KIndergarten Potluck Dinner -Save the Date

Richmond Elementary School 

Kindergarten Potluck Dinner   

Kindergarten families are invited to a potluck in the RES cafeteria on Thursday, October 24th from 5:30 - 6:30 pm. RES will provide plates and utensils.  

Please bring a dish to share!  

This is an opportunity for families to get together in a casual atmosphere!  We hope you can make it!

DATE: 10/24/19 

Thursday, 5:30 - 6:30 PM

LOCATION: RES Cafe

Harvesting Potatoes

Kindergarten children were impressive potato harvesters this morning.  Their digging skills can not be matched.  They picked hundreds of potatoes.  The children were amazed at the different sizes and shapes of the potatoes.  Thank you to all our volunteers for chaperoning our first field trip.  Thank you, Farmer Charlie, for giving us the opportunity to pick vegetables that will be donated to hungry Vermonters.  (Barber Farm is a non-profit farm in Jericho that gives their organic produce to Vermonters in need.)

In the Woods

Our class loves the time we spend in the woods!  We explored the woods and made discoveries about the different trees, leaves, bark, and pine cones.  We created unique structures and designs with sticks we found in the woods.  Some students chose to work alone and some worked in small cooperative groups.  All students shared their creations.  Many of the children were building homes for insects and other forest critters.

Gingerbread Watercolor Pictures

We watercolored large gingerbread people this afternoon.  Kindergarten artists took their time and did an amazing job painting!  Each gingerbread person was unique, just like the artists themselves.

Class Pajama Day

 Hooray for Pajama Day!

Thursday, September 19th

 

Our class has been working hard to follow our three school expectations: 

Respect Yourself Respect Others

   

Respect Your Environment

We will be having a class celebration of their hard

work on Thursday, September 19!  Scholars can wear their pajamas to school on this day. They should also wear sneakers.  (It is a PE day.)

Outdoor Exploration and Learning

What a great time we had outside in the fields and woods today!  We discovered so many things.  Kindergarten scientists looked closely on the ground, in the grass, and on the flowers.  They found snails, slugs, grasshoppers, worms, beetles, and caterpillars.  One of our students pointed out jewelweed and showed everyone how to pop long pods on the plant.  There was even a discussion about some holes we found.  One idea was that the holes were made by people searching for dinosaur bones.  I'm sure that we will continue to look for clues as to what made those holes. 

Math

Kindergartners worked on number recognition, counting, and ordering numbers today.  Students were amazing mathematicians!  They were such hard workers.

Reading with New Friends

Eighth graders from Camel's Hump Middle School came to visit us today.  We retold the story of 

Mrs. Wishy-Washy and acted it out with puppets.  Then our new friends read books to us.  

We all had a wonderful time!  Thank you, Ms. Stern, for coming over with your students.
Please click on the link below to check out our video.  

Reading With New Friends Video

Stuffed Animal Day

Our class had stuffed animal day today!  We earned stuffed animal day by working hard to learn and follow school-wide expectations.  Students brought in their stuffed animals from home.  They wrote about their animals and read to them at reading time.  Everyone enjoyed introducing their stuffed animal to the class.