Many Thanks!

Our school year has come to an end. Thank you all so much for a wonderful year. The kids and I had a great time.
If you would like pictures from this year please email me and I can send you a link to my Shutterfly page. You can have the prints sent to your house or pick them up at Target. God's blessings on your summer!

Bakery

Our class has been busy running the Queen of Hearts Bakery this week. We are practicing measuring, answering the phone, customer service, and clean up.

Happy Mother's Day!

5...4...3...2...1...BLASTOFF!!!

We just finished a unit on space. We worked on division using astronaut bears and rockets. We did a science experiment with a chemical reaction that launched a rocket. Plus, we read about astronauts and the space station. To find out more check out our new book "Space Spelling with the Alphabet Astronauts."

E I E I O

They say old MacDonald had a farm, but did you know the kindergarten class does too? Look for our latest book coming soon to a bookshelf near you.

Opening Day!

Today we celebrated the Brewers home opener. We practiced before and after numbers using jerseys. We made words using the letters in BASEBALL. We also talked about the the Sausage race. We wrote down what we thought the sausages say to each other. Check out our jerseys and bobbleheads hanging in the hall.

St. Patrick's Party

We wrapped up our study of Ireland with a party. Last week we started our Jello Rainbows for snack on St. Patrick's Day. We graphed Lucky Charms, made a leprechaun glyph, and drew family crests.

Wacky Weather

Perhaps some wishful thinking was involved but we have been learning all about weather. The highlight of our study was getting a chance to be meteorologists. Ask us to give you a weather update sometime...we have real talent in our class.

"These things are fun and fun is good"

We made rhymes all the time this week in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday. Our center activities included rolling rhymes, making a math necklace, writing about our favorite book, reading to a friend and stamping.

Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day! We graphed conversation hearts, found hidden hearts, talked about Jesus as our best Valentine, listed ways God loves us, wrote a note to our Valentine and made love bugs. Thank you for the donations of snacks and supplies.

100

Today is 100 day. We said 100 memory treasures, counted and ate 100 snacks, did 100 exercises, counted 100 fingers and toes, found 100 hidden kisses and made a 100 book. Whew! It was a busy day.

Igloos and the Orient

We have been busy collecting milk jugs to create an igloo for our room. It is nearly complete. It bares a few battle scars from crashes but it's holding its own.

We have also been learning about China and penguins.

Friday in First Grade

We love visiting Mrs. Toth's room to sing on Fridays.

Igloo

We would like to create an igloo for our classroom. It will take approximately 155 gallon milk jugs to create. The jugs MUST be thoroughly washed out with soap and water and dried. With your help we can accomplish this big task. I'm already collecting jugs. Thanks for your help.

H is for hats

This week we are exploring hats and the letter Hh. The kids have been working really hard on our latest class book What do You do With a Hat Like This? When the book is finished it will be sent home for you to see. Don't forget Friday is hat day.
I have one last small tidbit. This morning we were talking about the strange weather we've been having. One of the girls summed it up best: "The best part is God kept everyone safe!"

Merry Christmas! On Friday the

21st we had our Christmas Party. A huge thanks to everyone. The class made recycled Christmas cards, played pin the star on the Christmas tree, played Christmas Bingo, made a christian ornament, and learned about the candy cane. I was so shocked to unwrap a dvd/vcr player for the classroom. It was such a thoughtful gift that was really needed. Thank you so much!

The third week in December brings lots of excitement to our classroom. Most notably we are practicing for our Christmas Eve service. Listening to the class express their faith in song is breathtaking.
This week we have lots of cool centers as well. Probably our favorite is gift spelling.
Above we are using stockings to make patterns. Below we are reading ig books, and counting dimes.

Have a Blessed Christmas.