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I have a lot of smarties in my class!!! :) They love centers and CBU!!!!

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This week at a glance Dec 10-14

Language Arts- Focus letter "Cc", comprehension- Realism and Fantasy, HFW- we, my, like

Math- Finishing up measurement, Weight- heavier vs. lighter

Writing- "I like..." sentences

Social Studies- Winter Holidays

Leadership- Giving Back

***Please practice Christmas Songs

Ms. Boyd- I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Ms. Lopez- Frosty the Snowman
Ms. Peebles- All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth 

Scholastic Book Club

Many people were not able to make a book order in November. Therefore, I am making one more order before break, but in order to get the books in time, I need to submit the order Monday evening (December 10th). If you would like to make an order please explore the December catalog online. Here is the link to my class.




https://orders.scholastic.com/LH6LK

 ***Our next order will be in January.

This Week at a Glance Dec 3-7

Language Arts- Focus letter- "Pp", Comprehension-main idea, HFW- we, my, like
****Please practice sounding out/blending words. They will be tested weekly on sounding out words. i.e. pat, put, pan, pot, pet, pen, etc.

Math- measuring using centimeter cubes, using their hands, and their feet

Writing- adjective- words that describe nouns (colors), writing sentences starting with "My"

Social Studies- Jobs people have

Leadership- Community responsibility- needs of people in our community and how we can help them

Scholastic Book Club

Order online! My classroom code is LH6LK


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This week at a glance Nov. 26-30

Language Arts- Letter "Ss", Comprehension- setting, HFW- is, have, like

Math- graphing and measuring with centimeter cubes

Science- Solving problems

Leadership- Responsibility

College Days: CBU Lancers

For now on, every Wednesday will be College Day. This will be a day to promote going to college and get students excited for the future. In my class we will be promoting California Baptist University (CBU), which is the college I graduate from. On Wednesdays we encourage students to wear any college t-shirts with their uniform bottoms, however, if you would like to have a CBU shirt, you can purchase one at the CBU bookstore. CBU is located on 8432 Magnolia Ave, 92504. There are very few children sizes (they seemed very small) but if you purchase an adult small, it will last them a long time. Here are a few shirts from the book store. :)

Mary Kay Opportunity 40% off

Hey moms! My sister is a Mary Kay consultant, however, she just got two jobs in education, where she really wants to be. That means she won't have time to continue her Mary Kay business anymore. But, she has a lot of extra Mary Kay products that she would like to sell. Therefore, she is having a blowout sell! 40% off all of her products. That means you can get a Miracle Set for $54 instead of $90. And of course much more! You can contact her by call or text at 951-231-8158. Happy Shopping!

This week at a glance Nov. 5-9

Language Arts: focus on the letter "Aa" and the comprehension skill of compare and contrast

Writing: Descriptive sentences

Math: Length and size

Science: Solving problems

Leadership: Democracy

Red Ribbon Week and Halloween

Thanks to all the awesome volunteers who made these two weeks fun! :)

Center Time

This Week at a Glance Oct29-Nov 2

Language Arts: focus on the letter "Tt" and the comprehension skill of classify and categorize

Writing: Nouns: naming words, places and things. Also, generating ideas for writing a story

Math: Creating and identifying patterns; colors, shapes, sizes

Social Studies: Discussing and identifying our country's and state's symbols

Leadership: Good Sportsmanship


***Also, I am still looking for parents who would like to gain some volunteer hours by helping serve breakfast for me on Thursday mornings 7:00am-7:30am. And help out with the after school program on Mondays by helping students with their homework 3:45-4:45.

Red Ribbon Week

Get ready for our Red Ribbon Week, its going to be a blast!
Here is the schedule:

Monday - Sock it to Drugs! -- Wear silly socks

Tuesday - We may be silly, but we don't do drugs! -- Silly hair day

Wednesday - Put a cap on drugs! -- Wear your favorite hat

Thursday - Live up to your dreams! -- Wear pajamas to school

Friday - LOVE your drug-free life. -- Wear Red to school

Fun Jog-a-Thon Friday!

 On Friday we had both the Jog-a-Thon and a cupcake party. This picture and the video will show you how much fun we all had!!!!!

