Thursday, February 14, 2019

Kindergarten Happenings!

We had a busy week with many special things happening.  We also had a surprise early release and late arrival.  We enjoyed our school reward for the Fun Run and celebrated Valentine's Day as well.  Enjoy the pictures!  Some of them are quite cute!  
 Rhyming Presidents - Matching the two pictures that rhyme.
When we return from vacation we will learn about some of our Presidents. 
 Sorting pictures based on the ending sounds with endings -ot, -et, -it, -at, - ut.
 Filling in the short vowel sounds. 
 A special Mystery Reader ~ Mr. Gould!  Thank you so much for taking the time to read to us! 
The kids loved having you and I loved the book that you brought!  Everett & Zoey were beyond thrilled and surprised to have you!  Thanks for coming!! 

 Work on Writing!  We added a new choice to Daily Five.
Work on writing where the students can write about anything they want. They will try to do this independently with check ins but mostly on their own. This will help them begin to sound out words and focus on sentence structure.  I am excited with the writing I saw today!  

 Read to Someone!  Nice job boys! 
 Starfall.com a great site to use to help with building words, using letters and sounds. 
You can also work on reading skills.  
 Learning about symmetry with Mr. Flournoy!  The kids then played a game 
where they had to use pattern blocks and place their piece properly.  



 Outside at recess
Jackson shooting hoops! 
 Having fun on the big hill!! 
 The kids loved opening their Valentine's! 
 All smiles!
 The funky glasses were a huge hit!   

 Mr. Mariani reading a Valentine story. 
 Mr. Campbell's big dunk! 
 and a layup! 
 Kids getting ready for the big game!  
 Bennett was great at defense.  He stopped many balls from crossing the line. 
 Jackson did a great job as well! 

We had a lot of fun!  The game of teachers vs students was awesome and full of excitement!  
I hope everyone has a fabulous February vacation!  



Friday, February 8, 2019

Kindergarten Happenings!

 WOW!  What an amazing week!  The children had a lot to celebrate this week.  We had the 100th day of school and the FUN RUN!!  Thank you for all the wonderful pledges!  It is truly amazing how much money was raised!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart!  Here are some pictures from our busy two days!  

Mr. Flournoy tied our math time in with our 100th day!  We read a cute 
story and worked with a number line to 100.
 Making our fancy 100th day hats with 10 strips & 10 dots on each to make 100 dots! 

 Coloring our 100th day hats. 

 Wyatt looking like a king in his 100th day crown! 
 Dancing with our 100th day hats!  They love kidz bop! 
Happy 100th Day!  
 more fun with 100! 

 We had some wonderful projects come in for the 100th day!  
The kids enjoyed sharing their creation and told us how they got to 100.  
Some counted using groups of 10, some by 1's and some really were not sure. 

100 dots on the number 100
 100 ribbons 
 100 stars
 100 cotton balls for the clouds on a rainbow
 100 sprinkles on a cupcake
 100 foam stickers
 Bennett built a house using 100 legos
 100 emoji erasers 
100 rocks
 Extra choice time for all our Fun Run pledges!! 



 Some really wonderful projects! 


 AMAZING!!  Look at that number!!  I am truly amazed and so thankful to all the families that donated!  This is simply AWESOME!! 
 It was very difficult to get good pictures in the dark and while the kids were speeding around the course but here are a few that I was able to grab! They had the best time and everyone was able to run 35 laps!!  Super proud of them all for sticking with it and getting the job done!! 




even a conga line

 Journey was even able to get laps in on the inner 
circle with Ms. Torgersen pushing her wheel chair!  
Daniel was very proud!  Taking a rest after his 35 laps!  
But he didn't stop there....he kept on moving after his short break! 
Addison whizzing by too quick for my camera!  

 
 Trying to get a group shot of kindergarten and first!  
A little tricky but I think I captured most of them! 

 Group photo!  Look at the red little cheeks!  

We had a lot of fun celebrating and running this week! 
Thank you again for all the pledges!  Have a wonderful weekend!!