Looking our Best!

Here are some pictures from the school music performance.  The children looked so nice I had to share!

Holiday Parties

Both Kindergarten classes are so fortunate to have amazing parents who planned and helped out with the holiday party! We couldn't have done it without you! Thank you so much for all of your time and effort:).  The kids had such a blast!

Letters to soldiers

The Kindergarteners paired up with their fourth grade buddies to write letters to soldiers who would not be able to be home for the Holidays. This was an all school event and everyone did such an amazing job! The letters will be sent along with care packages to soldiers serving overseas in the Marines.

Whose Child is This?

Whose Child is This?

Whose child is this?" I asked one day

Seeing a little one out at play

"Mine", said the parent with a tender smile

"Mine to keep a little while

To bathe his hands and comb his hair

To tell him what he is to wear

To prepare him that he may always be good

And each day do the things he should"

"Whose child is this?" I asked again

As the door opened and someone came in

"Mine", said the teacher with the same tender smile

"Mine, to keep just for a little while

To teach him how to be gentle and kind

To train and direct his dear little mind

To help him live by every rule

And get the best he can from school"

"Whose child is this?" I ask once more

Just as the little one entered the door

"Ours" said the parent and the teacher as they

smiled

And each took the hand of the little child

"Ours to love and train together

Ours this blessed task forever."

MAP assessment

In January we will be taking a computer test in Math and Language Arts called  MAP (Measures of Academic Progress ).
Here is a link that is a practice for primary children.  You can have your child familiarize themselves with this assessment. We will also be practicing in school on how to take this test.  Thank you!

http://www.nwea.org/sites/www.nwea.org/files/tutorials/primary-warmup/index.htm

Gifts from the heart

In Kindergarten we have been discussing gifts we can give this holiday season that don't necessarily cost money after reading The Giving Tree. We have learned that the best kind of gifts are the ones that don't cost anything and come  from our hearts. Each student wrote a few gifts they can give friends and family that don't cost any money. We then "wrapped" their presents and they are decorating our doors. We have such thoughtful students! :) 

Where in the World is the Gingerbread man?

 

This week we started our Gingerbread man

unit!  We will be reading a lot of  fun stories such as the Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, Gingerbread Friends, and Gingerbread Baby!  The gingerbread man ran away and we are chasing him around the world.  We first found him in India where we learned about the celebration of Diwali.  Then he was spotted in Sweden, where he was celebrating St. Lucia Day!  Where will he be next?  Next week we will find out.

 

Two videos the kindergartners really like!

Our Thanksgiving Play!

                 Ms. Ambler's Thanksgiving play

               

                   Mrs. Wittenberg's Thanksgiving play

                  

We learned so much by the movies we watched, the books we listened to, but involving us in the play helped us learn even more about what Thanksgiving was about!  We practiced, created our costumes, practiced more, and finally it was time to say our lines. The Native Americans and the Pilgrims all did a nice job. Our teachers were very proud of us! :)

Firemen!

Last week the firemen came into our classroom! They are teaching us so much about fire safety! They told us it is important to have our parents check the fire alarms twice a year and taught us what to do in case there was a fire in our house! We listened to different types of fire alarms so we are familiar with the noises they make! We love when the firemen come in!

50's Day!

Here are some pictures of my classes 50's day! Both classes had so much fun learning about what life was like back in the 50's!

A Fabulous Fifties Day!

So cool!  We rocked around the clock in p.e. with Mr. Wloch and listened and sang Yackety Yackety, Don't Talk back with Mrs. Meiers.  Records hung(we thought they were tires) above our table and we learned what life was like in the 1950's. In the afternoon we had math and literacy workstations all centered around our special day!  

Investigating Worms!

This week in Kindergarten we learned all about worms! We read Diary Of A Worm and wrote to our diary pretending to be a worm! What great writing skills we have! We also learned about real worms and got to touch and explore some. Our reading skill was "realism vs. fantasy" so we talked about real worms and made our very own fantasy worm. We also created a worm habitat and learned how they live underground and help the soil! Science is so much fun!

Dear Diary, 

I like spider.  Spider is my best friend and he will always be. Love, Aarian