Items Needed to Make Games for Classroom:

I attended the Minnesota Kindergarten Association conference on Friday and Saturday and walked away with some great ideas!  Many of the items I need to make the games, etc. our household items that everyone has lying around their house. 

If you have any of these items around the house and would be willing to donate them to our classroom the students and I would appreciate it.  The items will be used to make games for our Daily 5 (Reading) and Daily 4 (Math) centers.

-Gerber Clear Baby Food Containers w/ Lids (3.5 oz Plastic Containers not Glass)
-Clear Bottles w/ Lids (ex: Nestle Quick Bottles/Smaller Water Bottles)
-Small Cans w/ Lids (ex: Pringles Cans)
-Cool Whip Containers w/ Lids
-Butter Container w/ Lids
-Clothespins
-Paint Sticks
-Jenga Blocks
-Scrabble Letters
-Candyland
-Chutes & Ladders

Thanks so much!  If you have any questions, please give me a call.  Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

HOPE EVERYONE CAN MAKE IT MONDAY NIGHT!!!

 

Monday, May 2nd from 5:30-7:00 we will be having our final kindergarten family night.  The theme will be Fishing - Caught Reading!  We will wrap up the school year and give you some ideas of things you can work on at home this summer and we will be handing out packets for your child to use over the summer that will help get them ready for 1st grade. 

Red Shirt Friday

Students received a special gift from Michael today...

Michael sent every single student in our class a patch that he wears on his Army uniform.  Michael is in the  3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, more specifically the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker). The patch that he sent the students is the patch that all the soldiers in his company wear.  It is worn on the left side of their upper arm.  Students wrote Michael a "thank you" letter for the patches and the final letter for the year.

Thanks Michael!  We will miss writing you! :)

Check out our Red Shirt Friday pictures/patch pictures!

Don't Forget to Wear Red Tomorrow!

Earth Day! - April 22nd

We celebrated Earth day today!  We talked about how Earth Day is a special day that celebrates Earth.  We also talked about what Earth Day is (Earth's Birthday), when Earth Day started (April 22nd, 1970), and ways we can protect the Earth (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle).  Please talk to your student about ways they can help the Earth by reducing, reusing, and recycling at home.  You can also check out the videos that we watched in class:

The Secret Planet Earth video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jP8CC2rKj4

Jack Johnson's "3 R's" with lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USo_vH1Jz7E

Same Jack Johnson song with photos/graphics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loeHhmUh-nE

Save the Date

Monday, May 2nd from 5:30-7:00 we will be having our final kindergarten family night.  The theme will be Fishing - Caught Reading!  We will wrap up the school year and give you some ideas of things you can work on at home this summer and we will be handing out packets for your child to use over the summer that will help get them ready for 1st grade.  I sent home an orange sheet in yesterday's folder.  Please return it and let us know if you will be able to make it.  If you have any questions, please feel free to call.  Hope to see everyone there! :)

Red Shirt Friday

Friday, April 29th we are encouraging students and staff throughout the Albert Lea District to wear red to support our troops. 

Our class continues to write Michael to talk about what we have been learning in kindergarten and what he has been doing in the Army. 

If you would like to read more about Red Shirt Friday's click on the link below: http://www.redshirtfridays.org/.

Reminder...



We do not have school on Thursday, April 21st through Monday, April 25th.  We will return to school on Tuesday, April 26th.  Enjoy your spring break!  Hopefully, the snow will melt fast so everyone can get outside.

Can you believe it is SNOWING?

We decided to write some snow poetry today.  Check out what our class wrote below...

SNOW

Slippery sidewalks and roads

No running on ice

Off of snow piles

White flaks in the sky

Snow

I can play in the snow.

I can catch snowflakes.

I can run in the snow.

I can make a snowman.

I can make snow sculptures.

I can make snowballs.

I can throw snowballs.