Mrs. Toppel's Kindergarten

Here is some info about our week:

Reading:

This week we are focusing on the letter g and the sight words he and she. Today in the morning class, we wrote a story full of things that start with g. We didn't get to finish our story in the afternoon, so I will post that later this week when it's finished.

Gabe and the Gorilla

By Mrs. Toppel’s AM Kindergarten Class

Gabe met a gorilla at the zoo. The gorilla liked to eat green gum. The gorilla and Gabe had a great time together going golfing and gargling grass. Then they met a giraffe named Gracie. Gabe, the gorilla, and Gracie giggled because they saw a giggling ghoul. Then a gator got grossed out because the gorilla was eating a garbage can. The grass got all gooey from the garbage, so Gabe took the gorilla, Gracie the giraffe, and the gator to do gymnastics at the gym.  Gabe and the gorilla played a guitar and ate green grapes and chewed gooey green gum.

The End

Math:

Today we worked on partners of 10 and both classes did great. They were able to recognize the pattern in our equations and work on their own to finish.  Tomorrow, we are going to work with number partners of 10 again, but this time the students will each get a cup of 10 counters that are red on one side and yellow on the other. Each time they shake the cup and spill out the counters, they will count how many are red and how many are yellow. They will then create a graph that shows how many times each set of number partners came up. Later in the week, the kids will use a picture of a garden to graph how many of each kind of vegetable they see and they will get to explore pattern blocks on Friday. Keep practicing teen numbers at home!

Science:

Since we are focusing on the letter g this week, we are going to plant grass seeds on Wednesday so each child can grow his/her own grass! We will be reading books about plants, gardens, and seeds this week and I know the kiddos will love planting their very own seeds! If anyone is available to come in and help Wednesday, please let me know! Planting will get a little messy, so it would be great to have some extra hands. 

We continued to watch the Bald Eagle in New Jersey today, but we didn't see any babies yet. The eggs look like they are starting to hatch, so we will keep checking in. Hopefully we will see some cool stuff.

School Stuff:

Some Boy (Cub?) Scouts visited our room last week to talk to us about the Can Drive. We will be collecting soda cans and plastic water bottles to raise money for the Caring Closet which is an organization the helps provide clothing for families in need. Each grade level will compete to collect cans and the grade that contributes the most will win a popcorn party. Of course we are excited by the idea of winning a popcorn party, but we are also excited to help a great organization that does good work for members of our community that need help. Please save all your cans for our can drive. You can drop them off/send them to school on either April 13th or April 27th. Cans will be collected at the following times on those dates:

7:45-8:20 am
2:15-3:00 pm
6:30-7:30 pm

 

 

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Yesterday I ran in the Race for the Roses half marathon ( my first 1/2 marathon ever!) and I finished in 2 hours and 3 minutes! It was fun, but I am definitely sore and tired from all that running. I wore my medal today to show the kids.