Spring is here!

This past week we spent a lot of time working on paintings that are symmetrical.  We made paintings of "spring things" and hung them in our classroom windows on the first day of spring!  Can you spot the line of symmetry in each painting?  I bet your child can!

   

On Friday, we enjoyed our school's Jazz Band performance in the gym.  The "big kid" performers were amazingly talented and put on an excellent show for us to enjoy.  We were all mesmerized during the performance, and we were very happy to be invited!  Thanks, Jazz Band!

eagerly waiting for the show to begin!

In math, we have using games to talk about addition and subtraction.  You'll get a chance to learn more about these games, but rest assured we are having lots of fun learning through them!

We are in the middle of our six week weaving program with Karen Ressel (and wonderful parent volunteers)!  The children are really picking up on it and are moving right along, enjoying this creative process.  It is great fine motor practice, as well as practice for following directions and having patience.  We all make mistakes, and that is OKAY- this is important for all of us to remember!

Finally, just a few sweet moments during the week:

livening up snack time with a read aloud- all by themselves!

Boys: "Will Mrs. Fournier give us 4 recesses today?"

For the record, the magic 8 ball said, "Ask again later."

St. Patrick's Day

Friday was lots of fun, for the kids and for me too!  Almost everyone wore shades of green, tried soda bread, learned Irish step dancing and searched high and low for the mischievous leprechaun who wrecked our classroom before school started.  Here are some shots of the day...

hiding from the leprechaun, seeing if we could lure him back!

refueling with soda bread.. yum!

pretty content, i'd say!

some first grade friends performed irish step dancing wonderfully :)

lots of us learned a beginner reel!

1,2,3,4,5,6,7 hop 2,3 hop 2,3...

I might've been a little TOO into it...

awesome and appropriate share, Liam!

In the afternoon, Eliza's mom came to Guidance and shared information about massage therapy with our class.  It was lots of fun to hear about her career and think about what we might be when we grow up!

Where to begin?

When there is almost a full month between blog posts, it is a bit daunting to figure out what to include and what to pass over.  We have done so much these past few weeks, so instead of focusing on one day or event I am going to provide some highlights, in the form of a list Top Five Kindergarten Moments Since February 27, 2012 :)

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Today, we got to learn about how we can participate in the Science Fair, which will be on April 12, 2012.  We were VERY interested in this, as we are all scientists in this classroom!

4.  We had SNOW to play in!  For one day, but it was better than nothing.  Recess that day was pretty awesome!  The slide goes very fast with snow and snowpants :)

In fact, recess was so fun it inspired Mrs. Fournier to go home and have recess with her dog!  It'd be fun if he came to school sometime...

3.  On Dr. Seuss Day, Miss Colby- I mean, Thing 2- came and read us The Cat in the Hat.  We decided Dr. Seuss is a wonderful author that we all enjoy!

2. We are illustrators!  We have really been working on "Think" and "Draw" in our writing process...

1. ...and of course we know that the last step is Think, Draw... WRITE!  Our writing skills grow each day, and I am so proud of what we are producing these days.  I can't wait to see how much more we grow from now until the end of the year :)

Stay tuned for what I promise will be more frequent and equally exciting blog updates :)

Thanks!
~Mrs. Fournier