Rock Star Haley

Our Rock Star of the week this week was Haley!!! If I could describe Haley I would say she was quiet, but full of personality!!! Her favorite color is pink and her favorite book is the 14 Bears…her mom even came to read it to us AND brought us wonderful snacks!! She loves to play soccer and has a pretty cool soccer net in her own backyard!!!  She loves to eat mac and cheese and her favorite animal is a giraffe. Her favorite song is Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and when she grows up she wants to be a nurse…just like her mom!! If she could go anywhere she would go to Omaha to see her cousins. I think we can all agree she is a VERY special kid!! You Rock Haley!!! Please enjoy our video!!!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU so much for all your help and being a wonderful audience at our holiday program!! It took a lot of practice and work, but I think we can all agree that the kids did a WONDERFUL job!! I was SO proud of them. Also, thank you for all of your thoughtful gifts and especially for letting me work with your sweet kids every day!! I hope you all have a great holiday with friends and family. I can't wait to see what the second semester brings to us!!  Thanks again from both Mrs. Woita and I for a GREAT holiday program!!

Love- Mrs. Schroeder

2 VERY proud teachers!!!

Holiday Program!!

A quick reminder that our holiday program is on Friday, December 20th!!! We will be in the auditorium ready for our audience at 2:00!! We hope to see you there:)

Holiday Program!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!! I wanted to remind everyone that our Holiday Program will be be this Friday at 2:00. We have been working SUPER hard on our program and can't wait to share our hard work with everyone!! We will be in the auditorium (right when you enter the front doors) with Mrs. Woita's kindergarten class. Please feel free to bring siblings, grandparents, and anyone else you might want to bring!! I hope to see all of you there. Please e-mail me with questions or call me at school!!


Love-
Mrs. Schroeder

Rock Star Easton!!!

Easton was our rock star this week and we learned ALL about hockey!!! If I could use one word to describe Easton I would say he is a hard worker!! Easton is always tying his hardest and listening!! His favorite color is blue and his favorite book is Casey and Derek on the Ice. His favorite movie is The Mighty Ducks and his favorite sport is…can you guess??? Hockey!!!! He loves to eat hot dogs and his favorite animal is a deer. He loves to listen to the National Anthem. When he grows up he wants to be a professional hockey player. He would love to go visit New York. He is a special kid because he likes to play sports, go fishing, and look for deer. Thanks for being such a rock star Easton!!!!

We Will Miss You!!!!

We were SO lucky to have some wonderful UNL practicum students help us out for the fall semester!! They taught us all about math....and we are becoming great mathematicians!!! We are going to miss them both so much! Good luck Miss Kristen and Miss Nicole!!

Please enjoy our video!!!

Rock Star DJ!!!

Our Rock Star of the week this week was DJ!! If I had to use one word to describe DJ I would say he was passionate!! He LOVES to tell us all about tanks….which he knows A LOT about!!  We had awesome week learning all about him and the things he loves!! His favorite color is Red. His favorite book is about is4’s and snakes. He loves the movie Cars and he really loves to play baseball!! His favorite food is French fries and his favorite animal is a snake (Mrs. Schroeder says “YUCK” to snakes!!) When he grows up he wants to be a leader in a tank ( he really LOVES tanks!!) He is a special kid because his dad lets him play REAL tank games!! We agree you are special DJ…thanks for teaching us all about YOU!!!

Love-Mrs. Schroeder & friends 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I don’t know if I have ever told you, BUT I am SO thankful to get to work with you and your sweet kids every day!! This year has been an amazing year and it is all because of you and your kids!! I have enjoyed getting to know each one of you and your families. There isn’t a job on this earth that I could come to where I would be as happy as I am every day when I teach your children. Each one of my kindergarten kiddos is unique and they all hold a special place in my heart. I can NOT wait to see where the rest of the year takes us!! Thanks for being you and giving me the opportunity to make a difference in your child’s lives…I take it very seriously.

Mrs. Woita and I were at school all day today getting all of our FUN things ready for the next few weeks!! We are going to get so smart and have so much fun.

As I made our special Thanksgiving video I ran into some problems with a few of our videosL I tried, and tried, and tried some more, but I could NOT get 3 of them to work. I was only able to put those children’s faces with words saying what they were thankful for. We are going to fix this on Tuesday and I will upload a new version of our video.

I HOPE you enjoy family, food, and special memories with all of your loved  ones tomorrow…and MAYBE some shopping?!? I know I will be one of the crazy people out and about through out the night!! Maybe I will see you!!

