Mrs. Bradley's Class Kindergarten: Where Learning Is An Adventure 

Dear Parents,

Our class is participating in the Limeades for Learning program that Sonic Drive-in funds every school year. I have created a project for our classroom to receive wobble cushions and stools that will enhance our learning. However, I need your help!

Please take time each night to vote or bring us stickers from Sonic Drive-in. When you go to Sonic Drive-in, let them know that your child is in a “Limeades for Learning” class. They will give you stickers that count as extra VOTES! Ask for as many stickers as they will give you. Send the stickers to school and I will be happy to put the votes in for our project.

Voting begins tomorrow, October 1^st!

1. Go to www.limeadesforlearning.com
2. Click on “EXPLORE” tab at the top of the website.
3. In the search box, type “stephanie bradley”
4. Vote, Vote, Vote for our project: Wiggle and Wobble in Kindergarten
5. Create an account, set an alarm on your phone and VOTE everyday!
6. Please share this with all of your family and friends!

This project is an exciting experience for all the students as we work as a team to earn something special for our classroom. Help us continue our tradition of adding fun supplies to our classroom that your child can enjoy as well as future students.

Thank you for ALL that you do!

Stephanie Bradley

*Reminder* Fall Picture Day is today, September 20, 2018. Check your child’s planner for this flyer and send back the picture form today. You can also order pictures online (information is on the flyer).

It has been such a beautiful weekend weekend! My family enjoyed fishing and playing at the park. It’s hard to believe we are already halfway through September! I am looking forward to a fun week as we continue our apple activities and experiments.

This week we will be learning:

• Our class is doing a great job using their busy bee folders to rotate to literacy stations during the week.
• We will finish our Kindergarten Friends class book this week.
• I Love You Ritual song: Little Miss Muffet
• Sight Words: see, me
• Letters: Gg, Oo, Qq
• Reading: I Like Me; Brown Bear, Brown Bear; I Went Walking; Panda Bear, Panda Bear; Monkey and Me
  • rhyming picture match
  • erase a rhyme
  • focus on sight words (I, can, the, on, am, like, see, me), capital letters, punctuation
• Poems: I See, Leaves
• Math:
  • number talks using ten frames, rekenreks, and dot cards
  • number of the day and discuss counting strategies
  • graphing how we get home each day
  • introduce new game: number sense memory
  • math rotation:
    • math by myself – ten frame write the room
    • math with a partner – subitizing memory
    • math in writing- draw an image to match amount shown on ten frame
    • math in technology – shape and number osmo
    • Meet with Teacher – count and cover game
• Writing
  • journals – use sight words me/see, continue making sentences using environmental print, writing about feelings and our favorite breathing strategies
  • writing about our 5 senses while exploring apples
  • Apple Facts (take apart and put together sentences)
  • How To Make Applesauce
  • Small, Tall, Short letters sort
  • I Went Walking Class Book

• Social Studies/Science:
  • sharing about our families with the family pictures being sent in
  • sharing and reading environmental print being sent in
  • sharing the mascot and birthday journals,
  • sharing our writing pages
  • Will an Apple Sink or Float?
  • Apple Star Painting
  • Jumping Apple Seeds

Our class loved making applesauce on Friday! It tasted great!! We combined a variety of sliced apples, water, sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice and cooked it all day in a crockpot. We enjoyed the delicious applesauce during our snack time.

We have been working on conflict resolution as part of our Conscious Discipline lessons in class. We have a time machine mat that we use to help us learn the language to say to resolve any conflicts we may have during the day. I am so proud of our kindergarteners using their Big Voice to solve problems. Here is a picture of our Time Machine mat:

Please enjoy the pictures of our week below:

Wiggle and Wobble in Kindergarten

Donors Choose: Throughout the year we will use Donors Choose to help fund materials for our classroom.

Our current project is to raise funds to purchase enough wobble stools and wiggle cushions so that each child in my classroom has one to use throughout the day.

About this project:

• The wiggle cushions help meet kindergarteners sensory needs. They allow them to wiggle while they work and make sitting on the floor or in a chair a lot more comfortable!
• The wobble stools will give my students an opportunity to release energy during learning activities. The base of the wobble stool is rounded, allowing the kids to wiggle and fidget to their heart’s content!

