This is the last week before winter break and the kindergartners are finishing up worktime centers, our gingerbread boy unit, decorating gingerbread boys, going to the garden with Julia, meeting with our buddies for the pajama party on Friday and finishing up our clay pinch pots. Please remember to have your child wear...
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There are only two more weeks left before winter break! The kindergartners continue to work each day on reading, writing and math skills through a variety of ways. I have read many versions of the “The Gingerbread Man” and we have talked about how many ways there are to write the same...
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It was so nice meeting with you last week for parent conferences. Each child has grown so much academically in reading and writing! This is a short week-Friday I will be completing report cards that will be sent home next Friday. The letter/sound of Ff will be taught/reviewed through a variety...
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Our class has welcomed a new student, Charlie, into our classroom and everyone has helped him learn the rules and routines: welcome Charlie! This week the work time centers will finish up and children will be completing many projects based on the vowel sounds of Aa, as well as focusing on the Thanksgiving holiday...
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It was great seeing so many kindergartners and their families at the Lewis Bazaar last Saturday! This last Monday afternoon, our class began gardening classes with Julia; she will be taking groups of kindergartners out to the outdoor center every other Monday afternoon to explore different aspects of the area which will relate...
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Room 4 is now full of wonderful work created by the kindergartners: a pumpkin patch painting using primary colors to create secondary colors, shape vehicles, a “Five Little Pumpkins” picture based on the poem and the WOW WALL is filled with personal best work from last week’s worktime centers. The writing each child...
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Thank you to all of the parent volunteers who came on our pumpkin patch field trip. It was wet, muddy and A LOT of fun. After the trip, our class met with their third grade buddies and they each created a “leaf creature”, which will be displayed next month on the...
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I am so looking forward to our first field trip to Lee’s Pumpkin Patch this Friday! Please remember to turn in your child’s field trip permission slip and money by tomorrow; we need to let the farm know how many are coming. Let’ hope for no rain, or at least not until...
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The kindergartners had so much messy fun on Monday afternoon working on the new cob bench! They were so excited and we talked about how it was partly theirs, since they helped to build it. We began our worktime centers on Monday; children are rotating through five different types of activities throughout...
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On Monday our class went to an assembly to learn about the cobb bench project. We will help create this bench next Monday afternoon, October 12. Please make sure your child wears comfortable clothes; they will be mixing clay, sand and straw together with their hands and/or feet and will be building...
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Last Friday we had a great time meeting and visiting with our third grade buddy’s from Ms. Davis’ class. Each child make a portrait of their buddy and read together. These portraits will be hanging up in the hallway. On Thursday, kindergartners completed their apple tree sketch and painted their tree...
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It was wonderful to see so many of you last night for “Back To School Night”! I could see how excited your child was to show you their classroom. If you have not signed up for November Parent-Teacher Conferences, please do so; the sign-up sheet is located outside of my room for...
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Our first full of Kindergarten has been wonderful so far. The children are getting used to rules and routines and are making friends in class. They are a great group of students and I know we will all have a very successful year! This week, we practiced fire drill procedures, read...
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What beautiful weather we continue to have; hopefully, it will last during our last field trip on Friday, when we go to Berkeley Park for our end of the year celebration with our buddy class. We will be serving ice cream sundaes and hope you can join us in the afternoon. Please...
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Another exciting week in room 4. Tuesday we went to the Chinese Gardens. The students had a wonderful time viewing the gardens, playing on the playground and trying Chinese foods. This week we will begin new work-time centers focused on the non-fiction book “On The Move”. In science we are observing real chrysalises and...
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Worms, worms, worms! In room 4 we are all about worms. We observed them, sketched them, handled with them and fed them. Now we begin to explore other insects and other organisms in our garden. The Kindergartners with Miss Emilee have started the “Garden Explorations” blog. look for more information coming home very soon....
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May is here! Make sure your child is dressed with layers to accommodate our changing weather. This week the students will venture into the garden to dig up worms. We will have some worms in the classroom to observe. Julia, our garden teacher will visit us Thursday to talk about vermicompost. The students...
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We are jumping in to May with some changes in the classroom. Miss Emilee will be taking over teaching duties, and Miss Cindy will be out of the classroom conducting reading assessments and providing individual instruction. This week we will begin the Animals Two by Two unit. The students will be observing goldfish and...
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Run For The Arts happened today and everyone participated and had a wonderful time! Please be sure to collect the money pledged and return it to school, along with the pledge form next week; this money will pay for art and other activities related to the arts for our school. Miss Emilee...
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The warmer weather has come-at least for a few days and the kindergartners are getting ready for our annual “Run For The Arts” next month by running to the baseball fence and back every time we go out to recess; please continue having your child wear some type of running shoes every day, if...
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Miss Emilee is now in the classroom and will stay until the end of the year! Please continue to volunteer in the classroom; it is so helpful and the children love having you with them. Our lead story for work time centers this week is, Max Takes The Train, by Rosemary Wells....
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Thank you for coming to see the kindergartners’ performance last Friday; they all were shining stars onstage and I was so proud of them! On Monday, we had the annual “Run For the Arts” assembly. Children get pledges on how many laps (1/4 mile) they can run during a 30 minute period...
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