Updates for April!

A quick apology - I usually update the class blog more often, but, given that I am in my masters program, the time has become more limited! I will try to update as often as possible so that you can see into our classroom a little more often ;)

Here are some fun updates of what we have been doing and learning about in our class.... I think you will agree that we are enjoying our learning!

First, we had a little fun with our "pet rocks"... after learning about the 3 types of rocks (ask your kids, they should be able to tell you all about how they are created!), they got to make a new friend :)

Kennedy & Jocelynn's pets

Jaxon and Dalyn have some new buddies!

Clarke & Devyn made some new friends, too!

Look at those smiles!

We love our new friends!

So cool, our new pets!

Sarah & Hailey are all smiles with their bFFs

Hurray for our rocks!

NEXT: Kids had a ton of fun during soil learning about the 3 types in the soil profile, as well as what lives in the soil. We got to examine our own samples, then used our magnifying glasses to examine each student's sample. We had SO many gross yet fun things in there! And, the kiddos learned that not all soil is the same, and that decaying matter lends to the soil color!

Jaxon, examining his sample

Clarke & Sam are watching the centipedes in their soil!

Using our magnifying glasses to check the samples!

These boys are hard at work to check for living things!

Jennica checking out her soil sample :)

Hailey & Sarah writing their observations on their samples

Kari's having a great time!

Simon carefully examining his sample

Spring Break!!!

Dear Parents,

Happy Spring Break! Just a friendly reminder that there will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, the 25th, or Monday, the 28th. We will resume class on Tuesday, the 29th. Hurray for Spring!

Also: please note that tomorrow is like a Friday, with early-out time being @ 1:25.

Have a happy and safe time with your child... I look forward to seeing your kids on Tuesday!

Mrs. K :)

Happy Spring!

Today is officially the first day of Spring! I'm going to post some fabulous pictures... your kids are amazing with art!

This art lesson, taught by Somer Christensen (our amazing room mother!) was on pop art... and the kids made some great pictures!

On St. Patrick's Day, we used lucky charms cereal to graph... and we also made fractions out of our food! This was seriously fun - AND magically delicious! We love math, and we love to have fun doing it!

 Jocelynn counts her lucky charms

Autumn stops & smiles while graphing!

Sam & Ella are having fun!

Blakely & Jennica are counting charms!

Hailey, busy at work!

Raegan is debating how to start :)

Jason gives a big thumbs up for fun!

Devyn counts, counts, counts the yumminess!

parent/teacher conferences!

Parents,

Don't forget - parent/teacher conferences are Thursday and Friday, the 10th & 11th (this week!). I'm excited to see all of you again and to work on goals that your student might have for the rest of this term.

Also, tonight is Zupas night (the 8th)... hopefully I will see you all there!

We have so much fun in our classroom - here are some pictures of art that we have recently completed.

Have a great day!

Mrs. K :)

It's been awhile... updates!

Dear Parents,

It has been awhile since I have blogged. I have some updates and some fun pictures! I will be posting more things later - I thought it would be great to post pics of great student work so that kiddos can see themselves on the class blog.  We have so much fun each day!

Wahoo! We have a second class tarantula! Ellie is a Chilean Rosehair... not sure on age or gender, as it was a present, but she's gorgeous (hard to see but she's actually slightly pink!)... and as you can see, I can handle her! The kids enjoyed looking at her!

 The class Valentine's Day party was phenomenal! Here we have Devyn with one of the winning V-day boxes (winners get a candy bar, wahoo!) Very retro, Devyn, way to go!!!

 These are the other 5 winners of the V-day box contest... check them out! So cute!

















Class Valentine's Day Party Pics 2016! Thanks to all the awesome parents who came in to help, it was much appreciated (as evidenced by the smiles all around the room!)

So You Want to Build a Snowman?

Yesterday, we decided to make snowmen as part of our object lesson for writing. Kids had to work in teams to problem solve how to get the snow to pack, what methods worked the best, etc. In addition to having fun and problem solving, we were able to then go back to the classroom and brainstorm ideas for our informative essay on "How to Build a Snowman". Hurray! The kiddos and I had tons o' fun! Here are a few pics!

Pics!

We have had an amazing first week back! Here are some pictures from when Grant Weyman, Channel 5 Meteorologist, came to visit us! Enjoy!