It has been a wonderful year in kindergarten! We have learned together, laughed together, and grown together. Thank you all for sharing your amazing children with me this year!
June 17, 2011 Newsletter
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home
We spent most of the month of May immersed in "Ladybug Land," learning all there is to know about ladybugs (as all of the students will tell you: "Mrs. Johnson's favorites!") We studied the life cycle of these little creatures by "growing" our very own ladybugs. I sent away for live ladybug larvae from a company called Insect Lore, and our new pets arrived in early May. Over the next few weeks, we carefully observed the larvae as they grew and changed from larva to pupa to adult ladybug. We also spent a lot of time reading some great literature about ladybugs and playing ladybug games and singing ladybug songs. Finally, it was time to release the ladybugs into our school gardens, where we hope that the ladybugs will help protect our new plants from pesky aphids, which happen to be ladybugs' favorite foods. To celebrate the end of our unit, we enjoyed some food of our own: yummy ladybug cupcakes!
The ladybugs landed on our hands and fingers before finding their new homes!
Yum! Ladybug cupcakes, complete with red wings and black spots!
Here are a few photos from our ladybug unit:
We examine the ladybugs in their house before releasing them.
We examine the ladybugs in their house before releasing them.
The ladybugs landed on our hands and fingers before finding their new homes!
Yum! Ladybug cupcakes, complete with red wings and black spots!As a part of our ladybug unit and our problem solving unit in math, students wrote and illustrated "Ladybug Picture Problems." Please click on the link to enjoy this photo story of their work!
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BwTa0ql-ggedMDlhMzJlOWYtY2ZhZS00ODhjLWE1MTMtMTJkMWE5NWQ3MGQx&hl=en_US&authkey=CNvt76wH
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BwTa0ql-ggedMDlhMzJlOWYtY2ZhZS00ODhjLWE1MTMtMTJkMWE5NWQ3MGQx&hl=en_US&authkey=CNvt76wH
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Sea Creature Picture Problems
We have spent a great deal of time over the last several weeks writing, illustrating, and solving picture problems during our math block. Please visit the link here to enjoy our class book of Ocean Problems:
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/1834202/Ocean-Math#
Ask your child to help you solve his or her classmates' picture problems!
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/1834202/Ocean-Math#
Ask your child to help you solve his or her classmates' picture problems!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Parent-Teacher Conference Sign-Ups
Dear Families,
You should have received an email from me inviting you to sign up online for Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences (held the week of April 4). Please visit the link below to choose your time slot:
If you do not have access to email or the Internet OR you do not see a time slot that is convenient for you, please contact me (by email: mjohnson@cssu.org or phone: 482-6208) and we can schedule a time to meet. Thank you in advance for taking the time to meet with me for this important conference. I look forward to sharing your child's progress with you!
You should have received an email from me inviting you to sign up online for Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences (held the week of April 4). Please visit the link below to choose your time slot:
If you do not have access to email or the Internet OR you do not see a time slot that is convenient for you, please contact me (by email: mjohnson@cssu.org or phone: 482-6208) and we can schedule a time to meet. Thank you in advance for taking the time to meet with me for this important conference. I look forward to sharing your child's progress with you!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Mo Willems Author Study
We spent several weeks doing an in-depth study of the author and illustrator, Mo Willems. Mo is the author of many wonderful children's books, including Knuffle Bunny, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Elephant and Piggie books, and more. Our unit kicked off with a field trip to the Flynn Theater to see an amazing performance of Knuffle Bunny. We spent time during our author study exploring Mo's writing style and getting to know his lovable characters. We tried to emulate his style by writing using speech/talking bubbles and learning how to draw the pigeon! We even had a visit from Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct. She left dinosaur tracks in the snow and left us a special chocolate chip cookie treat! Here is a picture of us wearing our Knuffle Bunny hats that we made with our Big Buddies:
We completed a writing response to the question: "What would happen if the pigeon drove the bus?" Please enjoy the video that I made of the children's responses!
We had so much fun getting to know this great author! Make sure to ask your child what his or her favorite Mo book is! If you would like to learn more about Mo Willems, please visit his interactive website at: http://www.mowillems.com/
We completed a writing response to the question: "What would happen if the pigeon drove the bus?" Please enjoy the video that I made of the children's responses!
Untitled from Miranda Johnson on Vimeo.
We had so much fun getting to know this great author! Make sure to ask your child what his or her favorite Mo book is! If you would like to learn more about Mo Willems, please visit his interactive website at: http://www.mowillems.com/
Thursday, March 17, 2011
March 18th, 2011 Newsletter
I have decided to return to a paper format for my classroom newsletter, however I will also post the newsletter on my blog here for you to read. Please click on the image of the newsletter to enlarge it.
March 18, 2011 Newsletter
March 18, 2011 Newsletter
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