activities, we worked on fine motor skills with writing, cutting, coloring, and gluing.   Students are starting to pick up on sounds they hear and the letter they are associated with.  They are also learning the classroom procedures, time management, respect for their friends, problem solving skills, and new found independence and responsibility. 

I am so proud of everyone's progress they have already made and I am very excited for all that is to come!

If you would like the first day of 4k photo frame, send me an email through the website or to my school email or just put a note in your child's folder and I will get you a digital copy.  

Important Notes:

• Picture Day Sep 27
• Book Order due Sep 28
• Snack this week: AM-Frenkel Family PM-Court Family
• Keep sending in those family photos!

Next Week:
Theme: Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom (letters)
Letter of the Week: Tt

--Mrs. Gloudemans