Grandparent's Day!

We had such a wonderful time spending the morning with our grandparents on Monday!  The kids loved showing their grandparents how they learn and play in centers.  They also enjoyed performing a special poem that they worked on especially for our grandparents.  The poem was called "You are Special".  Thank you grandparents for traveling near and far to see us!  Here is a Smilebox of pictures taken on Grandparent's Day!

Building Community

This week we have been discovering how to learn and interact as a community of learners by inquiring and studying ants.  We have had so much fun learning about ants and communities by reading books, looking at the life cycle and parts of ants, observing ants and so much more.  One of our favorite things that we did was when we went on our ant walk!  We were able to use magnifying glasses to search for ants and watch how they work as a community.  We did a great job not touching the ants and just using our sense of sight.  Here are some pictures!

Color Weeks

We will start our color weeks next week!  During our two color weeks (September 12th- September 23rd) all kindergarten students and teachers will wear something that matches our color of the day.  This is a fun way to get students excited about learning!  We will write about the different colors, read about them and even do some art projects that revolve around colors.  Please make sure you check the sheet that will come home in your child's folder today (September 8th) for a list of what color to wear each day!  I will also attach a picture in case it gets lost!

9/12: Monday- Red

9/13: Tuesday- Orange

9/14: Wednesday- Yellow

9/15: Thursday- Green

9/16: Friday- Blue

9/19: Monday- Purple

9/20: Tuesday- Brown

9/21: Wednesday- White

9/22: Thursday- Black

9/23: Friday- Rainbow

Lambie

We have a special friend named Lambie in our classroom!  Each Friday, starting September 9th, Lambie will go home for a visit with one student in the class!  By the end of the year everyone in the class will have taken Lambie home for a weekend.  Lambie will be sent home on a Friday and will return back the following Monday.  Here is a picture of what will come home.  The letter in the bag will tell you everything that you will need to know!! 

Meet the Learning Lambs

I am so excited about this school year!  As of right now we have 23 sweet kindergarten babies.  Here is a Smilebox to introduce the 2016-2017 Learning Lambs!

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Busy Week Ahead

I cannot believe that we are already so close to the end of the school year!  As the end of the year approaches we will be having a lot of fun activities for your child and for you to participate in.  Please look at some of the highlights for what is going on next week:

-Tuesday, May 24th is field day; I will be sending out a separate email from the PE teachers about important reminders.  Some of them include having your child wear red, tennis shoes, sunscreen and bringing a water bottle with their name on it.  If you are planning to take your child home after field day please come back to our room and sign them out on the sheet in the classroom. 

-Our BIG growth celebration (ELA Extravaganza) is going to be next Friday, May 27th from 9:30-11:00 in our classroom!  The students have worked SO hard this year and they are so excited to share what they have learned at our celebration!  We hope that everyone can make it!  The morning will be filled with your child reading to you and sharing their writing.  Please send in a bag lunch this day.  We will not be going to the cafeteria.  If you have decided that you are going to take your child to lunch instead of participating in the picnic PLEASE send me a note so that we don't think that they need to buy a lunch!!  It is important that we know this the morning they arrive!  If you take your child with you after our celebration please sign out with us in the classroom.  We will have a sign out sheet ready for you.

This year we are having to pack up everything in our classrooms for work to be done during the summer.  Therefore, when you come in to celebrate with us our rooms are going to be pretty bare!  I just wanted to give you a heads up.  We cannot wait to see you all during these last few days of kindergarten! 

Butterflies

We had a great time watching our little caterpillars grow and change over the past few weeks.  We were able to see the life cycle of a butterfly in person.  The little caterpillars turned into big caterpillars.  Then the big caterpillars made their chrysalis.  After a while they all hatched and came out as beautiful butterflies!  We love science and getting to observe and learn through real world, hands on experiences.  Here are some pictures of our butterflies!