Ms. Fowler's Blog: 2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Monday, December 12, 2011

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Skills---- Recall & Retell, Plot, Character

Plot

All stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Using the illustrations in the story, model how to identify what happens in the beginning of the story.

Character----the Grinch, Max, Cindy Lou Who, the Whos

The characters in a story are the animals or people in the story.

We can understand the characters better when we tell how they are alike and how they are different.

Recall and Retell

Using the pictures as prompts, invite children to retell the story.

Why did the Grinch hate Christmas?
What did he decide to do about the holiday?
What size was the Grinch’s heart at the beginning of the story?
Who is Max?
How did the Grinch try to stop Christmas?
Why did it not work?
How are some ways your family celebrates holidays?
How did the people of Whoville celebrate Christmas without trees, decorations, or presents?
What size was the Grinch's heart at the end of the story?
Why did it grow?

Vocabulary
Mt. Crimpit
Who-ville
misletoe wreath
Christmas Tree
Christmas Eve
frown
grin
glee
heart
grow
Saint Nick
reindeer

Snow Flake Vocabulary

Equal
Same
Even

Monday, December 5, 2011

See How We Grow

UNIT 3:

How do people, plants, and animals grow and change?

See How We Grow:

How do children change as they grow?

Phonics Skill (Letter Focus)
Dd/d/ and Kk/k/

Comprehension Skill
Cause and Effect
Vocabulary Words

twins

newborn

crawl

walk

children

babies

High Frequency Words

see

look

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Christmas Party

Dear Parents,

Our Christmas Party is scheduled for Thursday, December 15^th at 1:00p.m. We will exchange warm knit hats with each other, make ice cream cone Christmas trees and have a special snack. Please send in a wrapped knit hat with your child no later than Wednesday, 12/14 so that I may make sure every child will have a gift. Boys will bring a hat for a boy and girls will bring a hat for a girl. The price range should be under $8, please. Also, I am asking that each child be responsible for bringing in one item to contribute to our party. Please send in your item by Wednesday, 12/14, as well. Thank you so much for your help in making the party a fun event for all the children! Look for a letter with your precise item on Monday, Dec. 5th.
Happy Holidays and a Blessed New Year.

Christmas Party Supply List
Juice boxes/Capri Sun's
M&M's
Peppermints & Gumdrops
Large white frosting ( I will add green food coloring)
Small paper plates
Chips/Pretzels
Cookies
Grapes/Apple Slices

Polar Express Activity Day

Friday, December 9, 2011
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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Kindergarten Fifties Day! Travel with us to the 1950s

October 29, 2012.

Kindergarten Fifties Day! Travel with us to the 1950s:
It's the 50th day of school, we are going to learn about what life was like in the 1950 and practice counting to fifty all day. Kindergarten is so much fun. Boys and girls remember to dress-up in 50s outfits. Happy Days are here again.

My class enjoyed learning about life in the 1950s. We compared and contrasted what life was like in the 50s to what life is like today, in 2011. We studied pictures from the past, read children picture books, assembled Mr. & Mrs. Potato head, while listening to Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Beach Boys and many more. They even liked learning one of my Favorite songs, "Love Me Tender". Oh, the root beer floats were a total success. My students were coming back for seconds, but we ran out of time. Maybe we can finish the Ice-Cream today.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Alpha-Phonics, A Primer for Beginning Readers

ALPHA-PHONICS: A PRIMER FOR BEGINNING READERS

Anyone who already knows how to read can teach reading using Alpha-Phonics. It is easy to use and free of the professional jargon characteristic of so many reading instruction books.
Parents who wish to teach their children to read at home will find Alpha-Phonics particularly useful, as it does not have a classroom format which would need to be adapted for home-school use.
Alpha-Phonics requires almost no teacher preparation. The 128 lessons are self-explanatory. However, a teacher's manual is provided offering practical suggestions for each lesson.
Alpha-Phonics is printed in large, clear calligraphy suitable for beginning readers. The lesson pages were carefully designed to eliminate distraction and to focus the pupil's full attention on the work at hand.
Alpha-Phonics contains a section of pre-reading alphabet exercises to aid in letter recognition before beginning the reading program.
Alpha-Phonics produces significant results when used as little as ten minutes a day.
Alpha-Phonics uses a phonogram approach. One vowel is presented at a time and reading skills are developed by studying all the possible word families of that vowel before moving to the next vowel.
Alpha-Phonics provides extensive word lists and practice sentences to reinforce basic skills. As the pupil becomes more advanced, library books may be used for supplemental reading practice. While no separate readers are necessary, we do offer a set of readers which are closely coordinated to the material in the book itself.
The word lists and practice sentences in Alpha-Phonics can be used for spelling and handwriting practice, so separate spelling or handwriting programs are unnecessary. Suggestions are given for introducing cursive handwriting.


More Info	Come join us for a fun, festive night at the Providence School Fall Carnival in the Square at the Village of Providence. Carnival games, inflatables & concessions will be available.

More Info

Come join us for a fun, festive night at the Providence School Fall Carnival in the Square at the Village of Providence. Carnival games, inflatables & concessions will be available.