2017 Week 1 Names, Routines, Getting to know us!

Well, we did it!

Our first week was AMAZING!

 We really accomplished a lot in 4 short days.

We graphed the number of boys and girls in our class.

 We did have plenty of choice time AFTER our work was done!

 LOVE LOVE LOVE this kissing hand project!

 We also broke out our new supplie

s to create this cutie patotie raccoon

 like the character in our story, The Kissing Hand!

 Everyday the leader is in charge of many things including the morning message! Bonus, they get to bring it home at the end of the day!

For the 5th year running, our class participates in

 ABCs Across America.

We create 26 letters (all the same letter), 

this year S for Smores!, 

and send them to other schools across the country.  

Very soon we will be receiving

 their letters to complete our collection.  

It is so exciting to get mail!

More working pics...

We did a lot of name practice this week. 

Thanks for continuing to practice at home.

 Ms.G will be with us most afternoons from 2-3 to help with projects and centers...yay us!

Most mornings the kids will have table activities until announcements are over.  

Here the green table is discovering pattern blocks...

 The yellow team is sorting bears and buttons...

 and the red team is playing with pattern blocks...

I really try to get art projects in weekly.

This lesson was on using the droppers and watching as the colors spread and blended together creating more colors!

I want you to know how much I appreciate all your hard work helping your k kid be ready for school.  

Enjoy our gift to you!

Friday morning we practiced our first switch of tables as we work on skills needed to begin centers next week.  

We solved puzzles...

 build with blocks...

 created with playdo...

 We cleaned up and switched to a new table and began all over again!

Hip Hip Hooray!

We had our first birthday celebration!

Finally, I'll leave you with some good reads this week!

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And now for the week of September 11-15:

Reading: Letters Aa, Bb, Cc, and Dd

Rhyming

Math: sorting and classifying

Theme: Brown Bear

Social Studies/Science: We learn at school unit

BIG NEWS:

Book orders are due on Tuesday.

Field Trip forms are also due on Tuesday.

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2017 Before the Beginning

We had 100% turnout for Open House! Yay!

Reminder to have your child wear the star sticker with name/homeroom on it and meet in the gym. 

Breakfast is free for kindergarten again this year.  The supervisors will get breakfast eaters to the cafeteria. 

Class begins at 8:05 and ends at 3:00. Thanks for a great beginning of the 2017-2018 school year! 

2017-2018 Before the Beginning

Welcome, soon to be parents of a kindergarten child!

Soon this page will be filled with our weekly newsletter and other musings plus an occasional sneak peek at my family life.  We are all patiently (?) waiting to get the thumbs up to get into our classrooms after a summer of construction.

But, YAY! Air conditioning!

Please contact me with any questions or comments or concerns you might have.  

You can text or phone me at

507.459.4442

I do prefer text but if you need to phone

please leave a voicemail and I will get back to you asap.  You can also find me on facebook and instagram. 

We have a kindergarten facebook page, too, check us out once things get going for the year!

2017 Week 38 THE END!

Well, not only are we getting ready for Sorcha's graduation and a family gathering (new ceilings included)...but we are taking care of baby bunnies!  

Which will just grow up to eat my apple trees!  

What are we thinking?  

Oh, I know, they are sooooo cute!

 

 Our last round of morning challenges were:

playdo!  (dividing into equal fourths was the skill!)

 spinning tops!

 and building blocks!

 Guess what's coming up?  As soon as it warms up that is!

 We made our final page in our memory book!

(I feel the same way!  LOVE LOVE LOVE!)

 Here's another summer birthday...

 We are the kings and queens of kindergarten!

 We made treasure chests of star words!

 Another summer birthday!

 Here's our last centers:

Pokey Pin first grade words...

 Play do animal creations...

Mirror, Mirror star words...

 and finally writing our friends' names one last time...

Here it is...

We finally had our squirt gun fun!

Really, why was I the wettest?

On our last day we solved TANGRAMS...

Our very last morning message.

The last day is always a bittersweet time!

 And they are off!

Happy Graduation Class of 2017!

 Mr. Harper held our Kindergarten Spring Concert!

What to go, kids!

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 Let me leave you with this final shot!

You! The parents participating WITH your kindergartener,

doing the TOOTY TA!

Thank you for a very wonderful year!

And now for next week....

Ha! Enjoy your summer with your child!

P.S. Here's a few photos from social media, thanks for sharing!

Plus one last photo...This will be your k kids in just 12 short years...believe me, it'll go unbelievably quick ! Enjoy every phase of your child's life!
And congrats, Sorcha!