Fun on the K Playground

The kindergaren kids at Bemis got a nice surprise this week!  Mr. Whan purchased balls, bouncy balls to sit on, jump ropes, stilts and a net to kick balls into for our Kindergartners to use at recess.  The kids have been having so much fun with these new supplies.  We have seen a lot of sharing, taking turns and negotiating taking place as well as some great team work!  We are a luck group of kids!

Meeting our 4th Grade Buddy Class

On Thursday the Kindergarten kids met their 4th grade buddies from Mrs. Clay's class.  We will get together with our buddies several times a month to work on projects, play learning games, use technology etc.  The older kids will be mentors to our Kindergartners.  For their first meeting we completed a survey about ourselves and the older kids did this as well.  Then the partners compared things that they had in common and things that made them different and placed their answers on a Venn diagram.  We also spent time reading with our buddies and getting to know them.  The kids were so excited to have a big kid friend at Bemis.  Enjoy the pics!

Welcome to a New Year!

We are so excited to be wrapping up our second week of Kindergarten.  The kids are off to a fantastic start this school year!  For the past two weeks we have been learning many new routines in our classroom.  Children are learning how to line up, how to share their ideas, eat snack, have lunch at school, use the smart board, listen to stories, complete their work nicely, use math tools and much more!  We have also been focusing a lot on making positive choices and being a bucketfiller.  Children are learning how to use their BIG voice if someone is bothering them.  We have been noticing a lot of very helpful behavior and friendships forming as a result.  I am so proud of the kiddos! These first few weeks of school are critical to creating a safe and caring classroom environment.  They are the foundation for the rest of the school year! 

Below are a few pictures taken from the second day of school.  We made magic play dough.  All of the kiddos were given play dough that was plain boring white.  They were told that if they could get their play dough to change color than they would have a great year in Kindergarten.  What do you know, they all were able to make their play dough change color! ;)

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