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I taught my class a fun new math game. The kids roll one die, add one more to the number they rolled and cover that space. The goal is to try to get four in a row.
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Article posted April 12, 2013 at 02:18 PM GMT0 •
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Room 2 won a pizza party because our class sold the most Little Caesars pizza kits. We also rewarded ourselves with a pajama day for all of our Yea slips.
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Article posted March 1, 2013 at 03:09 PM GMT0 •
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Room 2 is so proud of our singing and dancing videos that we submitted for the HeidiSongs contest! We even received a personal email from Heidi's husband telling us how much he enjoyed our videos.
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Article posted February 14, 2013 at 06:03 PM GMT0 •
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What is a tea party without all of its guests? Incomplete! We recorded several of our nursery rhymes again with the students who were absent and made a new video with those included:)
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Article posted February 12, 2013 at 01:02 AM GMT0 •
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Thank you to everyone who joined our class this morning as we performed eleven famous nursery rhymes. We are very proud of our show and all that we learned!
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Article posted February 12, 2013 at 12:45 AM GMT0 •
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After our individual performances, we entertained our guests with a few Valentine's songs and some real "rocked out" versions of our favorite nursery rhymes! We hope you all enjoyed them as much as we do.
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We have gotten through more than half of the class with our latest show and tell. The kids loved writing clues for their classmates to try to guess what they brought to share.
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Article posted January 25, 2013 at 07:10 PM GMT0 •
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Trying something new! Click Start Prezi to see all the wonderful new items our kiddos brought to show each other. To advance through this "Prezi" presentation, click the right arrow.
Article posted January 25, 2013 at 07:10 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted January 22, 2013 at 01:42 PM GMT0 •
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Our guest teacher, Mrs. Stasak (aka Parker's mom), incorporated our Smartboard in her Gumball Math lesson. We learned addition, subtraction, graphing and even got to drag a few gumballs.
Article posted January 22, 2013 at 01:42 PM GMT0 •
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Wow! The boys all worked together to create and count one HUGE "unifix cube snake" today. The video stops at at 106, but they were still counting strong at 244...
Article posted January 14, 2013 at 03:27 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted December 9, 2012 at 02:10 PM GMT0 •
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Our first field trip to the Walled Lake Outdoor Education Center was a HUGE success. We had a great morning learning about TREES and BIRDS through direct observation, discussion, games and projects.
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Article posted December 8, 2012 at 10:37 PM GMT0 •
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I can't begin to tell you how PROUD I am of all my little Kinder Bloggers! I usually start the process of getting kindergartners to blog sometime in January but decided to give it a try a month earlier this time. BOY OH BOY, am I delighted that I did!
We go to the computer lab every Wednesday morning for an hour. I thought I'd spend time Monday and Tuesday showing the kids the steps they need to take in order to log into their own blogs and write an article. I couldn't believe it when THREE kids went home and blogged on Monday after going over the steps ONCE. Yippee! The next day we had several repeat bloggers and a few more new ones. By Wednesday, just about everyone had successfully published their first article!!!
PLEASE share the link to this blog (here's the easy address: http://tiny.cc/kinderblog) with your family and friends and invite them to leave comments for the kids. Check back often to watch slideshows of what's been going on in Room 2.
Thanks for your continued support! Love, Mrs. O
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Article posted November 26, 2012 at 08:31 PM GMT0 •
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Today we celebrated reading and our Treasure Book Boxes with a pajama day! The kids brought in warm fuzzy blankets and stuffed animals, sleeping bags, pillows and pillow pets, lots of good books and snacks, too!
After finding me ASLEEP ON THE TABLE, the kids spread out around the room to get comfy. What a great day! The Treasure Book Boxes are amazing! Great job families!
Article posted November 26, 2012 at 08:31 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted November 22, 2012 at 08:37 PM GMT0 •
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Buster the Bus came to school to talk to us about bus safety. After the program we went out to the buses and practiced a bus evacuation from the back of the bus. "Sit and scoot!"
Article posted November 22, 2012 at 08:37 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted November 22, 2012 at 06:55 PM GMT0 •
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We did a lot of hypothesizing and observing our pumpkin named "Pumpkin Pizza". We hypothesized if it would sink or float and how many cubes tall it was. Then we observed it for 15 days in a closed plastic container. Ewwww! It got pretty nasty but that makes for the best experiments, doesn't it?
Article posted November 22, 2012 at 06:55 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted November 22, 2012 at 04:09 AM GMT0 •
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Sizzle, sizzle, crackle POP!
Stir it in the Witches pot.
Bones, stones and frog eyes, too.
Add worms and gizzards to the stew.
Sizzle, sizzle, what a treat.
Mix and stir and then we'll eat!
Article posted November 22, 2012 at 04:09 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted November 22, 2012 at 02:27 AM GMT0 •
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While extremely excited for the afternoon party and parade, there was much to do in the morning. We worked in centers and enjoyed performing a Halloween poem (The Witch and Pumpkin Pie) and acting out the story, "Big Pumpkin" by Erica Silverman.
Article posted November 22, 2012 at 02:27 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 20, 2012 at 11:52 PM GMT0 •
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What a great Friday! We had a visit from a local author, an extra recess, a Mystery Reader, Fifth Grade Buddies, popcorn and a movie AND Motor Men! Special thanks to Spencer and Logan's dads for being our Friday Motor Men! Click here to learn more about this Michigan based. motor skills, parent volunteer run program: http://www.motormomsanddads.com/about.html
We're VERY lucky to have this program at our school and parents that are willing to run it for us!
