This week in kindergarten

This is an interesting and diverting week in many ways.  First off, be aware there is NO SCHOOL on FRIDAY, due to the statewide teachers inservice day.  We are heading to Kruger's Farm on Thursday and there will be a substitute on Wednesday while I am at a training session, Yesterday and today are relatively normal days, if you don't factor in the flood in Ms. Forst's room yesterday, and the impending beginning of pile-driving next week.

Speaking of pile driving...  As many of you know, our room has the best view of the future construction site and, probably, the most exposure to the noise of pile driving.  We are waiting until the noise begins to make a decision about what to do about this.  There are three options on the table at this point; 1) remain in our classroom, 2) move to the music room on the other side of the building, and 3) move to the open space on this side of the building.  We want to see what the relative noise levels are in each room before we make a decision.  

I am looking forward to our field trip on Thursday.  As of early this morning, we are only missing five permission forms.  Thank you to everyone who has expressed an interest in volunteering.  Please be at the Ramona by 9:30 or meet us at Kruger Farms at 10:15.  The weather forecast seems relatively grim -- periods of rain and temperatures in the 50's.  Please be sure to dress your child for rain, coolness and mud!

In the mean time, the work goes on...  We are enjoying our new centers, and slowly making progress in our writing and math. Our "quiet reading time" is growing quieter and more book centered.  We have read a slew of fun books and we had a great time with our reading buddies last week.

  

Finally, in my many years of teaching kindergarten, I have seen a lot of smuggling.  Students love to break the routine of kindergarten by sneaking in an assortment of items. Over the years I have seen countless Lego Star Wars figures and Pokemon cards, dolls, unicorns and even a live hamster!  But until yesterday, I have never had a student smuggle in a volume of poems by Robert Browning.

This weeks themes:
Theme Book: Dig Dig Digging
Other Books:  Farming
Letter study: Tt
Letters we know: Mm
New words: a, to (week 2)
Words we know: I, am, the, little
Writing: telling a story
Math: 10 frames
Song: TBD