These last couple of weeks in Kindergarten have been full of hard work and beautiful fall sunshine!
Mrs. De La Paz happy to be back working with her students once again, though she definitely misses that darling baby every day! Her students are working hard at learning their color words. You should see the beautiful turkeys they made hanging in the classroom.
Mrs. O'Keefe's class has been finding TONS of word wall words in their new poetry folders. They are getting good at reading their sight words!
Miss Hollingsworth's class has enjoyed learning about The First Thanksgiving. They have had a chance to be Pilgrims in dramatic play, and have even experimented with building Lincoln Log houses in the block center.
Mrs. Rogers' students are some amazing writers! Just this week they compared two stories on bears and then wrote non-fictional pieces about bears and teddy bears.
As always, we are working hard to be the BEST Kindergarteners ever! Thanks for reading and leaving us comments!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Halloooooween!
What a month it has been! We are so sorry to keep you waiting for an update from Kindergarten! This month has been a blur, complete with rain, fog, and humidity that makes our hair curl and our playground time limited. McKenzie's Kindergarten classes are certainly still learning though!
Mrs. De La Paz/Garcia's class made shape scarecrows just last week! They are hanging in the hallway for all to see what shapes we know by name.
Mrs. O'Keefe's class has been working hard in Writer's Workshop. You should see all the artists and writers we have in there.
Miss Hollingsworth's class has learned about a lot of Thinking Maps. They know how to sequence the order of events in a story.
Mrs. Rogers' class has been using Mystery Message to "solve" (spell) lots of new words, including Halloween words AND word wall words.
This afternoon you might catch all of Kindergarten working together! They will be out on the sidewalk, counting pumpkin seeds out of a GIANT pumpkin. Mrs. O'Keefe is helping them all learn about tally marks, and Miss Hollingsworth will have her hands gooey as she counts. Thank goodness for Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Garcia, and Miss Becky, they will be helping every Kindergartener count. Be sure you ask a Kindergartener how many seeds were in our pumpkin!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BE SAFE! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Mrs. De La Paz/Garcia's class made shape scarecrows just last week! They are hanging in the hallway for all to see what shapes we know by name.
Mrs. O'Keefe's class has been working hard in Writer's Workshop. You should see all the artists and writers we have in there.
Miss Hollingsworth's class has learned about a lot of Thinking Maps. They know how to sequence the order of events in a story.
Mrs. Rogers' class has been using Mystery Message to "solve" (spell) lots of new words, including Halloween words AND word wall words.
This afternoon you might catch all of Kindergarten working together! They will be out on the sidewalk, counting pumpkin seeds out of a GIANT pumpkin. Mrs. O'Keefe is helping them all learn about tally marks, and Miss Hollingsworth will have her hands gooey as she counts. Thank goodness for Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Garcia, and Miss Becky, they will be helping every Kindergartener count. Be sure you ask a Kindergartener how many seeds were in our pumpkin!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BE SAFE! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Oh the many, many ways to learn!
Here's a little update for you to see what we are working on in Kindergarten at McKenzie!
This week and last...
Mrs. De La Paz's and Ms. Garcia's class made some AMAZING patterns. They have learned AB, ABB, AAB, ABC and more! Using different colors of clowns, they each created their own pattern and took it home to "read" to their family.
Mrs. O'Keefe's class is SPARKLING! They made their names using foil star stickers, complete with a self-portrait! We have some budding artists in that room, not to mention LOTS who are learning letters.
Miss Hollingsworth's class has been working in science with the five senses. They learned how to use their sense of sight along with the help of a magnifying glass just the other day. You will have to stop by and read their class "brainstorm" of what they discovered as scientists!
Mrs. Rogers' students are becoming whizzes at patterns! You should see them working in their learning-center stations! We certainly have some Kindergarten experts!
This week and last...
Mrs. De La Paz's and Ms. Garcia's class made some AMAZING patterns. They have learned AB, ABB, AAB, ABC and more! Using different colors of clowns, they each created their own pattern and took it home to "read" to their family.
Mrs. O'Keefe's class is SPARKLING! They made their names using foil star stickers, complete with a self-portrait! We have some budding artists in that room, not to mention LOTS who are learning letters.
Miss Hollingsworth's class has been working in science with the five senses. They learned how to use their sense of sight along with the help of a magnifying glass just the other day. You will have to stop by and read their class "brainstorm" of what they discovered as scientists!
Mrs. Rogers' students are becoming whizzes at patterns! You should see them working in their learning-center stations! We certainly have some Kindergarten experts!
