Another Busy Week...

Obviously there was a Monday this week, but it seems that Monday was spent preparing the classroom for Tuesday which was Halloween.  Here is a picture of our class sign for the whole-school parade.  Our parade on Tuesday was a nice, long walk.  We walked all around the back of the school and the front and wrapped back around to the front.  From there we walked over to the middle school and got to show off our costumes to the older kids.  It was a pretty cold morning and the students came back to the room pretty tired from such a long walk.  Here are pictures as we went around in the parade.

Here are some individual pictures of the students in their wonderful costumes.

Mermaid

Ninja

storm trooper

Alice in Wonderland

vampire

pumpkin

power ranger

Marshall

Ninjago

Rapunzel

Darth Vader

gypsy

boxer

Egyptian Princess

T-Rex

Darth Vader

Harley Quinn

Tiger

T-Rex

All of the Busy Bees in costume

Enjoying our class party!  Thank you so much to the families who helped make our class party such a wonderful time!

This week we also managed to get in some magnet science.  The class had a chance to do some free exploration and play with MagnaTiles and we also did some magnet painting.  The class also found different objects around the classroom and used the magnet wands to determine if they were magnetic or not; they colored a happy face if it was magnetic and a sad face if it wasn't magnetic. Using magnetic objects and a magnet wand, the students put the objects into paint and then used their wand to pull them through the paper plate.  Many of the students thought that this was a pretty interesting way to paint.  A lot of them said that it looked like magic because the object was running through the paint without them touching it.  However, we also discussed that it was moving because of the magnetic pull.

 Magnet Painting!

MagnaTiles in action!

This morning we also had an assembly to find out which class and students had awesome attendance for the month of October.  We also reviewed our past character trait of being respectful and awarded two students in each class for being respectful during this last month.  Check out our respectful students!

Way to go!

What a week it has been!  So many fun things to do in kindergarten.

Upcoming Events:

- Friday, Nov. 10th --- No school, Veterans Day holiday

- Thursday, Nov. 16th --- School Family Feast - more information to come home on Monday

- Friday, Nov. 17th --- Minimum Day, students dismissed at 12:20 pm

- Monday - Friday, Nov. 20 - 24 --- No School for Thanksgiving Break

We've Got Spirit How 'bout You?

What a great spirit week we had in honor of Red Ribbon Week!  Monday was Pajama Day, Tuesday was Cool Day, Wednesday was team/sports day, Thursday was Crazy Day, and today (Friday) was school color day. 

Pajama Day!

Cool Day!

Sports Day!

Unfortunately I was unable to get pictures on crazy day and School Spirit Day.  The class seemed to have a great time dressing up and showing their school spirit.

Throughout this week, we also did two experiments on gravity.  In our first experiment, we saw how gravity pulled on two different-sized shoes, Mrs. Crook's shoe and one student shoe.  The shoes had rubber bands tied to them and then hung and we watched the rubber bands stretch.  The class determined that the shoe that had the rubber band stretched by more was heavier and that it was being pulled by gravity more than the lighter-weight shoe.

Our Observation Page

Our other gravity experiment, involved some painting.  the students held up papers as they painted and watched the paint drip down the page.  The class decided that the paint was falling because of gravity!  This was so much fun for the students to see gravity in action.

Watch it fall!

One of our main focuses in class during these first couple months of school has been recognizing and naming our capital letters.  (We have also been working on recognizing numbers 0 - 20.)  We have been doing a lot of hands-on activities to build letters, say letters, and find letters.  Take a peek at how much fun learning our letters can be!

 

These little busy bees are very hard workers and love to learn so much. 

Important Information

As of this week, there is needing to be a change at the Kindergarten gate.  For the morning drop-off, you will need to drop your student off by using the main gate in front of the office.  Students who are going to the cafeteria for breakfast will enter in through the main gate.  Also, students who are being dropped off in Ms. Brown's room or Mrs. Torres' room will need to go through the main gate.  Parents are still allowed to walk their students onto campus, but will need to be off of campus by 8:00, or will need to get a visitor's badge from the office.  The kindergarten team is also asking that you exit in the mornings through the main gate.  

PICK-UP: This will be the same as it has been and parents are to pick up their child at the gate.  Please form a line going back towards the main part of the school as this helps things go smoother for families and students.

Thank you so much for your understanding in this matter.  This is being done for the concern of student safety.  Your cooperation is appreciated!

Upcoming Events:

Our class Halloween party will be on Tuesday, Oct. 31st and will go from 10am - 11am.  If you haven't already, please sign-up on class tag to help bring an item for our class party.

Oct. 31st is a minimum day and students will be dismissed at 12:20pm.

Oct. 31st - School-wide parade on the blacktop.  Parents are welcome to watch and take pictures.  Please do not post any pictures online if it is not your own child.  Parents please do not come in costume, as this is a safety concern for the students and staff.

Have a great weekend!