Welcome to Kindergarten!

Friday, December 20, 2013

Gingerbread Houses!

Today was our last day of school before winter break and we had a lot of fun making Gingerbread houses! :)
 


Tuesday, December 17, 2013

-at, -am and -an word endings

We practiced making words today that end in -at, -an and -am!

Friday, November 29, 2013

Parts of a Plant

We planted bean seeds this week and learned about what a plant needs to grow. We then drew and labeled the parts of a plant (flower, stem, roots, leaves).

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Thanksgiving

Today we wrote down all of the things that we are thankful for :) Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break next week!

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Kindergarten Sight Word List

Please continue to review sight words at home with your child. The words we have introduced so far are: I, go, it, is, the, to, look, we, like and at.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

American Symbols!

We have been studying about U.S Symbols in Social Studies! We created American flags and drew the Bald Eagle. We also learned about Mt. Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty! Click the following link to check out my US Symbols flipchart that my Kindergarten students loved on TeachersPayTeachers!
Symbols Flipchart

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

We had a great time at our field trip to the pumpkin patch this week! We got to take a hayride, see farm animals and pick a pumpkin to take home! A big thank you to all of the parents who came along with us!

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Monday, September 30, 2013

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

We recently read the book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and I created some fun literacy centers to go along with that theme!


                       Sorting Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
                                Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
Practicing writing our names with plastic letters

Friday, September 13, 2013

Morning Reading

Mr. Sweeney, our principal, caught us reading and working on the alphabet this morning and posted it to Twitter! :)

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Welcome to Kindergarten!

I am so excited to begin another great year of teaching Kindergarten! We are going to have so much fun and learn a lot! :)


Sunday, May 12, 2013

King of ing!

We learned about words that end in -ing this week and made 'King of ing' crowns with all of the -ing words we could think of written on them!

Thursday, April 18, 2013

April Math Centers!

We have been learning practicing addition and decomposing numbers this month. Here is a look at some of the new centers I made that the students have been working on!
 
Ten Frame Cover-Up

 
Ten Frame Practice
 
 
Addition Practice Mats

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Monday, March 25, 2013

Eating 3D Shapes

We got a chance to review 3D Shapes by eating foods shaped like cylinders, cones, cubes and spheres (tootsie rolls, hershey kisses, caramels and chocolate whopper candies)

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Goods & Services

We have been discussing goods and services in social studies this week. The children got into small groups and made a poster advertising a service. These boys created a poster advertising a lemonade stand. Other students chose services such as a car wash, dog walker, babysitter, etc.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Love a Book Week!

We had the privilege of having some parents come in this week to read one of their favorite books to the class! We even had a parent read to us in Spanish! Thank you parents for making the time to come in! We loved having you!

Friday, February 8, 2013

100 Days of School!

We made it to the 100th day of school! We celebrated by making hats that said "I am 100 Days Smarter!" We also tried to think of 100 new things we have learned so far this year. We wrote what we would do if we had $100 and drew what we will look like when we are 100 years old! :)

Friday, January 25, 2013

Wants & Needs

We studied about 'wants' and 'needs' this week in social studies. The kids formed groups and drew various wants and needs on posters and shared them with the class!