Alphabet Countdown S-W, Careers on Wheels, Poetry Cafe, Etc.

This year is almost over and we had a very busy last full week in our classroom! We went through letters S-W in our End of the Year Alphabet Countdown, had our Careers on Wheels event, Poetry Cafe/Awards/End of the Year Video Ceremony, watched 101 Dalmatians, listened to presentations from Mrs. Myers class, and completed our Teachtown lesson on Apologizing When You Make a Mistake. Take a look below for more details.

For our End of the Year Alphabet Countdown, we had a Summer Birthday Party on Monday for those students who have summer birthdays. Some students brought in snacks for our party & some passed out gifts to their friends.

For the letter T, we wrote thank you notes to the ECC staff who have helped us this year. Dakota wrote a thank you note to me that said, "Thank you for teaching us with our work and reading." Tommy wrote a thank you note to Mr. Doyle that said, "Thank you for making us big and strong. I like Mr. Doyle. I will eat healthy stuff."

Skyler wrote a thank you note to me that said, "Thank you for you tell us what to do and you let us play." Alena wrote to Mrs. Learner, "Thank you for teaching to not scribble. I love art." Alexander wrote to Mrs. Hall, "Thank you for helping us. Thank you for keeping us safe."

For letter U, we dressed in red, white or blue to celebrate the U.S.A.

For the letter V, we went on an imaginary vacation. The students thought hard about where they wanted to go and drew a picture on their letter V page. 

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of our W day on Friday, which was for Wear Something Fancy. The students looked so great in their fancy clothes!

On Thursday, we had our Careers on Wheels day. The students went around to different vehicles to learn about career options for their future including a food truck owner/chef, bus driver, roaming boutique owner,  landscaper, police officer, fire fighter, and limo driver. The students really enjoyed learning about all of the awesome careers they can do!

In order to prepare for our Poetry Cafe on Friday, we practiced reading for Ms. Hoppel's class.

Friday was our Poetry Cafe, End of the Year Awards & Video.  Thank you again to everyone who came to be a part of our special day. The students did such a great job. I was proud of them and they were so proud of themselves! 

Here are some pictures from our Poetry Cafe of the students reading their poems to the audience and also sharing their poetry books with their families. 

Here are some pictures of the End of the Year Awards.

I am so thankful for my mom and grandma who came to help with the Poetry Cafe from setting up, helping throughout, and cleaning up.

 Since we finished reading the book, we watched the movie 101 Dalmatians and compared the difference between the two. We noticed that they were very different!!

Mrs. Myers class also invited us to listen to their presentations on their study of pets. We listened to the information they learned about various pets (cat, dog, snake, bunny, bird, hamster, and turtle) 

as well as looked at the habitats they created for each type of pet. They did a great job!

 Our Teachtown lesson this week was, "Apologize When You Make a Mistake".  

Thanks for stopping by. Check back again next week to see how we wrap up the year with our last week in Kindergarten!! 

Have a great week!

Mrs. Brittany Garrabrant

Countdown N-R, Slushies Reward, Scavenger Hunt & More!

This week was another great week here in our classroom! We had letters N-R in our Alphabet Countdown, worked on updating the student's data folders for 4th quarter testing, practiced our poems for our Preschool Reading Buddies, enjoyed our class reward of slushies that the students chose, focused on "Sometimes Friends Don't Want to Play" for our Teach Town lesson, and had our Spring Family Scavenger Hunt at Cox Arboretum. 

For letter N in our Alphabet Countdown, we celebrated 'New Name Day'. Students enjoyed becoming superheroes or their favorite characters for the day, other students, their family or pets, or even making up their own names.

For letter O day, we celebrated by wearing Orange. 

Even Mrs. Boxley & Mrs. Solich (my grandma) joined in on the fun!

To celebrate the letter P, we enjoyed some freshly popped popcorn.

On Thursday, we made a Memory Quilt for letter Q day. The students drew their favorite memories from the school year then I displayed our memory quilt on the hallway bulletin board.

Friday, we enjoyed the nice weather by Reading Outside for our letter R day.

I forgot to get a picture of one of the student's letter 'R' pages. 

This week Mrs. Rawlins came to help out in the classroom while I worked with the students on updating their data folders and assessing for 4th quarter.

Friday was the last day of school for our Preschool Reading Buddies in Mrs. Vogt's class. The students wanted to practice reading their poems for our reading buddies in order to practice for our Poetry Cafe next week! They did an awesome job! We also sang some songs and danced with them.

