Mystery Readers!

In February we began something fun in Kindergarten called Mystery Readers!  This is where a family member or friend comes in and reads a story to the Kindergarten kids.  The identity of this person is kept a secret until they walk through the door.  The kids love trying to guess who it might be.  Below are a few pictures of mystery readers.  If you are interested in reading to the class please let me know!

Happy 100th Day of School

We have been in Kindergarten for 100 Days!  We are officially 100 days smarter than we were when we started school!  We have been counting up to this special day for a long time and were very excited to celebrate!  In the morning we read stories about the 100th Day, did 100th Day literacy stations and decorated a banner telling about things we have learned in our 100 days of Kindergarten.  In the afternoon celebrated with Mrs. Summers class by having a big party!  There were lots of activities in both of the classrooms.  Children used mini-bagels and pretzal rods to make the number 100 and eat it.  We built things with 100 legos, stamped 100 fingerprints, made a cowboy hat with 100 stamps, and strung 100 fruit loops on a necklace.  We also put paper plates with the numbers 1-100 printed on them in order and tried to see how many jumping jacks we could do in 100 seconds.  The boys and girls enjoyed playing a penny race game with a partner with 100 pennies as well as decorated 100's Day glasses.  We had a very busy and fun filled afternoon!  We are so proud of how much each of the kiddos has grown in the past 100 days and can't wait to continue to help them learn! :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today we celebrated Valentine's Day with all of our friends in class.  We got together with our Boulan Buddies and did some fun crafts and Valentine's games with them.  We each got a box of conversation hearts and practiced our counting and graphing skills.  Then we got to eat some of our treats when we were finished!  The boys and girls listened to stories about friendship and did some partner reading during Reading Workshop.   In the afternoon we decorated cookies and passed out our Valentine's during rest.  We watched a movie about Valentines Day and ended our day by looking over all of our Valentine Cards.  What a fun day!

Kindergarten Baby Shower!

I am the luckiest teacher at Bemis!  I am overwhelmed with the outpouring of kindness that was shown today by kids and families!  This afternoon we had a Kindergarten Baby Shower.  The kids were talking about it all morning. We enjoyed cookies and fruit and opened so many presents.  Baby LaTarte is going to be very spoiled!!!  He received lots of clothes, blankets, teethers, toys, diapers, burp clothes, stuffed animals, gift cards, snack holders and more!  The kindergartners were very excited to look at the all of the tiny things for the baby.  We also played a game where we had to smell baby food and guess what kind it was.  Some of their guesses were very funny!  We played baby bingo and ate cute little candies shaped like pacifiers.  I am so appreciative for all of the kindness being shown to me and my family during this exciting time.  I can't wait to share pictures of our little baby boy with all of you!  I will miss seeing the kiddos while I am out on maternity leave and am grateful to be able to come back at the end of May and finish out the year.  Thank you all so much for your generosity, kind words, cards, and support.   Like I said, I am the luckiest teacher at Bemis.