Day 9

Have you had a chance to read the Roberts Rhetoric yet? The book fair and grandparents day is approaching! I've added this even along with many other upcoming events on the left side of this blog!


Many of you have asked me about how we manage all 9 K classes during lunch and recess. Trust me...we have fabulous helper! But they could always use extra hands throughout the week! You're welcome to volunteer once a week, once a month, or whatever fits your schedule if you can! It's a great way to see your kids interact with their new friends!


Miss Janya was out queen today. She showed us a lot of her stuffed animals. We learned that she loves to play with them.


We read a few nursery rhymes today and worked on retaking the story. They did a great job!









We practiced rainbow writing letters k an l today. Please allow your child to practice writing their letters at home any time they can!


I let the kids do center rotations today! I've only opened 2 centers so far so we can just keep practicing correct procedures and build our stamina...they will be expected to work in a center for about 20 minutes!

Emma and Kevin did great with reading to someone else using the nursery rhyme poems!


I let one group work on making rainbows using glue sticks. This is great practice for their motor skills. They did great!


I introduced the blue journals to the kiddos today. We worked in labeling about our senses.


During math, we worked on our counting collections procedures. Janya and Ava did a fabulous job demonstrating how to sit "EEKK" (elbow-to-elbow-knee-to-knee)!


We've been Lear big so many rules and procedures the past two weeks, but I'm sure proud of them for keeping it al straight!

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Day 8

Rasikh brought me a happy for the classroom today! Thanks so much! I can't wait for us to try this game out!


Miss Ava was the queen today. We learned that she likes dinos and she received a basketball trophy. Wow!


During shared reading, we identified capital letters. They're getting good at spotting them!


Today we had a visit from Mrs. Weeter, our counselor. We learned all about what her job is and she got to learn about the kids by having them complete a survey.


During writing today, the Kinders had to complete their first writin prompt. I love doing these throughout the year because it shows how much they've grown academically throughout the year. I was really excited that they all had something to draw/write about after I read the prompt to them! And a lot of them even attempted to "write" their story!!!





This one cracked me up! That's my writing, btw. 😃


After writing, I introduced to the class how to read to someone else. This is part of our Daily 5 that we'll be doing during center time. The kiddos did really good for their first time. They get to choose a "reading buddy" (aka stuffed animal) to read to or they can read to their partner.


I let a few go work on puzzles too. They loved that!


I love this pic of all four of them quietly reading to their bear!



This afternoon we went to computer lab. So before I took them down there, I showed them how to get onto the Internet and find Starfall.com.


Using a computer is a learned skill just like lea ring how to correctly hold a writing utensil. I love watching this group of kids try to touch the screen to make the icons work! And we have to keep working on using that mouse!





I hope y'all had a great day! We sure did!

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Day 7

Mr. Cash was our very first king for the day. And what a great fairy king he was! He brought Spiderman to protect us throughout the day!


Just right after he shared all about him, we had a fire drill. I was so impressed with how quiet they were on our way out the door!


When we came back in, we kicked off our day with Chit Chat. This is a great way for us to review previously taught skills throughout the year. And it's a fun way for me to share my fun markers with them! Have you tried the Scentos markers? We LOVE them!





During Shared reading, we worked more on reading from left to right ad identifying color words.


The kids are doing a great job with rainbow writing, so we learned the letters f, g, and h today. This is helping them learn the letter formation as well as develop holding their writing utensils.





During Science, we talked about all 5 of our senses and how we can use more than one sense at a time.






Can you believe that tomorrow is already hump day? Wow! We've been super busy but having fun at the same time!

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Day 6

We had a marvelous Monday! This week we are starting to really develop our routines since we spent all last week learning our rules and practicing procedures. So we started the day off with Calendar Math and Queen of the Day. Jordyn didn't get to share her items last Friday, so we started with her first. Then Maya got a chance to share all about her! They both did a great job!


Check out Miss Sassy Maya showing off her apron that she likes to play cooking or shopping in!


We then moved onto shared reading. This will help them develop their concepts of reading and other important skills. So Pete the Cat helped us recognize some color words. I was so impressed that the kids already knew a lot of the words too! Miss Maya and Peter helped us find "am".





I read a really sweet story to the kids called The Kissing Hand. It's all about letting your child go to school but not missing their mommas at the same time. Ask them about their kissing hands!


This afternoon, I got to learn who lives in everyone's homes. We created houses to show who lives in our homes. I was soooo proud of their listening skills during this activity!!!!!!


Sadly, I forgot I take a final pic of anyone's project, but this is the example. They turned out so cute! And I learned that some of my Kinders have a lot of folks staying in their homes!


I also read another one of my favorite author's books...Chrysanthemum. I love how this book teaches you that everyone is unique including your name!


I love this book so much that I even dressed up as one of the characters in the book for a book character day when I was pregnant with my daughter because the character was pregnant too. The ironic thing is that my daughter has 13 letters in her name just like Chrysanthemum...poor thing! 😃


We then learned Howard letters everyone on my team has in their names. The most that anyone had was 7...phew!


Since we were talking about our names an we've been working so hard on rainbow writing letters, we combined the two for another letter recognition activity.


They look great on my wall!


Whew! We had a busy day!!! But we learned a lot! I'm looking forward to a fabulous week with my new friends!!!


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Fabulous Friday!

We made it through our first full week of Kindergarten! Can you believe it?

I started off my Friday with a few happies. Emma brought me another apple! I've been teaching for 9 years and have never received one and I get two this week! So cute!


And Lilly brought some play doh and colored pencils for the classroom. These special things just make letter recognition in the writing center so much better! A BIG THANK YOU to everyone else that has fulfilled other items from my class wish list! I truly appreciate it!!!


Today these cuties got to share their first homework assignment and tell all about themselves. I was so amazed with everyone's confidence during their share time!








This was my other MAJOR happy...Mr. Clark delivered my reading table this morning!!!! I truly didn't expect to have any furniture before school started and then all of a sudden, furniture has been steadily arriving since last week! My room is now completely furnished!!!!


During our "practice recess" this morning, I bumped into my little Kinder. Miss Sophie said we had to take a pic since we were twinkies today. Sophie did a great job!


During math we got to do some more exploration with our manipulatives. This week has been all about learning the rules and how to properly use our math tools. So I let them use their imagination. They loved getting to "play with these big Legos" (aka work with snap cubes).

Max told me he was being creative and wanted to build a Pegasus.


Peter built a hammer...


...while Gray built a mallet.


Sean and Kevin worked well together to build a lot of different things!





And Miss Emma made a skyscraper.


Since I read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom earlier, Mariana made a coconut tree. So cute!


After all of our working, I took the class to their first visit with Coach D in PE. They are going to have fun!


I hope y'all have an awesome weekend and get some much needed rest! Meanwhile enjoy these pics from our first day!









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