The kids take turns doing some balance and gross/visual motor skill activities.
When they're done, they pick a name stick then go and tell that classmate that it's their turn.
Article posted October 20, 2012 at 11:52 PM GMT0 •
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We've read and discussed her books "Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun" and "The Juice Box Bully" in preparation for her visit. Maria talked and role played and sang for us. She was amazing. Remember: she said if you see her at Kroger, Target, the mall, etc., say HELLO! She's our neighbor!
Article posted October 20, 2012 at 11:42 PM GMT0 •
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Oh my goodness! This is what we waited for ALL WEEK! Popcorn and a movie at the end of the day Friday!
PTA volunteers will be making popcorn once a month. (Families are asked to pay a one-time $5.00 fee for the popcorn.) The popcorn was delicious (and made us thirsty!!!) but what a GREAT way to end a busy week in kindergarten.
Article posted October 20, 2012 at 11:32 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 20, 2012 at 11:27 PM GMT0 •
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Here we are again, with our fabulous fifth grade buddies. Can you believe it -- they made play dough for us!!! How cool is that? They brought and read their favorite children's book from when they were kindergartners and then helped their buddy roll out play dough snakes to make their names. There was even time for making whatever they wanted with the play dough. Looks like all of the buddies were not captured in pictures. We'll be sure to get the rest of them next Friday.
Article posted October 20, 2012 at 11:27 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 20, 2012 at 11:08 PM GMT0 •
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Are you familiar, yet, with Pete The Cat? He's a very cool cat who has a great attitude! "It's all good!", he says. Here is a live retelling of the story by the author that we've enjoyed in class.
Pete has several more stories, including "Pete The Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons" (perfect for learning about subtraction as "boing!!!", he loses one button at a time.
We did a guided drawing lesson this week for Pete. Here are our second attempts at drawing Pete on our whiteboards.
Article posted October 20, 2012 at 11:08 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 20, 2012 at 10:59 PM GMT0 •
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We learned two math games this week. One was "Race to Trace" where you roll the die, count the dots and trace the corresponding number on the sheet. The other one was "Race to the Top". The kids were each given 10 buttons and a game board with ten boxes. They rolled their die and filled in their game board with that many buttons. The first to roll the right number to completely fill in their board was the winner. GREAT opportunity to talk about winning and losing. I heard "great game!", "let's play it again", and "it's ok that I didn't win--it's only a game". Now that is some confident game-playing and amazing sportsmanship!
Article posted October 20, 2012 at 10:59 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 12, 2012 at 10:37 PM GMT0 •
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WAHOO!!! We have 5th grade buddies! Today we met our buddies and got to know each other. The fifth graders asked their little buddy several questions then will put the information into a Venn diagram along with their answers to the same questions--showing their similarities and differences. The kids also worked on making their faces out of paper that will be added to the project. We will see our buddies every Friday.
Article posted October 12, 2012 at 10:37 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 6, 2012 at 09:21 PM GMT0 •
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The last Festival station we went to (and was HIGHLY anticipated!) was Karate. Here are the kids kicking, punching and LOVING it! About half-way through the video I move around to find more of the Kinder Kiddos, so hang in there if you don't see your child at first!
Article posted October 6, 2012 at 09:21 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 6, 2012 at 06:41 PM GMT0 •
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What a FUN FILLED day! We were active with our learning, thanks to the fabulous PTA, all day Friday as we explored canoeing, kayaking (sorry! no pictures of the kids at this station!!!), fishing, doing gymnastics and karate! We had healthy snacks, danced, hula hooped, and so much more.
To stop the slideshow on a picture or click through the pictures more quickly, hover over the number of pictures (3/77) and a forward and backward arrow will appear. You can control the slideshow from the arrows. (Control can be gained once the opening credits are done.) Enjoy the show!
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Article posted October 6, 2012 at 05:52 PM GMT0 •
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"Trees" will be a year-long study for the Kinder Kiddos. We found this Maple tree on the playground that we will observe closely in the next several months. Much more to come on trees!
Article posted October 6, 2012 at 05:52 PM GMT0 •
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When asked "What kind of car do you drive, Mrs. O?" I decided to take the kids on a little "field trip" to see it! After some thoughtful discussion of creative ideas, we decided that we could NOT all fit in the car and drive someplace safely!
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Article posted October 6, 2012 at 05:42 PM GMT0 •
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I asked the kids to think of hurtful words they've heard. Each time they shared their thoughts, I folded the red heart show in the picture. When it was folded so much that I couldn't put another fold in it, I tried to smooth the heart back to its original shape. Many small wrinkles remained. Hurtful words can wrinkle hearts and do lasting damage even if we say we are sorry.
We worked together to write these words (we did not compose the poem--author is unknown) and signed our names as a promise to think before we speak.
Article posted October 6, 2012 at 05:42 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 6, 2012 at 05:37 PM GMT0 •
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"Blasting off with Readers Workshop" is a great name for our first "unit of study" in reading. We are learning how to care for the books, how to be respectful to our fellow kinder readers and how to keep at reading for an extended period of time. Eight full minutes of on-task reading is quite an accomplishment this early in the year! I'm so proud!
Article posted October 6, 2012 at 05:37 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted September 11, 2012 at 03:56 AM GMT0 •
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Today we started, you guessed it, The Name Game! Everyone in our class will have a turn. I always like to start with myself to show the kids the routine.
