The 100th day of Kindergarten!

Northwood Elementary Have A Heart Fundraiser For The SPCA

Valentine Math

Today we worked on some Valentine Math. We used conversation hearts to estimate, sort and graph. What a fun and yummy way to practice our math skills! Enjoy a sneak peek of us in action by clicking on the video link below. Happy Heart Day!


Valentine Math Video

Monster Squeeze

Today for our Math Problem Of The Day, the class played another one of our favorite math games called: Monster Squeeze. It was even more fun because today we used the Promethian board to play! Enjoy a video of us playing, Monster Squeeze



Math Problem Of The Day Video

New Standards

Have you heard the news? Kindergartners will be facing tougher math standards starting next year! The good news is that we are doing many of the additional "requirements" in our classroom already. However, with the bar raised and your child having more accountability it is even more important to continue working at home together! We have begun the 3rd marking period already below find a list of the requirements your child needs to master this quarter.

Count to 100

Count backward for 20

Read numbers to 30

Write numbers to 50

Count to 100 by 10

Names penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar

Create a 3 part pattern

Verbilize addition and subtraction stories

Measures with ruler and other nonstandard items

Here is the link to Buffalo News article about the additional kindergartenstandards:

http://www.buffalonews.com/wire-feeds/state/article310130.ece

Calendar Numbers

Every morning we used Starfall.com to complete the calendar. It is a great website for beginning reading and it is FREE! So we use it every day. Everyday it asks you to fill in the missing day and date as well as mark any special days. I have noticed that some children have been having trouble recognizing teen and higher numbers. So take some time with your child to review numbers. Ask them to find a specific number and see how they do. Report cards will be written this week and the children are expected to read and write numbers up to 30. A calendar is a fun way to practice this skill.

www.starfall.com

ps. if you child still needs letter sounds check them out while you are there or practice reading the little stories and play the reading games...enjoy!

Tasty Tuesday

Every week at Tasty Tuesday we have a great story, lesson, activity and then treat planned for the kids to enjoy. This week we played a game of "sightword" snowball fight where the kids practiced reading their words by choosing a "snowball" reading the word and tossing it to the other side. Then they made snowflakes out of marshmallows and pretzels. Here is a quick clip of them in action, enjoy!