Back to School!!

Hello All!!

What a fun week we had getting back into the swing of things!  Ms. K has been a HUGE help and has done an amazing job working with the kiddos, I'm so glad she is a part of our classroom family this year!  Here's our back to school photo!!

This week we spent a lot of time working on routines, rules, following directions, and proper use of school materials.  I was so impressed by how well the boys and girls have transitioned back into school this week :)

On Monday we drew pictures of ourselves, we will draw pictures again the last week of school so we can see how much we have grown!!  (Teachers- I can't remember which back to school unit this came from, sorry!!  I will check Monday when I get back to school and update with a link :))

Tuesday was "Monster Day"!!  We read the story, "The Day a Monster Game to School" and learned about above and below the line behaviors.  We also read some monster books, made a glue monster, and did a "directed drawing" of a monster that we later water colored.  (Teachers- These drawings were inspired by Deanna's blog post and the glue monster is from Caitlin Clabby)

We finished off the week with some "Pete the Cat" fun!!  We started off on Wednesday reading some Pete the Cat stories and made our own class book based on the stories!  (Teachers- This one was my idea but I don't own the license to the shoe Clipart so I can't give it as a freebie, please feel free to steal the idea though!!)

We also made "Colorful Cat:" glyphs.  We will make glyphs at least once a month all year, they help us work on our fine motor and listening skills.  They also help us practice following directions AND we are able to analyze and (eventually) write about the data when we are finished!!  (Teachers- these are from Deanna's Colorful Cats Unit!!)

In art, we completed a directed drawing of Pete the Cat, next week we are going to work on coloring him!!  (This idea came from Heidi's Songs, that link is an AWESOME and FREE Pete the Cat resource!)

Finally, in science we did a super neat rainbow experiment (just like Pete's shoes!!).  We used milk, food coloring, dish soap, and cue tips to observe a chemical reaction!   (Teachers- this experiment is also from Deanna's Colorful Cats Unit!!)

Next week we are doing two "mini themes", we will be doing activities with our names on Monday and Tuesday and will be doing a "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" unit Wedneday, Thursday, and Friday!  Can't wait to see you all on Monday!

:) Mrs. Rogers

PS- A little brag moment for me, here's our (tiny) new house!!

Getting wordsy!

Hi parents!

I hope everyone made it home safely today! We've been working really hard to hear up for first grade! I tried switching up our morning work last week from handwriting to sight word work. The kiddos were given a word (or two) to use in a sentence and then illustrated their sentences! (Teachers- this great idea came from Chalk Talk!)

We also made these fun snowmen with our names and did a graphing project! (Teachers, this fun idea came from Growing Kinders)

Finally, I can't wait for you to see the ADORABLE Abraham Lincoln project they have been working on, coming home tomorrow!

Looking forward to our Seuss Week next week!

:) Mrs. Rogers

New centers and some winter fun!!

Hi Parents!!

We started new Valentines Day centers last week! We're working really hard to cooperate as a group and work together. Here are a few pictures:

Unscrambling and writing sentences.

Sorting pictures by medial sound.

CVC word board game.

Reading color words.

Roll the dice, stamp above the matching blend.

Reading and writing sight words.

Some other things that went on last week:

We finished our Reader's Workshop Unit, "Discovering Patterns" (Kim Adsit)!!!!  We celebrated all our hard work on Friday by making these super cute pattern detectives!

Fridays have become "Fun Fridays" in Kindergarten!  We made these snowman glyphs on Friday (for you teachers, this idea came from Growing Kinders).  The kids had fun expressing themselves through their snowmen :)

The PTL Silent Auction is next Saturday evening!!  Our class made this super cool mirror that will be up for bidding!  Come and enjoy this fun time!!



I hope you had a GREAT 3 day weekend!!  :)  Mrs. Rogers

100 Day!

Hi parents!

We had a great time on 100 day! Some of the sheets the kids did about being 100 years old were priceless!

We did the ever popular 100 fruit loops necklace again this year, so fun!

Here are a few pictures of the process:

Way behind!

Hi parents!

Whew! Did I get wrapped up in the holidays or what?! I know I'm way behind but here are a few pictures of our Gingerbread centers.

Later this week I am hoping to post some pictures of some if the experiments we did to learn about gravity and force last week.

We also started new, winter themed centers today. As well as some new free choices if we finish our centers early. Be on the lookout for pictures soon!

Reader's and Writer's Workshop update!

Hi parents and teachers!!

Be in the lookout in the next week or two for a peak at our Gingerbread centers AND our "Around the World" Christmas fun! We will be eating, crafting, and learning our way though Asia, Africa, Mexico, and Germany!! SO EXCITED!

We finished our second unit of Writer's Workshop (from Deedee Wills and Deanna Jump) on Friday and I am THRILLED with all the progress the kiddos have made!! Check out two of their ADORABLE books!

We made a Christmas tree.

We went to bed.

We went downstairs.

We play in the snow.

School Day.

We had a bus evacuation.

We lined up.

Next we had snack after the bus evacuation.

I was sad that school was over.

So proud of how hard all of my students are working at their writing!


We also had some fun Friday celebrating the end of our second unit of Reader's Workshop (from Kim Adsit)! We worked really hard all week retelling the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, so we made yummy bear cookies!!

Happy December!!