Monday, September 29, 2014

September 29th – October 2nd
Monday, September 29th
1.   Using the sight words sent home last week; please review these words with your child.
2.  Tomorrow (Tuesday) is a PE day, please dress accordingly.
3.  Please have your child wear blue tomorrow (Tuesday) for autism awareness.
Tuesday, September 30th
1.   Please, practice counting to 100 with your child.
Wednesday, October 1st
1.  Tomorrow (Thursday) is PE day, please dress accordingly.
2.  Using the blue numbers, please have your put the numbers in order.
Thursday, October 2nd

1.  Your child brought home a baggie with books inside.  Please have your child read these books to you, pointing to all words.  Record this in the yellow reading log.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Reflection Friday, September 26th

I don't know how you feel out there, but I feel like Kindergarten weeks are FLYING by! We accomplished so much this week I can't even begin to tell you....so take a look below! 
















Friday, September 19, 2014

Reflection Friday September 19th

Wow, what a week!  Lots of new stuff happening in Kindergarten.  We logged into classroom computers for the first time, started an interactive alphabet notebook and made sentences with our word wall words, I, like & to.  Check out the pictures to peek into our world.









Monday, September 15, 2014

September 15th-19th

Upcoming Dates to Remember:
 
Tuesday, September 23rd:  2 hour early dismissal
 
Upcoming Dates to Ask Your Child About:
 
Friday, September 19th:  special guest musician, Mick Souter


 
Tuesday, September 23rd:  summer reading presentation about Native Americans
 
Friday, September 26th:  visit from Miss West Vriginia
 
Homework for this week:
 


 




Miss Murphy’s Kindergarten Homework Sheet
September 15th-19th
Monday, September 15th:
1.   I’ve updated our Kindergarten blog! HOPEFULLY there will be two posts a week one on Monday and one on Friday.  Monday’s post will be what’s upcoming and the homework sheet and Friday’s post will be a reflection of our week including pictures.  Please check it out!  You can find it at http://murphyskindergarten.blogspot.com or by going to the Simpson homepage, clicking on Kindergarten, then clicking on Ms. Murphy. 
2.   Tomorrow is our PE day, please dress accordingly.
Tuesday, September 16th:
1.   Using the orange letters, have your child match the uppercase to lowercase letter.
Wednesday, September 17th:
1.   Our second PE day is tomorrow (Thursday), please dress accordingly.
2.   Using the sound chart, have your child identify the sound each letter makes.
Thursday, September 18th:
1.   Your child brought home a baggie with books inside.  Please have your child read these books to you, pointing to all the words.  Record this in the yellow reading log.
 


Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Week of September 8th-12th



Miss Murphy’s Kindergarten Homework Sheet
September 8th-12th
Monday, September 8th:
1.   Using the blue numbers that were sent home today, have your child practice putting them in order.  Please keep these at home for future homework.
2.   Tomorrow is our PE day, please dress accordingly.
Tuesday, September 9th:
1.   Using the orange letters, have your child randomly name all uppercase and lowercase letters.
2.   Tomorrow is Picture Day!!
Wednesday, September 10th:
1.   Our second PE day is tomorrow (Thursday), please dress accordingly.
2.   Using the sound chart, have your child identify the sound each letter makes.
Thursday, September 11th:
1.   Your child brought home a baggie with books inside.  Please have your child read these books to you, pointing to all the words.  Record this in the yellow reading log.
2.   Turn in all fundraiser monies by Monday, September 15th.
 

Off To A Great Start!

Kindergarten started so quickly this year I'm still processing all we've been through in 3 short weeks!  Our classroom is coming together as a community and with kinder kiddos, that's sometimes hard for them to understand how to do.  With the help of The Responsive Classroom techniques, we're building our classroom from the ground up, everyday.  Not only are we learning letter names, sounds, numbers and words, we are learning how to solve problems, how to talk to our friends and get along.  Here's what our class came up with when it came to our classroom rules:




One of the important jobs of the first few weeks of school is for the children to make classroom rules together.  TO make the rules, the children had to first think about what they hoped to do in Kindergarten, the figure out the kind of rule that would help us all accomplish these hopes.  The rules that the children created are:
1.  Be a super Friend everywhere, everyday to everyone.
2.  Take good care of our school things.
3.  Listen to your teachers.
4.  Do your best!
These rules are broad guidelines that will take lots of attention and practice throughout the year.  We expect mistakes and, as I told the children, it is not the mistake, but how you learn to fix it, that counts.  My job, as the teacher, is to help children learn to fix their mistakes as well as to understand the consequences of their actions.  On Fridays, we have what we call our DW3 time, which stands for Do Whatever you Want, wherever time.  Students can choose from the variety of instructional play items we have in the classroom to explore with.  We have been using this time to also
 













































reinforce our rules and procedures with what we call reminders.  Reminders are social stories we read to the students who need extra help remembering what to do during certain situations during the day.   We use the beginning of DW3 time for reminders.  After the story has been read, we ask for the students to draw and explain a picture showing us they know what to do the next time a problem or situation arises.  Examples of reminders are in the hallway, rest time, lunch, carpet time, listening to the teacher, etc.  If your child needed a reminder that week, you’ll see the reminder drawing in their blue folder on Fridays.  If our ultimate goal is for children to become independent, life-long learners, then it is important that they learn how to make good decisions in settling differences and taking care of mistakes in constructive ways.
You can support your child by reading over these rules and talking about them.  It’s important that your child knows your expectations, too