Jog-A-Thon

Friday was our Bemis Jog-a-Thon!  We could not have asked for better weather!  The boys and girls had a blast running around the Jog-a-Thon track. They were running, skipping and walking- what a fun way to promote exercise at the same time! We had great music playing and even enjoyed an apple after we were done running.  Each child received a free t-shirt for participating.  We will wear these t-shirts in the future for field trips!  You can turn in your child's Jog-a-thon pledges for a chance to win prizes all next week.  There are top runner prizes, most money raised prizes, school wide, grade level and even a special classroom prize. Thanks you to all of the families that came to cheer on our little runners!  Enjoy the pictures of our fun day!

Boulan Buddies

 Today we met our Boulan Buddies for the first time!  At Boulan Middle school children can opt to take an Effective Teens course as an elective. I have been told by their teacher that this is the most requested elective.  The middle school students have training at the middle school and then come over to volunteer at Bemis twice a week.  In Kindergarten they will be here every Tuesday morning.  Students will play learning games with us, projects and assist in centers.  Today students played many beginning sounds games with us, helped us spell words, match rhyming pictures, and play a pop it beginning sound game.  We had  a lot of fun!  It is always fun for myself personally because many of the students are former students of mine. Here are a few pictures from time today.

A Colorful Class!

We have had a colorful time in Kindergarten!  The boys and girls participated in a lot of activities involving colors.  We read, "Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?" "Little Blue and Little Yellow," and "Mouse Paint."  We were able to find some really cool retelling activities on the Smart Board for these stories.  Children also played a dice roll math game with the animals of the Brown Bear story.  Each child was given a package of M &M's and learned how to sort and graph the different colors.  We also had a special snack using yellow and blue frosting on vanilla wafers.  When we put the cookies together- they turned green!

We Met Our 4th Grade Buddies!!!

Today the boys and girls got together with our 4th grade buddies from Mrs. Clay's class for the first time.  We assigned each kindergarten kiddo a 4th grade buddy that they will work with all year long!  We do lots of fun projects and games throughout the year with our buddy class.  The older kids are great mentors to the kindergartners.  Today we spent some time getting to know each other by completing a Venn Diagram with our buddy.  Both the 4th grader and the kindergartner answered survey questions such as; favorite color, favorite season, favorite sport, etc.  Then the kids placed these on a Venn diagram to help them see what made them each unique and what they had in common.  Your child will be bringing the Venn Diagram home to show you.  We will be meeting with our buddies again very soon as they help us get acquainted with the computer lab!