Days 27 - 30 and next weeks homework

What an amazing fun filled week!  We started and ended with bats.  We learned bats are mammals (that means the babies stay in their mommy's belly and mommy's give their babies milk) and they are nocturnal (they do all their flying at night).  Some bats eat fruit, bugs, and even drink blood!

October 22 Homework

Days 23 - 26

Last week was a difficult week. 
I was very sick.

Here is October 15 - 19 Homework

Have a great week!!!

Days 18 - 22 and next weeks homework

October 9-12 Homework - Click me!

In math, we are using dominoes to learn how to count.  We first drew our domino and then counted the dots.  Not bad for our first try!
We are still working on how to write our numbers and counting in order (left to right/ top to bottom).

Days 13 - 17 and next weeks homework

Happy Birthday Johnny Appleseed!
We celebrated John Chapman's birthday by making a magnet, eating apples with Nutella and Apple butter, learning the parts of an apple, and the cycle of an apple.  Did you know an apple is first a flower (apple blossom) before it becomes an apple?

Also, this was our first week we made sentences!  Plus, we now know enough words to read some of our books!!

Magic is being made and I love it!

I'm ready for October...are you?

October 1 - 5 Homework

Days 8 - 12 and next weeks homework

What a fantastic week!

I began this week by introducing them their first letter... the letter "Mm".  The letter "Mm" makes the mmmmm (rub your belly) sound.

I also introduced them to their first 2 words (the & my).

On Thursday and Friday, we celebrated Elephant Appreciation Day.

Here are just some of the things they learned about elephants:

• their trunk can grow up to 7 feet long
• they live in herds
• they use their ears to keep cool

Homework for September 17 - 21

Here it is!

Week of September 17 Homework

Days 3 - 7

What a great week!  I did the majority of the assessments so I am hoping to meet with all the parents before Open House on the 25th.  The KinderKids began to understand the importance of following directions (especially in a fire drill), we discussed what good and bad choices are after reading "No David!", we learned to share during center time, and sang lots of songs!  Next week is going be a doozy!!  We will begin with our first letter, "Mm", and we will learn our first 2 words!!

Homework for September 10 - 14

I will begin posting the homework by Monday

Just a reminder that all homework needs to be signed by a parent.

Open House is on Tuesday, September 25 - come and visit us!

Homework Sheet

First 2 days are in the bag!

Kinda blurry :( but all the pictures have been printed!

Our first two days consisted of learning our routines and responsibilities.
Lots of repetition and learning the basics on restroom etiquette.
Overall... It has been a phenomenal start!
I'm looking forward to next week!!

My classroom... before and after

With lots of elbow grease and patience, my room is complete (well... I can always tweak certain things).  It took a total of 4 days/36+ hours.  I'm very proud with the end results!



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First Day of Kindergarten Frame!

It's complete!  My munchkin is modeling how great it looks! 

Usually on the first day of school, I have all the Kinder Kids take their first photo with some books in the background or the calendar behind them and the mojority of the time those things are cut out or blocked off some how.  So I decided to make a frame they will be able to hold!

Last June, on the last day of school, my coworker was throwing away some wooden panels and I immediately thought of making a frame!

So, with some Gorilla glue, paint, a nice glitter finish, and some cut out letters, I made a light weight and fun frame!

Summer projects and purchases

July and August are really important months for me to prepare as much as I can for my future Kinder Kids.  I find lots of clever ideas during the school year, bookmark them, and revisit them during the summer months. 

BACK TO SCHOOL!

Am I the only one excited about the new school year?  I think so!  I am buying all the supplies, making new centers, and making the "First Day of School" frame!

I want to begin the school year by using this blog at least on a weekly basis, from the construction of the classroom all the way to their glorious graduation.  Perhaps it can be a summary of all the events that occurred during the week.

All posts will have my Kinder Kids faces blurred or have a black line over their eyes.  I am hoping that the insight into our classroom will help my parents understand when their Kinder Kids say "we were playing today" or "nothing".  :o)

FUN DAY! 6-15-12

I must say, Roberto Clemente kids are the luckiest!
Our Fun Day consisted of a dunk tank that held Mr. B, our gym teacher!
We ate cotton candy, cooled off with tasty snow cones, danced around, and played tons of carnival games!
PLUS we had TWO bouncy houses!!!

