Under the Sea and Square Cat

Sorry it has been a few weeks since my last classroom post. About two weeks ago the kindergarten class began participating in a parachute activity in P.E. They constructed a performance, and all danced together with the parachute. It was great! Here is a picture of my class practicing for the performance! Mrs. Henz, our PE teacher, always has great activites for the students to participate in during PE.

In math we focused on shapes. One book we read, which is one of my favorites, was "Square Cat." It is a cute book about a cat, Eula, who desires to be round and not square. She gets in to all sorts of mischievous plans to become square. Finally she accepts her shape in full and loves being square. We read the book, discussed how Eula felt, and constructed a square cat glyph. Here is a picture of our finished product!

Pete the Cat

We love Pete the Cat! This week we enjoyed two of Eric Litwin's wonderful books about our favorite cat, Pete. "Pete the Cat I love my Whie Shoes", and "Pete the Cat Rocking in my School Shoes". He is always in a good mood no matter what he steps in or what obstysticles he faces. On Wednesday we even danced to his great books, and songs. We are excited about his new book coming out in November, and later in the year we will revisit Pete by reading his 3rd book, "Pete the Cat, and his Four Groovy Buttons."

For some reason every time I try to upload the picture of our class Pete's it is turned a little the on the weird side. I will work on changing it for the better.

Thank you Parents!

Thank you to all the parents that came out to kindergarten orientation on September 11. I know it was a long night, and I greatly appreciate all your dedication. Remember to continually praise, praise, and praise your child for all their hard work in kindergarten. This is especially powerful while completing their reading homework. I am looking forward to a wonderful year!

The Wheels on the Bus.

We had once again another successful week in kindergarten. This past week our focus poem was, "The Wheels on the Bus." All the kids enjoyed the poem, and at the end of the week we made a cute bus to go along with the poem.

Hello Mr. Trotter

Today we had a visitor, Mr. Trotter. He was working at the Fire station today and decided to drop by to meet the new kindergarten class. As a treat he read to the class one of our faviorite books, Pete the Cat. All of the kindergartners were excited to meet him!

We are pirates, and we love school!

We have completed our first week of Kindergarten! WHOOP!! This week we focused on the structure within our school. We took many tours of the building, meet many new faces, and talked about the school rules. One book we read was, Pirates go to School. It is a book about how to behave in school. After we read the book we made a cute craft out of pirates.

Welcome to Kindergarten!

WOW! Meet the teacher night was wonderful. I meet 17 out of 22 of my new students. This is going to be a great year. All of the parents and students were so excited when they arrived, and ready to boogie for the new year. Thank you to all the parents who brought their students supplies this past Thursday.

Make sure on Sunday night you put your little kindergarten star to bed no later than 8pm. It is going to be a hectic day on Monday filled with lots of emotions, and many new experiences. I will be posting pictures of what we will be doing in the classroom.

Thank you, again! :)