Here's what we did: We counted how many letters were in my name, found the one and only vowel, did a spelling cheer of my name and learned how to write it, forming the letters correctly (first letter capital, the rest lower case). Then everyone got a piece of paper, traced my name, wrote it by themselves and drew a picture of me. All of these pages were assembled into a book that I got to take home and show Mr. O!
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Article posted September 11, 2012 at 03:11 AM GMT0 •
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This is our first time using the whiteboards. These are one of the kid's FAVORITE tools (me, too)! We'll use them a lot as we practice letters, numbers, words, drawing, etc.
Article posted September 11, 2012 at 03:11 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted June 10, 2012 at 07:39 PM GMT0 •
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Here we are playing an addition game. Roll the dice and link that many cubes together. Add more cubes for each turn you take. The first one to link all ten cubes together is the winner.
Article posted June 10, 2012 at 07:39 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted June 10, 2012 at 07:30 PM GMT0 •
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Project A.C.E.S. is an annual event that schools across the nation participate in. A.C.E.S. stands for All Children Exercising Simultaneously. We exercised to some fun music then walked around the perimeter of the playground a couple times.
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Article posted April 24, 2012 at 02:18 AM GMT0 •
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The kindergartners were asked to bring in 100 pennies on the 100th day of school for some counting activities. Each year we find an organization to donate our pennies to. This year we found out that Henry Ford Hospital on Maple Road in West Bloomfield has a therapy dog named Henry. Henry and his handler came in and graciously accepted our donation of $60. We were told that our donation will go towards getting another therapy dog. The popularity of Henry at the hospital has grown so much that Henry can't handle the demand on his own. We hope to hear information soon about Henry's new co-worker.
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Oh my, oh my! What a wonderful birthday I had. There just isn't anything as good as celebrating your birthday with a bunch of five and six year olds. Thanks for making my day so special!
Article posted April 24, 2012 at 02:02 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted April 24, 2012 at 01:40 AM GMT0 •
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While looking forward to popcorn and a movie one afternoon, we learned that the PTA popcorn poppers ran out of popcorn, leaving a third grade class popcorn-less. We had a class vote and decided to give our popcorn to the third grade class. Here we are delivering the popcorn. Later, when we were outside playing, the PTA delivered more popcorn to us. Surprise!
Now that's some bucket filling at it's finest!
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Article posted April 24, 2012 at 01:27 AM GMT0 •
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We had a great assembly our first day back from Spring Break all about living "green". While we were laughing we were learning about reducing, reusing, recycling and restoring.
Article posted April 24, 2012 at 01:27 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted April 6, 2012 at 04:08 PM GMT0 •
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Here's something new we tried...
Using a push pin, we poked lots of holes along the black lines close together through two pieces of paper. I removed the staples holding the papers together when the kids were done poking. This revealed the dotted picture and word ready to hang on a window to let the light shine through. According to Kindergarten Teacher Blogger Mrs. Miner, "The children find this activity very relaxing and enjoyable and find the end results magical." I must agree!
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Article posted March 18, 2012 at 01:43 PM GMT0 •
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We had so much fun cracking eggs and whipping up green scrambled eggs. Most everyone really like them! We also had bagels with green cream cheese and turkey (instead of ham) and shredded cheese for the eggs, too. Thanks to all the wonderful families who helped supply something for our breakfast.
Later, we watched the Tim Tebow reading of Green Eggs and Ham on YouTube and then we partnered up with a bunch of copies of the book and read it all together! I saw some VERY PROUD Kinder Readers (and I was one VERY PROUD Kinder Teacher).
Article posted March 18, 2012 at 01:43 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted March 17, 2012 at 09:28 PM GMT0 •
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We made "All About Leprechaun" books together this week, complete with a table of contents! It contains many of the things we learned about the little green guys. I made plans (with the Kiddos' encouragement!) to read our books in each of the first grade classrooms. When we walked into a classroom, we found someone to read to and talk about our books with. I told the kids to take a good look at the classrooms because they will be in first grade before we know it! (boo hoo!)
Article posted March 17, 2012 at 09:28 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted March 17, 2012 at 09:07 PM GMT0 •
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Yes, the weather is {r@Zy! So...we enjoyed some extra playground time this past week and broke out the sidewalk chalk. I was hoping to snap pics of more artists in action but ended up with mostly just the art!
Article posted March 17, 2012 at 09:07 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted March 17, 2012 at 08:50 PM GMT0 •
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Several times in the last two weeks, we've come into our classroom to find a MESS left by some sneaky leprechauns. One time they left gold "dust" all over and another time, they left piles of gold coins (along with chairs tipped over and crayons all over the floor...). It was SO MUCH FUN!
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Michigan Author: Mark Newman
Mr. Newman came to our school this week to talk about his book and his concern for invasive species that are getting into our Great Lakes. His book's hero, "Billy Cooper" is not your typical crime fighter. He has no superpowers, just a desire to protect this unique, incredible and largest fresh water system on earth.
Article posted March 16, 2012 at 12:09 AM GMT0 •
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Have you read this book? It's amazing and one children can easily understand. Say and do nice things: you fill a person's bucket with good feelings (as well as your own). Say and do not nice things: you dip in someone's bucket (take away their good feelings as well as your own).
After reading the book, we drew and painted Bucket Filler posters to hang in our homes along with a reminder message to BE A BUCKET FILLER! Happy bucket filling.
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Article posted March 15, 2012 at 11:51 PM GMT0 •
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March was ushered in with talk of the wee little Leprechaun folk and, oh boy! What fun we're having learning about them (and picking up after their messes...but that's another blog).
