Peace

Hello Families,
     Last week felt like a very mixed up week with the Monday and Tuesday break from school then the day off on Thursday.  Here's hoping we have a full week of school this week!  We finished up our unit on Pushes and Pulls, are working on correct letter formation for upper case letters, practicing tapping and reading 3 letter words and getting ready to write about melting snowmen and learn a new math game that uses adding skills.  As we talked about Martin Luther King Jr. and all the important messages he wanted to spread, we made Peace Plates and discussed what we think PEACE means.  Some of the Kindergarten ideas were....Peace means love, working out problems with friends, staying calm when you're mad about something and being a kind person.  Here are some photos from that project.





This project opened up great dialogue around different ways to express yourself in art and how unique our individual ideas are.  As the students sat at the table revealing their designs, I heard comments like, "I love the dots on yours."  "Wow, I know you like blue!"  "I might try that flower design next time."  We learn from each other every day in Kindergarten.

Some photos to share....

Hello Families,
     The Kindergartners have loved having some snow to romp around in on the playground!  Here are some photos of what we have been up to....


Our Nature Art we created after looking at Andy Goldsworthy's work.....

 
Creating the art with Mr. Paul.


We are learning about Force and Motion....


Time with our Big Buddies.  (See the calendar in the background?  Ask your child about the pattern on the calendar this month!)


Our Big Buddies helped us make Name Snowmen.


Playing a letter/word game with a partner.

Happy New Year!

Hello Families,
     Together again in 2019!  After watching a short video and learning a new song about the New Year and different ways to celebrate, we had a class discussion about wishes for the new year.  Here is what the Kindergartners had to say about that....


We welcomed a new student to B-3 and started a nature art project by walking out in the woods behind school.  I shared some pictures by Andy Goldsworth and the students talked together about what he used to express himself while out in nature.  We will be creating something next week with what we collected....

We are approaching the halfway mark of the school year and our classroom could use a few things to resupply our Kindergarten cupboards.  If you would be willing to send in some small plastic or paper cups or ziplocs of any size (snack, sandwich, quart, gallon) it would be greatly appreciated.  Also, if your child doesn't have a sweatshirt and extra socks packed in their backpack, please put those items in for them.  It can get chilly at times in the classroom and a sweatshirt can come in handy.  After a wet, snowy recess, socks can be wet and soggy and uncomfortable so extra socks would be great.  On that note, when I was in the nurse's office to borrow socks for a student one day, Nurse Becky commented that she doesn't have a good supply of smaller socks for Kindergartners.  A donation of small sized socks would be helpful for our school supply.  Thanks!