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* What Will I Be?

We are learning that hard work now will pay off later. We are learning that we want the BIG LIFE... and we have to work for it. We are starting to look at the details and do our PERSONAL best work. We will not settle for anything but the best.

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Alpha Friends ABC

We are super smart! Of course we KNOW our ABC's and our Sounds. Now we are doing a lot of practice using the letters to read and write. Today we made a Smile Box Video. We are learning to use technology! Thanks for looking in on our classroom today. We love learning!

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* Segmenting Words: Word Work!

We do Word Work every day! Here we are using our Segmenting Mats. This is how we use the mats to learn to read and write:

(LOL... These are the words as they were told to me by the children!)

1. Get a mat-- it doesn't matter which one because they are all the same!

2. Get a "rasable" marker... we can pick our favorite color!

3. Get a CLEAN tissue - to erase the marker

4. Get some 2-color chips... mostly we need 3!

5. Choose a picture card.

6. Say the picture word very slowly (like a turtle) so you can hear the letter sounds but don't talk too loud cause other people's heads can't think.

7. Put a color chip on the mat. For each letter sound you hear. If you don't put the chip on then our teacher will remind you because this is VERY important!

8. Take your marker and put it in your hand. And take the lid off. And put it on the bottom so you won't lose it. And don't write on yourself.

9. Write a letter for the first chip because that's what you do.

10. Keep writing the sounds you hear until you have a letter that goes under each by chip. You have to keep making the sound so you won't forget what you are doing.

11. And now you look at the marker letters on the mat that you made and you read the sounds. And see if the sounds made the word you wanted.

12.If you made a word you did good. Then you give yourself a cheer because you did a good job.

13. And this is important... use a clean tissue to wipe off the word so you can write a new word. You can't use the same tissue that your nose used.

14. Keep writing and "rasing" and

picking picture cards until the teacher says it is time to clean up.

15. Everyone better clean up because it's rude if you don't.

16. Then stand by your chair and wait until your teacher tells you to go to the next center.

We are good at writing words! It takes a lot of "segmenting!" Try it next time you have to spell a word.

That's good advice from us kids!

* Healthy Teeth

We MUST learn to brush our teeth. Many of our kindergarten friends are coming to school without brushing their teeth. Please take a few minutes two times a day to brush your teeth... your friends, AND YOUR TEACHERS will thank you for it! Get yourself a healthy smile.

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You have to take care of your teeth or you won't have any teeth when you are older, and you won't be able to chew your food.


This boy has lost a tooth, but that is okay because it is a baby tooth. He will get another tooth, an adult tooth in its place. He needs to take care of his teeth now so his adult teeth will grow in strong and healthy.

These boys don't have any front teeth. They lost their baby teeth, but they didn't take care of their teeth. When their adult teeth grew in, they were not healthy so they rotted out. Their teeth are not healthy and they are in pain many times during the day.

This baby is getting teeth. Take care of your teeth from the very beginning.

This is a healthy smile.

This smile will bring you a BIG life!

These kids have healthy smiles. They are happy and out of pain.

This is a healthy mouth.

This girl is loosing her baby teeth. She has a healthy smile because she brushes her teeth 2 times every day. She eats healthy snacks and visits her dentist 2 times a year.

She will have a healthy smile if she keeps up these good habits.

This is a healthy and happy smile!

These are dentures. They are false teeth. They cost a lot of money. People have a set of teeth like these made for them if their teeth are rotten. Some people don't have enough money to buy teeth like this.

These are baby teeth.
These are rotten baby teeth.
This person does not take care of his/her teeth.
This person might have sucked on a bottle with juice in it and never brushed his/her teeth.

This must be very painful!

These adult teeth. These are rotten adult teeth.

Take care of your teeth. They need to last a lifetime.

Brush 2 times a day.

Floss every day.

Eat healthy snacks.

See your dentist 2 times a year.

Take care of your smile!

You'll want to look like this!

And have a healthy set of teeth for a lifetime.

* Calendar Time

This is our Kindergarten Calendar! We are learning the months of the year and the days of the week. We are learning about the seasons of the year. We learn about birthdays and special days to celebrate.

We make different patterns on the calendar.

We like doing calendar every day. It measures time in a different way that a clock. We learn that when each day is over, we can't go back to that time again because it is in the past. We learn that we look forward to days ahead because those days are in our future. We learn that we need to make the best of our time today, because soon today will be over.

"The calendar spills days like delicate sands in an hourglass, and each new morning holds a promise in its hands. "
Author: Flavia

To learn more about calendars click here.

To sing the days of the week click here.

* Counting to 100 Days of School

We have been counting the days of school. Each day we add a number to the 100s Chart. We learn alot about each number as we add it to the chart. We learn about all the patterns we see on the chart. We learn to count as we touch each number and say it.

We are learning to count by 5's and 10's. Soon we will count by 2's.

In this photo we are on the 90th day of school. When we get to 100 days of school... we are going to have a BIG CELEBRATION~ 100 days of learning in Kindergarten is a BIG deal ...
But, kindergarten won't be over. We will still have about 70 Kindergarten days before we can say our kindergarten days are over. We will tell you about our 100 day celebration in another blog... DON'T miss it!