Hello Neighbor!!

We practiced our "Hello Neighbor" song with Mrs. Edler's class.  It was so fun to have new partners to greet and boogie on down!!!  Parents... I bet they could sing this song for you!!  They are soooo good at it!!!

Bathroom Rules

We worked on our bathroom rules with Mrs. Kelsey's Class on Friday!!  It is important for us to remember these rules when we leave Miss Bennett's room and use the bathroom across the hall.  These rules will keep us healthy and keep the bathroom clean!!

SkyDome!

We had an awesome assembly today called: SkyDome.  Guess what... we got to go inside the dome!  First, we had to crawl through a tunnel to get inside.  It was so fun!  It was a little dark inside, but we saw lots of stars and learned about constellations!  Here is a picture of what the SkyDome looked like!  Thank you CSA for sponsoring such great events!!  We had a great time!

Great Day!

We had another great day today!  Kindergarten is so much fun!!  Look at Ava's socks... they are patterns!!!!

 

Patterns

Hi Parents!  We tried to post in the computer lab today as a class... but it wasn't working.  Mr. Michaels is working on fixing it for us.  So, here is a little bit about what we did today...

Today we learned about patterns.  We practiced all kinds.  We even read a book about patterns and learned a song about patterns!!  You can practice patterns at home anytime!!  Try to spot them around your house!  You can even make them on paper or use objects around your house to create them!!  Try this:  buy a colored cereal like fruit loops.  Next, use the little circles to make patterns.  Try: red, blue, green, red, blue, green, and then try many many more!!  When you are done... eat them!!

Look at us making patterns:

 

 

 

 

Happy 6th Birthday Koki!!

Koki had a birthday this past weekend!!  She is the first person in our room to turn 6 years old.  We celebrated on Friday and had a fun time!!  Happy Birthday Koki!!

From Caterpillar to Butterfly

Domanick brought in caterpillars for us to watch.  We saw one of them actually making its chrysalis!!  Look, there is just one left to make his chrysalis!  He is hanging like the letter J!  We can't wait until they turn into butterflies!!

Thanks Domanick!!

Some of our Projects!!

We sorted the boys and girls into groups that are the same.  We have 12 girls and 11 boys!

We worked together during interactive writing time to create our rules.  Now we are busy learning to follow all of them while on the carpet.

We mixed colors!!!

Pretzel Math!

Here we are using pretzels to add, subtract, make shapes, and make tally marks!!!

Math Time!

We were busy learning our shapes and how to sort them!  We also made 'shape pictures'!!  Kindergarten is sooooo much fun!!!

 

  

 

Our New Class Picture!!

Computer Lab

We are at the computer lab right now!!!  We are all playing on Starfall.  This is a great website for us to use at home too!!  It helps us to practice our letters and letter sounds.  The site is:  www.starfall.com


 Thank you for all of your comments on our blog so far!  We loved reading them today!!  Miss Bennett is taking our class picture today!  She will post it later! 

Names, ABCs, Colors, and Shapes

Well Moms and Dads... did your students tell you we painted on Friday??  It was so fun.  We mixed colors to see what would happen.  We learned that blue and yellow make green... and red plus yellow makes orange!!  We didn't even make a mess!!

This week we will mostly be working on writing our names, practicing our ABC chart, and doing fun things with colors and shapes! 

Two important dates:  1.) Monday is a CSA meeting at 7pm in the library!  Please consider attending.  2.) Book orders are due Friday.  Send them in with payment any day this week!

Have a great finish to your weekend!!

Posting Comments to our Blog

Hi Parents!!  Some of you have asked me how you can leave us a comment.  We would love to hear from you because we will be checking our blog in the computer lab twice a week!!  Here is the easiest way I know on how you can leave a comment for us...

Read the posting you wish to comment on.  Directly under each post that I make... there is a little pencil with the word "comments".  It may say 0 comments or 1 comment, etc.  Click on that spot.  A box will come up for you to type in.  If you do not have an account... just choose to comment as 'anonymous.'  This will allow you to comment.  What I ask that you do is type your note to us in the box and then sign your name.  If you put your name right in that box with the message... we will know who the comment is from even though you are 'anonymous.'  You will then publish your comment.  The site will send it to me first for approval...so you will not see it on the page instantly.  Let me know if you have any trouble with this!! 

Thanks so much for your interest!!
: )  Miss Bennett

New Routines!!

We are working so hard in kindergarten!  It is hard work getting used to all of the new routines and expectations.  The kids did a great job in the computer lab yesterday!  Today we worked with our Second Step Program and talked about feelings!  We will have two weeks done in no time!!  Here are some pictures from our math lesson today.  We were sorting colors after reading the book: "Cat's Colors."

Happy Labor Day!

I hope you are all enjoying your long weekend! Everyone did a wonderful job during the first week of school! I look forward to tomorrow and practicing all of our classroom routines together! Make sure to check out our school website! I updated the kindergarten newsletter and first day of school sections!!

School is Almost Here!!

Well, tomorrow is the first day of school for teachers. We will be working hard to get ready for the upcoming school year. I received my class list today. I am very excited to meet all of my new students and put faces with the names. I am definitely excited about all the kids I already know. Many of you are siblings of past students. It is always fun to work with families that I know and like so much!! Parents, I will see you soon at open house on August 31st. I look forward to talking to you and answering any questions you may have!!

My Classroom Website

Here is a link to our classroom website! I will be updating it as the school year begins!!!

http://www.wasd.org/511870105215629/site/default.asp

A New School Year

Hello Everyone!! I just got back from a wonderful weekend in NYC and am now in total back to school mode!! I have made it a goal of mine to post updates of my classroom at least every other day to our blog! I am going to post the updates with my students so that they are a part of this too. Stay tuned for a fun-filled school year!!

Back from Spring Break

We are back from Spring Break! I need to catch everyone up on what we have been doing! We spent a lot of time before break talking about community helpers. In fact, we visited the James V. Brown Library. I will need to post some pictures of that trip later. We also wrapped up our unit on Eric Carle. The kids loved his books! This week we are beginning our unit on plants and animals. We will focus mainly on plants/ponds/meadows this week! Happy Spring!