Halloween!

We had lots of fun celebrating Halloween in school today! It was fun to walk in the Halloween parade and then see some other friends dressed up in their costumes!

After lunch we did a special activity with our 4th grade buddies. We 'read in the dark' a special Halloween book and then some other books. We had fun using our flashlights to read in the dark!

Have a fun and safe Halloween tonight for all of you who will go trick-or-treating!

October 28

Wow! I cannot believe November is next week!

As you can tell from all the work coming home we have been very busy! We have been working on different rhyming activities that I am sure you have seen come home such as Did You Ever See? Students have brought home their Mom and I went to the Zoo books that they have worked really hard on. I encourage you to read them at home with your students. Students continue to write in their journals as well as learn new poems. We also completed two new class books that are in cirulation to your different homes, Dingle Dangle and Mrs. Wishy-Washy. If you have a book at home, please read it with your child and send it back the next day. We are missing quite a few.

In the upcoming weeks we will be working on American symbols as a part of our social studies curriculum. By the end of the unit students will be asked to identify some important American symbols such as the American flag and it's colors, the White House, and the President. We will also talk about the election next week.



Towards the end of November we will focus on Thanksgiving and families. We will do a few family projects and we will also work on where we live. We will make a class book on students' addresses. Phone numbers are also important for the students to learn as well.


On Friday we had our first SOARs assembly in the gym. It was a school wide assembly that highlighted the first two expectations of our SOARs motto: self-control and outstanding effort. The Francis Wyman falcon even made an appearance!

Some important dates to keep in mind:

Tuesday, November 8- Election Day- No School
Thursday, November 10- Teacher Day- No School students
Friday, November 11- Veteran's Day- No School
Thursday, November 24- Thanksgiving- No School
Friday, November 25- No School
Thursday, December 1- Parent/Teacher conferences- No School students

Special Activity with Mr. D!

Today we were super lucky and our assistant principal Mr. Doiron came in a read us the story Five Little Pumpkins. He had props for us to use and everything! After we were able to color in our own jack-o-lanterns. It was fun!

Halloween Parade update!

*The Halloween Parade will be at 9am on October 31st.  Students may come to school dressed in their costumes and bring a change of clothes.  It is highly advised that students leave all costume accessories at home as school is locked after hours.  Items lost or left behind at school may greatly increase parent's stress levels at home on Halloween night!

Please please please make sure to label everything you can! Please send in an extra bag (like a Market Basket bag) labeled with your students' name so we can make sure to put their costume away right after the parade! 

Parents are invited to come view the parade in the gym. There will be signs posted! 

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October 21, 2016

I can't believe we are almost done with October! Time has been flying! 

We have been nice and busy in Kindergarten. We are finishing up our unit on animals and mammals and soon will start learning about different American symbols and Thanksgiving and families. 

This week the students have completed different animal art projects and decorated their painted teddy bears in different Halloween costumes! They came out awesome! 

We have been busy writing in our journals and learning poems. We are working on different rhyming activities. At home you can work on rhyming too by asking your child different words that rhyme.  

We started a new topic in Math this week. We are comparing numbers to 5 and working with greater then, less then and equal to. I have been sending home the number formation sheets as homework to practice and reinforce what we have been doing in school. Please send those back the next day!

Today we had bus safety with Officer Schippeletti. He talked to us about being safe on the bus and at the bus stop. We also practiced jumping out of the back of the bus!

There are a bunch of class books in circulation. They are Who is This? Who is This: Parents? 10 Apples Up On Top and Room 113 likes Reading. If you notice one of these at your house, please send it back to school so another student may take it home and share it with his or her family! 

Please practice at home with your child putting on their jackets, hats, mitten, etc. As the weather gets cooler we will still go outside for recess. You can imagine how tough it is to get all the kids ready for recess! 

October 14, 2016

We had another busy great week in Kindergarten!

Students worked on different poems, letter books, and their individual innovation called Mom and I Went to the Zoo. We read different stories and shared our Brown Bear books with the class.

We made monkey and crocodile puppets that we used while singing our song Mommy's Taking Us to the Zoo Tomorrow. 

On Wednesday we had our first fire drill. Students did an excellent job of lining up quietly and following directions outside of the building. We talked about why it's important to practice and even to practice at home!

Mrs. Christiansen, our guidance counselor, came in on Wednesday to talk about being whole body listeners while sitting on the rug. We will certainly practice this!

We had a wonderful trip to the zoo on Thursday! The weather was beautiful and we even got to see the giraffes! They were a real highlight! Thank you to Mrs. Andrews, Ms. Bagni, and Ms. Sorenson for joining us!