Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring!!

This week we celebrated the first day of spring although we have been spoiled with our spring like weather for a few weeks now.  We did some choral reading with a poem called Good Bye Winter, Hello Spring.  Check out our video below! (We had a little help with editing from Mrs. Conzemius, our technology integrationist.)

We have been working really hard this week on color words.  We practiced reading, spelling, and writing them.  We talked abour mixing the primary colors to make others.  We talked about the colors in the rainbow.  Ask your child to tell you about Roy G. Biv!  We even wrote color poems.  Check them out in the hallway by our lockers.  Here are a few pictures.

Did you catch the big THUNDERboomers on Monday night?  We will be learning all about different types of spring weather when we return from SPRING BREAK.  Hope you get some well deserved time off to spend with your child next week.  My husband and I will be taking a few days without Jaxon to celebrate our wedding anniversary in Duluth.  I am also looking forward to spending some quality time with my little boy.  See you in April!  :)

St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Good afternoon everyone!  What a fun-filled day in kindergarten.  Students were invited to make an Irish hat this morning and put their "new" Irish name.  Ask your child to tell you their Irish name.  We read a book about a Field of Buttercups.  We had special St. Patrick's Day centers.  Students rotated through ALL of them. 


Write the Room





Math-Numbers to 100



Reading

Work on Words

Comparing two leprechaun stories



 A special thank you to Lil Country Kindergarten  for the great literacy and math activities for St. Patrick's Day.  Also, a great BIG thank you to Penny Leen for spending an extra hour volunteering so we could have special centers.  We topped off the day with extra recess so we could enjoy the wonderful, warm weather.  Hope you have an opportunity to spend time outdoors this weekend as well. 

Happy Monday!

What a wonderful Monday!  We had a new friend join our class today from South Dakota.  Her name is Kirsten.  The students are excited to learn more about her and did a great job of making her feel welcome.  We practiced editing sentences using the following marks. (See below.)  You may start to see these symbols used more when your child makes writing mistakes.  They did fantastic finding and fixing the errors in the following sentences.  Here is an example.

In math we reviewed teen numbers and learned a new card game.  The kids used their finger flashes for the teen numbers to help them play "Teen Top-It".  This game is like the card game "War"  but with a ten in front to make teen numbers.  For example, a student might have a 10 and 4.  They would say 10 + 4 is 14.  Their partner would go, then they decide which number is bigger.  That person gets to keep the cards (but not the 10!).  You can practice playing at home.  Here are a few pictures of us playing "Teen Top-It".

        

BINGO

BINGO caller, Mr. Hager, ready to hear "BINGO!"
Here's a few of the friends from our class.  We had one big winner!

Even Jaxon wore his college gear.  Go Beavers!

Beginning & Ending Sounds

We completed a special partner project practicing beginning and ending sounds in words.  Students were asked to draw a picture and write a word for each.
                 


  Check out our video!



Roof Readers

February was "I Love to Read" month.  Each grade level made reading goals for President's Day weekend.  If we were able to meet the goal, a representative from each grade level would brave the cold and read on the roof.  Well, as you can see we made it!  From left to right:Third grade-Mr. Feldewerd, Special Ed-Mr. Olson, Media-Mrs. Conzemius, Fourth grade-Mrs. Adelman, First grade-Mrs. Wolford, Kindergarten-Mr. Schreiber, Second grade-Mr. Ambrosier, Principal-Mr. Johnson
GREAT JOB PME STUDENTS!!

This week we learned about the great state of Minnesota.  Has your child told you any fun facts about the state tree, bird, or flower?

                     

                   

Goodbye Ms. Wagner!

Sad news everyone...it is time to say goodbye to our wonderful student teacher, Michelle Wagner.  Her last day was supposed to be yesterday, but because of the SNOW DAY she came today.  She brought us a special snack and treat for the end of the day.  We surprised her with an A-Z teachers gift.  (I found the idea on pinterest.)  Thanks to all those that contributed.  She loved it.  Take a look at a few of the pictures from her last day.  She is continuing her student teaching experience in 5th grade at Mississippi Heights in Sauk Rapids.  We hope to see her again this spring if she is able to "pop" in for a visit.       

                  

She really loved the "Kindergarten Keepsake" we made her.  It was a book about how much we will miss her titled "Owl Miss You" because we are the owl class.  Each student completed a page that said "Owl miss you because you taught me about __________________."