* A Very Lucky Day!

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* Making 10

We used 2 sided counters and ten frame mats to learn about "What can make ten?" Today was our Math Specialist's Birthday and we did a good job listening and learning. We learned there are many ways to make 10.

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* Character Education: Self Discipline

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Each month we are taught many great character education lessons from our friends Marvin and Jessie and our teachers. This month we are learning about Self Discipline. The kindergarten kids helped with the play this month! They did a great job!
Self Discipline:
1. Form Good Habits
2. Work Hard
3. Just Do It!
4. Stand up for your values.
Help your student understand these important ideas by talking about each one and helping him/her become self disciplined more and more each day.

* Big Learning Board

One of our favorite teaching and learning tools in our classroom is our InterWrite Interactive Learning Board. We call it the "Big Learning Board!"

This board brings power to our learning. We can bring the world into our classroom in a really BIG way. The big board is like a supersize on the wall computer.

This photo is a simple way of telling us it is time to put our coat and backpack on and ready ourselves to go home. This gives our teacher power to use her time and voice to help us in other ways besides telling us what to do. This helps us learn to be observant in our learning environment as we must notice for ourselves what needs to be done and think and process for ourselves what we are being asked to do.

This is just one simple way we use this board to communicate and to learn.
This board is powerful. We are just learning how to use the board, and we know there are very big learning days ahead!

* Literacy Night 2009

Thanks for supporting our Literacy Night. Hours and hours of planning went into this special night! The volunteer teachers put in a 13 hour day... but it was worth it! It was great to see you and your family. We missed those who were unable to come.

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* Literacy Night! DON'T MISS IT!

We are getting ready for the big night!

***LITERACY NIGHT***

6:00-7:30 Tuesday March 3, 2009

Bring the whole family!

Meet Dr. Seuss Characters...

Refreshments

Games

FREE Book for everyone!

Book Making

Reader's Theatre

Story Telling

Battleship

Puppets

Music

Face Painting (In our Classroom!)

and MORE!

See you there!

* Kindergarten Birthday Traditions!

I used the school's digital to take these pics and video. This weekend I purchased a new personal camera (mine never showed up!)... so we are back in business... You may want to hit the mute button. There is a lot of noise in Kindergarten! Most days I go home and lock myself in my room for an hour just to get my ears cooled off! LOL. Every Birthday is SPECIAL!