Thanks again for being rocking parents!! You have some very lucky kiddos!!

ENJOY our video!!!

Love-Mrs. Schroeder

Happy Saturday everyone!!! I hope you are staying warm on this FREEZING Saturday!! As you know we have been working hard on sink/float the past few weeks. We worked together to decide why some things sink and why some things float. We had SO much fun doing our experiments. We even made a book and some pretty awesome scuba divers (soon to be coming to our hallway..so CHECK them out!!) On Tuesday we did a class experiment and each picked a item to test. We predicted what it would do and then threw it in the "lake"...ask your kindergarten kid to sing our super fun song!! Enjoy our video of our experiments!!

Happy Saturday...GO HUSKERS!!

Rock Star Brylee!!!

This week we have Brylee as our Rock Star!! She was SO excited to be the rock star and share all of her wonderful things with us!! Her favorite color is….pink…of course!!! Her favorite book is Babies go to Sleep and her favorite movie is Sleeping Beauty. Brylee loves gymnastics and dancing. She loves to eat chicken and French fries and her favorite animal is her “toy” hamster. She loves the song “You’re on Fire” by Katy Perry and when she grow up she wants to be a fairy princess (she even illustrated that for us today!!) If she could go ANYWHERE she would pick Coco Keys in Omaha…who doesn’t LOVE a water park?? Brylee is a special kid because she is a great big sister to Sameera and her baby brother Elijah!! You Rock Brylee!!! Enjoy our short video of all the fun!!

Snacks!!

Hello everyone!! I hope you are staying warm on this COLD night!! We have been having a great week!! I am going to be posting some fun videos this weekend! We can't wait to show you!!

Next week we are doing a couple of turkey snacks and we could use some supplies to help us make them! If you would be willing to donate some items please e-mail me at cberner@lps.org! Thanks so much!! Have a great Friday:)

Love- Mrs. Schroeder

Mrs. Schroeder's Rock Stars want to wish this rock star a happy 6th birthday on Saturday!! Jaci brought us some YUMMY cookies today and spoiled the kids with goodie bags filled with LOTS of GREAT stuff. We hope you have fun at Lost and Fun and have a WONDERFUL birthday Jaci!!

Birthday Girl!!!

Happy Birthday to you!!

Thanks for the treats Jaci!!

Mrs. Schroeder loves cookies!!

Rock Star Boone!!

We have a NEW rock star this week. His name is Boone and he ROCKS!!! If I could describe Boone in one word I would say he is energetic!! He is always willing to help a friend. We are so lucky to have him in class! His favorite color is blue and he LOVES the book Polar Express. His favorite movie is Star Wars and baseball is a sport that he really LOVES!! Boone loves pepperoni pizza…as well as many of his other friends!! He loves blue whales and his favorite song is by Johnny Cash. It is called Ring of Fire!! When Boone gets big he wants to drive trains just like his dad…and boy does he LOVE trains!! If he could visit any place it would be the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Boone really LOVES the Statue of Liberty. Thanks for being such a great rock star this week Boone!! Enjoy the video of all our fun!!

Happy 6th Birthday Sidney!!!!

Mrs. Schroeder’s Rock Stars want to wish this AWESOME girl a happy 6^th birthday!! We were all SPOILED by Sidney today!! She gave each kindergarten kid TWO books to take home!! She gave us  Kindergarten ABC & Hi! Fly Guy! The kids were so excited!! She even got a book to keep at class. She gave us Llama Llama and the bully goat. Sidney had her mom come eat lunch with her and then her mom stuck around to read us our NEW book!! We hope you have a great birthday!!

Lunch with mom!!!

Hugs for the birthday girl!!

This is my mom!

Our class with our NEW book!!!

Thanks for the book Sidney!!

Happy birthday to you!!

Thank You Veterans!!!!

Yesterday we celebrated a very important day...Veterans Day. Mrs. Schroeder's Rock Stars want to say a BIG thank you to all of the soldiers and their families that sacrifice so much to keep us free. Please watch our video to see how appreciative we are of you!!

Enjoy!

Love-Mrs. Schroeder

Rock Star Alayah!!

Alayah was our Rock Star of the Week this week and we all LOVED getting to know her!!! If I could describe Alayah I would say she is spunky and SUPER smart!!! Her favorite color is pink…just like Mrs. Schroeder!!! She loves the Cat in the Hat book and the movie Nemo!! She loves volleyball and eating yummy steak!! She loves zebra’s and the song dinosaur boogie! When she grows up she wants to be a singer…we can’t wait to see her on the stage some day! Alayah loves to go to Florida! She is SO special because she learns a lot at school!! You ROCK Alayah!!! Check out our video of all of the fun!!!

