We had fun practicing for the parade!

Reminders:

Monday: No School Memorial Day

Tuesday: Please send in clean towels for the last week 🙂 *Wacky Day! Dress wacky!

Wednesday: Miss Walters will be guest teacher.

Thursday: Yellow day! Wear yellow if you are able.

Friday: Last Day and half day of school!

What We Have Been Learning:

Working hard on Tuesday to prepare for our Animal Presentations

Fun with our science day!

PBIS celebration picnic

It was a beautiful day for the Farmer’s Market

Our PBL work this week was enormous! You can be so proud of your children! My favorite part was watching them collaborate on posters and presentation. I always check in on groups and ask each child what he/she would like to say. This was the first time that every single child knew exactly what they wanted to say. It was amazing! It was even better when it was time to present and they changed what they were saying. They must have learned a lot!

Reminders:

Monday: Please send in clean towel in reuse bag. Thank you!

Wednesday, May 24: T for Team! Wear team colors or shirt to show your favorite team.

May 24:  Field Trip to Holland Farmer’s Market Kindergarten classes are planning on a field trip to the Holland Farmer’s Market. Please make sure your child is dressed to be outside for at least an hour. You do not need to send in any money, we have money from our field trip account that your students will use for purchases. Thanks! 

May 25 Kindergarten PBL (animal research) presentation in our classroom  You may choose to view the presentation at 11:35 or at 3pm. Parents and siblings are invited to watch. After school on the 25th, ALL kindergarten families are invited to play at Lawrence street park. We plan to enjoy some fellowship and snack until about 4:15. More details to come!

Monday, May 29: No School, Memorial Day Kindergarteners have the option of marching in the Zeeland Memorial Day parade.

What We Have Been Learning:

This week we worked hard researching animals and writing down what we learned. I heard many comments that “this is a lot of writing?” Yes, it was! I was seeing a lot of focus and interest though. I am excited for your children to share some interesting things they have learned about animals.

This week I was able to work with students individually for an end of year assessment. Each one of the children in this classroom is truly a gift! Each one has grown in his or her own way. We can be so proud of them!

We had a lot of fun working in centers this week and enjoying our ABC countdown.

Reminders:

Monday: Please send in clean towel in reuse bag. Thank you!

Tuesday, May 16: NEON day! Please try to wear something bright and neon or white.

Thursday, May 18: Pajama day! Please wear pajamas or comfy clothes. *one small stuffed animal will also be allowed.

May 24:  Field Trip to Holland Farmer’s Market Kindergarten classes are planning on a field trip to the Holland Farmer’s Market. Thanks for the great response! I will email chaperones next week. If you want to be added to the list, please email me.

May 25 Kindergarten PBL (animal research) presentation in our classroom *Update: We will now have two presentations to try to accommodate the schedules of busy families. You may choose to view the presentation at 11:35 or at 3pm. Parents and siblings are invited to watch. After school on the 25th, ALL kindergarten families are invited to play at Lawrence street park. We plan to enjoy some fellowship and snack until about 4:15. More details to come!

Monday, May 29: No School, Memorial Day Kindergarteners have the option of marching in the Zeeland Memorial Day parade. I will send in email out to ask if your child is planning on marching.

What We Have Been Learning:

We started the week with hat day!

We enjoyed ice cream on i day!

We heard some funny jokes on j day!

We spread kindness to our office by singing Jesus loves Me to the school secretaries.

L day brought us lemonade!

We are still working very hard on reading and writing during daily 5. I am amazed at the growth I have seen in your children.

Our Phonemic Awareness has been including blends. This week we had fun writing a cvc word and then adding one more letter to change the word. For example, I would say, spell pot. After the kids sounded out p-o-t and wrote it out I would say, now add an s in front, what word did we make? This is a simple and fun writing activity to do at home as well!

In Math we have learned 10+ well. We are working on writing teen numbers. This remains a little tricky in first grade as well. Sometimes 16 is written as 61. This is age appropriate, but we are modeling the correct number formation.

Reminders:

Monday, May 8: Hat day

May 10: NO PM Bussing

May 11: ½ Day School  Bussing available

May 12: NO PM Bussing

May 24: *New Field Trip to Holland Farmer’s Market Kindergarten classes are planning on a field trip to the Holland Farmer’s Market. We were able to take a bus to get the kids there, but we would love to have as many chaperones as possible. If you are free from 9:30-11 and can meet us at the Holland Farmer’s Market where we will split into small groups to help the students explore and buy items. Each student will have $2 to spend (from our field trip money). So it will be a big decision 🙂

Looking ahead…May 25 Kindergarten PBL (animal research) presentation in our classroom *Update: We will now have two presentations to try to accommodate the schedules of busy families. You may choose to view the presentation at 11:35 or at 3pm. Parents and siblings are invited to watch. After school on the 25th, ALL kindergarten families are invited to play at Lawrence street park. We plan to enjoy some fellowship and snack until about 4:15. More details to come!

What We Have Been Learning:

Coloring with Chalk on a rainy Monday.

D is for Donuts!

Paisley was able to show us more of the animals from her farm. It made us curious about all sorts of animals!

Estimation:

Freaky Friday…on Thursday!

Small Glow Party in our classroom!

Big Glow Party in the gym

Game Day! The class did so well playing old and new games together.