Here we are painting our drawings of Leprechauns, rainbows and their pots of gold that adorn our March Show and Tell calendars.
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Article posted March 15, 2012 at 10:59 PM GMT0 •
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The kids really enjoyed sorting through a collection of buttons. They sorted by color and shape. They ordered buttons from small to large and they found some very strange looking buttons among many very common ones. If you have Grandma's button collection, take it out and have fun sorting!
My brother ended up with a button collection after our Mom passed away. He had a shirt decorated for me with many of the buttons. It was so fun looking at them and remembering (very distantly!) that we had once spent hours sifting through those old buttons. GREAT memories!
Article posted March 15, 2012 at 10:59 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted March 15, 2012 at 10:46 PM GMT0 •
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We celebrated 100 days of school and being 100 days smarter on February 17th. We counted steps and pennies and Fruit Loops, we wrote the numbers to 100 and made 100 tally marks. We had a special "100" snack and some of us even wore or made some pretty cool things that had something to do with 100.
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Article posted February 21, 2012 at 10:54 PM GMT0 •
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Mrs. Woolworth and I spent a FABULOUS day in February learning and singing and laughing along with Dr. Jean and several hundred other kindergarten and preschool teachers.
Before going, the kiddos and I wrote a letter to Dr. Jean telling her how much we love her music because it helps us LEARN! I presented the (giant!) letter to her and she surprised us with a singing reply!
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Article posted February 21, 2012 at 10:24 PM GMT0 •
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I thought letting all 30 (well, more like 26) kiddos pass their Valentines out all at the same time was going to be CHAOS! I couldn't have been more wrong. It was an absolute delight watching them read each other's names and ask each other for help when needed. What a bunch of sweeties! We enjoyed pizza in the classroom for lunch and had yummy Valentine Parfaits in the afternoon. Can you say LOVE???
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Article posted February 21, 2012 at 07:33 PM GMT0 •
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The kids did an EXCELLENT job learning and reciting their rhymes! What a fantastic time we had performing them for you...along with our sign language, songs and poems.
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Here we are exploring tens frames...I asked them, "What do you notice?" They came up with:
* two rows
* five in each row
* ten spaces
* I see lines and spaces
* boxes
Much more to come with tens frames!
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Article posted February 21, 2012 at 06:30 PM GMT0 •
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Well, here it is mid-winter break and I have LOTS of blogging to catch up on! Let's start with our New Years Party.
No...that isn't champagne you see in the pictures! It's jello! Unfortunately, I forgot I had them outside keeping cold all day and didn't remember until most of the class was dismissed.
Thanks to all who sent me photos. I was too busy "partying" to take any pictures myself!
Article posted February 21, 2012 at 06:30 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted January 17, 2012 at 01:58 AM GMT0 •
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I brought star fruit (carambola) back from Florida for us to taste. Grandpa Ozminkowski has several trees in his yard! Ask your child what they thought or if they even tried it.
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Article posted December 4, 2011 at 11:01 PM GMT0 •
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Part of our reading workshop time consists of reading with a partner. We're learning how to sit EEKK...elbow to elbow, knee to knee and how to take turns reading. FUN!
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Article posted December 4, 2011 at 08:55 PM GMT0 •
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We started something new! The kids have work stations to work in with a partner when they arrive at school in the morning. They work on math, literacy and fine motor development.
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Article posted December 3, 2011 at 09:30 PM GMT0 •
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Oh my goodness! This has got to be my most FAVORITE slideshow I ever made! (grammar??) LOVE the music, LOVE LOVE LOVE the turkey headbands! The kids has so much fun making cornucopias (which are a symbol of abundance and nourishment) using Bugles snacks for the horn of plenty, a graham cracker for the base, chocolate frosting for the "glue" and a variety of cereal and goldfish crackers.
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Article posted November 21, 2011 at 10:00 PM GMT0 •
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I wanted the kids to remember this day! They will see 12-12-12 next year but after that....someone will have to help me with the math....it will be a VERY LONG TIME before it happens again!
Article posted November 21, 2011 at 10:00 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted November 20, 2011 at 05:50 PM GMT0 •
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I just figured something out. You can power through the slideshows if you're pressed for time! (I know some are quite long!)
Click "play" to get the slideshow running. The bottom frame of the show has several controls. "Pause" is on the far left. Next to it is the number of pictures in the show. Mouse over the number of pictures and two arrows will show up. You can then easily move forward or backward through the pictures as quickly or slowly as you'd like. Enjoy!
Mrs. O
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Article posted October 29, 2011 at 08:27 PM GMT0 •
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One of my #1 favorite things to do with the kids each year! THANK YOU, wonderful parents and grandparents, for all of your help in making this happen! It was so much fun!
Article posted October 29, 2011 at 08:27 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 29, 2011 at 06:39 PM GMT0 •
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Mrs. Giroux's first graders have been busy making a Halloween book. They asked if they could come and read them to the Kinder Kiddos. We had something to share with them, too! We told them our "Pumpkin, Pumpkin" life cycle story.
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Article posted October 25, 2011 at 02:43 AM GMT0 •
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This was quite a project but they ended up SOO cute! I hope they made it home and are adorning your front door, or fridge, or some other special place in your home. Several of the kids wanted theirs hung in the hallway as part of our hallway display. I'll send them home soon!
Article posted October 25, 2011 at 02:43 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 25, 2011 at 01:56 AM GMT0 •
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After snack, kids head to the group corner and read books from our "favorites" basket. The day I took these pictures, I brought out some big books for the kids to read, too. I love watching kids loving books!
