THE VERY BUSY WEEK!

THE VERY BUSY KINDERGARTNERS!

On Monday we started our unit on fire safety.  The very busy kindergartners know how to get out of a burning building safely, what to do if their clothes catch on fire, and how important a meeting place is for the family.  On Tuesday we wrote in our journals about fire safety.  On Wednesday we made Good Luck Goodie Bags for our third grade buddies who will be taking very important tests this coming week. On Thursday we wrote Happy Librarian's Day cards to Mrs. Graef.  On Friday we went on a field trip to the firehouse, learned a fireman song, made a fireman puppet, made cards for Mrs. House on her birthday, and attended our Fredbird assembly. Every day this week we worked hard on adding numbers.   IT WAS A VERY BUSY WEEK!

WELCOME BACK!

Your children came back to school after spring break with more energy and new enthusiasm!  Spring break was really a time for renewal and new happenings.  We are starting addition, have a new character word, planted seeds for a new garden, have storytime with Mrs. Graef every Friday, and are making bags for our buddies to wish them well during their testing.

We are adding numbers using manipulatives.

We wrote in our journals about how we as kindergartners can be of service (our character word of the month) at home and at school.  Have you noticed any volunteerism at home?

Mr. Loos has organized a garden-to-be and the kindergartners planted marigold seeds, with the help of volunteers, in the courtyard.  They are growing on our window ledge and will be planted before school is out.

For our transportation unit the kindergartners wrote about a favorite vehicle in their journals.  They are using their sight words and inventive and conventional spelling.

We are decorating goodie bags for our buddy class to let them know that we will be thinking of them during their testing period. 

For our fourth quarter library time we are very excited that we will not only be able to check out books, but will also have storytime with Mrs. Graef.

The students came back from spring break very excited to tell where they went and what they did.  They wrote in their journals and then shared their experiences with the class.

A WORTHY CAUSE!

Thank you, parents, for sending your child to school dressed like a PE teacher and for donating to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  The kindergartners were very excited as they handed me their one dollar bill and helped me count the money.  In addition to the fundraiser, our buddy class invited us to their room (a school-wide event) for a gym and dance activity to show just how important exercise is to our good health.

The kindergartners have worked very hard these past two weeks during testing and are looking forward to spring break.  Friday is the end of the quarter and a half-day of school.  No lunch will be served on that day.  HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK! 

BUDDY ACTIVITY!

On Thursday we met with our third grade buddies and worked on a character education project.  Since we missed our last meeting because of a snow day (we didn't mind), we worked on two character words.  We discussed how we can show patience (our March character word) and, as the students gave some very good examples, they wrote these on shamrocks.   Courage was our February character word and, after a good disscussion, they wrote these thoughts on posters. They combined the shamrocks with the posters to make a good-looking display for the third grade hallway.  Thank you, buddies, for a great project.   WE DO LOVE OUR BUDDIES!!!

CHARACTER ASSEMBLY!

On Friday we recognized our students who have earned a Grand Slam for good character at our Character Assembly and we all sang our school's character song.  We have been holding fundraisers to help fight Cystic Fibrosis in honor of a Concord student who has the disease.  At our assembly his parents accepted a check to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation from Concord School.  Great work, Concord!

SEUSSVILLE!

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, we donned our hand-made Cat in the Hat hats and participated in some fun Dr. Seuss Day activities.  We made rhyming words, read stories, counted feet by twos and did a Cat in the Hat dot-to-dot.  At the end of the day, Dr. Seuss would have been proud as we dropped everything and read (DEAR).  My kindergartners are such good readers!