Nature Walk

On Wednesday we went on a nature walk with Ms. P from the Burlington Science Center. Ms. P. introduced us to living and non-living things along our nature walk. We saw some thing that were living- trees, insects, plants, chipmunks, birds, moss, bees, etc. We also saw some things that were non-living- rocks, litter, leaves, bridges, etc. We learned that things need to be able to move, breathe and grow to be living. This is a difficult concept for young children to grasp. We will be working on this concept throughout this year. Students should be able to tell you about a thing and then be able to prove to you how they know it is living or non-living

Pine Glen's Hoot Card System & Student Notes of Affirmation

The kindergartners had an assembly with Pine Glen's guidance counselor Mrs. Tilton. She introduced the kindergartners to Pine Glen's Hoot Card System. She explained to the students and encouraged them to:

“Make WISE Choices”

• Work to be APPROPRIATE
• Important to be SAFE

• Strive to be KIND
• Everyone Matters!

Teachers are like OWLS:

• Observant
• Wise
• Listening
  
  
  Hoot cards can be given out by any staff in common areas (hallways, cafeteria etc.) to any student. Hoot cards should be placed in the buckets outside the conference room. On Thursday afternoon, a student will be randomly chosen from each grade to be the Hoot of the Week. The students chosen will be announced on Friday morning over the loudspeaker, they will be called down, receive a pencil and a picture.
  
  
  

At Pine Glen Elementary School everyone matters. Friday morning every student at Pine Glen Elementary School arrived and saw a note above their cubby from their teacher. The teacher's note to each student communicated why they were special and unique. We shared these special notes of affirmation Friday afternoon. The students were pleased to be recognized for their efforts in kindergarten. We are so proud of our kindergartners!

We had a BUSY Week 2!

Here are some pictures from our 2nd week of Kindergarten. We had a BUSY week. We practiced some things we learned from last week and did some new things! As you can see we did a lot. So if your students was tired you can see why. Mrs. Kearney and I were exhausted!  Remember getting lots of rest is important.

We practiced writing numerals 1, 2 & 3 this week.

We worked on our Nursery Rhyme books- Little Jack Horner (purple)

Rainbow Writing!

Nursery Rhyme book- The Man in Brown

Matching the rhymes with the Rhyming Houses.

We read our first Let's Find Out Magazine on School Rules.

We started our next book- An Apple Tree Through the Seasons- Winter Tree

Spring Tree

Coloring the cover to the Nursery Rhyme book.

We continued our work on ST Math.

We played a memory game with all our houses and pictures of our classmates.

First Edition of Our Kindergarten News!

We had a whole group lesson on how to be Word Detectives on Thursday morning.  On Friday, we each got our own newspaper and we were Word Detectives.  We completed the word hunting for the first page at school.  There are two more pages that can be completed at home and then the Bb song is attached to the back.  The students use a different color marker to circle each of the news high frequency words. The Kindergarten News was addressed at Pine Glen's Open House and information was given to parents about how to read the news with their child.  Please refer to the packet if you have questions about the news.  The students were challenged to complete the news for homework. It is in the RED homework folder. If the students complete the Kindergarten Highlights page according to the kindergarten journal expectations a prize will be earned!  (See page in the news) We hope we have some students complete this challenge.  Please send the RED homework folders in by Friday so the next set of homework can be sent home. Your child can also highlight all the Bbs in the song and circle the to words.  Remember we circle the word to with a dark blue marker, crayon or colored pencil. 

We are 3 Little Pig Experts!

We have completed our mini unit on the 3 Little Pigs. We have read many different versions of the story. We have compared and contrasted the similarities and differences in the books and we are 3 Little Pig Experts now! We made the 3 Little Pigs houses and stick puppets for the 3 little pigs and the big bad wolf. We told the students they should have a puppet show and retell the 3 Little Pigs story to their families. We were lucky enough to have some parents share the videos. As you can see the Kindergartners in Room 101 are EXPERTS! We are so proud of their efforts!

The books we read.

The houses and stick puppets we made.


Connor


Taylor


Garrett


Sebastian


Gabby


Zoe


Jackson


AJ


Matthew


Ben


Pranila


Nikki