May 2010

Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter; May 17, 2010

by Krista 05.18.2010 Curriculum

As the end of the school year is fast approaching, we have begun talking about it more in the classroom. To link to our current theme of Eric Carle, we read one of Eric Carle’s books, A Home for Hermit Crab. In this story, the hermit crab finds a shell to live in. As the [...]

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Miss Kelly’s Newsletter May 14, 2010

by Kelly 05.14.2010 Curriculum

For the past few weeks, our class has been learning about oceans. Along the way, they’ve been working hard to create an art mural (along with Miss Sue and Miss Robyn’s class) in the hallway. The artwork on our mural is considered “process art”. The art is done for the process as opposed to the [...]

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Miss Robyn and Miss Sue’s Newsletter May 14, 2010

by Robyn 05.14.2010 Curriculum

The children have been exploring art during our study of oceans. During our Choice Time each day, the children are provided with various materials and tools to explore in the Art Center. Our ocean mural in the hallway is a wonderful example of each child’s unique techniques with the materials provided. Rather than telling them [...]

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Miss Chrissy and Miss Kim’s Newsletter May 14, 2010

by Chrissy 05.14.2010 Curriculum

Well, we are winding down this school year with only about three weeks left! It has been such a wonderful school year, and we will have special memories of each and every one of our students! We have a few events coming up in the next few weeks to end the school year. On Thursday, [...]

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Miss Jackie & Miss Brooke’s Newsletter May, 14, 2010

by Jackie 05.14.2010 Curriculum

We have so much to look forward to before the year comes to a close! A special thank you to all of our Mom’s and Grandma’s who were able to come in and share their child’s special day. It was so great to see the children so excited about showing off their classroom ☺. We [...]

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Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter; May 11, 2010

by Krista 05.13.2010 Curriculum

Child-Led Conferences As we are wrapping up the school year, we have given our students the chance to shine in “Child-Led Conferences.” Throughout the school year, children have been having individual meetings with me to select items for their ongoing portfolio. As each writing unit has concluded, students have self-selected the piece of work they [...]

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Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter; May 3, 2010

by Krista 05.03.2010 Curriculum

Field Trip to the All Pro Fitness Center: Last week, our class had the wonderful opportunity to learn a lot of basketball skills from a professional sports trainer. The children started the field trip by learning about the names of the lines on the basketball court. Before long, they were each given a ball to [...]

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Miss Brooke and Miss Jackie’s Newsletter April 30, 2010

by Brooke 05.03.2010 Curriculum

Garden’s and Ponds and Doughnuts OH MY! We have had such wonderful changes in the young-three’s classroom as of late. Last week our focus was flowers and planting. We planted flowers and learned the parts of a flower last week. We sang the song “flower, stem, leaves and roots” to the tune of “head, shoulders, [...]

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