THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS!

I LOVE THE FLOWERS!    What a nice way to end the school year.  Thank you so much and thanks for your help and support throughout the year.

WE LIKE KINDERGARTEN!

And their kindergarten teacher likes them!  HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER!

MEET THE CLASS OF 2013!

Congratulations, Class of 2013, your self-portraits and autobiographies show hard you have worked during your kindergarten year.  You are very talented artists and gifted writers.  I am so proud of you!

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK!

Thank you, parents, for showering me with gifts this past week.  I truly felt appreciated during Teacher Appreciation Week.

We have been busy this past week taking fourth quarter tests in language arts and math.  We should finish up this week. 

Your children continue to advance in reading and really enjoy their own time reading from their bag of books. 

Next week is a special week as we have our field trip to Grant's Farm and we will have our final get together with our Buddy Class.  The third graders are very excited about reading the poems they have composed in class.  I appreciate those of you who have volunteered to help out on our field trip.  I will be contacting you this week. 

WE LOVE GRANDPARENTS!

The kindergartners put on a spectacular performance and the grandparents loved it!  Their grandchildren loved giving them a tour of the classroom and reading to them.  The icing on the cake was getting to go home with their grandparents.  Thanks, grandparents, for coming out in the rain for the program.

EARTH DAY WEEK!

It was a great day for the Earth in kindergarten.  The class had loads of good ideas about how they can take care of the planet and shared them on Monday.  They made their Save The Earth books and decorated the covers. 

We are working hard on learning poems to recite at our Grandparent's Day program. We are also practicing songs in music that we will be singing at this very important event.

The kindergartners are doing very well learning subtraction.  Everyday we have a hands-on or acting-out activity followed by a worksheet.

They are loving their weekly library storytime and checking out books.

They are writing in their journals and practicing writing their numerals to 31.

Guided reading and The Daily Five are going well.  Each morning they are eager to know what learning activity they will be doing for that day.

The kindergartners are such good artists and have been demonstrating their talents in drawing their grandparents on special cards.  They are really cute!

Remember to dress them up for the big event.

If there is a mom available, I could use someone to set up the cookie table while the performance is taking place.

AN EXCITING WEEK!

The kindergartners couldn't wait to attend the Second Grade Circus.  And I have to say that their behavior was exemplary!  Later on they wrote about their favorite acts and drew pictures of them in their journals.

On Monday they delivered buddy bags to their third grade buddies to let them know that they would be thinking of them as they take the MAP Test.  In the bags were hand-written notes wishing them well.

We will be observing Earth Day tomorrow but we had a headstart last week as we began reading and learning about it.  We also started the cover of our very own Save The Earth book we will be working on tomorrow.

The kindergartners always look forward to Fridays when they can check out books and listen to Mrs. Graef read to them.

We will be finishing up the letter of the day on Tuesday and then focus on working in our journals. 

We finished our math unit on addition and will begin subtracting numbers this week.

Mrs. Critchlow will visit us tomorrow. 

Wednesday is an Early Release Day.

THE VERY BUSY WEEK!