Having a variety of seating options for my students help to meet their unique needs. Continuous movement while sitting relaxes the right side of the brain, leading to better focus. This project will allow my students move around without distracting other students. If you know anyone who may want to help my classroom, please pass this along!

We’d love for you to read about and share our current project:  Wiggle and Wobble in Kindergarten

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! It was fun seeing so many of you at the Monster Truck Nationals last night! I know my family sure had fun!!

This week we will be learning:

• We will begin using our busy bee folders and rotating to all busy bee stations this week.
• We will continue name activities: name coconut trees, hidden names, Kindergarten Friends class book
• I Love You Ritual song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Sight Words: on, the
• Letters: Cc, Dd, Tt, Aa
• Reading: Frog Food, My Home
• • rhyming picture match
  • erase a rhyme
  • focus on sight words (I, can, the, on, am and like), capital letters, punctuation 
• Poems: I Like School, I Am, Leaves
• Math:
  • number talks using ten frames, rekenreks, and dot cards
  • number of the day and discuss counting strategies
  • graphing how we get home each day
  • introduce new game: number sense memory
  • introduce math rotation:
    • math by myself
    • math with a partner
    • math in writing-(journal)
    • math in technology
    • Meet with Teacher
• Writing
  • journals – use sight words on/the, continue making sentences using environmental print, writing about feelings and our favorite breathing strategies
  • writing about our 5 senses while exploring apples
  • Which Apple Did You Like Best graph
  • Apple Facts (take apart and put together sentences)
  • How To Make Applesauce
  • Small, Tall, Short letters sort
• Social Studies/Science:
  • sharing about our families with the family pictures being sent in
  • sharing and reading environmental print being sent in
  • sharing the mascot and birthday journals,
  • sharing our writing pages
  • Will an Apple Sink or Float?
  • Apple Star Painting
  • Jumping Apple Seeds
  • Make Apple Sauce

Our class has loved learning about managing our feelings and emotions using the Feeling Buddies Toolkit! So far we have met and learned a little about each of our 8 Feeling Buddies: Happy, Sad, Angry, Scared, Calm, Disappointed, Frustrated and Anxious. This week we will learn about the difference between angry and frustrated. We will make class book called: Our Feeling Faces. We will also act out scenarios and practice using our breathing strategies to help us go from bug crazy mad to caterpillar calm.

Please enjoy the pictures of our week below:

I hope you are all enjoying Labor Day weekend and getting to spend time with family and friends. I sure loved the rain we got today!

This week I will be at a training on Wednesday and Thursday, September 5-6. I will leave lots of fun activities for the substitute to do with my class. She will be checking planners each day for any notes you may send in. You may also contact the Primary Office if you have a message you need to get to the substitute.

This week we will be learning:

• I Love You Ritual song, Georgie Porgie.
• We will continue learning about our busy bee centers rules and routines.
• Sight Words: Am and Like
• Letters: Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll
• Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4
• name activities – name art, name coconut trees, hidden names, Kindergarten Friends class book
• Read Aloud: Pete the Cat, Like Me, Frog Food, Ten Apples Up On Top, The Shape of Things
• Poems: I Like School, I Am
• Math: number talks using ten frames, rekenreks, and dot cards, number of the day, graphing how we get home each day, A Shape Is Just a Shape class book
• Journal Writing: using sight words Am and Like, making sentences using environmental print, writing about feelings and our favorite breathing strategies
• Social Studies: sharing about our families with the family pictures being sent in, sharing and reading environmental print being sent in, sharing the mascot and birthday journals, sharing our writing pages

We had a fun filled week. Our class enjoyed learning about our busy bee centers. We opened a new center each day this past week and will continue learning about the rest of our centers this week. Our class enjoy exploring the different materials and activities in each center. We learned our 1st sight words: I and can. Our class loved the book, Ten Black Dots. Students were very creative in making their own picture using black dots. I will put all of their pictures together to make a class book that we can take turns taking home to share with all of you! Please enjoy the pictures of our week below: