Today was fantastic!
We started our time together with name writing and coloring practice. We talked about how we color: coloring in the lines, do your colors make sense, and not leaving any white space.
We then read Pete The Cat - Rocking In My School Shoes.
After the book, we were going to start another activity, but we found a NOTE FROM PETE!!! :) He was out exploring our school and we wanted to try and find him. We visited the music room, lunch room, gym, office, and library. By the time we made it back to our classroom, Pete had already gone back to his school. Darn! But, he did leave us a cool coloring page and note.
*Parents, this activity is very meaningful because the students not only learn their way around the school, but they also meet the specialist teachers and our office staff.
After coloring our Pete page, we went outside for recess. Some kids played, but most kept looking for Pete. :) It was really cute!
We then transitioned to math, where kiddos worked on identifying objects that match. Comparing and contrasting objects is a large part of our kindergarten math standards.
We ended our time together with free choice. The students played together beautifully. I wish you could have heard their dialogue and seen their sharing! So, so great!
Important Information:
1. Please turn in the yellow First Day of Kindergarten paper as soon as possible.
2. Please turn in all the office papers (in the brown envelope) as soon as possible.
3. Please turn in your parent questionnaire and volunteer forms as soon as possible.
4. If you have not yet put the yellow transportation tag on your child's backpack, please do that tonight. It so helpful and important that we know how your child will be getting home.
5. We have P.E. and music tomorrow. Please make sure your child is wearing tennis shoes!
6. Also, the very first PTO meeting will be this coming Monday, September 14th at 6:30 PM in the Library. The Kindergarten team is the first team to present! You might even get a sneak peek at some pictures we've already taken this year! :)
