Thank You, Berlin City!

Today, our class had the opportunity to travel to Berlin City Kia to accept a grant that was generously awarded to us through the company. We were given funds to purchase sets of leveled books to use as we learn how to read in kindergarten! When we arrived, we were treated like royalty! Berlin City had created swag bags with fun items inside for us, we were presented with our giant check, had a yummy pizza lunch, and we were entertained with balloon animals and toy cars! We had a blast! I was so honored to be able to bring my wonderful students to accept this grant! I am looking forward to purchasing high quality, engaging early readers to be used this year and in the years to come! Thank you, Berlin City, for making a difference for so many students and teachers!

Math Work Stations

We have added several new math work stations lately. In this video, two kindergarten friends explain how to play our newest game, "Scrambled Numbers 1-10," a game to practice number sequencing.

Scrambled Numbers 1-10

"Butterfly Race" helps us practice subitizing, or quickly recognizing, groups of dots in tens-frames. 

"Grab Bag More and Less" helps us practice counting and comparing groups of objects.

"Fives Up" helps us practice making five in a variety of ways.

More "Fives Up"

"Spill Ten Beans" helps us practice counting, number formation, and composing and decomposing ten.

 

"Bicycle Race" helps us practice doubling numbers. 

Fancy Friday!

Well, the kids in Room 8 are simply amazing, and they managed to earn themselves ANOTHER whole class celebration! They came up with the idea of having a "fancy" day. We wore our best and fanciest outfits, used our most proper manners, and ate lunch at tables covered with table cloths and (pretend) candles. It was a very memorable day and we all had a blast! I predict we will probably see another fancy day sometime in our future! Please enjoy these photos of our fancy happenings!

Look at those fancy kindergartners!

Lunch by candlelight.

More lunch!

They decided to have an impromptu singing performance!

They thought they looked fancy, just like Mr. O'Hara!

Holiday craft with our third grade buddies!

Busy buddies!

Pajama Day Fun!

We had so much fun celebrating our hard work and Be A STAR behavior today! Students wore their pajamas and brought stuffed friends to share. We also read our favorite books, built forts, and are lunch in the classroom. Enjoy the pictures from our day!

We had a dance party with our stuffed friends!

Happy Pajama Day!

Turkeys in Disguise!

Wow! I was blown away by the amazing turkeys who came back to school all dressed up and ready to be saved from being Thanksgiving dinner. We shared the projects today and the kids had a great time seeing all of the creative ideas! Thank you for your help with this fun project!

A swimming turkey.

A puppy turkey.

A skiing turkey.

A Mrs. Johnson turkey!

A cheerleading turkey.

  

A skiing turkey.

The Easter Bunny turkey. Eat carrots!

A pizza man turkey.

A police turkey.

A ballerina turkey.

A snowboarding turkey.

A princess turkey.

A skiing turkey.

A chef turkey.

A police turkey.

We also brainstormed things that we are thankful for and made books. The books came home in your child's folder today, so please enjoy reading them this week!

I am so thankful to have such a wonderful group of kindergartners to spend my days with! Thank you for sharing them with me! Happy Thanksgiving!