As our next class reward, the students voted and chose to have slushies. I bought them over the weekend and we enjoyed them on Tuesday, a nice hot day! The students really enjoyed them and so did Mrs. Boxley & Mrs. Solich! They were very tasty! 

Our Teach Town lesson for the week was "Sometimes Friends Don't Want to Play". We discussed how sometimes people want to play by themselves or how they might not want to play the same things as us but that doesn't mean they aren't our friends. This was a very important lesson!

On Saturday we had our Spring Family Scavenger Hunt at Cox Arboretum. The weather scared a lot of people away but we ended up having great weather and had a fun time! 

We got to explore the butterfly house and these new butterfly statues that had cool kaleidoscope lenses in the eyes! 

Thanks for stopping by to see what we have been up to this week! Check back again next week to see what fun and exciting things will be happening in our classroom. I hope to see you all at the Poetry Cafe on Friday! 

Have a great week!

Mrs. Brittany Garrabrant

Countdown J-M, Book Drive, Spring Sing & More!

Even though it was a shorter week for the students (because of QPT day), it was a very busy one! We celebrated letters J-M in our end of the year alphabet countdown, had a visit from the High Schoolers for their Book Drive, prepared and took part in our Kindergarten Spring Sing, had our 4th Quarter Caring Rally about caring for our community, got our gifts ready for Mother's Day & more! 

Take a look below to see more details about what we have been up to. 

For our letter J day, we wore our favorite Jerseys!

On the letter K day, the students sang Karaoke to various Kidz Pop songs. They enjoyed singing and dancing and were cracking me up!

For letter L day, the students wrote letters to their first grade teachers. These letters will be going into their portfolios so you can deliver them to their first grade teachers!

For letter M day, the students voted on which movie they would like to watch and trolls won. The students enjoyed watching it. Thank you to everyone who brought in a movie to vote on! 

On Tuesday, the High Schoolers came to visit for the annual Book Drive. They read the story, "If You Take a Mouse to School" to the class, they colored a picture of the mouse, enjoyed a cookie and got to pick out a book to take home. The students were very thankful for the High Schooler's kindness!

The students enjoyed the visit.

In order to prepare for our Kindergarten Spring Sing, all of the Kindergarten classes gathered on Tuesday in the ECC gym to practice the program all together. 

Thursday morning, we went over to the High School to practice all together up on the stage! 

At our rehearsal Thursday morning, I got a video of our 5 speakers saying their lines. They did awesome!

Thursday evening, we had a great turnout for our Kindergarten Spring Sing program! The students did a great job singing loudly up on stage. They were so proud of themselves and so was I!

 "Adios Mi Amigo"

 On Friday we had our 4th Quarter Caring Rally where we focused on caring for our community. In the morning session, SISCA visited the school with puppies that were up for adoption and in the afternoon session (which we attended) Wagmor Service Dogs brought 2 service dogs to share with the students. Our school presented donations to both SISCA & Wagmor including money that the school raised (over $200 to each company), thank you cards to volunteers and workers, and supplies such as leashes, collars, treats, blankets, etc. Below are some pictures of the Wagmor Service Dogs visit. Each class had a student go up to tell the workers what we had to give to them. Robert went up to present the cards that our class made to say thank you for taking such great care of the dogs! 

At the end, the students got to pet the dogs! 

We learned about all the amazing things that service dogs do to help people. Devon got called up to demonstrate asking to pet someone's dog before doing so to make sure the dog isn't working. 

Friday, the students took home their Mother's Day presents. I hope you all enjoyed them! They decorated the bags that held all of their goodies. They included their flowers that we have been growing, a bag of M&M's with a special label with a page to go along with it, a poem, a card your child made for you, and an All About Me page that they dictated to me about their Mother as I wrote for them. I hope you all had a beautiful Mother's Day! 

 My mom, Mrs. Boxley and grandma, Mrs. Solich came to school to help the students put their hand prints on an end of the year poem for their portfolios. The students enjoyed working with them!

 We continued to read Dinosaur books as well as our 101 Dalmations book (we only have 2 chapters left)! 

 Please return the RSVP for the Poetry Cafe as soon as you can so I can know how many people to expect. If you are bringing a sibling, they will have to sit on your lap because it looks like it's going to be full! Also, please know that it will last over an hour. Hope to see you all there!

Thanks for checking in. Stop back again next week to see what we are up to next! The students earned their class reward (they chose slushies) so we will be enjoying those this week!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Brittany Garrabrant