Friday, March 4th!

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We’ve made it to 102 days of Kindergarten!!! It was hard to believe this week that we met with the future Kindergarten parents (Tuesday night was Kindergarten Orientation) while Wednesday and Thursday we celebrated 100 and 101 days of Kindergarten! This was a fantastic week to be a part of Room 301.

On Monday we got back into the routine of being at school and in Kindergarten! (This took us a few reminders). On Wednesday we welcomed two VERY special guests to our classroom Sandy Richards George, Executive Director of the Foundation for Excellence, came to see how the $3750 in grant money has been used with the SmartBoard and related accessories! This was a pretty powerful morning for Sandy as well as for our Kinderkids. Sandy was able to see our morning routine (calendar, checking the weather, making patterns, counting the days with base-10 blocks and even how we can read books on the Smartboard) and watch how independent the kids are when working on the board in different parts of the day. Nathan Hartwick, district Videographer, was also present capturing every moment on film to show WL District parents and donors. To say thank you, we made a short video that I am working to get on the blog for you to see. This video will be featured on the Foundation for Excellence’s Webpage in the next few weeks! Talking with Sandy and showing her how much we love our Smartboard it became increasingly evident how dedicated Sandy and the Board of Trustees for the FFE are in getting technology into our classrooms. Let’s face it, the district is looking at a possible budget cut next year of over $20 million dollars. In a time where our state is not stable, it is pretty unique and special to have a foundation in the district that is able to help support our students. If you would like to help support the FFE please let me know or visit www.foundation4excellence.com.

Once our FFE visitors departed we had an active day celebrating 100 days of school with a snack that was made up of five different foods, counted by your child up to 100 pieces. We read stories like The 100th Day Worries and we counted up to 100 multiple times! Wednesday was also Dr. Seuss’ birthday and we celebrated this by reading lots of Seuss books, writing about our favorite book and telling why in stations. Several of our Workstations this week were centered around Dr. Seuss or the 100th Day of School.

On Thursday this week we celebrated the 101th day with a celebration in the Old Gym. You can click on the photo scrapbook above to see everyone in their “puppy” outfits, handmade by your very own child, I mean puppy dog! We had all sorts of stations ranging from crafts, to math, to reading, to snacks and games. A special thank you to all of the parents that helped to prepare the stations as well as work the stations on Thursday. A special thank you to parents who sent in donations of snacks, juiceboxes or in the case of Carly’s Mom, about 1000+ spots for the kids to put on their clothes (all four classes)!

Friday was a “normal” day in Room 301! Reading groups resumed, stations were explored and we looked back fondly at all of the fun we had this week!

Next Week’s Snack Leaders Include:

Monday: Nolan; Tuesday: Skylar; Wednesday: Geneva; Thursday: Gabby; Friday: Emma

Important Upcoming Date….

Way down the road, on Friday, April 1st we will be celebrating the month of March as March is Reading Month. A traditional part of this day is having your child dress up as their favorite book character and bringing the book to school. For instance, if you child LOVES Clifford books, you’ll want to send them to school dressed as “Clifford the Big Red Dog”. We will be sending home more information in the next few weeks but I wanted to give you a head’s up now so that you could start planning your child’s costume!