Kindergarten Gingerbread Cookies

 Dear Families,

What an exciting week we have had!  We have been reading many different versions of Gingerbread Man, Boy, Girl, Pirate, friends, etc.  On Wednesday we rolled out, cut, and decorated our own gingerbread cookies.  A big thank you to Chef Danielle for making the gingerbread dough and separating it into 60 balls for students to roll out.  Unfortunately, when we went to get our gingerbread cookies on Thursday afternoon we learned that the cookies had run away!  We had to chase them all over the school grounds.  We knocked on classroom windows and found clues that let us know the gingerbread cookies had passed by.  Our class even had to search the playgrounds and outdoor classroom spaces.  We couldn't find our cookies anywhere.  Luckily, Mr. Rector came out with a net.  He searched again and found our cookies.  We were so happy to have our cookies returned to us.  Thank you, Mr. Rector.

Book Character Celebration Today

                    What a great celebration today!   Kindergarten students dressed as their favorite book characters.  Many students brought in a book with their character in it or searched the classroom library for one.  This was a fun way to celebrate following our school expectations of Respecting Ourselves, Respecting Others, and Respecting the Environment.

                                                   

                                          

                                          

First Snowfall

Our kindergarten class was excited to see snow falling today.  We ran outside without our jackets on.  What fun we had running around in the snow.  We even tried to catch snowflakes on our tongues. 

Pumpkin Fun

 Thank you families for all of the pumpkins you donated to our class.  We have been measuring the height and the circumference of our pumpkins.  We even counted the lines on our pumpkins and the number of seeds inside.  It was exciting to discover that pumpkins float, even large ones.  Students are enjoying all of our pumpkin activities.

Science Fun

 A big thank you to Ms. Carly and Ms. Lauren, our UVM interns, for the engaging science lessons they taught today.  We learned the difference between wild and domestic animals (pets).  We also learned about animal homes.  

Silly Hair Day

We had lots of fun today admiring all of the silly hair in our classroom and school!  Kindergarten students were excited about earning this school-wide celebration for following school rules and expectations. 

Leaf People and Animal Creations

 We spent quite a bit of time outside today.  We read the book Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert.  In the book, Leaf Man travels over orchards, mountains, rivers, animals, etc.  He goes wherever the wind blows.  We hope you enjoy our Leaf Creations.  It might be fun to watch the video with your child and see if they can identify their creation.