Article posted October 25, 2011 at 01:56 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 13, 2011 at 01:03 AM GMT0 •
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Today we started "The Name Game". This is how it works:
Each day we'll learn how to spell and write someone's name! We chant the spelling of the name, talk about capitals and lower case letters, how words are made of letters, find and highlight the vowels, put together a name puzzle (the letters in the name are cut apart and reassembled in order), learn how to write each of the letters the correct way on our whiteboards,(Where do we start the letters? AT THE TOP!)and, finally, we each make a page for a Name Game book for the Name Game person.
We trace and write the name, write our own name and draw a picture of the Name Game person. We're learning to include details like hair, eyebrows, rectangular (not stick) arms and legs, necks and bodies and something for the person to walk on like grass. We don't want the person to be floating in space!
We're also learning how to use lots of color in our pictures. Since everyone is five years old, everyone needs to use AT LEAST five colors in their picture. Your child will bring a Name Game book home one day when it's their special day. We'll have to be patient. One a day for 29 kids means we'll be well into November or maybe December before we get through everyone!
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Article posted October 10, 2011 at 02:48 AM GMT0 •
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Graphing is something we'll do all year long. Children learn how to organize and interpret data. After we graphed our apples, I asked, "What do you notice?". These are VERY good responses!
*Some apples have the same shape but different colors.
*There are five red/yellow apples all in a line in a box.
*There are ten red ones so there are ten red/green ones, too, because they are tied.
*The red and the red/green are the same. It's a tie.
*Only one green and one green/yellow. That's a tie!
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These were our Mystery Reader's Clues:
1. Our family pet is a dog.
2. Last summer our family took a vacation up north near Sleeping Bear Dunes.
3. My favorite Disney Princess movie is Cinderella.
4. I like to make quilts.
5. I live down the street from a park that has a swimming pool and a lake where we feed the ducks.
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Here we are at the PTA Fun Run. What a gorgeous day for it! There was lots of sunshine, laughing, running, walking, stretching, education, healthy snacks and FUN! Thanks for a GREAT day PTA. Can't wait to hear how much money was raised for our school.
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During Apple Week Mr. Booms talked to us about WEIGHT (heavier/lighter) and showed us how to use a balance scale. We worked in groups at our tables (with lots of parent help--thank you!) to find out if our apple was heavier or lighter than many different objects.
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Here we are, with magnifying glasses in hand, taking a close look at our Kindergarten Maple Tree. We will be busy learning about trees all year long. Ask your child what they know so far about trees.
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After talking about the names of the pattern block shapes (do you know what a trapezoid, rhombus and hexagon look like?), the kids had fun just messing around with them.
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Article posted September 30, 2011 at 07:47 PM GMT0 •
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Today we had FRIDAY FUN! We watched a youtube movie of the book "Swimmy" by Leo Lionni, practiced drawing fish on our whiteboards then drew fish on paper and filled them in with little goldfish crackers just like Swimmy and his friends did in the story. Thanks to Abby and her family for the goldfish crackers!
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Article posted September 26, 2011 at 02:14 AM GMT0 •
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White boards are a very important "tool" we use everyday in the classroom. We use them to practice all sorts of things like writing numbers, letters, words and shapes.
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Article posted September 26, 2011 at 01:53 AM GMT0 •
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I explain to the kids that the big blue bowl is like our classroom and that there are many important things that our room needs...especially good friends and happy days at school.
I added one can of fruit...."These are the kind kids in our room." Another can of fruit..."These are the hard workers in our room." Another can of fruit..."These are the kids who share." Some marshmallows..."These are the kind words being said in our room." Yogurt..."This is the happiness we feel when we are at school."
We talked about the yummy friendship salad, how good it will taste and then I pretended to peel a rotten banana. The kids yelled "Stop!!!" before I even got the banana peeled. I tell them that this is the Rotten Banana that could cause trouble in our happy classroom. This might be a banana that calls names, does not share, refuses to do school work, etc... We all decided NOT to put the rotten banana in our Friendship Salad.
What a GREAT lesson and a very DELICIOUS friendship salad!
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Article posted September 16, 2011 at 01:47 AM GMT0 •
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With so much RAIN the first week of school, the Kinder Kiddos had quite a lot of time to get familiar with the toys in Room 2. Here are pictures from the very first day. See a common theme? Yep! Everyone looks pretty happy! I LOVE my job!
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Article posted September 16, 2011 at 01:34 AM GMT0 •
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We don't believe in wasting any time in kindergarten. :) Within the first hour of school we had our first Art class! We met Mrs. Novak, the art teacher, learned about some of the "tools" we will be using in art and took a tour of the Art classroom.
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The 2011-2012 year is underway and I've got a FANTASTIC new bunch of Kinder Kiddos! Take a look...these are the ones who showed up for our Meet The Teacher open house.
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Article posted June 23, 2011 at 11:55 PM GMT0 •
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Well, I think this is it! The last blog entry of the 2010-2011 School Year. It was one FANTASTIC year with so many wonderful memories. Thank you, families, for your generosity, your support and, most importantly, for allowing me the privilege of being your child's Kindergarten teacher. We had a BLAST and, while we were having so much fun, the kids learned a TON! I'm certain they are all ready for the challenges first grade has to offer. Please don't be a stranger. Be sure you stop in and say hello next year.
Hopefully your child received my letter with my address and phone number. Please allow your child to call me sometime this summer and drop a letter in the mail to let me know what they are up to. I miss all of them so much already!
Have an exciting and safe summer--loaded with FUN and ADVENTURE!
All my love, Mrs. O
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Article posted May 4, 2011 at 07:54 PM GMT0 •
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We were part of something very BIG this morning! Our school participated in Project ACES, a program to get children moving all across America! Check it out here: http://www.lensaunders.com/aces/aces.html
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Click on the gray bar that says "Ice Day". Choose a sticky note and drag it to the bulletin board. Write a note and be sure to sign it! You can slide the bulletin board left to right if you click and drag.
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We love blogging. It is so cool and easy as peasy. We learned how to log in and write an article. The whole world can read our articles and leave comments. That's THE END my friend.
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Article posted January 21, 2011 at 07:59 PM GMT0 •
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Thursday morning we went to see the Bucket Filler Lady in the lunchroom. She talked to us about how to be a bucket filler. She showed us a slide show of two kids. You can choose to be a bucket filler or a bucket dipper. Nobody wants to be a bucket dipper!
Some teachers took a Bucket Dipper test. Hayden was chosen to help put silly hats on the teachers! It was so funny! It was Hayden's birthday. We loved it! The End
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Article posted January 5, 2011 at 06:14 PM GMT0 •
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Today we ate new fruit. It was called Star Fruit. It came from a tree in Florida. The tree is Grandma and Grandpa Ozminkowski's tree. Some kids loved it and thought the star fruit was yummy and great and super duper good. Other kids thought it wasn't so good. It's FUN to try new foods!
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Article posted December 5, 2010 at 11:05 PM GMT0 •
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Welcome to the Kinderblog! I love making slideshows showing the fun things we're doing in Kindergarten. Please share this site with all of your friends and family. FREE, no account needed! You can even leave comments on the each of the articles I post. (All comments are moderated.)
By February I hope to have all of the Kinder Kiddos blogging along with me. If you look on the right hand column of this page you'll see our school year, "2010-2011". Click on that and you'll see each child's name appear. Click on their name and you'll go to their own blog. It will definitely be a work in progress....I'll keep you updated along the way.
Click on "Ozminwiki" and you'll find a document explaining how to help your child blog from home. Amazing, isn't it????
And now...here are the Gingerbread House pictures!
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Article posted June 18, 2010 at 11:04 PM GMT0 •
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Well kids, this is what our room looks like at the end of the year: all packed up and put away! It's always a bitter-sweet ending. BITTER to hug the kinder kiddos for the last time as "my" kiddos and SWEET to know I have a summer of sun, rejuvination and relaxation ahead of me.
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Here we are with our maps of Kensington Farm. We made a pretty awesome mural of a farm in the hallway, too! The white paper across the top of the farm is hard to read but it says, "Welcome to the Farm".
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Here we are at the Closing Ceremony. We said the pledge, heard from the Student Council president, our PTA president and our fearless leader, Dr. Culbert. We finished with "The Star Spangled Banner". At the end of the day we lined the hallways and "clapped out" the fifth grade class. Good luck to all of you in middle school!
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Hi Kinder Kiddos and families!
Here are a few more pictures I found that I thought you'd enjoy looking at. Good times, weren't they?
I love you and miss you!
~Mrs. O
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Article posted June 6, 2010 at 09:53 PM GMT0 •
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We had a GREAT visit from Gabrielle's dad! He told us all about his job as a police officer, showed us all the cool stuff on his belt, answered many questions and even let us climb in his police car! Thanks to Emy's mom for putting on the S.W.A.T. gear! Nice look!
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Article posted June 6, 2010 at 08:55 PM GMT0 •
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It was a rainy day but that didn't stop us from having a FABULOUSLY FUN FIELD DAY!!! Favorites included the "limbo" and the "pizza box relay"!
THANKS to all of you parents and grandparents who came to help and join in the fun.
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Article posted April 26, 2010 at 11:37 PM GMT0 •
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It's Monday morning so you know where to find Mrs. O's class! Yep...in the computer lab blogging away! Hannah's Grandma Sally has been joining us in the lab. It's so nice to have another helper walking around! She took these great pictures of us today.
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Adults don't particularly enjoy getting older. However, you just may change your mind if you spend the day with a bunch of five and six year olds who know how to make birthdays a special occasion!
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After reading a book and practicing a tornado drill, some kids wrote Tornado Rules. As a class we worked in teams to write and illustrate something we learned.
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We wrapped up "March is Reading Month" listening to children read their writing. Emilia and Nicholas represented all of the authors in our class. It's quite daunting to read in front of nearly 200 kindergartners, first and second graders but these two did an AWESOME job!
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This was SOOOOO amazing! We had 20 people up on stage who had their heads shaved to help conquer childhood cancer. Last I heard, they raised over $13,000! WOW!
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Article posted April 9, 2010 at 08:17 PM GMT0 •
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Author and Commerce Elementary Media Specialist Linda McLean came to our school to talk to us about the Heidelberg Project in Detroit and share some of the poetry it inspired her to write. Her book is called ,The Heidelberg Project: A Street of Dreams . Mrs. McLean likens her poetry and Tyree Guyton's art to one of our class favorite books, The Big Orange Splot. We had a lot of fun learning about the project, listening to her poems and....making our OWN Dotty Wotty Houses! Thank You Mrs. McLean!
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Article posted March 28, 2010 at 11:29 PM GMT0 •
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We had a visit from a police officer! Officer Moore from the Wixom Police Department answered a lot of our questions and explained so much about his job. Thanks for coming to kindergarten!
