Kindergarten Happenings!

SPIRIT week was a success and we had a lot of participants throughout the week.  Our week had a surprise day off and I hope the children and parents enjoyed the extra day without work.  It was quiet chilly and looked like Winter decided to make a visit!  Hopefully warm weather will come really soon so we can enjoy some outside activities during vacation.  Here are some pictures from our week.

STAR STUDENT ~ Anna was the star student the first part of the week.  She did a terrific job sharing her All About Me pages and family pictures. She answered questions from her friends and was our line leader as well.   

Handwriting time ~ The students worked on writing lowercase letters, q, z & x. We also worked on strengthening our finger muscles and doing half of our fish mosaic.  We were supposed to finish it on Friday, but will have to resume finger muscle strengthening after vacation. 

Students first practiced the letters on the HWT ap and then worked in their books. 

We have almost finished all letters and will continue reinforcing correct formation. 

This week we talked about Earth Day & the 3 R's ~ reduce, recycle & reuse

This activity also worked on strengthening finger muscles by tearing the paper into little pieces. Then they glued the pieces on the Earth. Afterwards they each wrote something they could do to make the Earth a better place.  

We also watch a couple videos to learn about Earth Day and what happens to the things that we recycle.

We took a walk around the school to observe the trees and the changes that are happening during the Spring.  We noticed some trees had little buds, others had small leaves and others had flowers blooming. We drew and wrote two things that we noticed about the Spring trees. 

The students worked on building sight words or simple words using playdo. This is a great way to practice reading and writing our sight words, as well as, builds our fine motor skills. 

STAR STUDENT ~ Anthony was our star student the second half of the week.  He will also have another day added to his line leader duty when we return to school on Monday. Anthony loved sharing his information sheets and pictures of his family!  

Student of the Month ~ March

Scarlett was the kindergarten Student of the Month in March! Way to work hard Scarlett! We are so proud of you!! 

We have a lot of hard workers in kindergarten and are so proud of all of you!!  We hope you all take a little time to relax and unwind.  Have a wonderful vacation!!