Hoppin' Into Junior Kindergarten!

Hi JK Parents and Friends!

The last week of January 2021!  Wow.  We learned about Winter and finished our conversation, "What I Would do as President".  

Show N Tell was at record speed with our early dismissal Fridays!  I love how excited they get to share their favorites with their friends!  Much more meaningful in person than on Zoom!  

We read Rotten Ralph and The Rotten Valentine.  The Rotten Ralph books are always favorites as it's fun to read about someone being naughty!  Rotten Ralph put bugs in chocolates and gave them to people for Valentine's Day.  His owner loves him very much regardless of his rotten behavior.  He's really sweet once he stops acting rotten.  :). 

 

Little frosting mustache!  We loved your cupcakes, Zamir!  :). 

Literacy:

We practiced (all) letter formation on white boards as well as concentrating on the letter "Nn".  We made a list of "Nn" words, as well as words and names that have/end with "Nn".  Isolating letter sounds helps with their ability to decode even the most difficult words.  

Fine Motor:

We finished our "Snowmen at Night" paintings and writing prompt.  What wonderful imaginations they have!  We talked about words that describe things and listed options for writing to add more color to stories by asking who, what, where why and when.  We read and hunted for sight words, and vowel sounds, using "flippy dolphin" to use a different sound if the first didn't sound right.  We are working on digraphs and blends as we read through our RAZ kids books.  

We made February calendars and learned to cut symmetrical hearts.  We talked about our Valentine's Day Party which will be February 11, 2021-more to come regarding a sign up sheet and bringing in a white box to decorate for our Valentine's Mailboxes!  FYI:  There is no school February 12th for Teacher Professional Development Day.  There is also no school that Monday, February 15th in honor of President's Day!  

Math & Science:

French class was fun with Shape Bingo!  The children identified shapes and colors as they each practiced telling the class which color shape they had on their Bingo card-in French of course!  Their accents are amazing.  

We talked about snow and snowflakes and how frozen water and dust makes snowflakes.  Water can be frozen to become a solid or thaw to become a liquid again.  

SNOW DAYS are so fun!  I'm so happy we all were able to slide and play and build in the snow on Tuesday.  Our hill at the park is perfect for sledding.  We will try out our new sleds this week!  

We took a short walk to visit a Roycemore Alum, Mrs. Eisner, along with Adrianne Finley-Odell.  We sang "Happy Birthday" in celebration of Mrs. Eisner's 96th Birthday!  She was singing the Roycemore Song when she came (almost outside) to see us!  It was a beautiful, emotional visit and we were so happy to brighten her day.  

We are finalizing our plans for summer camp at Roycemore.  I will be teaching three camps total for Inspiration Factory:  Water Works (afternoons) and Author Study/Mo Willems-Elephant and Piggy (mornings).  Those camps will run the first two weeks school is out, with an option to stay for lunch and recess in between sessions.  The third week school is out I will be teaching a morning session camp (8:30-11:30 am) Little Chefs and Manners.  More to come on these but please be sure to sign up once those are made available to you.  They fill quickly and are an amazing way to kick start the summer!  The kids love them and it's so great to see their friends and meet new friends.  It's a great mix of fun in the sun and running through sprinklers as well as interesting learning time with hands on in the classroom and outside activities.  Along with Inspiration Factory Camps, Camp Griffin is available all summer, beginning the second week school is out.  Please do not hesitate to ask me any questions about camp!  It seems far away but always sneaks up on us.  

Have a lovely Sunday!

Ms. Massey