August 28-September 9

This is a school year with lots of changes in the VWSD.  With so many changes, it’s difficult many days to remember to take photos of your darling children to put on the blog.  This is two weeks together- for the simple fact that not too many pictures were taken during this two week period.

R show and tell

rabbits, ribbons, rockets, racecars, remotes, and Reece’sCooler temperatures have allowed us to have some instructional time outside.  The students work really hard when we are outside- and always stay fully engaged.

Here we are practicing writing numbers.

The infamous teddy bear picnic baskets.  This is also the first day that the students use scissors. With lots of direct and explicit instruction, the picnic bags turned out precious!

Kindergarten is the perfect place to develop language skills.  Public speaking and talking to a group are important to practice.  The students stood up and introduced their teddy bear to the class and we called it the Teddy bear meet and greet.

The picnic bags were all ready to go!

So were the children and their bears.

Great fun was had by all!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

This week our letter was T. During this week teddy bears are very important, and a Teddy Bear Picnic was planned for Wednesday. Almost as important as the picnic is the preparation. Teddy Bear Picnic baskets had to me made- but that required scissors. YIKES!

Ms. Peck came to our classsroom to share the story of her friend Sammy Snip Snap. Now you see, Sammy was a boy who didn't use his scissors properly. She shared with the students how important scissor safety is and the rules of using scissors. Ms. Peck also shared what happends to those who do not use scissors properly. Let me assure you- they all used the scissors with upmost care and all followed the rules and directions.

The children watch and listen as Mrs. Abraham demonstrates the proper way to hold the paper and use the scissors.

And........................then they cut carefully!

So proud of their first cutting project!

Teddy Bear Picnic Day- Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The teddy bears had a slumber party in the classroom. When the students arrived at school on Wednesday, the bears were reading books, had gotten out the Mr. Potato Head centers, and were doing puzzles!

Poppa Bear, also known as Mr. Hume, met us in the hallway and joined us for our picnic. He also read us a book during the picnic.

The precious little bears!

Mrs. Lovett, who is a retired teacher and grandmother of a student in our class, shared her reading talents and read Brown Bear, Brown Bear.

Mrs. Styles, a parent volunteer at SAE, came and read "Going on a Bear Hunt"!

Munching on snacks and listening to some "bearry" good stories.

These little kindergarten cubs were TIRED after a great day of Teddy Bear Picnic fun!!