Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Kindergarten students are bringing home a special project to share with their families.  After listening to the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr, and Eric Carle each scholar made a brown bear booklet and necklace to help retell the story.  They retold the story at school and are anxious to share the story at home as well.  Enjoy!

Day 2

Today we worked on learning hallway expectations at our school.  Ask a kindergarten student about rules for the hallway and they will share that we are quiet in the hallway, keep our hands on our own bodies, walk on the right side of the hallway, and stop at the purple paw prints.  If we see someone we know we can give them a silent wave and of course a big smile.  Another thing they might mention is that on day 2 they did a great job following RES hallway expectations and earned many links.  Nice job kindergartners.

First Day of School

The first day of school is always exciting for everyone, students and teachers alike.
We had a fantastic start to our school year!  Kindergarten scholars enjoyed making and wearing first day of kindergarten crowns.  We even had time to read some of the books in our individual book bins.  Most of all we had fun playing together and getting to know each other.

Kindergarten Orientation

Thank you kindergarten students and families for coming to kindergarten orientation.
It was wonderful to see so many of you this morning.  Despite the heat everyone had a
good time playing with new friends and seeing the classroom.
See you next Wednesday, August 26 for our first full day of kindergarten.

Making Ice Cream

We want to thank Hilary Redman, farm to school coordinator, for coming into our class and making ice cream with us.  This was a nice connection and follow up to our visit to the Farr Farm.  We loved the vanilla ice cream.  It was quite yummy!

Field Trip to the Farr Farm

The weather cooperated long enough on Wednesday for us to visit the Farr Farm in Richmond.  Erin Farr and Isaac showed us the barn, cows, robotic milking machine, farm equipment and feed.  We enjoyed feeding the cows, petting the baby calf and exploring the farm.  It was interesting watching the robotic milking machine milk cows.
We want to thank Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) for sponsoring our field trip to the farm.  They covered the cost of transportation and a farmer stipend.  Thank you to Erin and Ashley Farr for corresponding back and forth with our class this year and for allowing us to visit their farm.  Thank you to the parent volunteers who helped chaperone our trip.  We learned a lot and had a great time.

Kindergarten Biking

On Monday Mr. Godfrey, our wonderful Physical Education teacher, organized a presentation on bike safety.  Dan Manz, from Essex Rescue, spoke to all kindergarten students about biking.
On Tuesday, Mr. Godfrey, kindergarten assistants and parent volunteers, assisted our class in biking around the closed off loop in the parking lot.  Students were able to practice the safety skills they were taught and had a lot of fun in the process.