Mrs. Miller's Kindergarten Class
My name is Kathy Miller and I am so happy to be your child's teacher. This kindergarten year will be a year of new beginnings, a year filled with large and small accomplishments, a year of trying new things and making new friends. Kindergarten is an important year in your child's education. It sets the foundation for future years. I am honored to be on this very memorable and special journey with you and your child! I will be updating this website weekly with our K1 Newsletter, class photos, important dates and information.
I look forward to working with you this year!
Important Dates:
March 16 - No School for students - Teacher workday
March 30- April 3 - No School - Spring Break
April 29 - Kindergarten Musical - performance 11:00-11:30 in the Multipurpose Room- Families welcome to attend
Hello K1 Families,
Your child’s second trimester report card can be accessed through the Aeries Portal today. I am very proud of all the growth that everyone has made. If you have any questions after reading through it. Please feel free to reach out to me.
This month is Women in History month. This week we learned about Mae Jamison. We read several books about her and then talked about our own dreams and professional aspirations. We created a fun painting in her honor. We also read a book about Jane Goodall. We learned that she was an Ethologist and conservationist. I can say without a doubt that I am learning as much as the children are.
We started to read books, learn poems and sing songs about Leprechauns in preparation for Saint Paterick’s Day. One of the children’s favorites is Leprechaun Stew. Each day we sing the song and think of all the ingredients that might be in the wee folk’s stew. Some of the ideas were: gold, green clovers, shamrocks and rainbows! We created jumping leprechauns, and in math we used pattern blocks and created shamrocks and played a three dice addition Shamrock Bump.
In math we began a subtraction unit. We read the book, Pete the Cat and his Groovy Buttons, afterwards each child had their own “shirt” and practiced subtraction facts with real buttons.We extended the activity and the students made their own buttons out of playdough and continued to practice their subtraction facts. It was so fun! They really enjoyed the lesson and began to understand the concept of subtraction.
In reading/phonics we worked with the digraph /th/. The readers learned that there are two sounds of this digraph; a voiced and unvoiced sound. See if your child can tell you both. Next week we will work with consonant blends.
In writing this week Mrs. O'Toole taught a wonderful lesson on writing when we pretend. All the students wrote about what they would do if they were a leprechaun. So many fun and creative ideas. The children look forward to writer’s workshop each week!
On Friday we had a bonus buddy session. Our big buddy helped us assemble our very own Leaping Leprechaun. They are so festive hanging up in our classroom.
Please remember that Monday, March 16th is a Professional Development for Lafayette teachers. There will be no school on Monday. Enjoy the extra day with your child and I will see everyone on Tuesday! - Kathy