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Article posted March 22, 2010 at 03:10 AM GMT0 •
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On pajama day we could wear our pjs, slippers and robes. We brought blankets or towels to lay on, stuffed animals and books to read. We had some special readers and enjoyed BEAUTIFUL last-day-of-winter weather out on the playground. What a GREAT day!
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Article posted March 22, 2010 at 02:29 AM GMT0 •
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While I was in Grand Rapids learning about great new technology tools, teaching educators how to blog AND bragging about my blogging kindergartners, the kids had green eggs and jam with Mrs. Route. I wanted to know what the kids thought about the eggs!
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Here are the girls singing, "I'm a Little Leprechaun".
**Here's a hint that I hope works for you--play the video twice. The first time it pauses for buffering but the second time may play smoothly. It did for me at home.**
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Article posted March 16, 2010 at 02:19 AM GMT0 •
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The Foot Book got us talking about measurement! We used our feet to measure the distance from our seats to different things in the room. Looks like fun!
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Do you know the Dr. Seuss story of Daisy Head Mayzie? One day a DAISY grows out of her head! Believe it or not, the SAME THING happened to the kids in Room 2 one day!
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Article posted February 13, 2010 at 04:53 PM GMT0 •
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We had a great Valentine lunch in our classroom complete with pizza, brownies, cookies, rice krispy treats, frosting, sprinkles and juice! After that, we opened our Valentines! THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED PROVIDE FOR THE PARTY!!!
You might notice, your child's Valentines have "stamps" that have been "cancelled". I'm kicking myself for not taking pictures...but this is what we did: The kids bought stamps for a penny a piece, stamped their valentines, placed them in the mailbox and put the flag up. Postal workers brought the mail to the post office. Inside the post office, workers cancelled the stamps. Postal delivery workers delivered the mail into the mailboxes. A lot of good name reading took place!
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Article posted February 12, 2010 at 02:25 AM GMT0 •
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What fun we had! Thanks to all of the wonderful parents out there who helped their children practice their nursery rhyme and the songs/poems. Thank you for sending such wonderful, FUN-loving kinder-kids to me every day! It's a joy to be able to share with you some of the fun we have together. Thanks, too, for the wonderful goodies that were sent in. (I'm all brownied out!)
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Article posted February 10, 2010 at 10:10 PM GMT0 •
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What did you do today? I enjoyed all the SNOW! Penelope and I took a couple walks and I spent some time with a couple teacher friends. Leave a comment (all you blog readers!) about your SNOW DAY.
Here are a couple pictures of the snow on my deck.
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Article posted February 6, 2010 at 10:55 PM GMT0 •
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On February 1st we conducted a survey to find out who thought the Groundhog would see his shadow and who thought he wouldn't. Well, it was a cloudy day in SE Michigan on Groundhogs Day but according to the news, he DID see his shadow! :( Bummer. Six more weeks of winter.
On February 1st we conducted a survey to see who thought the Groundhog would see his shadow and who thought he wouldn't. It was cloudy in SE Michigan on February 2nd but the news report said he DID see his shadow! Bummer....six more weeks of winter!
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Article posted February 6, 2010 at 10:43 PM GMT0 •
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Every year around the 100th day of school, the kindergartners at our school run a community service project. This year we decided to raise money for Haiti. On the 100th day of school each kinder kid will bring in 100 pennies. We'll do some fun counting activities with those pennies then we will donate them to help the victims of the horrible earthquake in Haiti.
In these pictures you can see us delivering some donation cans to classrooms in the school. We're asking EVERYONE to help Haiti.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 02:16 AM GMT0 •
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Math is so much fun when you can EAT when you're learning! We started out sorting our M & Ms by color then did some addition work. We know that addition uses a "plus" sign that looks like a "t". We know that when you add, you count to find out how many you have ALL TOGETHER. Learning to WRITE the addition sentences with the PLUS and EQUALS signs is a little tricky. So....we'll be doing this over and over again with different things to EAT!
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One of our PE teachers invited another elementary school's jump rope team to our school. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the jumpers. They were really amazing! We worked together to compose this Thank You note. (Check out the cute little jumpropers at the bottom of the note.)
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Our F*A*B*U*L*O*U*S secretaries, Mrs. May and Ms. Birdseye, surprised the staff one chilly afternoon with home-made cookies and a hot cup of coffee to go along with it! Yum!
You're the BEST! Thank You!
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We ended the year with a BANG and a LOT of noise! Goodbye 2009 ~ Hello 2010! Thanks to all our wonderful, generous parents and grandparents for a fabulous New Year party! See you "next year".
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We took the bus to the Marquis Theater in Northville to see a live production of Pinnochio. The teachers knew the actress playing "Jeremy (yes, Jeremy) Cricket". She came down to us after the show. Great job Kayleigh!
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After chasing the Gingerbread Men for a week, we got our final clue: Go to where you eat your lunch. (I'm embedding the slideshow as is but am not completely satisfied with it! I tried to rearrange the photos in better order but ran into trouble so, as I always tell the kids, TRY YOUR BEST. I did and this is what I got!) Enjoy!
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Here is a Voicethread of the developing GB Man mystery! It's not as complete as I'd like it to be but...there just isn't enough time in the day! Regardless, we had SO MUCH FUN looking for clues and chasing down those sneaky GB men.
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Article posted December 1, 2009 at 06:46 PM GMT0 •
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Turn up your volume and enjoy our first Voice Thread project all about patterns. We'd love for you to leave a comment! All you have to do is sign up ~ completely free!
