The Hundredth Day of School - Valentine's Too!

We had so much fun celebrating the 100th Day of School!  The children were engaged in activities to help them think about the number 100 all day long!  I think they had a great time.

 We met with our 3rd grade buddies to make 100 piece mosaic out of square tiles!  The art work is posted outside our classroom.

 We worked on a 100 piece puzzle!

 We looked for 100 googly eyes buried in rice.

 We built a tower with 100 cups!

 Mrs. Kazmierski helped us read our valentines!

 We painted 100 gumballs on the gumball machine.

 We sorted and graphed candy conversation hearts!

                                     Some of us had time to make a necklace out of 100 beads!

It was such an exciting and fun filled day in Kindergarten!

A few reminders:
-Family Movie night is tomorrow night in the gym at 6pm.  It is a free PTA event.  Popcorn and water will be available for purchase.
-Spring picture day is on Friday (2/24).

A Week in Review: February 6th

This coming week has a lot of activities happening.  I wanted to just list some reminders to start:

• 100s Day/Valentine's Day is on TUESDAY.  Thank you to all of the volunteers.  I will be bringing fruit and donuts for the children on that morning.
• Thursday is a 1/2 Day of school.  Dismissal is at 12:09 pm.
• No School from Friday 2/17-Tuesday 2/21.
• School resumes on Wednesday 2/22.
• Spring Picture Day is on 2/24
• Family Movie Night is on 2/23 at 6:00 pm in the GYM.

This week was very busy.  We worked really hard to be good reading partners to each other.  We focused on putting the book in the middle, pointing to the words, and keeping our eyes focused on the book.  They were really quite sweet to each other.  

We decorated Valentine's Bags in preparation for Valentine's Day!  Thank you so much for the donations of stickers and Valentine items.  The children had so much fun decorating with each other.

In math we learned how to draw a picture to represent a number story.  I told them this story, "I set my table for a party.  I had enough seats for 4 people.  Then I heard my doorbell - DING DONG.  When I opened the door, 7 friends were there.  Do I have enough room for all of my friends to sit."  I then asked the children to draw a picture to answer the question!  I was so impressed with their thinking.

We had an AWESOME week in Room 17!

February 2: A Week In Review

We have had a BUSY week in Kindergarten!

Next week we are going to begin observing familiar objects like scientists during writing workshop. They will get to use magnifying glasses to look at items up close and then write down all that they can about the object.  On Thursday, I would like the children to bring in a favorite toy from home (no electronics) that they can observe like a scientist.  They will bring it to school on Thursday and take it home on Thursday.  I am so excited to see what they bring in.

Exploring Capacity

I think the highlight of the week was going out to explore capacity in the snow.  The Kindergartners worked together with 4th graders to learn about how a container can hold snow.  They had SO MUCH fun!  We will definitely be revisiting this activity while we can!

Shape Hunters

In math this week, we explored shapes.  We hunted around the room and the school for shapes.  They created their own data collecting sheet and made tally marks every time they saw the shape.  Later in the week, the kindergartners drew a circle on a blank piece of paper and used their imagination to create a picture from it.  They drew - dogs, cats, ferris wheels, moms, and dads, playgrounds, the sun, etc.

Groundhog's Day

On Thursday, we learned about Groundhog's Day.  The kids were so excited to collect survey data by asking their classmates "DO you think the groundhog will see his shadow?".  The tallied the results, made bar graphs, and then made a final determination!  It was so fun to see them so engaged.

VALENTINE"S ARE DUE ON FEBRUARY 8th!

Upcoming School Events

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT - February 23rd at 6:00 pm in the school's gym.  We will be watching the movie Trolls.

BIRTHDAY IN A BAG - The WLE Girl Scouts are collecting items to make a child's birthday extra special.  All items will be collected from February 20-March 10th.  The are looking for things like - cake mix, canned icing, sprinkles, balloons, festive birthday plates, candles, etc.  See the flyer attached for more information.

February WLE TV

February 2nd: https://safeshare.tv/x/LBTcIyyI1tw

February 9th:  https://safeshare.tv/x/8u_NHW053NM

February 14th:  https://safeshare.tv/x/3ykH4fniCiQ
February 16th: https://safeshare.tv/x/uQD02zZEQJ0

February 23rd:  https://safeshare.tv/x/cTh1LYOT2VM

February 28th:  https://safeshare.tv/x/qlKGabvVqoo