GRADUATION! 6-21-12

I am so proud on my Kinder Kids!  We have done so much together and now I know you will do your best with your first grade teacher!  We have laughed, we have learned, and we have loved!  Thank you for letting me be your teacher! 

Turtle Back Zoo 6-13-12

Turtle Back Zoo was so much fun!  We saw Prairie Dogs, penguins, Bald Eagles, cows, and so much more!

It's a shame we could stay longer but we enjoyed evey second!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Homemade Gak!

Fun D.I.Y. slime!!! This looks like tons of fun to do together and its slime!  Slime is always fun! Click me to find out see how easy it is!

Field Day!

 We had tons of fun on our Field Day!  We were team yellow and because I have such amazing kids, I let them tie-dye their own shirts!  It went off without anyone getting dye on them! SUCCESS!

GO TEAM YELLOW!!!

Career Day!

Yesterday was our Career Day! 

We were very fortunate to have a baker and a letter carrier visit us!

The baker made yummy red velvet cupcakes us and we decorated our own cupcakes!!  Those cupcakes were Y-U-M-M-Y!

Then we had a letter carrier visit us!  He showed us all his different uniforms he wears for all the different types of weather.  He let us hold his postal bags (which can weigh upto 25 pounds) and gave us coloring books!

Check out our caterpillar making its chrysalis!

Caterpillar into Chrysalis CLICK ME

"March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb"

Prior to the month of March, we  made predictions if whether March will come in like a lion and out like a lamb or vice versa and also if we will have more lion or lamb days.

Lion days are cold and windy and

Lamb day are calm and warm.

After we made our predictions, we made a calendar and then made lions with fruit loop cereal and lambs with cotton balls! 

One Fish - Two Fish - Red Fish - Blue Fish!

To continue with our Dr Seuss theme, we read "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish."  We first made 4 different patterns of fish.  Then we used the Goldfish Colors to graph the fish that are in our little container.  Afterwards, we tallied our results.  And lastly we ate all our fish (they really enjoyed that part)!

Look at their new writing pieces!

So it is my first day back since my fall and my Kinder Kids, once again, astonished me!

They are learning to use descriptive words as well as verbs!  I only wrote two words on the board (kite and flying) and they did the rest by looking in their Word Buddy and searching around the room!

There's a Wocket in My Pocket!

In celebrating Dr. Seuss all month, our first activity involves the book There's a Wocket in My Pocket!

We used the ending -ocket to make a silly word just like Dr. Seuss! Then we made our own strange -ocket!

Once again - these Kinder Kids made magic!

Make your own comic!

How exciting! 

You are able to make your own comic!

There are easy step by step instructions even for Kinder Kids!

We will start this next Tuesday during Computer time.

Click here to begin!

Graphic Novels/Comic Books for kids!

All children enjoy reading!  But what we have problems with is finding books that they love to read.  Graphic novels are like comic books and many children do enjoy these novels.  We have read We Are In A Book by Mo Willems and every single child LOVED it. So here is the link to help you find more graphic novels for their age level! Click ME!

Dr. Seuss Day!






Miss. Onibudo, a former Roberto Clemente student!

Mrs. Rodriguez, Director of Early Childhood for Newark Public Schools.

Ms. Mendez and Mrs. Rodriguez both former students of this great school!



 









 









  

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Today is the day of all days!  It is Dr. Seuss' birthday!

I have taken so many pictures of what happened today!

We started the day with celebrity readers coming to our classrooms to read to the students!  Our readers included former Roberto Clemente students, former Roberto Clemente teachers & principals. We even had firefighters!

Our Things!

Our last Dr Seuss display!

Each student made their own "Thing" and then I cut and paste their faces on their Thing!

The kids loved the final result!!

It was lots of fun!

Learning about our teeth (with eggs)





We used regular eggs from the supermarket to illustrate what is done to our teeth when we:

1. drink lots of juice, soda, and coffee

2. don't brush our teeth (vinegar)

3. drink milk and water

The results shocked the children!

Kids spell love T-I-M-E

This website has 12 months of fun ways to spend time with your child!  Click me!