Help Wanted=Volunteer Hours

Once a week the teachers have to serve breakfast to the students 7:00-7:30am. If any parents are able to arrive at 7am once a week for a teacher to serve breakfast to allow us to have time to set up and prepare for the day, that would be extremely helpful! I personally serve breakfast on Thursday mornings, if anyone would like to help out in this way, let me know! :)

Also, we teachers have to do after school program two days a week. From about 3:45-4:45pm is when we would need the most help monitoring and helping students with their homework. This would allow us to plan and grade, which would help us to leave work as soon as all the after school students are gone at 5:30pm. To volunteer to help out in the after school program, you would need to be finger printed. The days I have after school program is on Mondays and Fridays. Please contact me if you would be willing to help out once a month, or once a week. Anything would be of GREAT help! Thank you parents for being so willing to help and serve both your teachers and your students! :)

High Frequency Words

Every morning at the beginning of class, I provide a short morning message for the students. I use this time to explain things like, starting sentences with capital letters, ending sentences with a period, and going over high frequency words (HFW). I always try to incorporate some HFW, especially the ones we are focusing on that week. We read the sentence a few times together and then I give a few students a chance to read the sentence aloud. Then I have students come up and circle any HFW they see in my sentence. Anyways, I tell you this background because a few days ago a student was using a white board during centers and he was using HFW in his sentence. He aked for my help to spell a word then says, "ok Ms. Boyd, so do you see any HFW in my sentence?" "Yes, I do." I answered. "ok, please circle all the HFW you see in my sentence," he proceeds to tell me. This is the type of moment that makes me smile and reminds me why I love students and being a teacher.

Mandarin Class

About 50 students in Kinder through 2nd grade attend my Mandarin class in the afternoons. I will post a few videos that will be helpful to practice their language and yours, if you want to learn also!!!

The first video is a song I have taught the students. They have it down pretty well, but I don't think they understand all of it meaning... However, it is a very simple song.

yi, er, san, si, wu, liu, qi

1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Wo de peng you zai na li?

My friend is where?

Zai zhe li, zai zhe li

Is here, is here

Wo de peng you zai zhe li

My friend is here

Kids say the darnest things....

So, today in class a student asked me if I was pregnant. Well, not actually. What he asked was  if I had a kid in there? And I asked, "In where?" Then he pointed to my stomach. I asked him, "does it look like I have a baby in my stomach?" Which he then said, "Yes!" and another student added it, "Yea, you do look like you have a baby in your tummy." After I cried a tear of sadness for myself, I made them move their clips... Just kidding. But man, I guess I need to start exercising more and eating a little better so my students don't start to spread rumors about me being pregnant. Just so you all know, no, I am not pregnant! And of course, these two students were both boys...

Fun and Educational Youtube videos

Here are some useful and fun videos for you to show at home. Students who are still struggling with letter recognition and letter-sound correlation will really benefit from these videos!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3S3OX6HQm4

This is a similar video with different pictures/words. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW7N64zsrs0

http://www.youtube.com/user/hooplakidz?v=wACviCgfqts

ABC's in American Sign Language
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQHd1UBkeI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPMp5A_U2ek


I will post more later! Have fun learning!

First Day... Success!

Our first day of class was in my opinion, a success! The day went a lot more smoothly than I expected. Of course, we had a few bumps throughout the day; two feel asleep in class, one's belt broke, one student's cheek sadly met the carpet, a few clips were changed, and a some tears were shed. However, I had the opportunity to meet and speak with every student. We learned some important rules from a kitten named Coco. We even had some time to practice saying hello, goodbye, and 1, 2, 3 in Mandarin Chinese. And at the end of the day, each student was successfully picked up by their parents. It was great to meet the students I will be spending a lot of time with over this next school year and I look forward to seeing their growth over throughout the year. One day down, a lot more to come! :)

Welcome

Welcome to Ms. Boyd's kindergarten class! As we progress through the year, I will post pictures and stories about the students in my class. I hope to record many learning experiences and fun events that occur. I am very excited about this new year and I can't wait to meet and get to know all of my students!