Friday, September 25

please forgive my typos - I want to post everyday, but some days I'll be typing very fast!
Mrs. Hanson was the substitute teacher for the morning class and I missed seeing my students! She wrote a very positive summary of the morning. She left a surprise for them to receive when they come back to school on Monday morning! She's a very experienced teacher and I can tell she was at home in our room. Morning Kindergarteners enjoyed seeing the high schoolers at the Lakers Pepfest.
All Kindergarteners listened to the story Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Suess. Many students were able to predict some of the problems that were going to happen in the story. A lion, a dog, and a tiger were all showing off by piling apples on their heads and doing tricks. We did a lot of counting in this story and compared sets of apples. Some bears and birds made trouble, and pretty soon there were apples everywhere. We sang a silly song and put pictures of things on our head that start with 'c' and 'd'. We had some crazy things on our heads! We made pages for our own class book, Kindergarten Apples Up on Top. You'll have to see our silly story when you come for goal-setting conferences.
We also discussed many things that can be made from apples and looked at our Weekly Reader - lots of information about apples. Next week we'll start some cooking projects with the apples students' bring in to class.
Today was Fabulous Friday and we had chocolate milk for snack! Thank you for all the snack donations. Kindergarten mouths have been happy!
We did more object sorting; today we each had more complex collections to sort. Students brought home their workmats with drawings of how they sorted. We did the inside of the workmat together on Mrs. Karg's GIANT new math book. We practiced using our new wipe-off markers in my giant book. We all make mistakes in Kindergarten, and these markers help us erase our mistakes and try, try again.
Please remember to reinforce good hand washing at home and keep training our little ones to keep things (fingers, toys, even shoes!) out of their mouths to stay healthy. I'm washing our room everyday to help prevent the spread of germs. Also, remember to verbally say goodbye to Mrs. Karg if you pick up your child at the end of the day. We are all trying to stay together as a class as we make our way out of the school. Please don't take or wave your child out of line without telling me. Have a wonderful weekend, and I'm looking forward to seeing my bright energetic learners on Monday!

Quotes of the week:
"Mrs. Karg, you shouldn't tell us how to do it. We should try it first and then show us how to fix it. " CK
"We're the doolest dids in the drool!" JV (playing with letter sound)
"I know which month is my birthday. It's the one when all my family comes to my house." TK