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We have had so much fun with this book! Mrs. Wishy Washy's animals LOVE going in the mud. Mrs. Wishy Washy likes them to be clean. She scrubs them but when she returns to the house, guess what the animals do! "Oh! Lovely mud!"
We had a special snack of "mud" (chocolate pudding) and animal crackers. We also made our own Mrs. Wishy Washys.
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Article posted November 22, 2009 at 09:00 PM GMT0 •
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It's hard to believe, but we've been in school for 50 days already! We made necklaces (and ate them) for snack in the morning with 50 pieces of Apple Jacks cereal. (Sorry--no pictures of that!) In the afternoon, we practiced making 50 tally marks on our white boards. I was SOOO impressed with their tally marks that I suggested a Tally Mark March! We marched and showed off our great work in all of the first grade, second grade and kindergarten classrooms. We even went to show the principal but he wasn't in. The secretaries were there, of course, and were VERY impressed!
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Today I was in Clinton Township at the Macomb County ISD. I attended technology workshops and even presented one on blogging. Here I am with Mrs. Stoll and Miss Phillips, my co-presenters.
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Wow! What a day! We had a special ghostly snack in the morning. This prompted us to sneak into several classrooms and the cafeteria making "ooooooooo" sounds; then we all yelled "BOO!" The fun continued with adding the final ingredients to our Witches Brew, some Halloween bingo and then COSTUMES, THE PARTY and THE PARADE! Happy Halloween everyone!
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Article posted October 28, 2009 at 03:49 AM GMT0 •
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What a GREAT GOOEY MESSY STICKY WONDERFUL time we had carving pumpkins! Thanks to all who came in to help us and thanks for all the pumpkins that were brought in!
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Here we are, working on writing the letter "E". We know you make a big line down, little line (across the top), little line (across the middle), little line (across the bottom). We're using a tiny wet sponge to trace over a chalk-written E, then we go over it again with a wet finger(WET), then we go over it again with a paper towel (DRY), then we write it ourselves (TRY) with chalk. Wet, dry, try!
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Even though it was rainy outside, it didn't take away any of the fun from the Fun Run! We got Wildcat tatooes, a group photo, warmed up with Ms. Perkovich, then we RAN AND RAN AND RAN AND RAN! We finished with a nice, juicy apple and water bottle. THANKS PTA FOR A WONDERFULLY FUN fundraiser!
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Motor Moms is a program that gets kids moving! They jump, they roll, they throw, they bounce...they do all sorts of wonderful things that help with balance and body awareness ~ which all leads to SUCCESS IN SCHOOL!
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Every Monday morning, we go to the computer lab for about an hour. We have worked with several different programs already. Did you see a colorful Elmer the Elephant come home as well as a beautiful pumpkin? That's from Kidpix. We've also gone on the internet to Starfall and we've worked on another program called Millie and Bailey. Ask your kindergartner what they like best about working in the lab.
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"When do we get to go out, Mrs. O?" If I hear this once, I hear it 100 times a day! We ALL love it when we go out for fresh air, sunshine and lots of running around.
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Did you know you can write most of the capital letters using only four different lines? There is Big Line, little line, Big Curve and little curve. We are getting familiar with wood pieces and even polishing them as we sing a wood piece polishing song. These wood pieces will help us learn how to write the letters. And....where do you start your letters? AT THE TOP!
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The Word Wizard is one of our coveted classroom jobs. Each day the Wizard chooses five words for us to write on our white boards. The Wizard gets to write the words on Mrs. O's big easel. We are learning how to write words like "cat", "dog", "Mom", "Dad", "stop", "go", "book" and "pizza"! We make tally marks in the corner of our board to keep track of how many words we've written. (If Mrs. O forgets to have Word Wizard time one day, we'll write 10 words the next day!) Besides tally marks, we're doing a little addition and subtraction while we count the number of words we've written and figure out how many more we need to write.
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Here we are, reading from our Book Boxes. We're learning how to point to each word on the page and go left to right. We're starting to find words we know from our Word Rings!
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Zachary surprised us with a very special snack this morning! His dad went to the Apple Orchard yesterday with Zachary's brother on a field trip. He bought donuts and cider for our class! THANK YOU!!!
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Have you heard of the little red house with no doors and no windows and a star inside? Mrs. O read the story while we enjoyed eating the apples we brought in for graphing.
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Some of the best learning happens when food is involved! We made our own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom palm trees with celery, peanut butter or cream cheese, spinach, raisins and (since I couldn't find Alpha Bits) Apple Jacks. Yum!
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"Elmer the elephant, a colorful character because of his patchwork hide and sense of humor, tries to blend in with the herd, but soon realizes that he's happiest just being himself." (from book description on Amazon.com)
We used watercolors to paint our own Elmers and thought about what makes each one of us unique, just like Elmer.
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Article posted October 6, 2009 at 03:18 AM GMT0 •
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I read the story, "Swimmy" by Leo Lionni and taught the kids how to draw fish. We practiced drawing them on our white boards then drew one in our sketch books. We used regular orange goldfish crackers and one pretzel goldfish (for the eye, just like Swimmy) to cover the fish in our sketch books. They were just like the giant fish that Swimmy and his friends learned how to make together to keep them safe from big fish in the ocean.
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Article posted September 28, 2009 at 07:32 PM GMT0 •
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Of course, sharing is something we talk about a LOT in school! This is a hilarious book about kindergarten kids sharing EVERYTHING! Ask your child if they can tell you what happens in the story.
Article posted September 28, 2009 at 07:32 PM GMT0 •
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Mrs. O
