Election Results - Kindergarten Style!

As this past Tuesday was an important time for our country, our class has been discussing the presidential election and what it means to vote.  After talking about how grown ups had two choices for our president, we said, "Why do grown ups get to have all the fun?"

We chose to vote for our favorite pet!  We learned about using ballots, casting our vote, and tallying the votes to find the winner. 

After a long deliberation, and a hold-out vote due to a bathroom break, the results are in!  And the winner is...

dogs, which beat out cats by just one vote!  There was also a tie for bird and hamster for third place, and fish came up short, with no votes.

Family Feast

Next Friday, November 19, our class will be having our Family Feast!  At this time, we would like to welcome all families to participate in this celebration of your family at home, and the family we have created in Room 100!

Recently, a letter was sent home in your child's homework folder.  The other kindergarten teachers and I are asking for each family to bring/send in a dish that represents the culture you and your child learned about when you created your poster.  During our center time, we will be doing family-themed activities, including a sampling center, where the children will have a chance to taste all of the different dishes!

All families are welcome to attend and help us during our activities.  Please complete the form sent home, letting me know how many family members will be attending and what dish you will be sending in.  Please send in all needed serving elements for your dish.  Plates, napkins and plastic ware will be provided for the children to enjoy the food!

The Family Feast will begin at 2:30.  I hope to you there! 

Reminders and Specials Schedule for 11/5 - 11/9

Tuesday, Nov. 6 - NO SCHOOL
Thursday, Nov. 8 - Picture Retake Day

Monday - Art & PE (Please remember to bring your gym shoes)
Tuesday - NO SCHOOL - Election Day
Wednesday - Media Center (Please remember to bring your library book)
Thursday - Music
Friday - PE (Please remember to bring your gym shoes)

Also, if you have not signed up for your Fall Parent-Teacher Conference, please click on the link below to schedule a time that works best for you.  Thank you in advance!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4BA4A822A46-fall

 

 

Our Monster Mash was a Smash!

We had so much fun at our Halloween parade and party!  We began our afternoon by watching a Magic School Bus video on Bats and Spiders, while we got into our costumes. 

Here we are getting ready to join our first Harlan Halloween parade!  Even though the weather was a little cold and wet, we still loved showing off our costumes to the families in the hallways and gym! 

After the parade, we returned to our room for our Halloween party!  Our room parents really out did themselves!  The kindergarteners rotated through a series of Halloween-themed activities, collecting candy along the way!  We also enjoyed chips, fruit, juice and several goodie bags from our families!

Here we are making spiders using Oreo cookies, licorice, frosting and red hots! 

We also played Pin the Face on the Pumpkin...

Here we are using our sense of touch to identify different objects in our Feely Boxes!

We even played Donut Chew by eating donuts on strings without using our hands!

Thank you SO MUCH to all the families for your help and support!  Our room parents did an amazing job of putting together a wonderful party.  I know the children loved it, and I can't thank you enough!

Happy Halloween 2012 from Room 100!



Tricky Teens Ten Frame

In math, we have been working with ten frames!  This series of connected frames helps us to learn more about the number 10!  We have been practicing representing numbers on a ten frame using manipulatives, figuring out how many more manipulatives we need to make 10, and now building tricky teen numbers!

We discovered that all tricky teens have at least 10, then "some more" added on to it!  To practice this, we filled our ten frames and added "some more" on top to make bigger numbers. 

For instance, we learned that "12" is 10 and 2 more! 

And "16" is 10 and 6 more!

This activity also helps us practice counting on from a given number.  For example, we don't need to start counting at 1 if we know that a filled ten frame already has 10.  This way, we point at the filled frames and say "10," and then begin counting on from there!

Family Heritage Posters

This is a gentle reminder that our Family Heritage posters are due next Monday, November 6.  If you have any questions, or need help completing this assignment, please let me know.  I look forward to seeing all of the children's creativity!

Fall Conferences

Our first Parent-Teacher Conferences are just around the corner!  This year, our school will be using Sign Up Genius, the same website that handles our classroom volunteers, to arrange individual conferences. 

Please see the note from our principal, Ms. Embekka Thompson:

Dear Parents,

Parent-Teacher Conferences are approaching.  This year, we want to make signing up for conferences easier for you, so we have decided to utilize “Sign Up Genius,” an online scheduling program.  All teachers are utilizing this conference scheduling program, no hardcopy sheets are available. We hope that you find our new process quick and user-friendly.  Please click on the link below to sign-up for a conference time.  You will need to sign up for one conference per student.

Thanks,

Embekka

Our classroom sign up sheet can be found at the following link.  I look forward to speaking with you about your child's progress since the beginning of the year!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4BA4A822A46-fall