The Kindergarteners all did a great job with Move Along Day today, understanding that "everyone gets what they need". We had a class discussion about all that was the same in their new classrooms, and had a blast at recess!

We also wrote about our weekends and then had a DANCE PARTY to celebrate the "D" in PRIDE.

This morning the Kindergarteners had a blast using toothpicks and marshmallows to make 3-Dimensional shapes. After re-reading The Shape of Things, the children were inspired to try and create houses, cubes, and even pyramids with their materials. We are sending them home in ziplock bags today.

We also had an extra choice time, as our PRIDE countdown continues. Children enjoyed making rainbow loom bracelets, creating a tower with straws and connectors and role-playing in the housekeeping area.

Friday Fun involved learning about bees. Ms. Richlen read a non fiction book about bees  the class and then children made bees.

It was a busy day today. We had our final school meeting of the year with the presentation of awards to the Class of 2019. We also saw the end of the year slide show. This will be on the Loker website for those who would like to view it again!

We also learned our JUNE poem. These will be send home in your child's folder if he/she would like to add it to their poetry folder which was brought home on Tuesday.

We ended our day with our buddies Reating for the R  in PRIDE countdown. It was a perfect way to end our day. :-)

Our day was busy today as we continued with our Literacy Centers and performed one of our plays for the class!
We also worked on "odd" and "even" during math by playing a dice game in partners.

During Open Circle, we also talked about "Move Along Day" and what to expect in the First Grade classroom.

It was so wonderful to see so many of you at our Open House today.  Thank you for supporting your child as they grew so much. Thank you, also, for the beautiful presents- the bonsai tree will be a constant reminder of this class! I also look forward to relaxing with a cup of coffee and a manicure/pedicure in the near future! :-)

We had a busy rest of the day! I reviewed our reading strategies of Eagle Eye, Lips the Fish, and Chunky Monkey during Reader's Workshop. The children also worked hard during their dictation to change words to create new sentences.

We completed our math stations this afternoon. We are continuing to think about word problems, different ways to represent addition and subtraction problems and to explain our thinking.

We also had 2 Mystery Readers today! Ms. Richlen's fiancé joined us this morning.  Ms. Pimentel, a First Grade teacher, also came in this afternoon.

Our day started with our annual turtle siting!!

We did a lot of writing this morning! Ky had a chance to re-share his Star of The Week poster this morning as we continued to think about Ky. Ms. Lewis modeled how to draw Ky and then the Kindergartners drew and write about Ky. We hope you enjoy your special book, Ky! The Kindergarteners then wrote in their journals about their weekends. We look forward to sharing these journals with you tomorrow morning.

We also practiced for our Open House tomorrow morning! We look forward to seeing you from 8:30 to (approximately ) 9:10!

FIELD DAY!!!

Today we were treated to a presentation of "Bash The Trash". This special presentation reinforced the importance of "reduce, reuse, recycle" and different ways to make recylced materials into musical instruments. The children enjoyed participating and might be inspired to make these creations at home! Thank you to the PTO for bringing this special show to us!


Ky's mom joined us this morning as his Star Reader. She read Mr. Magoo Goes Camping. The children loved hearing the story- thank you for spending time with us. :-)

During Writer's Workshop, we thought and wrote about what we are looking foward to doing this summer. Please check out our beach balls when you come and visit our classroom :-).

The Kindergarteners had such fun being in their pajamas today and having their special stuffed animals at school! We spent time getting to know each special guest and learning about where it came from and where it "lives". Our special guests joined us for morning meeting, snack, writing, and math!  

During Writer's Workshop, the children had a choice of what to work on independently. Some chose to work on writing a non-fiction story, while others chose to complete a "how-to" writing activity. Others continued to write letters to friends or family, as the teachers circulated to conference with each child.

We ended our day with math as the childrenn played "Roll and Cover" with a friend. After rolling a pair of dice, each child had to add up the "pips" on the dice and then color the corresponding ice cream cone. We will continue playing this at arrival tomorrow morning.

The Kindergarteners really enjoyed the strings/band concert this morning. They were able to recognize many of the different instruments that were played and are already looking forward to playing one in 3rd Grade! It was also wonderful to see so many siblings of children in our class participating today.

We continued our new author study of Lio Lionni. Although his books are quite different than the Mr./Mrs. Books we have been reading, the children are enjoying figuring out the lesson behind each story and connecting with the fictional characters.

We started new math stations today! The children continued to play Uno, while others worked with me on using a number bond to solve a math story problem. Others explored with the explorations that we used earlier this year.

Ms. Germaine, one of the First Grade teachers, joined us as our Mystery Reader today. She read Tacky The Penguin. . Thank you for joining us today!