Beth Mulsoff Kindergarten Teacher

Welcome...

to my website! Please check weekly to find out what is going on in our classroom / school and to get important information. I am looking forward to getting to know you and your child and to a wonderful year. Please do not hesitate to contact me by email at bmulsoff@op97.org or by simply dropping a note in your child's folder.

Week 35

We had a wonderful week! Olympic day was a blast!

Here is what we worked on in...

Reading

- finishing our unit called "What I Know"

- reviewing all word wall words

Vocabulary

- consider

- curious

- explore

- final

- splendid

Phonemic Awareness

- phoneme isolation

- phoneme segmenting

- phoneme substituting

Phonics

- blending

- reading words

Comprehension

- Strategy: monitoring comprehension

- Strategy: rereading

- Skill: identifying setting

Grammar

- pronouns

Writing

- writing three sentences about a topic

- starting sentences with a CAPITAL letter

- leaving space between words

- putting punctuation and the end of sentences

Handwriting

- lowercase letters

Math

- counting forwards and backwards

- skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s

- simple addition and subtraction problems

- graphing

Science

We are all finished with our science units!

Please check the assignments tab to find out how you can help at home!

(You will notice that many of the activities will stay the same. There will ALWAYS be some slight changes so keep checking!)

Important News and Dates

- The district has a new webpage that includes information about summer opportunities for students. Check it out at http://www.op97.org/summer

A to Z Countdown

Please help your child on the days that he/she has to bring something in or have something prepared. (Those days are in bold.) This list was compiled before our Rain Day in April, so this calendar is a day off, but we're going with the dates printed.

April

23 A-Animal Day: Bring in your favorite stuffed animal in a bag and write 3 clues about it so we can guess what it is!

24 B- Baby Day: Bring in a picture of yourself when you were a baby.

25 C-Crazy Mustache Day: Today is Fantastic Friday "Mustache Day". Wear a fake mustache!

29 D-Dancing Day: We’ll be dancing today during playtime! Bring in some cool music to listen and dance to.

30 E- Earn It Day: Today we will be giving out extra bear necessities. See how many you can earn today!

May

1 F-Fitness Day: Today is ACES Day! We'll do morning exercises together.

2 G-Game Day: We'll be playing games today. You're welcome to bring one from home too! (No electronics)

3 H-Hop in your Pajamas Day: Today is our Fantastic Friday “Pajama Day”! Wear your favorite pajamas to school.

6 I- Inside Out Day: Wear something inside out!

7 J- Joke Day: Bring in a joke to share with the class.

8 K-Kindness Day: Share some extra kindness today.

9 L- Lemonade Day: Bring in a lemon to share with the class because we're going to make homemade lemonade!! Yum!

10 M-Major Color Day: Today is our Fantastic Friday “Tie-Dye Day”! Break out your colorful shirt!

13 N-Nickel Day: Bring a nickel to school. We’ll sort and graph them by year.

14 O-Orange Day: Wear something orange, eat something orange, and write with something orange.

15 P-Puzzle Day: We’ll do puzzles today…crossword, search & finds, word searches, jigsaw and more!

16 Q-Quiz Your Teacher Day: See if you can "stump" your teacher with a hard question.

17 R-Root for Your Favorite Sport Day: Today is our Fantastic Friday "Sports Day"! Wear your favorite sports paraphernalia!

20 S-Sidewalk Chalk Day: Today we will go outside and draw with sidewalk chalk.

21 T-Talent Day: Share your special talent with the class.

22 U-Unforgettable Day: Share your favorite experience in kindergarten. What will you miss next year?

23 V- Video Day: Today we will watch a video!

24 W-Wear Twin Outfits Day: Today is our Fantastic Friday "Twin Day". Did you ever want to be a twin? This is your chance!

28 X-Xtra Fun Day: Today we will be having extra recess to enjoy the nice weather!

29 Y-Year End Cleaning Day: Today we’ll clean our tables, room, and cubbies!

30 and 31 Z-Zip and Zoom Day: Today is our last day of school, our Kindergarten End of the Year Picnic, and Fantastic Friday “Flip-Flop” Day! That means after we say goodbye we will zip and zoom out of school in our flip flops. Have a great summer!

Student Council presents...

Fantastic Fridays and a couple of Terrific Thursdays

May 24th - Twin Day

May 30th - Flip Flop Day

Let's Celebrate!

I can't believe it is already May! The kids have learned so much and it is almost time to celebrate the end of a fantastic year. We will have a party on our NEW last day of school - Friday, May, 31st across the street at Longfellow Park. Families including sibling will be welcome to meet us over there. More details, including times, will follow.

PTO

Welcome to the new year! We want to let you know about a great promotion going on at Meijer grocery stores that will benefit our school. Meijer is having a great promotion for Box Tops: buy 10 Box Top products and get 60 bonus Box Tops. Please keep this in mind, and please keep clipping Box Tops for our school. You can send them to school with your child and they will be passed along to the PTO's Box Top chair persons. Thank you for participating.

Market Day - http://www.marketday.com/index.aspx

Avery Box Tops - http://givebacktoschools.avery.com/schools/index