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Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful break! Here are some of the things we have going on this week:

Reading and Writing:

We are focusing on the letter U this week and the /ou/ sound. Our sight word is here. On Wednesday I am going to introduce the four block strategy for writing to help the kiddos get a sense of how to write several sentences on the same topic with details. As we progress towards the end of the year we will be focusing more on writing and writing in different ways.

Usually on Mondays the kiddos do a letter looking activity and highlight the letter of the week in a short poem. This week I decided to make it a little more interesting and both classes wrote their own stories starring lots of "u" words. We started by reading our letter u book and then each student brainstormed words that start with u and wrote them on a small whiteboard. Then as a whole group, we came up with a story that I typed on my laptop and projected on the big whiteboard. As I wrote, the kids helped me think of what to write next and made sure to include lots of words that start with u! After we were done writing, we reread the story and highlighted all the words that began with the letter u or had the letter u in them. I think we may have to create some illustrations with captions to go along with these great stories!

Unberto and the Unicorn

By: Mrs. Toppel’s AM Kindergarten

One day Unberto found a unicorn under an umbrella. The unicorn was wearing underwear, so Unberto gave him a uniform. The unicorn really likes the Ducks, so Unberto gave him a University of Oregon uniform. Unberto tried to ride the unicorn, but the unicorn said it was unacceptable and he got mad. The unicorn flew up, up, up into universe so he could barely see the United States anymore. Unberto was so upset, he cried, but then he realized the umbrella was magical. He turned the umbrella upside down and the umbrella started to fly. He flew up, up, up into the universe and found the unicorn. Unberto said he was sorry for trying to ride on the unicorn and the unicorn forgave him. Then they flew together under the stars.

The End

Up Goes the Unicorn

By: Mrs. Toppel’s PM Kindergarten

There was a unicorn and she found a mermaid under the water. Up the mermaid came and popped out of the water. She was cute. The unicorn was upset because the mermaid didn’t understand unicorn language because she only spoke mermaid language. The mermaid tied a balloon onto the unicorn and the unicorn went up, up, up into the universe.

The End

Math

We started Unit 4 of math today and we are focusing on a grocery store theme as we practice teen numbers, patterns, and other math concepts. Today we talked about the grocery store poster which I have displayed in the kitchen area and reviewed fruit and vegetable vocabulary. It was fun to hear the kids share what they know about grocery stores and they enjoyed sharing. Tomorrow we will practice telling math stories and using small fruit manipulatives to go along with the stories. The students will also write down math equations that go along with the math stories told by their partners. I don't have my camera at school as I write this, but I will take some photos to give you a better picture!