The 100th Day Moms!

Thank you for volunteering your precious time in our classroom!  It really means a lot.

I was able to capture a few pictures of our classroom moms. I missed a few moms this time, but I promise to take a picture next time. I hope you like this layout.  I will continue to post some more during the week.

Black paper, apple paper, red dot paper on Alphabet, black trim from The Digi Chick (Back to School Kit)

Flower and Butterflies "So Caught Up Kit" by Michelle Underwood at Two Peas in a Bucket

DIY Alphabet Stickers by Pattie Knox at Designer Digitals

100 Days Smarter!!!

We Celebrated the 100th Day of Kindergarten!

All the Elements I used are from the wonderful "Back to School Kit the Collection" 
available from The DigiChick

The day was full of fun activities such as counting to 100 in many different ways, by far our favorite way to count was shared by one of our classroom friends 1, 2 skip a few 99 one-hundred!!


We practiced hoping, running, and keeping quiet for 100 seconds- hard to do.  We found out that 100 seconds is a LONG time.


We Made:

• A YUMMY Necklace using 100 Froot Loops
• A 100 day Snack- yes it had 100 items!! 10 of each of the following- Chex, raisins, m&m's, skittles, chocolate chips, marshmallows, goldfish crackers, pretzels, gummy bears, well I can't remember the last item.
• A 100 day crown
• 100 Day Glasses
• We decorated a sugar cookie- spread the frosting 100 times! (Thanks Mrs. "K")

We had quite a lot of classroom volunteers for this event! A big thank you to Mrs. C, Mrs. W, Mrs. C, Mrs. Y, Mrs. Z, Mrs. M, and  Mrs. A!!  Your help made it all run smoothly :o)

We read a few books about the 100th day of school.

The kids also enjoyed walking through our door banner.

I will continue to post more pictures during the week- come back to visit and feel free to share the link with loved ones far away!

Have a wonderful LONG weekend.

Wanted to Share a Few Pictures

It's been a while since I posted...
First of all I want to share a few pictures that I took in December and January.

IN DECEMBER...

We celebrated two birthdays in early December. Cute picture!

We made stockings that were later filled with a few goodies.

We made pretty big TLC Gingerbread Men.

We said good-bye to a very special friend.  

We all miss her and wish her the best :o)

Having "Reading Buddies" is amazing, 

plus they are very attentive listeners!

IN JANUARY...

The kids made a HUGE birthday poster for me.  

According to My Kinder Kids I'm 24, but I'm still old 

because 24 is a lot more than 5 and 6 (their age).

We had yummy sugar cookies. 

Thank you Mrs. "Y" this was a 

first in my 10 years teaching!

I celebrated my birthday in Santa Monica with my husband and kids.  

We really enjoyed eating the See's chocolate truffles  on our way to Santa Monica (my favorite).

Here's a picture I took...

FEBRUARY 1st through the 3rd...


We have been in school 100 Days!! Can you believe it? Our kids are 100 days smarter today, but keep it a secret we will not be celebrating until Friday :o)


Thank you for all your donations...




"Treasures" Language Arts:

• Letter this Week: Hh
• Word this Week: are
• Building words with "o"
• Speaking in complete sentences.

Math: 

• Addition 
• Numbers 11-20 
• Counting to 30

Practicing Writing: 

• Penmanship
• Simple sentences
• capital, spaces, period at the end

Kinder Kids at Play!

Again WELCOME back to school.

Here's a layout with a few pictures I took during the last week of school before winter break:

I will check to see exactly what I used- Paper, buttons, stitches and Alphabet from free "Festive" kit from Shabby Pickle(?) 

White rounded frame purchased from House of 3, Crochet Flower "Baby Chic"Kit purchased from Designer Digitals.

We enjoyed our first day back after a three week winter break.  We had a new friend join our Kindergarten Classroom today!  All the kids were very nice to her, showed her around and were more than happy to help her out- I'm very proud of all of you :o)

I'm very happy to announce that we will be starting our second Language Arts Pilot Program- "California Treasures" If possible, please visit their website for more information.

Letter of the Week is Oo
Sight Word of the Week is "is"
Be a letter detective and enjoy looking for these in your environment!!!

In math we will soon be starting simple addition.  We will continue to practice numbers so remember to practice counting (or adding) real objects- beans, shoes, toys, socks, articles of clothing, legos, etc.

I will continue to work on pictures that I took before the break, as soon as I get another page done I will post it- keep checking.

Upcoming :

• Monday January 18th NO SCHOOL
• Every Friday is minimum day 7:55 to 12:50
• 100th Day Celebration- we will make a 100 day snack, glasses, crown, necklace and more.  We will need volunteers :o)  Approximate Date:Feb 5th I will send a note with the exact date and time.
• Every Friday- Spirit Day Wear your Laguna Vista Shirt or a top that's either yellow or blue
• Valentines for Our Troops- If possible please send materials to be used in making Valentines for our deployed troops, if you have an idea and would like to come make them with our kids we will be more than happy to have you come. For the past four years our school has participated in this event
• Valentine's Day- bring a decorated box to hold all of your Valentine's Day Cards

Happy Holidays!

Kinder Kids & Their Gingerbread Houses

A Couple of Beautiful Houses in Full COLOR...

I'm sure everyone is enjoying their winter break- relaxing and spending quality time with your children.  I know some even went to visit family and friends back home. I hope you are enjoying the snow we do not get in the 70 plus degree winter weather we have in southern California!

