Castles, Knights and More!

This week we officially begin our Magic Tree House adventures.  We will be spending 3 weeks on each Magic Tree House book.  The first week we will build background knowledge and we keep very busy making props, props and more props.  The second and third weeks we read the Magic Tree House and dramatize the story.

In writing, the kids will write a fact sentence for the first week and write about Jack and Annie's adventures for the second and third weeks.

Today we were busy painting castles, making shields and crowns.

Three Little Pigs

This week's fairy tale is The Three Little Pigs.  On Monday, the students worked together on making props.  Below is a picture of the three houses that we made.  Each day, the kids dramatize the story with their group.

Home Activity: Have your child give each family member a role and act out the story together.

Mystery Question

Every morning the kids enter the classroom, put away their belongings and answer the mystery question.  This activity allows the kids to engage in conversation and figure out the question together.  It is a great opening activity to start the school day.  Each day, ask your child what the mystery question was and what his/her answer was.  

First Day of Kindergarten

Today was a great day in Rm. 115.  We got to meet some new friends, we played outside on the little playground, we played inside for free choice, we had library with Mrs. T.  I hope you found your child's kissing hand in his/her folder.  The kids enjoyed getting a little messy and making something extra special for you.  See you in the morning for Day #2!!

Welcome to Kindergarten

I would like to welcome everyone to our class!  This year will be filled with lots of fun and excitement for everyone.  I hope you are just as excited as I am to get this year started.  We will be kicking off the school year with a unit on fairy tales.  Welcome to Kindergarten!!!

Planting Flowers

On Thursday, the Kindergartners planted flowers in the large containers out front.  Thanks to Ms. Dorothy for organizing this!

Today we had a visit from the Mass Audubon Society and we learned about Plants and Pollination.  The program was very informative and fun for the kids.  This was a great introduction for our plant unit, which we will be starting when we return from April vacation.

 We worked as a class to make this beautiful mural of plants and pollinators.

The kids pretended to be bees and flowers.  The bees had fun spreading the pollen around!