Valentine's Already?

I can not believe that a month and a half of school has already flown by in the year 2013. Where does the time go?
We have been super busy these past few weeks... here are just a few of the things we have done!

 

We celebrated the 100th day of school...

 

We have been hard at work writing. We can all write at least THREE sentences now.

 

We have learned how to make bigger shapes using small shapes...

 

And we have learned how to group things together when we count big numbers so that we count faster. These two boys are doing a Counting Collection. They have three minutes to count all the objects in their bowl, write their number in their journal, and illustrate how they count! (I think they had 87 items in this bowl!)  They are FAST!

Christmas Time Is Here!

It doesn't seem like it should already be Christmas, but it is! We have been busy making gingerbread houses, learning about the North Pole and Community Helpers, and doing LOTS of writing!

This is just a little glimpse of what we have been up to...

 

(Hard at work in our writing spots)

Making Candy Canes at our Christmas party.

Thanks to all the parents who came by to have fun with us!

You helped make it a good time for all!

 

 

Miss Rodery was even able to stop by today. YAY!

 

We had a great time. More pics will be uploaded later,

including pics of Pajama Day and pics of our gingerbread houses.

Have a very merry Christmas!

Busy days...

I am so ashamed as I look at this blog and realize that it has been ONE MONTH since I last posted... I'm sorry. All I can say is it has been incredibly busy in the lives of your kindergartener, as you can plainly see from the following snapshots of our day.

Students creating Scarecrow Glyphs with our Second Grade Book Buddies.

Students at a pumpkin patch, learning about Native American ways of life.

Our class Jack-O-Lantern... We first took out the "guts" and counted all the seeds.

We had over 475 seeds in this pumpkin! WOW!!!

A student bowling with a pumpkin at our October birthday party.

Thanks to all the parents who came and helped !

 Our class also learned about Native Americans, their way of life, and then created their own "Native" name, such as Rainbow Princess or Shining Owl. The students then earned feathers for good behavior to create their own personal headdress.

(This is a class picture with Miss Rodery, our student teacher)

 

 

Miss Taylor's "Native American" kiddos at our feast. They enjoyed dressing up!

 

 

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are gearing up for a fun filled Christmas with family and friends- I know we are! We have many upcoming events planned, so stay tuned! I will try to post pictures as they happen... HOPEFULLY!

It's Pumpkin Time!

Fall is in the air! I love this time of year... Well, actually I love all the seasons because each one has such different opportunities! With Fall, our class gets to learn about apples and pumpkins! What fun.

We have been incredibly busy, trying to squeeze in testing for the end of the nine weeks while still doing all of the regular classroom learning! How do I make it through the crazy days lately? Well...

Let's just say Sonic has been getting lots of orders for Vanilla Dr. Peppers! Ha!

 

 

We have also added going to computer lab to our routine! Every Thursday afternoon, we spend 40 minutes working on literacy through the Lexia program. The kids love working on filling up their "towers" which means they have completed an entire learning program!

 

To finish our apple unit, we tasted things we could make with apples (Homemade applesauce, apple juice, and different colored apples). The students then wrote about what they would do with an apple.

Last week, we spent the entire week learning about Pumpkins, Life Cycles, and beginning/middle/end of stories. On Friday we painted "pumpkins" for our hallways. Miss Rodery was loving the art time with the kiddos!

And so was the fabulous Mr. Dobbins, our Watch DOG dad who spent the day helping several kindergarten classes paint! Thank you Mr. Dobbins!

 

The next week is full as well! To name a few...Pumpkin Patch, Picture Day, Red Ribbon Week, Parent Teacher conferences, School Wide assemblies, and our Fall Party! The fun never ends! Stay tuned to see what all we "get into" this week!

Where did the time go?

Oh My Goodness! Time has flown by! I can't believe that the blog has not been updated since August. All I can say is "I'm sorry!" We have been so busy that the blog has just slipped my mind. Here are just a few pics of the things we have been doing lately!

We went to the fair to see the animals...

We also had a nursery rhyme parade, where the students dressed up as their favorite nursery rhyme character. (Miss Rodery is the spoon who ran away with the dish, from Hey Diddle, Diddle)

There's also a LOT of work going on around here! You would be amazed at what your child can already do! These are a few pics of the things we have been learning...

 

Again, I am so sorry that I have neglected our blog... but trust me, it is because we are staying busy in the classroom and I have been searching and creating for countless hours at home each night! I promise to try to do better! :(

Another week of fun!

Wow! This week has been packed full of fun things. The students "wrote" stories all about themselves, learned about author's and illustrator's, and did some graphing.

This is our birthday graph!

 

We also wrote some stories this week. These are just a few of our authors!

 

 

We also worked on the poem "I am Special".

 

Song and movement are very important in our classroom! We have been learning a lot of new songs that teach valuable skills, as well as just some silly ones to have fun. One of the kids new favorites is the "Tooty Ta" by Jack Hartman. They think it is hilarious!

 

Next week we begin color week, so stop back by to see what we create!

 

 



A Few Tears, A Few Giggles, and A Lot of Fun

Today was our first day of school, and what a day it was! I am so proud to say that the students seemed excited to begin their school journey, and we began with very few tears (on the students part at least). Hopefully the parents fared as well when they left our room! :)

We went to P.E. and G.T. today, had a wonderful time at recess, played some games, and read a few books. Our favorite book of the day was "The Kissing Hand"

After we read the book, we talked about our feelings for the first day of school. Some of the students shared that they were excited, while others said they were shy or worried. I shared with the students that I was nervous, because I am always afraid I will forget someone's name.

We also learned a new phrase today. It is "Spoiler Alert"! hahaha. We discussed that being a "spoiler" is when you tell the class the ending of a book before we read it. I explained to the students that even though you have heard a book before, you can still hear it again and listen for things you didn't hear before. So, if your child comes home talking about not being a "spoiler", that is what they are referring to.

We had a fantastic day! I am looking forward to tomorrow!