Star of the Week, St. Patrick's Day, Lion Cooking, Spring Observations

Star of the Week
This week out Star of the Week is a friend that loves the color pink and wants to be a doctor when she grows up.

St. Patrick's Day
O'Reilly the Leprechaun invaded our class!!!!  He made a HUGE mess!!  But, he left us some pretty awesome goodies to make up for it!  Each student got a shamrock and a lucky coin.  He also left us a letter with some "Magic Powder" with instructions to make a green pudding.  We definitely enjoyed making it.  When we left for recess, we came back and our chairs were switched.!  We still think O'Reilly is up to some tricks.  We have spent all week trying to catch him! Unfortunately, he is very tricky and we have not caught him.

Spring
This week we have been observing the signs of Spring.  We learned about trees budding, and blossoms, and flowers, and kites.  We went to the Habitat to observe it for signs of Spring and then drew our observations. 

Our cabbage plants are enjoying the sunshine!

The trees have buds, blossoms, and new leaves.

Lion Cooking
This week we studied the letter Ll, how to write it, and words that begin with Ll.  We also learned about lions.  We discovered that the girl lion is the one that goes hunting and the boy lion is the one that protects the pride.  We also learned that they like to eat zebras….that didn't make Mrs. Nieves very happy!!!!  We used a recipe to make a lion snack and it was YUMMY!!!

Big Underwear Day, Underwater Cooking, Star of the Week, Pride Rally,

This we a SUPER fast, fun filled week! Since we missed Monday due to the weather, we had so much fun in a really quick amount of time!  Thank you to all the parents that came to Open House on Thursday night.  We spent all week working on getting our classroom ready and preparing for your visit.  On Friday, they were so proud that their parents got to see where they spending their days and where they do their amazing work!  Thank you for continually supporting our education!  Our parents ROCK!!

Star of the Week

Our Star of the Week is a friend that joined us after Thanksgiving and has given us so many smiles.  His favorite color is green, blue, and red, and he loves to play tag at recess.  

Big Underwear Day!

This is one of Kindergarten's favorite days!  We LOVE reading, writing, drawing, sorting, and graphing our underwear.  Mostly, we loved wearing them on the outside!!!  

Underwater Ponds

This week we studied the letter Uu and ponds.  We talked about pond animals and plants and insect life cycles and body parts.  To celebrate our studies, we made an Underwater Pond…..and then we ate it!  

Pride Rally

This Friday, we had a Pride Rally.  We earned so many awards!  One of our friends earned a prize for perfect attendance (he chose a 5 pack of Hot Wheels cars!), our class won the Attendance Award and earned 5 extra minutes of recess, and we won the PE trophy for the best behavior in PE.  

REMINDERS/NEWS

***Spring Break is March 8-March 16, 2014--Please enjoy your time to rest and relax!!

***Save the Date---April 17, 2014--we have schedule our Zoo Field Trip.  Parents are encouraged to attend.  More information, cost of parents to attend, and sign-up will be coming as the date draws closer.