Terrific Tuesday

Marty the Monkey

Marty was out on another fun adventure with Kneque and her family this last weekend. They got to make bouncy balls and do some other fun crafts! Reading Marty's journal brightens my day! I can't wait for everyone to get to read through it!

Happy Birthday Alivia

We have another kid who turned 6! 

Buddies

We had our first buddy class yesterday. We have 5th grade buddies from Mrs. Baumgartner's class. They organize a craft and come do it with our kinders. It's so fun! We did fall/Halloween crafts this month. Sammie's brother is in Mrs. Baumgartner's class and got to be Sammie's buddy! 

 

Starker Forest Field Trip

We were foresters today exploring Starker Forst in Blodgett! Although it rained the whole time we were there, we had a blast! 

We were super excited to get our trip started! 

We enjoyed our snack under the shelter. We kept dry for as long as we could.

Then the fun adventures started! We hiked down to a mud puddle to make animal tracks.

We passed around the bear track!

Then we got to decorate our very own wood cookie.

Our last stop before we left was a nature hike. We explored the forest and went on a scavenger hunt for pine cones, pine needles, and leaves. We started in very new forests with baby trees and ended up in old forests with trees that were almost 100 years old! 

Such a cool bridge!

We saw a beaver dam back along the creek! 

We Filled The Coin Jar!

One of them positive rewards we have in our classroom is coins. We put the coins in a jar and when it is filled, we earn a whole class celebration. Well...we did it! We filled the coin jar today!

We brainstormed a list of choices and then voted on the celebration...

We voted for a character dress up day! On Friday, your child can pick any (school appropriate) book, movie, or book character to dress up as! This is going to be so fun! I already have my book character picked out! 

Combinations

We started our new math unit and are beginning addition. We start by making combinations of two different color cubes. It is a visual way to see two numbers coming together. Today we worked on the number 6.

Here we are working in partners to make combinations of 6 cubes.

Then we practiced the skill again by coloring boxes with two colors. See if you can make some combinations of 6 at home tonight! 

Special Visitor

Did your kids tell you about the special visitor we found in our classroom yesterday?

While we were at the carpet, we found a cricket on the carpet wanting to learn to read with us! How funny?! 

We captured him and observed him for a little bit before releasing him outside. Even insects want to learn with us! 

Tip Top Tuesday

What Are We Learning?

This week we are learning five new letters and we have new sight words.

Marty Is Back!

Marty made it back from his first adventure with Melody. Melody shared with us that they baked a cake, went to a birthday party, and went out to eat at Arby's. It sounds like she and Marty had a great weekend! 

Naturalist In Residence

We had our very first naturalist lesson today with teacher Janelle. We were learning about soil. We started our lesson in the wetlands where we dug a soil sample with an auger. 

Then we got to play with some dirt! We got to see how soil differs at the different layers, feel the differences, and observe it up close with a magnifying glass.

We were such great soil scientists that we earned FBI badges (fungus, bacteria, insects-all things that help the soil)!

Homework Folders

Starting tomorrow, you will see your child's homework folder coming home each night, Monday through Thursday. 

This is your child's "homework." Please do not spend more than 15 minutes a night on homework. We want reading and school to be enjoyable and not dreaded. 

Homework can take many forms as well. You can choose to read a book together, practice letter names and sounds with the alpha friends chart, read the little paper books that will come home, or any other literacy based activity that you choose, like writing words. The point is to change it up. If your child is tired of practicing sounds, move on to something else. 

Please send your child's homework folder back to school every day! It is very important that we have this because we use the books in our reading group.