Thursday, May 29, 2014

May 29, 2014

I thought I would go ahead and send a quick email for our class today! It was so great to see you all today at our program! We really hope you enjoyed our program!
Tomorrow is field day! Please send your child with tennis shoes and apply sunscreen since our kids will be out in the morning!

Frank & Michelle Baumstark, Shannon Fry, and Sasha Schmid will be here to help us! I’ll see you guys at 8:30-9:50 am! The rain date is Monday, June 2 but hopefully we will be fine tomorrow!

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

May 28, 2014

We went in the cafeteria to practice our kindergarten program songs! (Stella) We hope to see you tomorrow!
We learned about sharks; when sharks lose their teeth they can grow them back again and again! (Sarah Jane)
Today in PE we learned about field day stations and learning the safe way to go in the water! (Kendrick)
We picked a whale and made it talk or think! (Nathan) Students used speech bubbles or thinking bubbles today!

We watched two short movies about sharks! One was fiction the other was nonfiction! (Sam) Just like stories we found out movies can teach us different things too!

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

May 27, 2014

Dear Families,
We read our Down in the Deep Blue Sea poem! (Emma)
We learned about starfish today! (Evan) Some starfish can grow themselves back from a limb and others can grow arms back! (Trevor)
We wrote about starfish! (Kaitlynn)
We made a starfish with rice! (Asher)
In Art we made our last art project! (Xan)
We practiced in the cafeteria for our program! (Kate) Our program will be this Thursday followed by our picnic! We hope to see you!

It was a great day!

Thursday, May 22, 2014

May 22, 2014

We wrote about the ocean! (Evan) Our class also got to free write in their writing journals. We are spending a lot of time practicing writing neater and using capitals, spaces, and ending marks!
We had fun at outdoor recess! (Kate)
Today in Science we felt 2 cups filled with water and one is in the shade by the window and the other one is in a cabinet. Tomorrow we will see how the temperatures are different. (Xan)
For math we added and glued all the answers that was more than 10 in one group and the answers that was less than 10 in the other group! (Trevor)
We got a coloring sheet about safety from Ms. Mielke today. (Emma)

Reminder:
Tomorrow is our field trip! Please remember to put sunscreen on your child and to check the weather to see how they should be dressed! Please no sandals! If you are bringing a lunch please put your child’s name on the sack.
Melissa Edinger is bringing coolers for our class to use. The coolers will be in my room in the morning so we can put our lunch sacks and drinks inside!


Today check backpacks for your child’s yearbook!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

May 21, 2014

Dear families,
We wrote about the things we would take to the beach. (Asher)
Before lunch today, we had Hickman high school students read books to us! (Kendrick)
In math we played a dice game with a friend. We rolled our dice and added the dots together and found the answers in our butterflies. (Sarah Jane)
We went to PE and got to go outside! (Nathan)
We are about to go to big centers! (Kaitlynn)


A few notes:
·         I will send folders this Friday and one last time next Friday.  Wow! I can’t believe it’s almost the end of the year!

·         Please make sure to read over the email I sent earlier about our field trip this Friday. Parent volunteers please remember no siblings on our field trip since all of the kindergarteners will be with us! We also want this to be a special time for you and your kindergartener J Thanks to all that are coming to help!

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

May 20, 2014

Dear Families,
We used thermometers and looked to see how hot and cold it was outside. (Asher) We put our thermometers in 4 different places this morning, 2 in the shade and 2 in the sunlight.
We found out it was hotter in the sunlight and cooler in the shade. (Kaitlynn)
For word work we found sounds at the beginning and end of different words! (Kendrick)
We wrote in our journals about whatever we wanted and drew a picture that went with our words! (Sarah Jane)
Today in art we talked about different kinds of lines! (Lily)

It was a good day!

Monday, May 19, 2014

May 19, 2014

We talked about the ocean and weather today! (Evan) We will talk about these topics for the next 2 weeks!
We wrote our Monday news! (Jake) After we practiced writing a couple of sentences correctly, we wrote about our weekends!
At recess we had a fun time! (Xan)
In math we sorted number sentences by their answers/sums! (Trevor) This was tricky for some of us today!
Today in music we danced to music! (Emma) Ms. Pierce told us that today was our last music class with her! (Avery)
We had a good day today!

Please check the weather so that your child can be comfortable at school!