AND
The weather has started to change,
there is rain in the air,
the season has turned to Fall,
and rhyming is EVERYWHERE!
the season has turned to Fall,
and rhyming is EVERYWHERE!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
FOUR teachers :)
Hi everyone!
As it turns out, McKenzie no longer has three K teachers! We have four! Mrs. O'Keefe has joined our "ranks"! :) She spent a lot of good time preparing her classroom as we split up our over-flowing classes. Her room is beautiful too, with a fun dramatic play window, and lots of animal prints to make it all flow together.
This week at McKenzie we are jumping in to more learning! Our goal is for everyone in Kindergarten to KNOW their letter by October 1st and their letter sounds by November 1st. We are working so hard at practicing all our letters in our names, the alphabet, saying the sounds, and learning to spell new words. This week we are talking about what we "like" as we practice over and over the four letters that make up that word!
Computer lab has started! Thanks to some amazing teachers and helpers at our school, Kindergarten is working hard in the computer lab on reading-based programs. Today the kids were exclaiming that the computer knew their name and they spelled it on their own! It was so fun to see those minds getting excited over their fun new way to learn.
We are so thrilled to be in to week three here at McKenzie; we know our schedule, our routine, and how to act at school. There is SO much more to come... stayed "tuned"!
As it turns out, McKenzie no longer has three K teachers! We have four! Mrs. O'Keefe has joined our "ranks"! :) She spent a lot of good time preparing her classroom as we split up our over-flowing classes. Her room is beautiful too, with a fun dramatic play window, and lots of animal prints to make it all flow together.
This week at McKenzie we are jumping in to more learning! Our goal is for everyone in Kindergarten to KNOW their letter by October 1st and their letter sounds by November 1st. We are working so hard at practicing all our letters in our names, the alphabet, saying the sounds, and learning to spell new words. This week we are talking about what we "like" as we practice over and over the four letters that make up that word!
Computer lab has started! Thanks to some amazing teachers and helpers at our school, Kindergarten is working hard in the computer lab on reading-based programs. Today the kids were exclaiming that the computer knew their name and they spelled it on their own! It was so fun to see those minds getting excited over their fun new way to learn.
We are so thrilled to be in to week three here at McKenzie; we know our schedule, our routine, and how to act at school. There is SO much more to come... stayed "tuned"!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Welcome To Kindergarten!
Here we go! Starting a new year once again. Kindergarten is such an exciting time!! The three teachers at McKenzie have been working around the clock to make our rooms and our plans for this year PERFECT in every way. We have had a lot of fun with the McKenzie theme this year, finding teacher sales, party decor, and yard sales to make our rooms new in a bright and musical way! We are ready to Rock and Roll on Monday! :)
Mrs. Rogers has a brand new bulletin board of beautiful blue.
Mrs. De La Paz found some neat fabric to brighten her walls.
Miss Hollingsworth found some old records to add a little "something" too!
We are looking forward to our students walking through the doors on the first day! Even though Meet-the-Teacher night was fun, we are ready to start in on Kindergarten learning. The first week will be full of learning how things work at school. Where to put our things, where to sit, what Kindergarteners get to learn, not to mention how many new people there are too meet!
Parents are a pretty important part of our classroom too! Soon we will be starting our send-home reading log! Every night, we are asking parents to read a "bed-time" story to their student. By modeling good reading behavior, showing where the words are on the page, and even making fun voices for the characters, we are ALL teaching our children/students how to read.
Here we go! Keep reading for more updates, parent thoughts, exciting news, and fun stories from McKenzie's Kindergarten World! :)
Mrs. Rogers has a brand new bulletin board of beautiful blue.
Mrs. De La Paz found some neat fabric to brighten her walls.
Miss Hollingsworth found some old records to add a little "something" too!
We are looking forward to our students walking through the doors on the first day! Even though Meet-the-Teacher night was fun, we are ready to start in on Kindergarten learning. The first week will be full of learning how things work at school. Where to put our things, where to sit, what Kindergarteners get to learn, not to mention how many new people there are too meet!
Parents are a pretty important part of our classroom too! Soon we will be starting our send-home reading log! Every night, we are asking parents to read a "bed-time" story to their student. By modeling good reading behavior, showing where the words are on the page, and even making fun voices for the characters, we are ALL teaching our children/students how to read.
Here we go! Keep reading for more updates, parent thoughts, exciting news, and fun stories from McKenzie's Kindergarten World! :)
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