How are we already at the last week of school?? Time surely flies when we’re having fun! We’ve had lots of fun this week celebrating our year full of learning and playing together!
Kindergarten Countdown: The end of the year is approaching so quickly…I can’t even imagine saying goodbye to this incredible class, but I wanted to make our last few days together as special as possible! We are counting down to the end of kindergarten by spelling it out. Each day, we pop a balloon to find out about a special activity, treat, or reward for the day. When we pop the last balloon in the word “kindergarten,” our class will be ready to go to first grade! Here’s the fun we’ve had so far:
K is for Kick off Your Shoes! No shoes for the day.
I is for Ink pens! Kindergarteners got to write with their own pen all day and even take it home with them.
N is for New Names! Each kindergartener got to pick a brand new name to be called for the entire day. What a hilarious time we had in the classroom trying to remember everyone’s new names! We had everything from Abby to Food Man, Mr. K, Flag, and many more. The kids decided I needed a new name, too, and I let them decide on what it should be….they picked Ms. Mom (because they accidentally call me that often)! What a sweet bunch of littles I’m lucky enough to teach.
D is for Drawing! We did quite a few drawing projects today as a wrap-up for our year…scrapbook pages for Miss Hutchison, a book for Mrs. Brouwer (she is retiring), some additional crafts, drawing with chalk, and more!
E is for Experiments! We had a blast with some science fun today! Here are the 5 science projects we made: oobleck (quicksand), slime, Diet Coke & Mentos explosion, twirly whirly milk, and catapults. The kindergarteners thought this was the most fun day ever!
R is for Recess and Relays! We had extra recess today, and during our extra recess we had some relay race fun with crab walks, hopping on one foot, and more.
G is for Games! We played games all morning long during our kindergarten olympics. We also played a game of giant UNO in the afternoon. Thank you so much to our parent volunteers for helping make this event go off without a hitch!! You can see lots of pictures from our Olympic Games here.
Mystery Reader: Lyla’s mom and younger siblings came to surprise our class as this week’s mystery readers! Thanks so much for visiting our classroom and reading with us!!
NOTES FOR PARENTS:
Things Coming Home: With only 4 and a half days left in the school year, your child’s backpack will likely be full every day this week with gym shoes, popcorn word books, pictures, class keepsakes, and more!! Keep a special eye out for a LARGE MANILA FOLDER…this will have all of the important papers for you! I’ll post more about this folder next week.
UPCOMING DATES:
- Monday, June 4 – STEAM
- Tuesday, June 5 – P.E.
- Wednesday, June 6 – Music
- Thursday, June 7 – Art
- Friday, June 8 – Early Release @ 12:15pm, Last Day of School!