Hi families, I have some catching up to do! ABC countdown is so much fun but very tiring. I’ve gotten a little behind on our page a day blogging so I’m going to get caught up in one big post! D was for dinosaurs and dolls. We had share time to tell about the things we brought for the day. Our dolls provided some giggles as they crawled, talked, and even went potty! We spent the rest of our day doing research and labeling diagrams about different dinosaurs. Jonah’s mom even stopped by to do a fantastic lesson on paleontologists and how they excavate dinosaur bones. She even had a few real bones for us to hold! What a treat! E was for Earth. We learned what it means to be green and take care of our planet. We also had to finish up some of our dinosaur activities and make our own fossils! F was for field trip. We went to the Smyrna Bowling Center and received a behind the scenes look at how the machines work! The kids said f was also for fun and fall (we had a few bumps during the day). Our lady bug larvae and caterpillars also came on letter f day to add to the fun! We tried out our new broadcasting equipment from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation too. Microphones sure are fun in helping us practice our speaking skills! G was for games and grandparents (with some other family members too)! This has to be one of our favorite events as a class. The kids just love having their families here at school. We also had concession stand and house meetings to add to the busy day! Our technology coach also delivered 5 new laptops for our class. It is very exciting to add more technology opportunities to our classroom! So that was how we spent our incredibly eventful week! The fun just keeps coming as we near the end of our school year. I’m going to be sad to see summer come because we have such a great time together! -Mrs. Smith
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Hi families, Today we finished up some leftover letter B activities and enjoyed a delicious letter C! Mrs. Honey helped us bake up some yummy confetti cake cookies. Hot out of the oven and gooey goodness. We also read a favorite story of a funny little mouse who keeps wanting a long list of things after getting a cookie. Tomorrow we will compare to another one of Laura Numeroff’s books that goes perfectly with letter D! -Mrs. SmithHi families, We had a fun day reading some of our favorite books together and learning all about bubbles! Did your little one ask you if bubbles are clear? We learned the words iridescent and evaporation. There was so much to learn and explore that we will have to finish up letter B on Monday and then dive right in to our letter C fun! -Mrs. SmithHi families! We reached the end of the year. Can you believe kindergarten is over for your little one? I have truely enjoyed each and every smiling face that I had the privilege of spending each day with in room G4! Things got so busy these last couple of weeks that I didn't find the time to update our class blog. Now that summer is here, I am officially avoiding cleaning my house by adding more pictures and a few final activities from May. Let's see... we had s for show and tell, t was all about Tennessee, u was for our U.S.A. (hopefully now they can tell you that stands for United States of America). Then there was v for visit Owl's Hill. This trip provided several kids with some firsts. First port a potty and first tick bite! Not the most enjoyable first but learning experiences all the same. We got to take a beautiful hike and see some owls up close. W day was for watermelon. Everyone tried at least one bite! X gave us a reason to have extra recess and y was a rainy year end day. Z was "zee last day of school" said in a horrible French accent! 😉. We even had time to throw in a career day event with 2 of our fabulous parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, stopping by to teach us about serving our country in the military and the art of creative expression through music! I hope your children have loved kindergarten as much as I have loved being their teacher this year. If you will not be back at David Youree in the fall I wish you all the best! For the rest, I can't wait to see you in August to hear all about your summer and see your big first graders! 💙 -Mrs. SmithHi families! To finish out our very busy week we crowned the girls queen for the day and went to ask Mrs. Abel's first grade friends some questions. The children came up with some great questions to ask "the big kids" and they had surprising answers! We learned that there is no free center time in first grade but you do get to play on the spinning things at recess! 😆 In first grade you get your very own desk to keep your things in and your spelling homework is done each week. We really appreciate Mrs. Abel and her friends helping us feel good about becoming first graders in the fall. -Mrs. SmithHi families! We made paper planes for the letter p. I always love taking pictures of the children so they can have some mementos from kindergarten. Today's pictures are filled with happy little faces enjoying being kids. I couldn't let you miss out on the action so check out the 2 videos to get the full experience! -Mrs. SmithM= Monday morning, muffins, moms, man (because we will take any family that wants to visit 😉) and movies! Monday was crammed full of fun for the letter m. We were so happy to have family visit our classroom to share in enjoying some super tasty muffins. I owe a big thanks to Danica's mom for helping to prepare our breakfast snack. She works in the Costco bakery so she offered to pick up the muffins for us and cut them... because man they are huge! I think everyone enjoyed them and spending time with family and friends. We watched Finding Nemo later in the afternoon to help us get ready for O ocean day. Tuesday was night, necklaces and neckties. Free centers got a little crazy with the lights out! Today was oceans for the letter O. Lots of friends brought in things that can be found in the ocean. We even had a blanket that was beautiful ocean blue! A great debate was started when we talked about a shark vs a killer whale. I just love those natural, teachable moments! We did some research and... well, have your little one tell you who wins. Tomorrow we will get to visit some first grade siblings and friends as they present their first grade research projects! -Mrs. SmithHi families, Let's just say strep throat seems to be my kryptonite! It has really taken a toll on me the last half of this week, but I think the kids have still enjoyed their ABC countdown days. Monday was H for hats. Everyone got to make their own party hat, even if they wore one of their own. We had great fun making designs with stickers. I for icy treats was Tuesday. We enjoyed some yummy icy pops after recess and everyone wanted to know what color their tongue had turned! We went exploring in the jungle on Wednesday. The children had great fun proving me wrong several times. Did you know their are dolphins that live in rivers near the Amazon? I had no idea there was a lizard that shot blood from its eyes when threatened by predators! There is even a blue monkey. If the kids didn't learn anything then I sure did! 😉 The children shared the animals they brought and we made our own jungle animals booklets. Thursday I was out sick but thanks to Ms. Haley, our EA who took care of the kids all day, the kids still got to have some fun (and learning too). K was for kings. The boys wore their crowns! Mrs. Reyes took some pictures for me because I just didn't want to miss their big moment of rule! Our kites were postponed due to rain and I wanted to be there with the kids. Now finally to Friday! We made our kites and flew them even though there was the tiniest little drizzle in the air. The kids didn't seem to mind. We also had lollipops and lemonade to celebrate the letter L. This was a very busy week with so much more going on! Next week looks to be just as eventful! -Mrs. SmithHey families! H is for hats and happy teacher! The kids had a fantastic day. I can tell they will soon be first graders! We accomplished so many things today despite a funky schedule and I can't wait for you to see them Thursday night. The related arts team helped us practice in the gym for our kinder program. I've told the kids their goal should be to make the mommies cry. 😭😆. The days are flying by families... I am going to miss spending my day with these little ones! -Mrs. SmithI think the kids might have been a little disappointed in days E and F because we were just learning all day! E was all about our planet and the kids were very interested in where we live in space. We tried our shaving cream painting again and it made some very beautiful planet pictures! The letter f was all about farms. We learned about farm animals and machines. Two of our new vocabulary words were crops and manure! Did they come home and tell you they learned about poop?! It was quite humorous and incredibly fascinating. They also practiced their speaking and listening skills as they shared the items they brought for farm day. We finished out a great week with a super fun day of games and grandparents! I always love having family at school. It creates such happy memories for everyone. We had grandparents, parents, and siblings to help us enjoy some of our favorite games. There were great classics like HiHo Cherry-O, CandyLand, Sorry, Memory, and Old Maid. I enjoyed getting to meet the children's extended families and sharing great stories of their most precious grandchildren. Thanks for a great week families! Looking forward to more fun as we start our last month of school. -Mrs. Smith |