Snowflakes

Mrs. Leach's class joined us today and we made snowflakes for the Sandy Hook students.  We will be sending them to the PTA in Connecticut next week.  The PTA will be decorating the school with snowflakes so when students attend school it looks like a winter wonderland.  We are hoping it puts lots of smiles on the students faces!

Friday

During Morning Meeting, we brought our class together on the carpet to discuss the events that occurred on Friday in CT.  We started by asking the students if they knew what happened and then directed our conversations from that.  We talked about our practice drills that we have done this year and how they will help prepare us incase a dangerous stranger were ever to get in the building.  We told students that we were here for them and that we cared for them very much and would keep them safe when they came to school.  The students compared the lockdown drill to hide-n-seek.  We kept the conversation very short and did not add any details.  We were very careful about using kindergarten appropriate language so that students would not be frightened.  We really just wanted to know they are safe at school.

Coin Contest

Thanks to everyone who participated in Coins for Books!!!  The kindergarten team won and each kindergarten class received $85.21 to spend in books for their classroom.  WOW - how exciting! The students were SUPER excited to see all of the new books that they will get to read. 

Halloween Party

Success Wall

As students successfully complete a skill, their name is added to our Kindergarten Success Wall!

 

We will be introducing iPods in kindergarten soon! Please send headphones for your child to use for Listen to Reading time.  Thanks!

Social Skills

Mrs. Nielsen, our school social worker, has been visiting our room once a week to work with the kindergarteners on social skills.  This week she came and talked to us about conflict and resolution.  Mrs. Nielsen and I role played about a student getting upset at another student for not wanting to play their game.  Students learned that a conflict is when there is a problem and the resolution is how we fix the problem.  Mrs. Nielsen taught the students the acronym STP.  S stands for STOP, T stands for THINK, and P stands for PICK A PLAN.  We can't wait for Mrs. Nielsen to come back next week and work with us some more!