May

Winding up a school year is always a bittersweet experience.

Your children and I have created a community of learners!

We had a wonderful year!

 As we say goodbye to the current building, I thought you might enjoy 

a picture of our classroom, viewed from end to end.

 We learned to navigate the iPad, played games at stations rotations,

participated in the scientific process, and led routines at circle time!

We revisited the concept of "camouflage" after reading 

The Mixed-Up Chameleon.

 Our last art project was a self portrait; good job!

 Can you guess who this picture portrays?

These phrases were our answers to the statement

"This year, I learned........."

 We created sentences to describe our beach illustrations!

We designed Pet Rocks and crafted homes for them.

This project was filled with collaboration, idea sharing, and initiative.

Our last art project, Sailboat Shapes

Field Day

Long Jump In Action

Water Bucket Race

This picture is a new dawn,
taken by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

He recently returned to Earth after a visit to the
International Space Station.

You can see his photo stream HERE, on Twitter.
The pictures are amazing!

Our kindergarten adventure is over, but the children 
decided they would like to "do school" over the summer!  
Each week, hopefully, I'll send an email containing the title 

of a new book, the web address for a new video or app, 
and a fact from Wonderopolis!

In the interim, check out this page at Lakeshore, to view summer learning activities.

You can download calendars for PreK-K and gr. 1-3.

I hope you all have a safe and happy summer!

Please, keep in touch!

April Photos

April was a busy month!

I was impressed by everyone's Project Fair designs!

The pictures from that evening will be added to the Project Fair page very soon.

Grade sheets and reports will be sent home on May 6.

This is an example of "experience writing", done after our field trip to The Butterfly House.

Turtles are oviparous.

We made this torn paper project in art class.

Two hearts can become a butterfly!

The girls enjoyed working together on a unicorn puzzle!

The frog puzzle is a favorite among the boys.

This is a sneak peek into part of something we have made for our mothers!  Shhh!!

Manipulatives became building blocks for a major creation.

We used rulers to practice standard measurement in this math station.

Some letters are tall, some fall, and some are small.

After reading "Tops And Bottoms", we discussed how vegetables grow.

We "planted" a paper garden.

We are all hoping that the forget-me-not seeds will sprout soon!

They were planted in an ice cream cone, then the cone was placed in a cup. 

Hopefully, you will be able to lift the cone from the cup for easy replanting.

Just bury the cone in your potted soil or dirt!

We enjoyed using Dr. Panda's Veggie Garden app on the iPad!

It is also available for iPhone.