May activities

May is just around the corner.... I can't believe how fast this year has flown by. We have many activities coming up. Please check the special schedule sheet I sent home earlier last week. We will be going to the zoo on Monday. (May 2) Please dress your child appropriately. Rain or shine we will go. (Pray for Shine) We also have our Mothers Day Tea coming up.(May 9th) It is truly a special day for both the mothers and the children. VIP and graduation are how we will round out our month. We have been practicing extra hard for both events. We counted in class today how many days are left in kindergarten and we came up with 19..... It can't be... I have had such a wonderful year with your children and I am really sorry to see it end. When I told them that they have 19 days left of kindergarten then they get a summer break and then they will go to first grade they were just amazed. (some a bit excited and some a bit scared) It has been amazing how they have grown. I told them that we were going to have a visit from our preschoolers tomorrow (in the a.m. class) and I explained that as young as the preschoolers are, that is how young they were when they started kindergarten and look at them now......
One last note.. I uploaded many pictures to the Walgreen's sight. They are pictures I took throughout the year. As I take more will upload them as well.

Kindergarten News

This week we have been learning about clocks and we have started to learn to tell time. The kids took a pre-test on clocks before we started our unit "telling time" It was amazing how much they new already about clocks. They love telling me what time it is. We will be working on "time" until the end of the year.
We also planted our garden last week and they are growing like crazy. Every day they ask me about how big our plants have grown. Keep your fingers crossed they keep growing. We are also learning about the life cycle of plants. In science we took our last assessment about plant growth, the seasons and God's creations. I can't believe we are coming to the end of the year already. They have learned so much and are so excited about everything they learn. I am really having as much fun this year as they are.
Have a blessed Easter everyone.

Oviparous and spring time activities

Over the last few days we have been studying oviparous animals. We have read some funny stories and learned some interesting facts. We have also been talking about spring, and all the wonderful things we see as the weather changes. We wrote a book about spring and the things we see, some the the books have come home the others will come home as they finish them. We also made an oviparous page for our oviparous book. I am so impressed with how they illustrated their pages for their books. They are learning to add more and more details to their pictures and they are turning out fabulously. I love them!!!! The students are really excited about their work and I wanted to share some of them with you.

Have a wonderful day!

What's happening in Kindergarten ?

This week in kindergarten we started our unit on Oviparous animals. Ask them what Oviparous means. They are so smart. We read "Horton Hatches an Egg" and completed a story map. We have been learning about who the characters are in a story, the setting, aswell as what happened at the beginning, middle, and ending of the story. Their recall is excellent. They are really picking up on important details in the stories we are reading. You can do this at home after you finish reading a story. Their comprehension will improve greatly and will make reading more enjoyable. We just had our 131th day of school and when we looked at our tooth chart we discovered that between both kindergarten classes we have lost 54 teeth to date. Wow that is alot of teeth. I think I pulled about 1/3 of them in class. I can't wait to see how many more they lose. They tell me everyday how many loose teeth they have. I hope some of them fall out before the end of the year. There are many activities coming up, please look for information to come home in your childs folder soon.

Officer Patti

Last week Office Patti made a visit to our classroom. She talked about safety in and out of the car. She reminded us how important it is to sit in a car/booster seat and parents should wear their seat belts too. She sang a few safety songs and did a cute little dance. Officer Marion also talked to us about stranger danger. They remembered all the information that Officer Mary had told them a couple of weeks ago. Very impressive.

March madness!!!

Kindergarten has been a busy place this month. We went to a play "Peter Pan" , it was too cute. Abc soup company really does a great job and our students really had a great time. We also celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday, a Leprechaun visited or class and left some goodies (sorry I didn't bring my camera that day?) We read so many great St. Patrick's day books and did the kids look cute in their leprechaun hats or what? Science day was a hit, gas always amuses 5 and 6 year olds. It is amazing what a little baking soda and vinegar can do.
We made some changes in our class this past week, Our smart board is here and we moved a bulletin board to make room for it. It's not too pretty now, but once the Smart board is installed it is going to be beautiful!!!! I can't tell you how excited I am about it. So many opportunities await our class.
Remember to keep sending in your eye's (please cut them out before you send them in) and remember to put your child's name on it. I am looking more for Christ like behavior then chores, however I do realize sometimes doing chores does reflect Christ like behavior if they are done willingly and without argument. I am enjoying reading the comments you write about how you see Jesus in your child.
Have a blessed week

Science day Physical and chemical change

Kindergarten investigated chemical change and physical change this week in science. We made ice cream, volcano's, floated the m's off M&M's and blew balloons up. It was very exciting. I think hey liked the ice cream most of all. (who doesn't like ice cream?) I can't thank you parents enough for all your help this year for hands on Science day! The students really love having their parents share in the fun. Many of you have asked for the ice cream recipe, I will get it to you this week.