March Bulletin Boards!

Right when you walk in the front door of IVE, you'll see the Kindergarten-created front display!  The prompt was "What makes you mad?" for "March Madness."  These are always quite entertaining and the kids did a great job. :) 

March was Dr. Seuss month! We worked on labeling parts of the Cat and the Hat.  Labeling is a writing skill we focus on quite a bit in Kindergarten

This was a fun art/writing project that the kids did to tell how they are lucky!  Most of them are in the classroom while some are out in the hall.  

Be sure to check these out in person sometime! 

Dr. Seuss Week Coming Up! :)

Dr. Seuss's birthday is Sunday, March 2nd.  We will be celebrating him all next week!

Here are some Dr. Seuss links for fun!:

listen to books online

Seussville Online

Printable fun and games

List of games with descriptions

PBS Kids Cat in the Hat

Greg Tang Math

Mrs. Tracy Kerth, our school math coach, taught the kids how to play some games on the Greg Tang math website: Greg Tang Math There's currently a math Olympic challenge going on! :) 

Click here to access games: Games  (this also came home on an orange-ish slip of paper)

The games the kids learned were Kakooma, Break Apart, and Missing Number.  All games were started on the "easy" level.  

This is a GREAT game website for a good math challenge.  There are also printables.  

Have fun! 

100 Chart

In EnVision math, we are on  topic 6: numbers to 100.  We learned about the 100 Chart today: patterns we see, columns and rows, and how to use numbers around a missing number to solve the problem.  Below are some great games to play to work on 100 chart skills!  

ABCYa! 100 Chart game

Paint on a 100 chart

Using a 100 Chart to solve problems

Pete the Cat Saves Christmas

Part of one of our last days of 2013 was spent with our beloved Pete the Cat! These stories are wonderful, funny, and carry a meaningful message.  The link below is to the Pete the Cat page where your child can listen to the songs from the books for free.  The one we did today was Pete the Cat Saves Christmas.

Happy Holidays!

Link to Pete the Cat songs and more! :) 

Place Value

We are continually working on place value in Kindergarten through counting the days of school each day.  We do this with straws. 

 Tomorrow in math, we will look at using cubes to decompose numbers.  Below a link full of great games that hit on this skill of place value!

Place Value Games

Numbers 11-20

Teen Numbers!

The above video is a song we are learning in math to help us learn the "tricky teen" numbers!  In Topic 5 (EnVision Math), we will learn how to write, count, and read numbers 11-20.  See some helpful sites below to help your child work on these numbers:

Link to activities and printables

Games by standard- scroll down to the "Numbers and counting up to 20" on the left hand side