Baby update!

Mrs. Woita's World on the home front....
I am super happy to announce that Macy Rose Woita was born on Wednesday afternoon at 2:13pm, weighing in at 8 pounds 4 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. Both Macy and I are doing great. We are at home and trying to settle into things. Justin, my husband, is now a little nervous because the girls outnumber the boys, but he is now use to the idea... I think. Henry is a very proud big brother who loves holding his new little sister! He gives her kisses and hugs and tells me how much she likes him already, he even said Macy liked him more than she liked his daddy, because when daddy was holding her she was crying, but she doesn't cry when he holds her :). Lily gets excited when she first sees Macy and then she is off doing something else. Our dog, Olivia, is also trying to figure out what is going on. Hopefully we will all adjust well to our new addition. Justin and I are now officially in zone defense! Thank you for all of your kind words and wishes! Hopefully Macy and I will be able to stop by school in a few weeks to see all of my friends!
Here are a few pictures of the Woita family!

                                                                 First family picture!

                                   Proud big brother, Henry, and not quite for sure big sister, Lily

Smart Kids!

Hello everyone!! I really can NOT believe we are already half way through September!! I am having such a great time with all of your kids. I hope they are telling you about all of the fun stuff we have been doing!

In literacy we have been working on making text-to-text connections.  We have also been working on the high-frequency words ‘can’ and ‘the’! We are becoming great readers already!!  We are working on rhyming and beginning sounds too. This week we got introduced to Happy, he is our dog puppet that helps us read. We LOVE Happy!! We learned about the letter ‘M’ and the sound it makes…ask your kindergartener to tell you!! In writing we have been working on telling stories from our lives. We have begun to write words and match our words to our pictures!

 

Our new friend Happy!!

This week we started talking about American symbols. The symbols we will learn are the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, the American Flag, the White House, and Bald Eagle. We are making another awesome book and doing some cool crafts. On Tuesday we will celebrate Constitution Day. Please be watching for a family project that will be coming home that day. If possible, please have your child wear red, white, and blue to help us celebrate this fun day!!

Also, I wanted to say thank you again for coming to parent teacher conferences these last few weeks. I always enjoy conferences and am happy for the opportunity to talk with you about your child. I am so glad that you were all able to come to conferences early for me. Please know if you have any questions you can always contact myself or Mrs. Kring. 

Speaking of Mrs. Kring, she will for sure be starting this Wednesday, Sept. 18th, because if Baby Woita does not come in the next day or two I will be going to the hospital Tuesday night to get induced. I plan on being gone for 6 weeks if all goes well. I know that Mrs. Kring is super excited to start and hopefully my friends will do a great job  I hope you all have a super great week!

Love- Mrs. Woita

Already September!

What another busy week we had and it was even a short week!
My kindergarten friends are working so hard and I proud of all the things we are learning about.

We started getting homework in math and I am so happy to say that my friends are excited to get it! Please make sure your kindergartener writes their name on their paper so I know who returns it. I keep track of the homework that is turned in and every once in a while we will hand out rewards to those who are turning in their homework! We continued to work hard on our numbers and even started to find things that were alike and different. We even started learning about 2-D and 3-D shapes!

There will also be literacy homework that will start coming home. Please know I very much appreciate you taking them time to do your homework with your child, but please remember that they should be able to do it independently! They might just need a reminder to actually do it! Also try to read every night with your child, even if it is just a short book - I promise it will help them develop a love for reading that is important for their success in school!

We also had a birthday girl in our class this week! 

Happy Birthday again to Megan! 

We all hope she had a great day!

This Sunday, September 8th is Grandparent's Day and so we made a special hand print for our grandparents. We want them to know that we love them! So please wish all grandparents that are still with us a very Happy Grandparents Day! 

We also finished up our safety unit, so please take the time to look through your child's safety book and talk to them about it! This week we learned about signs that help us stay safe when we are driving and walking. We also made our own stop lights, went on a safety walk, and even made a stop light snack that was delicious. Special thanks to Chase's mom and dad for donating the items needed for our special snack. Please check out our video that includes pictures from our stop light activities and safety walk! 


                            

Special Kindergarteners!

Hi everyone!! Another week of kindergarten is behind us!! Can you even believe how fast it is going? We have been working so hard I thought I would share all of the stuff we have been learning!

 In literacy we have been discussing some important questions about who is in our family, why we are special, and what we can do. We have also been learning about reading left to right, the number of words in a sentence, syllables, nursery rhymes, and of course reading LOTS of books!! We have also been introduced to two new words; CAN and I!! I see how much smarter the kids get every day and I can not wait to watch them develop into awesome readers!!

In math we have been learning about numbers from 1-10 and even about graphing. The kids love to show off the big words we've been learning, like vertical and horizontal. We continue to draw scenes in our counting books and read Anno's Counting Book!! We just LOVE it!!

In unit studies we have been talking about safety!! We practiced calling 911, we discussed what a real emergency is, how to stop, drop, and roll (Mrs. Woita even tried this:), good thing all of my friends now how to roll because I just had to pretend), we know how important it is to learn our address, and about stranger safety. Please continue to discuss these things with your child at home. I want them to always be safe!!

We've also been doing LOTS of singing!! We learned a Days of the Week song, and lots of cool math and abc songs!! We have some great singers and dancers!!

Just a reminder that we are having conferences this Thursday, Sept. 5th and next Tuesday, Sept. 10th. My long term sub, Hannah Kring, will also be joining us so you will have a chance to meet her before I go on maternity leave. Please return your forms and try to bring your kindergartener to conferences with you!

We have been talking a lot about why we are special so please check out our awesome video that shows some neat pictures we made and some pictures of us working hard!