Apple graphing




Morning graphing according to size





Jessica's cute little apple



We have been busy in kindergarten learning about John Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed.  We have read so many great stories about him.  Last week we brought in apples and we graphed them on our floor graph. We learned there were many different ways to graph our apples.  First we graphed them by color, then we graphed them by size and finally we graphed them by whether they had a stem or not.  It was so much fun to see  how many red apples we had in comparison o how many green apples or mixed color apples.  Also we had so many different sizes of apples.  I think our favorite apple in the A.M. Class was Jessica's, it was so tiny.   Over all we had a great time using our floor graph and learning all the different ways to make and read a graph.



The afternoon class graphing whether their apples had a stem or not.



Kindergarten news

Well we are 16 days into kindergarten and they have been working so hard.  We have been busy working on our letters, numbers and popcorn words. They are doing such a great job with their writting! I have seen such great improvement already.  We have also been working on our smart-board, their favorite (mine too)!  We work on our letters and poems using the smart board and we also watched the letter factory by Leap Frog!  If your student struggles with identifying letter sounds it is a great DVD for support!  Also abcya.com is an awesome website for reading and math activities.    

This week we were not able to check out books from the LRC because our check out system was down.  The kids went to the computer lab instead! What a great treat!

Next week is our first science day, we will be exploring physical change and chemical reaction!  It's always fun!  I really appreciate the parent volunteers giving of their time to come and help us with our experiments.  

Next week we are going to be learning about Johnny Appleseed, don't forget to send in an apple, we will be graphing them.  It is so much fun! 

In religion we are talking about showing love to others  and the many ways we can show we care! I have asked the children to try to remember to pray daily to God not only to thank him for all the wonderful gifts he gives us daily, but also when they are feeling sad or angry!  God is always there and is always listening . 

Well I will try to update weekly, please check back for updates and eventually pictures. If you do not want your child's picture to appear on our blog please let me know ! 

Welcome to kindergarten!

Welcome everyone! The year is underway and we are already learning so many things. We have started with patterning and ordering numbers in math. Today we started writing! Those sheets that came home today are our beginning writing sheets. Next week will be our first full week and we have a busy week planned.We will be celebrating three birthdays, we will attend all our specials and we will start our reading program.  Homework will come home at the end of the week so look for it. Remember they get a week to complete it.  
The first days of kindergarten are always hard, there are so many procedures to learn.  Things we take for granted. They did a great job and I am sure they were tired at the end of the day! I look forward to next week. Have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday!

Happy summer everyone, See you soon!

Our kindergarten service project and more!



A.M. Class helping with the sorting



This past Friday we delivered our donations to the Good Samaritan NICU. The nurses were very excited to receive our donations.  I can't thank you all enough for your generosity. We really collected a ton of baby t-shirts, blankets and beanie hats that will be put to good use.  We didn't get to see any of the babies because only parents are allowed in, but some of the nurses came out and spoke to us about how our donations are helping the babies.  I wish we could have had all the students there, but space didn't allow. I do thank those parents who took time out of their busy schedules to bring their children there.



P.M Class after we put our donations in the bucket














The nurses of the NICU

 

Looking forward, I sent home a note outlining what our May will look like.  Please check that schedule often. We are going to be busy.  Keep your fingers crossed for good weather for our field trip to the zoo and our field days.  Over the next few remaining weeks we will continue working on our independent writing, which is truly impressive and we will be using our smartboard for many end of the year activities as we wind down.  We will continue to take our timed math tests until May 18th.  The week following that  we will be busy with our field days and our VIP program so we will not take a timed test that week and the following week we only have 2 days of school.. Can you believe it.  A note about about Graduation will come home shorty.  Our ceremony is held in the evening and all are welcome, (grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts uncles etc.) I must admit this year has flown by so fast.



As usual thank you for checking our kindergarten blog!

St. Patricks Day, oviparous and our Service project.

I feel like such a slacker, I have not updated my blog in weeks. Between being sick and all the other things I let take over my life I have failed to keep up with the blog. I truly apologize. Over the past few weeks we have been exploring many new things. We learned what oviparous means. We created a cute riddle bulletin board about oviparous animals. Please stop by and read the riddles. The students have been writing in their journals. Their independent writing is coming along so nice. We also planted some marigold flowers and we are watching them grow. We had our first sprouts today! We have been studying plants and what they need to grow. We have also been talking about the parts of a plant and their importance to the plant. We also covered the different seasons and how a tree or plant looks during the different seasons.

Last week we started our Social and Emotional Service Project. We had a nurse come in from the Good Sam NICU. She talked to the students about what goes in unit and how their donations are used. I can't believe how responsive the students were. They really made some personal connections to the information that was presented to them.

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our service project, if you haven't had a chance yet remember I do need all donations by Monday. We will be sorting and getting our donation ready for delivery. I really appreciate all your help with this project. Our goal is to have them make a connection to the community and how the little things we can do make a huge difference to others who are less fortunate then ourselves.

Science day- physical and chemical change

I hope you all enjoyed your spring break! I am finally getting some of our pictures posted. For our last science day we made Ice cream, we watched milk, vanilla, sugar, salt and ice turn into a tasty treat! Each year we try to improve on the recipe and I must say this year was the best. We also blew up balloons, volcano's and watch M's float off our M & M's . It was very exciting to see what happens when you add baking soda to vinegar. So many ways to have fun with house hold items. I think the kids favorite was when the balloons blew up after the baking soda mixed with he vinegar. I really appreciate all the help you parents offered up for our science days. We couldn't do it without you . Plus the kids love to have you in the class.

Other information:

I am going to be sending home information on our field trip to the zoo, field days, VIP and Graduation. Also next week a note will come home about our social and emotional service project we are participating in. Thanks for stopping by. I will be posting pictures from St. Patrick's day soon.