The lastest and greatest

Our classmate Jodie is heading off to a new

hive....Meadowlark! We had a fun party

for her and made a great class book.

Mrs. Pederson came in for the party too.

We'll miss you Jodie!

We continue to work hard on understanding

"and" means + and "is" means =.

Fun times out at recess.

One of the better shots of our sneaky St. Patrick

Day leprechan. As Mrs. Bauer says, "A leprechan

is not to be trusted."

Tuesday is our class picture day! If your child would

like to purchase a picture send them in with $8.

Also, primary (K-3) is winning with the coin drive for

St. Judes Childrens Hospital. Keep the coins

coming in!

Have a great week and we'll see you at your

conference time.

St. Patrick's Day events and outdoor fun

St. Patrick's Day was such a hit for the Bees!

Many came in very excited about the leprechan

visiting their home! Little did we know he was

planning a visit later in our day. He briskly danced

a jig through our classroom leaving it a disaster!

He was redeemed by the Lucky Charms snack he left

the kids! This is how they felt about the mess he left!
Our Bees got right to cleaning and this was the
best shot I could get of the wreckage.

A few of the fellas playing. I had taken a bunch of

other picutures but something was wrong with

them and would not download. More to come next

week!

We've been busy (as usual) discussing money and

working on our new reading group books!

Mrs. Pederson and I were very impressed with all of

the kid's progress made in reading. They are such

hard workers and it's so much fun to watch them grow!

Nuts and Bolts:

1. You'll be receiving your date and time for conferences

very soon! Thank you for returning the slips so promptly!

2. THANK YOU to everyone who brought in snack for the

kids, we greatly appreciate it!

3. The leadership team is sponsoring a money drive. They

are trying to raise money for St. Judes Children's Hospital. If

you'd like to donate go ahead and send it with your children

and we'll make sure it get in the bucket! Thank you to those

who have already sent money in! The kids are having a blast with

this event. They have such big hearts!

School Carnival

Our Busy Bees had a wonderful time at the school carnival.

Thank you to Michael and Janae Ruiz for donating a beautiful art basket to the kindergarten classroom. The kids are enjoying the new items in the Art Center.

Note: Please consider sending more snack items with your child. We are on our last couple boxes of crackers.

What we're up to...

Our Bees continue to buzz ever so swiftly!

Learning not only fun and interesting new information

but also how to keep our hands to ourselves. LOTS

of conversations about using our words and not our

hands to communicate frustration. I know

Mrs. Pederson is an old pro at Kindergarten but

I'm still figuring it out. I've learned it's all about

teaching BOUNDARIES! I am a life long learner!

We're currently learning the different ways to make

numbers. Basically the first step to understanding

addition.

Working on spelling.

Very hard workers thinking about what letter sounds

make up words.

Celebrating our good 'ol friend Dr. Seuss's Birthday.

Feeling goofy.

Creating ways to make halves and fourths.

Creative art, with word wall words.

Writing about some of our favorite things.

It's been a great week!

Stay tuned for new adventures next week!