Friday, February 14, 2014

Hip Hip Hooray for the Hundredth Day!

Haysen's awesome cape for the 100th Day!

Thursday, February 6th was a very important day at Hinesburg Community School: we celebrated being in school for one hundred wonderful days! One hundred days of learning, one hundred days of friendship, one hundred days of fun! To celebrate this special day, we did many activities about the number 100, including building structures using 100 plastic cups, drawing what we might look like when we are 100 years old, and playing a dice game called "Roll to 100." Here are some pictures of the fun:

Our festive classroom door.

Trey thinks he will be bald when he is 100!

Working on their 100 cup structure!

It's getting bigger!

What Brendan will look like when he is 100!

Close up: The speech bubble says "I'm an old man!" Love the walker!!

Roll to 100!

Each student was invited to bring a 100th Day Project to school. I was so impressed with the creativity and hard work put into these projects! We were able to visit the other classrooms in the primary wing to see what everyone brought in.

Leo's 100 colorful trucks.

Trey's 100 colorful coins.

Addie B.'s necklace with 100 beads.

Kate's bracelet made with 100 rubber bands.

Blake's 100 candy hearts.

Anderson's necklace made with 100 rubber bands.

Grant's paper chain made with 100 links.

Ella S.' necklace with 100 beads.

Stephanie's 100 snowflakes.

Clement's 100 pieces of colorful duct tape.
 
Wyatt's 100 noodles.

Addy O.'s necklace made with 100 beads.

Brendan's snowman made with 100 cotton balls.

Jared's 100 pennies.

Haysen's shirt with 100 googly eyes and pompoms.

Lexi's creation made with 100 legos.

Ella O.'s drawings of 100 animals.
At the end of the day, many friends thought that it was the last day of kindergarten. I am so happy that that is not the case! I, for one, am looking forward to the rest of our time together!

Monday, January 27, 2014

Mystery Readers!

I've had such fun continuing Miss Livingston's "Mystery Reader" tradition! It is so exciting to read the clues each day and watch children get excited at the prospect of someone they know coming to read to the class! Here are several pictures from recent Mystery Readers.

Kate's grandparents were the Mystery Readers on her birthday!

Kristin M. reads to us from Olivia and the Fairy Princesses

If you are interested in signing up, please visit the online sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48AFAC2C7-mystery There has been some talk about who is "allowed" to be a Mystery Reader. In my opinion, anyone who is willing and interested, is welcome! Grandparents, older siblings, moms, dads, or others! Let me know your ideas!

All About Erosion!

A couple of weeks ago, we had the pleasure of having Laura Howard and Doug Stewart visit our classroom to teach us about this month's Four Winds topic of Erosion. We had so much fun watching a puppet show to learn what causes erosion and then did a couple of experiments and a demonstration using our bodies. Take a look at these pictures!
A puppet show to start things off!

Shaking rocks in water!



Shaken vs. unshaken rocks.

Creating a "rainstorm" on a mountain to learn about erosion.

Our miniature version of Mt. Mansfield!

We went from a boulder....

...to pebbles!

Monday, January 13, 2014

Winter Fun!

The lack of fluffy, white snow outside our windows hasn't stopped us from jumping into our winter unit! We have spent lots of time learning about this chilly season, from reading popular winter books during read aloud to completing beautiful art projects. We even created snow people using the letters in our names!

Name Snow People!



We had fun reading this poem:

If snow came down in colors
How splendid would it be,
To make bright, jolly snowmen
For everyone to see!

and then created fabulous Rainbow Snow People. If you have a chance, stop by to see how beautiful they look in the hallway outside of our classroom!

















Happy New Year!

Upon returning to school following the holiday break, we spent some time talking about the new year and what that means. We read a fun book, Squirrel's New Year's Resolution by Pat Miller and discussed what resolutions are.
After reading and discussing, we completed some New Year's self-portraits, complete with party hats! We then wrote our goals for the coming year and shared them with each other. I must say, we have a very ambitious group! Please scroll through the pictures below and enjoy what these kindergartners came up with for their New Year's Goals!
Lexi: In 2014, I want to build with legos.

Blake: In 2014, I want to read books.

Anderson: In 2014, I want to watch football with my dad.

Ella O.: In 2014, I want to read more books.

Haysen: In 2014, I want to help my Papa build my house.

Trey: In 2014, I want to ride a yak.

Stephanie: In 2014, I want to finish reading.

Clement: In 2014, I want to make people happy.

Wyatt: In 2014, I want to play baseball.

Ella S.: In 2014, I want to write more.

In 2014, I want to play baseball.

Addie B.: In 2014, I want to loose my two front teeth.

Brendan: In 2014, I never want to sleep.

Leo: In 2014, I want to build a house.

Addy O.: In 2014, I want to pet more puppies.

Kate: In 2014, I want to finish reading.

Dylan: In 2014, I want to use the computer.

Jared: In 2014, I want to read more books.