Here a a few pictures of our Gingerbread Houses.  As you can see we were really busy in class making Gingerbread Houses the Thursday before going on our winter break.    I will post a few more pictures as soon as I Photoshop them!

I would like to thank all the parents for donating the items we used in making the Gingerbread Houses.  Mr. and Mrs. Y,  thank you for your help in the classroom!  Mr. A thanks for reading to the kids and also thank you for helping set-up!  Mrs. M thanks for helping in the classroom!

Enjoy the rest of the week- I will see everyone on Monday January 11th =) Take Care!

A Fun Holiday Tradition: Making Gingerbread Houses

Only some of the items we used last year.

We will be making Gingerbread Houses Next Week!!

Thursday December 17, 2009

8:30 to 10:30

We invite everyone to come volunteer and help spread the Holiday cheer!

Remember to bring your camera.

Each year my Kinder Kids enjoy making their very own Special Gingerbread Houses!  This year, of course, is no exception.  Today all students took home a note from Mrs. Y, who is helping coordinate this very special classroom celebration.  I attached an envelope for your convenience.  Please return all envelopes by Thursday December 10th, we will do all the shopping over the weekend.

Kids will be tempted by all the candy- it would be nice if we have a healthy and appealing snack, such as fruit/cheese kabobs and small water bottles, for our children to enjoy after making their Gingerbread Houses.  

If you can donate these, we would greatly appreciate it and best of all the kids will love it!

 Please email me at school.

Our FRIENDSHIP Feast

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!

THANK YOU, Thank You, thank you...

Thank you for all the food that was sent in, our friendship feast was a HUGE success. Most kids tried a little from each food that was brought in.  Some kids even had seconds!

The tables looked great thanks to Mrs. Z, Mrs. L, Mrs. A, Mrs. C, Mrs. N, and Mrs. D who helped set-up and also helped with the turkeys.  

Mrs. Y thank you for organizing this event :o).

I am grateful for the help and support I receive from all the parents in our Kindergarten Class.

I feel very LUCKY.

Fruit Basket Kit and Adorn Loopy Frames Purchased from Two Peas in a Bucket

BEADS:

The kids spent a while in the morning decorating a medallion and stringing beads for a very colorful Thanksgiving necklace.

Pocket, Pocket, What's In My Pocket? & Much More

I used the extremely cute Happy Go Lucky free Digital Kit

from the Shabby Princess on all three pages on this post!

We read the book:  

Pocket, Pocket, What's In My Pocket?

• The kids had fun predicting what they thought would be inside each pocket.  
• Some clues were a little harder than others to predict and some were pretty easy.
• Each student had a chance to draw their own pocket with a little of their item showing at the top.  
• On the second page students drew themselves holding the item that was inside their pocket.
• The best part was that they got to ask a friend to predict what was inside their pocket, 
• they used the sentence frame: Pocket, Pocket, what's inside my pocket?  Something that's _____.

Goggles, Magnifying Glasses & Dinosaur Bones

I took these pictures about a week ago.  Students got to use our very cool goggles and magnifying glasses  to take a closer look at  12 different dinosaur bones.  All items are part of the learning materials we received from DonorsChoose.org.

Fun Workstations

Trains, Writing, Puppets, Doll House, Reading, Read Around the Room, Play House

More Cookies Anyone?

Language Arts

Letter for the Week: Ii

Identifying  the Ii sound at the beginning and also in the middle of words: insect, igloo, instrument, pin, brick, chin, chip

Words: review previous words...

Ask your child about Realism and Fantasy

Testing

I  am almost done with our Language Arts District Assessment.

I have started our District Math Assessment this week.

Conferences

I will be sending Parent Conference Notifications (time/date) on Thursday, please sign and return the following day.

Minimum Days 7:55 to 12:50 Friday Nov. 13th until Tuesday Nov. 24th (I will double check on the dates, and update this post if needed)

Birthday

We celebrated a birthday today!! Mrs. L thank you for the cupcakes, they were the perfect size. The kids really enjoyed them.  

Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere!

Students had fun exploring the insides of our four pumpkins!!! 

Thank you for the pumpkins Mrs. C :o)

Halloween Celebration!

All digital Papers & Elements for Halloween Layouts purchased from  Shabby Pickle Designs.

Kits: 1. Scary Kit; 2. Boo-Hoo-Hoo; & Fright Delight

The Halloween Parade was short & sweet.  

Students got to see other children in costumes.  

We took a class picture outside.

COOKIES

Once we got back to our classroom students decorated 

yummy pumpkin shaped cookies!

  Students used orange and black icing, sprinkles, 

& a lot of candy corn.

Thank you Mrs. B-N for the cookies and water bottles :o)

A BIG Thank You to all parents for your continued support.  

Many thanks to all the parents who came to help in our classroom 

during our first classroom celebration.  

Mrs. Y thank you again for organizing this event.

I will post pictures of our pumpkin exploration adventure at a later time.

Have a fun and very safe Halloween!!

Kindergarten Kids in Action...

So much learning, so much fun!

I want to share a few more pictures I took during workstations.

The drawing shows one of the cards we sent to one of the many donors that funded the "Ready, Set, Imagine!" project at DonorsChoose.org. The kids had a lot to say about how much fun it is to have the new learning materials that enrich their learning!