Here Comes the Pets

Last week, we made a list of animals that can be pets.  We talked about how to care for pets.  Each child chose a pet to draw and to write a story about his/her pet.  These are just a few examples of the awesome pets stories the children wrote.  Kindergartners are really becoming great writers!

Reading Groups in Action

Here are just a few groups working hard.  During reading group time, children practice reading familiar books and practice reading a new book.  After reading books, the children work with words or practice writing in a journal.  The children are doing really well reading and writing!  With writing, the children are practicing starting a sentence with a capital letter, putting space between words and ending the sentence with punctuation.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

We celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday on Friday.  The children had fun making Cat in the Hat hats, making a list of words that rhyme with "cat", doing a Cat in the Hat dot-to-dot and listening to Dr. Seuss stories!  We love all the rhyming words in Dr. Seuss's books.  The books are so funny!

Kindergartners Hard at Work in Literacy Centers

These children are writing letters to friends in the Kindergarten Post Office.  The children write a letter, glue a stamp, cancel the stamp and mail the letter.

These children are reading words in the classroom.  Then they write the word on their paper.  This literacy center is called "Read the Room".

These children are finding and writing as many animals words as they can for each letter of the alphabet.  This literacy center is called "Catagory Center".

Having fun at the Valentine's Party

The children had a great time at the Valentine's party!  The children played some fun games and made some cute crafts.  Thank you to all the parents who made the party so much fun!

Heart Animals on the Loose

Each child picked an animal and used different sized hearts to create the animal.  There are so many cute animals!  These are just a few from each class.  The children also wrote great stories about their animals!

Groundhog Phil Visits Kindergarten

The children really enjoyed seeing a real groundhog up close!  They could see what long claws and what big teeth the groundhog has.  Some children were disappointed to hear the groundhog saw it's shadow.  Some of the children were hoping that Spring was around the corner.