Mystery Reader

Thank you to Antoneyo's mom who surprised us as the mystery reader at our village meeting!  We loved hearing the book Harry the Dog!

Sweethearts Dance

Back in February, our school held its annual Sweethearts Dance.  Everyone had a great time enjoying the food and music!  Here are a a few of our friends taking a break from all the dancing!

Measuring

In math, we have practiced different types of measuring.  After learning about using our feet, and then standard feet, we learned about other ways to measure things.  We used a ruler for things smaller that our feet,and a tape measure for things that have curves.  This is a great thing to practice at home!  Remember to line up the object with the end of the measuring tool! 

Blog Updates

Hello kindergarten families!  I wanted to apologize for the lack of blog updates lately.  Ever since my week of jury duty, I have been taking lots of pictures, but have not put them on the blog yet!  Please expect regular updates again from this point forward.  I have also included this picture of a graph that the children did while I was at jury duty.  I though they had some great ideas!

Girls Who Dream

This year, our school has started a new group known as the Girls Who Dream.  This is an after-school opportunity for the girls in our school to participate in activities that foster and encourage their hopes and dreams for the future.  In our class, Nia, Karima and Tonia are Girls Who Dream!

Girls Who Dream has teamed up with Soldiers’ Angels! Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and their families.  

During the month of April, Girls Who Dream will be hosting a drive to collect items that will be used in the backpacks that are given to the soldiers when they depart. We will be collecting items such as: Baby Wipes, Beef Jerky, Tuna Packets, Pretzels, Chips, Crackers, Cookies, Hand Sanitizer, Travel Size bathroom items (Shaving Cream, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner and toothpaste), Toothbrushes and Razors, etc.

The class that collects the most items will be given a pizza party on Friday, May 4th.


If you can, let's help our Girls Who Dream help others!  You can donate and drop off items throughout the month in our classroom!  Thank you in advance for your help!

Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

Today I finally returned to school from a long week of jury duty.  I wanted to let all the families what great notes were left by our guest teacher Ms. Lessane.  I am very proud of the work that they accomplished while I was gone.  This week should bring us back to our normal routines and schedule.  Thank you for your patience!

Also, below is our current AMPT schedule.  It changed while I was away.

Monday - Art

Tuesday - Music

Wednesday - Technology

Thursday - Art

Friday - Music

We do not have gym this rotation, so if you would like your child to bring home their gym shoes, please let me know.  Thank you!

March is Reading Month Surprise!

During the all-school read-in last Friday, the K-5 students surprised the teachers with a reading inspired  flash mob!  They did a great job and really showed everyone their love of reading!  They had been secretly practicing this for the last few weeks in music class and were able to keep it a secret the whole time!  Here is the video:

Thank you Ms. Ritter for an amazing treat!