Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter; January 22, 2013

Our trip to the Cleveland Aquarium was a huge hit Friday! Due to a wonderful aquarium guide, helpful parent chaperones, and enthusiastic children, the trip was a success. Before we left for the trip, the students were briefly told of the animals they would see there. The point of the trip was for each child

Miss Clare’s Newsletter for January 18, 2013

This week we were able get a deeper understanding of the animals that live in the sea. We studied many different types of sea animals and completed many activities to go along with them. At the beginning of the week we read a non-fiction book about Whales. We then took the information we learned from

Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter; January 14, 2013

The children have been very eager to learn more about aquatic animals during our month long theme of Aquariums! As part of our current theme, we added 2 pet guppies into our classroom this week. We set up a small tank with live plants and 2 small fish. We spent some time in science this

Miss Clare’s Newsletter for January 11, 2013

Welcome to the second half of our school year! We are “diving” in right away to learn about aquarium life. There are many exciting activities planned including a study of guppies and snails. The students will be able to make observations in the classroom. A trip to the Aquarium is planned for January 18th. The

Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter; January 7, 2013

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break! While the break seemed to go by so quickly, we were all excited to start back to play in the classroom. In math, we began our fourth unit of the school year focused on measurement and counting. We began the unit talking about shoes. On Thursday, we

Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter; December 22, 2012

Polar Express Day was a huge success. The children arrived in pajamas and brought their imaginations. We went to the wiggle room to have the conductor (Mr. Steve) punch our tickets. Then we entered the wiggle room which was magically transformed into a train ride, with wrapping paper lining the walls and holiday lights overhead.