39 Days Smarter!!

Today we are 39 days smarter!!  Yeah!  It is fun to look back and think about how much we have learned in those 39 days!  Here is a flashback to the first day of Kindergarten!

Calling All Superheroes!

I am very excited about our theme this year!  We are going to be Superheroes in Kindergarten!  Last Friday we made Super Learner Capes.  They were adorable and, of course, we had to show them off!

I will share many more pictures later.  They had some fantastic poses!

Don't forget to check back frequently.  I hope to post updates a couple times a week to keep you informed with what we are doing in class, share pictures, and give tips on how to help your child at home!

Last Day of School!

Friday was a fun day to celebrate all of our accomplishments in Kindergarten!  We took some time to decorate the sidewalk outside of our building with sidewalk chalk.  Here are a few photographs of our work (it was very bright and sunny outside)...

 Here is a picture of our Kindergarten group!  I am so proud of these darlings!

And of course we have to have a silly picture!

I was honored to be your child's teacher this year and I can't wait to see all they accomplish in the future! 

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!

Kindergarten Teachers!

School is now just about over and I have to share this picture with you!

Here I am with my Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. May!  She recently visited to open a time capsule with the current senior class, and I had the opportunity to chat with her.  It was fun to see her and I couldn't resist getting a picture.  Who would have thought when I was in her class, that I would be teaching Kindergarten also!  I hope that when my students are older, I will have the opportunity to see them doing something they truly love!

Personal Narrative Publishing Celebration

We recently finished our writing unit on narrative stories, or stories from our lives.   We continued to focus on telling our stories through our illustrations, but we stretched our story over several pages to create books.  We used "The Story Hand" to be certain our stories included our characters, the setting, three details, and our feelings.  We also studied the work of other authors and illustrators while we walked in their footsteps to help make our writing com alive.  Some of the techniques we studied included the illustrator's point of view and speech bubbles.  Books have already been sent home.  I hope you enjoyed your little author's hard work!

Below are some pictures of students sharing during our Publishing Celebration!

And of course they always want to take a silly picture!!

"Hoppy" Easter!

I know that Easter seems like ages ago, but we created these bunnies hiding in the grass to get us ready to celebrate.  I meant to get them posted because students did such a fabulous job on them.  First, we drew everything with pencil and traced our lines with black crayon.  Then students painted the white bunny and green grass.  After the paint dried, they needed to try to find their lines again to trace over.  This was a little tricky! I love the final product!