Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Thank You, Mr. Bindics!

On Tuesday we screen printed our t-shirts for Field Day! The students had such a good time making their shirts and they all turned out great. I will be sending them home tomorrow. In the picture on the left Madelyn is pressing the ink into the screen with the help of Mr. Bindics. The pictures on the bottom are of Luke and Madison making their shirts. A special thanks to Mr. Bindics for making this possible!



Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Kindergarten Garteners!

This we week we are continuing our discussion about living things. We reviewed the parts of a plant and what a plant needs to grow and survive. On Monday we planted marigolds. The students had a great time doing this. They are anxiously waiting for the seeds to sprout! Thank you for all of the donations of potting soil and marigold seeds! In the picture above Alex, Ryan and Evelynn are filling their cups with soil. At the bottom Taylor and Olivia are watering their plants and Joshua, Emma, and Caroline are filling their cups with soil. Hunter and Luke are showing off their pictures of flowers.

In Math we are working on graphing. We are concentrating on reading information from a picture graph. We are working on words like "more" and "fewer". It would be good to review patterns, numbers, money, measurement, and counting by 5's, 10;s, and 2's at home on occasion. We do continue to practice these skills in school as well. We will be starting addition and subtraction in our next chapter!

In Language Arts we are reviewing cause and effect. We have been working hard on identifying main idea in stories as well. These are tough skills so they require a lot of practice. This week we are also working on the letter Xx. We are also reviewing telling sentences and questions.

I am happy to report that our class book is finished. I sent it to the publisher two weeks ago and we are all waiting patiently for it to arrive. I am so proud of how well they are writing! It is so wonderful to see them get excited about writing!!



















Monday, April 5, 2010

Easter Fun!

When the students arrived Thursday morning they were surprised to see jelly beans on the floor near the student computers. It turns out the Easter Bunny typed them a note and dropped some jelly beans while he was in our classroom. The picture on the left is Caroline reading the note from the Easter Bunny to the class.

The egg hunt was a huge success. I couldn't believe all of the eggs that we had! The pictures below are from the egg hunt! Thank you to all who donated eggs and food for the party.

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