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A Glimpse Of Our Week
Martin Luther King, Jr.: We read the story of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr, from his birth to his dream speech for equality (please note, I chose to not share the last part of his life with our...
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Reading With Take Home Books!
Reading: WOW! I am so impressed by the excellent return rate of the Take Home Book baggies by our Kindergartners! They are excited to read with our parent volunteers! Thank you parents for your...
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Special Middle School Visitors
This past week, Baldwin Street Middle School 8th Graders, from Mrs. Hoey-Heath’s Leadership Class, paid a special visit to our Kindergarten classroom. They shared the joy of reading and our...
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100 Days of Learning and Fun!
100 Days of School: We had such an awesome day!!! Not only did we count by 1’s, 10’s and 5’s, but we also played number and movement games all revolving around 100. Also, the children did a GREAT...
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Celebrating Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day: The class had great fun during their Valentine’s Party! The children were excited about all the activities they made and played! Thank you so much to Grandma Shinabarger, Mrs....
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Dr. Seuss Makes Learning Fun!
Dr. Seuss is a master of rhyming and silliness! We enjoyed reading and listening to many of his books. We also had fun with word activities, making a craft and even bridged Dr. Seuss into our math!...
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Fiction and Non-Fiction: Hen
The Little Red Hen: We learned about the Shape-Go Retell Map this week and tried to apply it to various story books that we come across. We enjoyed reading the folktale of “The Little Red Hen” and...
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Fiction and Non-Fiction: Bears
The Three Bears (Reading and Writing Workshop): We have enjoyed tying our reading and writing workshop units together this month with a common theme. It has truly been fun and motivating for the...
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Hand2Hand Donation Program
Dear Parents, We invite you to participate in our spring donation drive to support Hand2Hand — a community program that provides food to families in need through the school year and during the summer...
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Fiction and Non-Fiction: Pigs
The Three Little Pigs (Reading and Writing Workshop): The folktale themes continue this week with the help of the Three Little Pigs. Oh, how we enjoyed reading a variety of versions of this famous...
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Fiction and Non-Fiction: Goats
The Three Billy Goats Gruff: (Reading and Writing Workshop) This week brought us an interesting week that was all about goats. The children were sponges over the newest facts that they learned about...
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A Celebration of Reading!
Pajama Reading Day: To culminate the hard work and fun we have had in the reading of both fiction and non-fiction books this month, we enjoyed a pajama reading celebration! The kids absolutely...
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Our Wonderful World!
Me On the Map: We may be very small on this great big world, but it is so exciting to see that we are able to find EXACTLY where we are on this earth with the help of maps! It has been a fun week...
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What is the Earth Up Of?
Rocks Investigation: What a great collection of rocks! I was so impressed by the many different types of rocks you and your children were able to locate for our lesson. The egg cartons worked very...
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All Seeds Are Different!
Science: We kicked off our plant unit, by beginning the process of planting bean seeds. The children are very excited to see if there plants will really grow! We read all about seeds and the parts...
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Spring is Sprouting!
Science: We are learning about living and non-living things, and what all living things must have in order to survive. Do you know what those things are? Be sure to ask your Kindergartner! (water,...
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Field Trip, Tomorrow – Wed., May 10
Hello K Families, Please be sure to review the Yellow Paperwork that arrived home with your child on Monday. It contains lots of helpful information to guide you as you prepare and dress your child...
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Opening Up to Nature
Field Trip: Our class was so very fortunate on the weather we received this week for our field trip! The sun shone, the temperature was comfortable and the staff at the Hemlock Crossing County Park...
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Why Do You Think That?
Writing Workshop: Learning how to take a position and explain “why” has been a great experience for our Kindergartners. Usually, children are the ones asking why, but in this case, they are the ones...
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Symbols of Freedom
Reading Workshop: Symbols of the USA: In honor of Memorial Day, we learned many interesting facts about famous American symbols this week through non-fiction reading. The children were very...
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