Rules and Expectations

We spent a lot of time talking about rules and expectations today.  

We started our day by reading No David! by David Shannon and talking about expected and unexpected behaviors.  We decided that we were all a little like David--everyone makes mistakes--but, we can work hard to try to fix them and be happy in the end.  

Then we talked about our classroom rules and expectations.

1.  I will treat other people the way I would like to treated.

2.  I will walk quietly in the hallway.

3.  I will listen quiety and follow directions the very first time.

4.  I will keep my hands feet and objects to myself.

5.  I will work hard and try my best at everything I do.

Everyone worked hard to show expected behaviors and many of us earned horseshoes or moved our clips up to orange or blue throughout the day!  YAY!  #motivatedmustang

If you would like to listen David's story, click here. 

Take some time to talk your child about David and how he fixed his mistakes at school.  How can you fix your mistakes too?

Happy First Day of Kindergarten!

We had a great first day of Kindergarten!!

We made new friends, made some cool creations with blocks, drew pictures of what we were excited to do in Kindergarten, went to Art class, had lunch, danced our wiggles out, played outside, took a rest, and headed home.  

 

We shared a lot of firsts today.  I hope everyone went home happy, and I look forward to seeing you 

all back at school again tomorrow!

Welcome to Kindergarten 2017-2018!!

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!  Ms. Cari and I have been working hard in our room!!

We loved seeing everyone at Meet the Teacher today!  We are super excited to start a new year of fun and learning with you and your child! #classof2030

                                       

Don't forget to listen to your special bedtime story and sprinkle your ready confetti before putting on your special first day sticker and heading to school Wednesday morning!  

We LOVE Mo Willems!!

If your family does not know Mo Willems and his work--you have got to seek him out!  Mo Willems has numerous children's books to his credit, and he is creating new work everyday.  While we didn't have time to explore all his work, we spent lots of time reading about his fun and crazy characters Pigeon, Piggie, and Gerald!

We began by reading all about Pigeon who wanted to drive a bus and get a puppy and eat a hot dog and stay up late!  Next we began reading about Piggie and Gerald and all of their fun friends.  

We used these characters to help us practice our measurement skills.  We ordered the characters by height and weight by using measuring tools like cubes and scales.  

After measuring, describing, and comparing these fictional characters, we decided to apply our observational skills to some real animals. 

After learning a little bit about real pigeons, we decided to learn a little bit more about some other types of birds by measuring, observing, and comparing. 

Birds are great, but there are lots of other interesting animals out there!  We decided to learn more about tigers, blue sharks, kangaroos, toucans, and flamings.  Students used iPads in small groups to research and record information about their animal.  

Next we created some art to show others just what our animals look like, where they live, and how their environment helps them meet their needs.  

After all that, there was even a little Mo Willems engineering!  After reading Today I Will Fly! students brainstormed ways to fly.  There were a lot of creative ideas from jet packs to dragons, but we finally decided that we would engineer airplanes (of the paper variety) to help Piggie fly.   

We have been both inspired and entertained by the works of Mo Willems!  Next time you are at the library or the book store, take time to look for Pigeon and Piggie and Gerald--they might inspire and entertain you too! 

The Wonderful World of Dr. Seuss!

We spent the first part of March exploring the wild, wonderful world of Dr. Seuss! 

We had fun reading about that crazy Cat in the Hat, and then read about what happened when the Cat in the Hat came back.  And since we are a classroom full of aspiring writers we had to try our hand at creating our own Cat in the Hats and stories to match!

But the Cat in the Hat fun did not stop there!  We used cups and index cards to make our own "hats" and participated in a grade level STEM challenge to see which group could build the tallest hat stack.  It was a little harder than it looked, so we had to get creative!

After reading and writing about hats, stacking hats, and building hats, there was nothing left to do but EAT hats!  We used sugar cookie dough to bake our hats, then we decorated them with whipped topping and strawberry stripes.  Yum!

But we couldn't stop with Cats in Hats!  We also had some Foot Book and If I Ran the Zoo fun too!

Dr. Seuss created some funny feet, but I think I might like ours even better!

And check out some of these Crazy Creature Creations!

To wrap things up, we made our very own green eggs and ham! 

Some of use were a little skeptical.

And some of us were down right opposed to the idea!

But most of us thought they were pretty good after all!