Authors Breakfast

It was so much fun to celebrate our Author Study Unit with the Author's Breakfast! Over the past few weeks, we have been learning about Mo Willems style of writing through reading his stories and writing our own books. Getting to share our Character Chart, Six Part Story Board and published stories was the perfect end to our unit! Many thanks to our families for supporting the event!

~Miss Russell

We are excited to see everyone at the Authors' Breakfast tomorrow morning at 8:00.  The students will have a chance showcase their study of Mo Willems. After learning about Mo's writing and illustrative styles, we wrote our own stories inspired by Mo's characters.  Students became published authors and are excited to share their books. 

Here is a rough agenda for the big event:

7:55 Once you drop your child off out back, head to the front entrance to sign in.  Then come and join us in the classroom.

8:00 - 8:10 Students will be sharing some of the author's website with you as a whole class.

8:15 - 8:25 Authors will be introduced and books will be passed out.  Please find a comfortable spot in the classroom to sit with your child and listen to him/her read to you. Children are welcome to share their books with other adults or students in the classroom once they have finished reading to their guests.

8:30 Muffins and Juice will be served!

8:40 - 8:50  Parents Departure

If you are unable to attend, please send me an e-mail and Miss Russell and I will be sure to partner up with your child. Siblings are welcome to attend and a sibling may be your child's only guest for this event if you are unable to join us.

Updates for the Week of 02/19/18

Front and Center

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Friday, February 22nd is our Author's Breakfast from 8:00 - 8:45 AM. Once your child enters the building, please walk around to the front of the building to sign in and get a Visitor's Badge.

Students earned 10,000 sunbands in 10 days!  We will have an Olympic Celebration on Thursday, February 22nd!

Our class will be presenting at the assembly on Thursday, March 8th from 8:15 - 8:45 AM.  Please try to have one family member present for your child.

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Upcoming Events

February

02/23/18 - Author's Breakfast - 8:00 - 8:45 AM - info sent in Friday Folder

02/26/18 - 03/02/18 - Winter Break - No School for Students

March

03/05/18 - School Resumes

03/08/18 - Assembly - Mrs. Hamilton's Class Presents - 8:15 - 8:45 AM

03/09/18 - Ice Skating at EHS as a part of P.E. class - more info coming - parents are welcome to join us

03/12/18 - Early dismissal at 12:00 PM

03/23/18 - Parent/Teacher Conferences - confirmations sent home electronically-If you forget your time, simply search on Conference Confirmation.

03/29/18 - Walking Field Trip to Heavenly Pantry - more info coming

03/30/18 - Ice Skating at EHS as a part of P.E. class - more info coming - parents are welcome to join us

Math

Shapes!

For the past two weeks’ students have been learning about shapes and how to classify and sort them. We have used clay, shape graphs and math manipulatives to discuss shape properties. In the introductory lesson shown, students worked with hexagons, trapezoids, rhombuses, squares, triangles and circles to make observations about each new shape's color, size and number of corners. 

Four Winds

Four Winds

This month in Four Winds the class learned about different types of snowflakes and how they are formed. The lesson started with a play(about two specs of dust who transform into snowflakes), then students were able to practice sorting different snowflakes, create snowflakes out of coffee filters and finally the class ended with a snowflake dance. Many thanks for our Four Winds volunteers.

 

 

Money March

Money March

Money march is a fun two-person game where players race to the end of the board using a spinner. The class has been learning about money and that a penny is worth one cent. In this game each spot on the board was one penny and players progressed depending on what they had spun. It was so much fun to play and practice counting pennies!

Teddy Bear Picnic

                                        Teddy Bear Picnic 
      Last week, all kindergartners were able to celebrate filling up their sun band jar with a teddy bear celebration. All kindergartners gathered to read teddy bear books and watch a teddy bear song. The celebration ended with each student sharing his/her stuffed animal's name!