Terrific First Week!

 We had a successful first week of kindergarten! We have started to establish our classroom routines and have explored so many things in kindergarten. Due to the pandemic, the students have a lot of individual supplies to keep track of and we have been working on organizational skills with them to assist them in creating a work space that is conducive to help them achieve their best learning. Having desks in kindergarten is definitely a new concept for ALL of us but we are all getting adjusted to this new normal. 

Mrs. Kearney has been doing a wonderful job posting pictures and quick videos on our class Instagram account @pgkinder101. Please join our class so you can see these quick snapshots of our day. 

We all had a busy week in Room 101, hopefully some extra sleep can be caught up on over the weekend so we are all at our best to start our learning back up again on Monday!

Please check folders daily. This week we sent home our class list, our September Newsletter and a First Week update.

We colored.

We used our Lego kits.

We used our fidget kits.

We made September calendars.

More coloring.

Fidget kits are a big hit.

Morning Message check-in.

We made ourselves for our
3 Little Pigs Retell.

Washing our hands when we
come in the classroom

We also worked on our individual
fine motor kits.

We all have been enjoying our snack and Morning
Meeting outside. We hope to continue this for a LONG TIME.
Please dress for the weather!

We learned about the Drawing Pad app on the iPad.

We have been practicing rainbow writing
and writing our names.

We have been working on our Color Books.

We have been learning about the 3 Little Pigs.
We made stick puppets and we started
making the pigs houses.

We have also been working hard on
our Nursery Rhyme books.

We read many different versions of the 3 Little Pigs.

We learned about ST Math and started working
on the ST Math app on the iPad.

Yea for the 1st Day!

We had amazing kindergartners today! All students tried their best adjusting to a new school after an extended summer. We were able to go through many expectations and rules in kindergarten. Mrs. Keaney and I were impressed at how well the students did. 

Mrs. Kearney and I were exhausted after our first day and I'm sure your kindergartner is too. Please try to get your child to bed early tonight. They will need some extra sleep the first few weeks of school until they adjust to the rigors of our kindergarten program. Below are some highlights of our day. You can see we were very busy. 

Remember that our color review starts tomorrow with RED! Please refer to the handout from our kindergarten orientation so your child can can wear the color of the day with us! We learned a lot about safety today, with wearing our masks, washing our and socially distancing to keep each other safe. We watched this video produced by the Burlington Science Center. Feel free to view it again with your child at home.

We also looked at this slideshow of all the members of Room 101 with their masks on and off! Tomorrow your child will bring home their own book to keep with all the members of our class wearing their masks and not wearing their masks. We hope this book will help your child learn to recognize their classmates. Please try to read this book with your child daily for a few weeks. Thanks for the help!

 

Successful Kindergarten Orientation!

 We had three successful sessions of our Kindergarten Orientation yesterday and today. We welcomed the kindergartners and their parents into our Pine Glen family. We are looking forward to wonderful year. We will have 13 students in our class. 

It has been great getting to know all of the families of our students through 

our Listening Conferences.  Please remember that Mrs. Kearney and I are 

available to communicate with our families whenever the need arises.  We are 

happy to schedule listening conferences in the coming week for anyone who 

may have missed out.

Reminders:

            1. Bedtime Story Google Meet- Sunday, September 13th at 6:30 p.m.
               
2.- Please return all forms and paperwork with your son and daughter

on Monday 9/14. Our first day of Kindergarten!

3- Green communication folders should be sent to school with your

                child each day.

Here are some highlights of our orientation sessions:

Welcome Back to Pine Glen

Hello everyone! Mrs. Agati, Pine Glen's Music Teacher has created a music video to welcome all the Pine Glen student back to school. We can't wait to see you all!

Photo Reminder

 

Hello Room 101 Families-

Please remember to email your photos to me! (I only have photos from two families so far.)

*** Photos to email to Mrs. Parnell as soon as possible. (by September 8th)***

1. Introductory photo for the blog

2. Head shot with and without a mask

3. Family photo that we can print and have available for our kindergarten students to see while at school.

All About Mrs. Parnell

Hello new 101 friends! I cannot wait to officially meet you. Here is a picture of my All About Me paper that I will share with all of you soon!  Please fill yours out and bring it to your orientation session on September 10th or 11th.