Happy Birthday to Me!

This past Monday (March 10) was my birthday. My kids and aide are so sweet. One parent surprised me with a cupcake cake. My aide also surprised me with a Dairy Queen cake and a bag of goodies. We ended up having a nice surprise party at the end of the day. The kids did a great job keeping it secret, too. It was a good birthday.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!

Sunday was Dr. Seuss' birthday. My kinders are celebrating this week for Read Across America. I dressed as the Cat in the Hat yesterday and taught all the lessons as the Cat. They loved it - especially my tail! Today, we made green eggs and ham for breakfast - another hit! We've been reading Dr. Seuss and watching some of the old animation movies. I love Dr. Seuss days.

From my Daddy

My Daddy is a great woodworker. This year, he made me a podium for my classroom. I don't use it too much to stand behind in kindergarten. It makes for great storage for my weekly lesson bins. He painted the front with chalkboard paint. This is great for me as I have to post my standards we are working on in the lesson plans. I can post them on the podium and the kids can see them.

Dinosaur School!

My district uses Incredible Years - Dinosaur School to teach about behavior and doing your best in school. This has helped my kinders as far as behavior. It also goes well with the Getting Along Together portion of SFA (Success for All) that is our reading program. I have dark skinned Wally and Molly puppets so I have named them Alfonso and Monique. My aide plays Alfonso while I do Monique and Dina. The kids love when the puppets come to visit.

100th Day of School!

We had so much fun this last week as we celebrated the 100th day of school. I started the day by fixing a very special 100 breakfast of sausage and pancakes. The lunch lady was wonderful in providing milk and fruit to round out our breakfast. My students were to bring in baggies of 100 items for our 100 museum. We also made posters with 100 drawings on them and did 100 exercises. It was a fun day. My aide provided the kids with 100 Day certificates, pencils, and stickers!

Busy Busy Bees

I have been busy making literacy centers for my kinders. First was a CVC word building center. I made the pictures with boxes for letter tiles. They really enjoy working with the tiles and building words. It has helped with their confidence in sounding out words and writing. You can find my CVC center on my TpT page here

My CVC word building center.

My other center I made with the help of my aide was rhyming word houses. They turned out so cute!. The kids separate pictures into houses depending on what they rhyme with. Such fun! I also have this on my TpT store. You can get it here . My aide made the houses out of milk cartons. I did have to resize the labels to make them fit the milk cartons. If you want the resized labels, let me know and I will get them to you.

Snow Globes!

We had a great time making snow globes. The kids had great ideas for living in a snow globe. Their writing is getting better.