100th Day!

We had so much fun today!  The 100th day of school is probably one of my favorite days to be a teacher.  We teamed up with Mrs. Ballard's class today and had a whole lot of fun!  This morning the kids entered through a special doorway to find 100 Hershey Kisses scattered throughout the classroom.  They were all labeled with a number on the bottom, they had to identify the number and place the Hershey Kiss on a 100's chart. 

After finding 100 Hershey Kisses, we headed to the cafeteria where we read 100 CVC words...

and wrote 100 CVC Words.... 

We ran into a little old lady who looked A LOT like Mrs. Wanke.  After completing our CVC challenge, we headed back to the classroom where we listened to our skip counting songs, and read 100 books!!!  After reading, we got our bags of 100 items and compared weight.  Ashley had the heaviest bag for sure!!

After lunch the kids did 100 exercises and wrote their numbers to 100.  

When I picked them up from music Mrs. Durand was so excited!  We had seven friends sing the Star Spangled Banner and earn their certificate!  We were both very impressed!!

Then we made and ate our 100's day snack.  Each kid took ten of each snack item and put it in a small bag.

We did a lot of fun 100's day activities with our reading buddies.  They really enjoyed resting for 100 seconds. 

It was an exciting day in Kindergarten for sure. 

This is not a picture from today, but it is a favorite from last week, and I have to share!

Counting Songs

We have been working hard learning to count by 1's, 5's, and 10's to 100.  While most of the students are able to count to 100 all three ways, there are some that could use some extra practice.  Here are some fun youtube videos to help reinforce the concepts at home!

Count by 5's

Count by 10's

Count by 1's

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the 100th day of school.  Students should bring in his/her gallon sized bag with 100 objects for a Math activity tomorrow morning.

Thank you so much for all of the donations for the 100's day snack.  It is greatly appreciated!

In November we held a mock election where students voted for a Go Noodle Monster.  Each monster had a platform ranging from promoting kindness to space exploration for all students.  The kids all had to register to vote and show up with their voter registration card.  They had a great time learning about the process of elections. 

Our Christmas celebration was a blast. The kids had great treats and a great time decorating each other as Christmas trees.  Thank you to all the parents who helped plan this special time for our students. 

We kicked off the new year with a special celebration.  We learned about a new habit, Think Win-Win, then Mrs. Brockway announce the winners of the Jog-a-Thon.  Ashley was the top earning student and won $200!!  Our class came in first place, which means we will get a scoopie party from Culvers this spring.  After the winners were announced we had some Minute to Win It fun!  This assembly is always one of the favorites for the students!