Kindergarten Fun!

I am so excited to announce that we were recipients of a Donor's Choose grant.  We got 18 brand NEW hard cover books for our classroom.  I will be using them throughout the year to teach reading and writing lessons.  I have already read a few of them just for fun, and the kids are LOVING them!

During Shared Reading we have been working with the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.  The students have been working on predictions, making connections, retelling, and problem and solution.  They are doing such a fantastic job in their interactive journals.  I am super proud of them!

Early finishers get to head to our reading carpet and look at some books!

During Word Work, we have been working on the letters/sounds for t, b, and f.  We have also been working on letter formation for those three letters.  Today we did a sound sort.  Students looked at the pictures and had to decide if the picture started with the t sound or with the f sound.  They did a great job!

The kids have told me almost every day that kindergarten is hard work.  I agree!  But they are doing such a nice job and are working so hard to get the hang of full day kindergarten!

Centers!!

We had so much fun doing learning centers today!

We also worked hard in our interactive journals!

Day Two is in the Books!

We worked and played hard today!  We are working on coloring in the lines with appropriate colors and writing our names! We also talked about things we do that might bug our classmates and read the story Don't Eat the Teacher!  The kids are getting the hang of school and did such a great job using hallway manners!  Another teacher even said they were doing better than the FIRST GRADERS!!!!

I did try to get everyone's picture on the playground, but some of them play in places it is hard for me to squeeze into!  :)

First Day of K!!

We had an awesome first day of kindergarten!  We practiced writing our name, took a tour of the school, learned some school rules, and had a whole lot of fun!

First day pictures!!!  Don't see your child??  Return the yellow consent form and I will put it up as soon as I can!  :)

Meet the Teacher...

Meet the teacher will be on Friday, August 21st  from 2:00 to 4:00.  Please bring your child's supplies with you.  I am looking forward to meeting each one of my new kindergarten students!  It is going to be a fantastic year!

As always, I love to keep my parents informed about what is going on the classroom.  The classroom blog is a great thing to get in the habit of checking on a regular basis.  In addition to classroom blog I use Remind 101, it is a free program that allows me to send text message reminders to you!  All you have to do is sign up, I like to have 100% parent participation in this program, if you need help signing up please let me know!

Thank You!

I would like to give a huge shout our to Dreamlike Magic for the new blog design!  It looks better than I could have imagined!  Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!  While I could have done it myself, it would have taken me hours and I would rather spend that time with my daughters!  If anyone is in need of a blog design, I highly recommend www.dreamlikemagic.com!

Under Construction....

New blog design coming soon!  Watch for changes!

I have had quite a few parents ask me when teachers for next school year will be posted, unfortunately I do not have this information yet either.  As soon as I know when it will be posted, I will put the time and date on the blog!  I hope everyone is having an amazing summer!  We have sure kept busy!