There is something new at Mrs. Heitke's house!!!
Check it out!
A new baby calf!
We are working on getting the Momma to adopt the spotted one too.
Feeding it by hand until then.
2/28/2010
Friday, February 26th
We started a new Friday activity today that will happen, usually, every Friday from now on. This is a GREAT way to practice number writing. The kids LOVED the challenge!
Writing to 100!!!
We also had a "Reading is Fun" giveaway - an opportunity for each student in the entire school to pick out a book to take home to keep. This was a novel idea, being our trips to the library always revolve around "borrowing" books, NOT keeping them!!! So, if you see a new book around the house that you didn't buy, don't worry! :-)
Wednesday, February 24
Today was the 100th day of Kindergarten! I can hardly believe it! We started the day out by adding a new activity to our calendar routine - counting ALL THE WAY to 100! We were accompanied by a Dr. Jean song called "Techno Count to 100."
As our Morning Meeting finished, Mrs. Whitcher (David's mom), Mrs. Topliff (Bella's mom), and Mrs. Worlobah (Vanwor's mom) joined us for the rest of our activities. The first task was making a book called "My 100 Things Book." Because of such willing volunteers, each table had their very own helper to help them figure out some of the tougher tasks, like drawing hearts and stars! (Try explaining to your child how to draw a 5-point star! It's easier said than done!)
The next project was sorting out 100 pieces of different snack food. Some children chose to line them up by type. Others simply filled the 100 grid in whichever order the pieces came. A special thanks to Mrs. Adhikari (Jay's mom) and Mrs. Pladson (Ford's mom) for counting the snacks out yesterday - they were so careful, we had not a single missing Skittle or marshmallow!
Check out the pictures of the day!
Wearing our 100 day hats.
"My 100 Things Book
100 Snack
A patient volunteer!
Still working!!!
2/19/2010
Friday, February 19th
Today was a rather new experience that we put under the category of "getting ready for 1st grade." It was math test day! Some had a tough time, but most rose to the challenge of the quiet, "testing" atmosphere.
We FINISHED our Abraham Lincoln books with the grand finale of adding a REAL penny to the last page which says: "His face is on the penny."
AFTER school is when the fun really began. I joined some of the families in our class at the Elm Creek Park Reserve sledding hill. Check out the pictures below.
We FINISHED our Abraham Lincoln books with the grand finale of adding a REAL penny to the last page which says: "His face is on the penny."
AFTER school is when the fun really began. I joined some of the families in our class at the Elm Creek Park Reserve sledding hill. Check out the pictures below.
We also enjoyed the company of younger siblings.
That's Lilly Morris, Kieran's sister, in the green. :-)
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2/17/2010
Tuesday, February 16th
The New Projector!!!
We are SO excited to start using the new projector, purchased and given to our classroom by the P.T.O. There are so many new and exciting possible uses and it will definitely extend the learning opportunities of kindergarten. If you're not familiar with the term "projector," it's basically a tool that allows whatever is on my computer at my desk to be seen on the overhead screen.
One of the things we did today that used this very cool technology included reading a story online about Abraham Lincoln (illustrated and posted by a 1st grade class in Maine!) to introduce President's Day. You can look at it at the following link.
http://www.berwickacademy.org/lincoln/timeline.htm
We also did an "updated" version of the Word Builders you've seen come home using Powerpoint. The possibilities are endless and we'll continue to explore different uses for the technology.
We are SO excited to start using the new projector, purchased and given to our classroom by the P.T.O. There are so many new and exciting possible uses and it will definitely extend the learning opportunities of kindergarten. If you're not familiar with the term "projector," it's basically a tool that allows whatever is on my computer at my desk to be seen on the overhead screen.
One of the things we did today that used this very cool technology included reading a story online about Abraham Lincoln (illustrated and posted by a 1st grade class in Maine!) to introduce President's Day. You can look at it at the following link.
http://www.berwickacademy.org/lincoln/timeline.htm
We also did an "updated" version of the Word Builders you've seen come home using Powerpoint. The possibilities are endless and we'll continue to explore different uses for the technology.
Thursday, February 11th
Valentine's Day Party
Today we had our Valentine's Day Party. It was a few days early due to the 14th being on Sunday and a long weekend for President's Day. The day began with each kindergartener getting to pass out the valentines he/she brought for the class. Right as we finished, the parents and grandparents (and MR. Heitke) started showing up.
Each volunteer had a group to take to each of the Valentine's Stations. These stations were: Valentine Story, Valentine Treat (STRAWBERRY floats...yum!), Valentine BINGO and, the much-anticipated Valentine Opening! It was a GRAND success! Check out the pictures below!
Today we had our Valentine's Day Party. It was a few days early due to the 14th being on Sunday and a long weekend for President's Day. The day began with each kindergartener getting to pass out the valentines he/she brought for the class. Right as we finished, the parents and grandparents (and MR. Heitke) started showing up.
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