Happy Wednesday!!

Hooray!!  What a fun day we had today!  It was jam packed full of:

1. First starting out with cutting and coloring our selves to go under our Chicka Chicka trees 
2. Then we practicing writing our name
3. Calendar time
4. Interviewing our Happy Campers of the Day (Lucas-AM, Collin- PM) to find out some of their favorite things!  :)
5. Painting our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom trees
6. Math with lots of counting and even counting with beans
7. Then we had circle time where everyone said what their favorite thing they did this last week, all while working very hard at listening to everyone.

Here is a sample of the trees they made today!  I have to say I was VERY impressed with how well everyone did with the paint!  Some students didn't even have any paint on their hands and EVERYONE did a fantastic job during cleanup!  WOW!

Please work hard at selling that cookie dough!

Don't forget, all our specialist are on Friday, so wear those tennis shoes on Friday!

Happy Tuesday!!

Wow!  What a beautiful, sunny Tuesday!  We had such a wonderful day that started with solving some challenging puzzles.  After puzzles, we had calendar time and our Happy Camper Interviews!  During our interview we learned some of our H.C. favorites.  Today's Happy Campers were Maxwell (AM) and Ashlyn (PM).  These students helped me with our calendar time and songs, which is pretty fun!  Everyone will get to be a Happy Camper of the Day, it will just take some time to get to everyone (20 days = 20 students)!  

After Calendar, we took a closer look at our story Animals in the Park, An ABC Book.  These animals all are doing something, some of those things we learned are realistic and some are not realistic, so we call stories that include things that are not realistic Fictional stories.  Then we learned about the the letter Bb.  After reading, we went outside for a quick brain break to enjoy the sunshine and have recess.  

Math was super cool today because we had a fun activity that involved socks, some are the EXACT SAME and some are SIMILAR.  Some were very tricky to find the differences, but we did it!  We also practiced how to rotate today for Reading Groups when we start reading group rotations.  Each student got a sticker at every table.  We practiced where to go, where to look, what signals to listen for and appropriate behavior throughout.      

Please put your child in an outfit tomorrow that you don't mind if it gets a little bit of paint on it.  Of course, we will try our very best not to, but we are painting! :)

Love,
Mrs. Wittwer

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!

We had such a wonderful day today! We began our special "Happy Camper" person of the day. The student (AM: Finley, PM: Dylan) helped me lead and identify our Calendar routine. Everyone practiced writing the "Happy Camper's" name and the "Happy Camper" should have the name book in backpack to keep at home. 

We also began our Reading and Math curriculum today! We read "Animals in the Park: An ABC Book" and identified the title, author, and illustrator of many books. We practiced counting beans on a new "hand math mat" and introduced new math vocabulary: Exactly the same or similar!  We also read a favorite book of mine, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! 

 Today was the first day the homework folder came home.  There is a picture of a blue sock in the homework folder on the left side (the stay at home side) and there is a handwriting page on the right side (the return to school side).  The handwriting page is due back on Friday in the homework folder.  **On the handwriting page please help your kindergartener practice writing the letters the way they are "dotted" with a finger space in between each time they write their name.  We are emphasizing that the tall letters touch the top line, the small letters only touch the dotted middle line and all the letters sit on the bottom line.  Thank you for your help with this at home!** 

It was a big day! :) Be looking for the Cookie Fundraiser packet (PM should have received it on Friday, AM will bring it home Tuesday)

Please come to the PTO Meeting TONIGHT at 6:30 in the Library for the PTO meeting and a presentation on what Kindergarten has been up to so far this year!  Hope to see you there!

Love, 

Mrs. Wittwer

First Fun Friday!

The students went to P.E., music, and library for the first time. They came back very excited about all the activities and things they were able to do! You've probably already seen them, but we made "Hooray for Kindergarten" sun visors, too! The kiddos took the job of decorating their sun visors very seriously! 

Important Information:

1. AM students will now be lining up outside by the main office doors. A staff member will wait for all students to arrive and then escort them inside and to their classrooms.

2. AM Please fill out/correct the white demographics paper that was sent home yesterday. Return it to school on Monday with your child.  PM: this will be sent home on Monday!

3. I will start sending home your child's Homework/Important paper Folder on Monday. Please check their backpack everyday after school and return their folder in their backpacks on Friday!  Homework will not start this week, this is just to get into the habit of using the Homework Folder as a means of transporting important papers to and from school. 

4) Our first PTO meeting is this Monday, the 8th at 6:30 in the library!  Please come and learn all about Prairie View's PTO, ways to be involved, and to see your Kindergarten Team present "A Day in the Life of  Kindergartener" featuring your child's first week of Kindergarten!  Come to get a glimpse into your child's day.

Look What I Can Do!

 Today was filled with activities! The students worked very hard on different tasks and activities; showing me what they can do! I was beyond impressed with their work ethic and willingness to try!  We ended our day with free choice. We saw students sharing, building, problem solving, and laughing. 

Remember, tomorrow the students get to go see all their specialists! Check the top of the blog to see your child's P.E., Music, and Library times. Also, please help your child to remember that they need tennis shoes for P.E.! 

Also, if you haven't yet sent in your child's school supplies, important paperwork or your child's first day question (on white paper), please do that ASAP! Thanks for all your support! 

I feel so blessed to have your child in my class!

Sorry for the delay in posting tonight, I had major tech issues and my wonderful husband just fixed them!  :)

Second Day of School was Rockin!

We had quite an action packed day! 

After doing the pledge and working on some puzzles, we went over to the calendar area. We read our morning/afternoon message together and worked on patterns, calendar, counting, and graphing the weather. At the reading rug, we read "Pete the Cat - Rockin' In My School Shoes." 

You'll never believe it, but Pete actually left us clues; leading us all around the school. We didn't ever find him, but did we cry? Goodness NO! We read all about how he had to go back to his school and colored the special picture he left us. After we finished the page, we practiced lining up in ABC order.  Tomorrow we will practice a fire drill with our ABC order.  Finally, we read the I Am Special poem and got our very first Free Choice Time. 

Camp Kindergarten is off to a great start! Looking forward to tomorrow! 

Important Notes:

1. Please turn in all PV paperwork!

2. Please return your child's "First Day of Kindergarten" page ASAP and first day yellow school bus, if you haven't already!

3. Please complete and return the blue "parent questionnaire" ASAP!

Thank you parents for a great first 2 days of school!

Love, 

~Mrs. Wittwer 

The First Day!!

Wow!  Today was such a great first day!  I am so proud of every single student today!  They did such a great job following directions and participating.  Today our morning started at the calendar, where we played name games and started learning how we do calendar time.  After learning our recess rules, we actually got to play on the play on playground.  Students had a great time swinging, playing on the monkey bars, teeter totter and on the big toy.  After recess, we learned our class rules and read all about Boris Bear (who always forgets his manners).  Your child loved the story and even got to make their own Boris Bear picture (it is in their backpack)!  Finally, we drew our first self portrait, working hard to try to match our drawing to what we were actually wearing.

Important notes:
1) If your child has not brought in their bus picture, please send in that tomorrow.
2) Please ask your child about their first day and fill out the white paper to return to me tomorrow.
3) Please fill out and return the first day of school packet to me in the brown envelope.
4) Please turn in any school supplies that have not been turned in yet.
5) If you have not told me your child's bus number or their mode of transportation has changed or if they have a special schedule, please email me to update me!

Thanks a bunch parents!  We had such a good day, I can't wait for tomorrow!

~Love,
Mrs. Wittwer