Fall Fun!!!

Happy Sunday!! I hope that you all got some extra sleep today:) I know I DID NOT with toddler at my house:) Oh well...I got more done I suppose!! We had a BUSY fun week last week! Enjoy our  video of all the fun!!!

PLC Day

Why do your kids get out of school at 2:18 the last Tuesday of every month? The answer is for something VERY important!!!  The teachers are meeting in professional learning communities. In these meetings teachers get to work with their grade level peers and in vertical teams (with teachers from other grade levels.) Each year the grade level teams set goals that they want their students to meet throughout the school year. We also have two school goals. The first is that we will comprehend what we read (READ, READ, and DISCUSS books with your child!!) and the second is that we know our basic math factsJ

CHECK OUT OUR KINDERGARTEN GOALS!!!

WHY?????

When we learn our letters and sounds we can READ and WRITE!!!! We LOVE to read and write!!!!

When we have good number sense we can build numbers, recognize numbers, solve oral story problems, and count sets!!! We are such AWESOME mathematicians!!

Easton loves to read books!!

I like my house. I can write!!!

I can play soccer with my family!! I like soccer!!

Brylee loves to share her writing!!

I like the Pizza Machine.

HOW???????

CHECK OUT HOW WE DO IT!!! We do whole-group instruction, guided reading, literacy stations, star tubs, and LOTS of other good stuff!!!!

Play-dough sight words!!

Matching letters!!

Writing sight words

Rainbow words!!

Building sight words from our buggy jar!!

Zaylee can match sounds and pictures!!!

Mya can mix and fix sentences!!

D.J. can do a writing dictation!!

Jaci can sort and write words on the word wall!!

Build those words Willow!!

Reviewing our sight words at guided reading!!

t-o spells to!!!

Lily can write equations from story problems!!

D. J. can use math talk to share his strategy!!

If your kindergarten kid meets the expectation each quarter they get to put their name up on our hallway display!! Next time your at school CHECK IT OUT!!! I hope this helps you understand why we have PLC!! If you ever have questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to ask!! Thanks for being rock star parents to our kindergarten kids!!!!

 Happy PLC Day!!

Love- Mrs. Schroeder

We love guided reading!!!!

Did you know that your kindergarten kids are becoming EXCELLENT readers?!? We practice our reading skills in a variety of ways every day…..one VERY important way we do this is through guided reading.  This is a time when kids are grouped together that are reading at similar levels. We follow the Jan Richardson guided reading format to plan our lessons and your kindergarteners are doing a GREAT job!!! I thought it would be great to walk through a lesson and explain every wonderful thing they are doing!!!

First, we review 3 high-frequency words. These are words that we have already learned in previous lessons and are using in the classroom. Your kindergarten kid gets out their black marker and write each word (we call them TOP SECRET words) because Mrs. Schroeder wants to see what each child knows!!

l-i-k-e....like!!!!

Next, we read a book. We look at the book before we begin to predict and locate words and learn any new language that might be in the story. We read both fiction and informational texts at guided reading!! After we look at the book, we READ!!! While reading Mrs. Schroeder listens to each child read and helps them through any places they may be struggling. There are times when we need to look at the picture, look at the sounds, or check the high-frequency word. These are all strategies that help us read. After we are done reading we discuss the story. We discuss strategies that helped us read words!!

Sounding out the word 'ant'

That is a high-frequency word!!!

I know that word!!

After reading we learn a new high-frequency word. This word is in the story we read. Mrs. Schroeder builds the word with magnet letters and then tries to TRICK us!! She usually isn’t successful because these kids are to smart!!!! I remove a letter and ask, “What’s missing?” and the kids say the letter missing and then we spell the word again. Then each child gets their own letters to build the word and they mix it, fix it, and spell it. At the end of this time we write the words.

At the end of the lesson we switch it up!! Some days we build words using our sound boxes. We have to listen for the sounds and sound out the words ALL BY OURSELVES!! Other days we do guided writing. During this time we plan and write a sentence. The sentence has some words we have to sound out and it ALWAYS has the word we learned that day!!!!

I like that big bug. Good job Lily!!

We like the bugs. Good job Willow!!

I like the bug. Good job Sophie!

I like a bug. Great job Brylee!!

That is what we do EVERY day in guided reading. It is a favorite time for everyone!!! Remember to READ with your child EVERY night so they can show you what they can do!!!!! 

Love- Mrs. Schroeder