Thank you so much for taking the time to conference with me.  Even though it is time consuming,  I do enjoy conferencing with parents.  I love being able to share with parents all the things that their child is able to do,  and it gives us a chance to get to know each other a little better.  It also gives me a chance to get to know my students through their parents eyes.  It truly takes a village!  Students do so much better in school when they know their parents are interested in what they are doing, and that their teacher and their parent communicate.This week we had our first week of parent volunteers...and can I say THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!  I hope you know that you are so appreciated!!!!!!!  and the kids LOVE it when the parent volunteer is in our class.  Thank you again!!!!  This week was red ribbon week.  We had fun with our crazy socks, our hippie clothes, our jerseys, and of course our pajamas!  I have to say the rock wall was the bomb!!!  The children LOVED it. Below are some pictures..it was a great day!

                 

                     

Busy! Busy!

science center 

Buddy Reading

Reading with a buddy

taking turns reading to each other

buddy reading

math tub, putting calendar together

making your own calendar

writing in math journal

working on the number concept of 3

number concept of 5

sorting rhyming words in pocket chart center

poetry center

We have busy these last couple of weeks getting into the routine of literacy centers, math workshop, writers workshop, and "ketchup and mustard".   My kindergartners are doing a great job following the routines and getting their work completed. We have been working on number concept in math, making sets, and writing numbers.  Our literacy centers have really taken off .  In science, we have learned about our 5 senses and sources of light and heat.  The children loved the science experiment we did.  We put chocolate bars on a graham cracker and put them out in the sun to see what would happen.  Then we got to eat our experiment, that was the best part.

Last week we had a great time on our first field trip.  We went to Dewberry Farm.  The weather was great and the farm was so much fun.  Each year they add something new.  This year it was a huge tube slide that the kids (and teachers) slid down on while sitting on a potato sack.  Be on the look out for our class book that we are going to write together as a class, about our trip to the farm.  You will love the pictures.