Mrs. Grin's Kindergarten: March 2013

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Happy Halloween!

APRIL FOOLS!

I was fooled by a little friend this morning when he brought in a new reading bag for our class from his Nina. He told me

"Happy Halloween!"

We LOVE our new reading bag for October

but not for April!!!!!! So silly:)

Spring Break!!!

Please remember that we do not have school Friday, March 29 - April 5. School resumes on Monday, April 8th.

Running Club shirts arrived today! I am going to keep all of our shirts and give them their shirt on Monday, April 8th for our first day of Running Club. We will be taking lots of pictures to commemorate this event. I am going to ask every kindergarten friend to participate in our first day of Running Club on Monday, April 8th. Please be sure your child wears something that is comfortable for running:)

April Sharing Homework

Homework for the week of April 8-13: Bring in something that has to do with the ocean (pictures, postcard, sand, shells, ocean-related stuffed animal).

Homework for the week of April 15-19: Happy Earth! Reduce, reuse, recycle…Write a sentence telling how you reduce, reuse, or recycle at home. Bring your sentence and be prepared to tell us all about it!

Homework for the week of April 22-26: Free choice sharing. Bring in sharing of your own choosing.

Friday, March 22, 2013

It was SEW exciting...

We had a special visit from Zac's Nina this afternoon! Nina came and read us a story that she and Zac chose. The children also had the opportunity to personally thank her for making all of the wonderful reading bags for our class. Some of them told her which bag was their favorite and asked her how she comes up with ideas to make all of the different bags. She also surprised the children by bringing them bags of their very own! We are going to decorate the bags as a project and then the bags will come home! WOW! What an afternoon of surprises:)

It's a bird...It's a plane...It's Zac's Nina!!!

* If your child is not in the picture, he/she was either absent or cooking with Max's dad!

We enjoyed listening to her read to us!

Friday Cooking

A BIG thank you goes to Max's dad for coming to our classroom this afternoon for cooking. Our cooking friends made Spring Birds' Nests for all of us to enjoy! We LOVE our cooking volunteers! Thank you!!!

Trip Journals

Please email me at egrin@egrps.org if your child would like a trip journal for our upcoming spring break. Many children have asked me to make one for them. Other classmates have had trip journals when they have missed multiple days of school and then have shared their journal with the class when they returned to school. The children have really enjoyed this opportunity to share. If you would like a journal, please let me know:)

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Happy Spring!

Nina sent us another wonderful bag! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! To kick off the first day of spring, we enjoyed some Spring Oreo cookies as well:) The children were also excited that our new bag revealed the new chapter book read aloud, A Cricket in Times Square!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Guess WHO??

When you come to conferences you will see your child's painting displayed in our hallway. Please be sure to take your child's painting home with you after we meet:)

Parent/Teacher Conferences

I am looking forward to seeing you at conferences. Conferences are 15 minutes in length and are scheduled back-to-back, so please be on time. Conferences are on Thursday, March 21 from 3:45-6:00 and Tuesday, March 26 from 3:45-7:15. Please check your calendar for your assigned time. If you have any questions about your assigned date or time, please let me know.

Thank you:)

Friday Cooking

A BIG thank you goes to George's mom for coming to our classroom this past Friday for cooking. Our cooking friends made Goldfish Pizza for all of us to enjoy! We LOVE our cooking volunteers!Thank you!!!

The 120th Day of School!!!

We would not have it any other way than to celebrate our 120th Day of School

with none other than...ZERO THE HERO!!! He read a story, we sang our

special song, chanted our finger play, Five Enormous Dinosaurs,

and enjoyed counting out Bunny Munny! We had $4.11 in Bunny Munny!!!

Celebrate Reading!

We braved the cold weather and walked to the

East Grand Rapids Public Library for our visit!

We toured the library!

We know exactly where to return our books so that they are not late.

Miss Morgan shared some wonderful stories and finger plays with us:)

Miss Morgan showed us how to check out books from our library.

She even showed us how to print a receipt so we know which

books we checked out and when they are due back to the library.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Friday Cooking

A BIG thank you goes to Emma's mom for coming to our classroom this past Friday for cooking. Our cooking friends made Land and Sea Play Dough for all of us to use to practice our sight words:) We LOVE our cooking volunteers!

Monday, March 11, 2013

Author, Mike Artell Visits Lakeside

Mike Artell shared the many books he has written and illustrated.

He worked with the children on illustrating. He gave some wonderful drawing lessons!

The children enjoyed sharing the sketches they drew.

HURRAH!

It was great to see so many of you supporting our schools at HURRAH on Saturday. If you were not able to support our schools by attending, you may go to the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation website to discover more ways you can help. Please visit www.egrsf.org for more information.

Running Club

Running Club T-Shirt order forms are coming home today with oldest/only. Only one order form is needed per family. The kids are excited to wear their special Running Club shirts on Monday, April 8th for their first run!!!

Art to Remember due this Friday

Please remember to send in your child's Art to Remember packets this week. The order packets are due this Friday, March 15th.

March is Reading Month

Don't forget to choose your favorite book to recommend for our sharing homework this week! I will be taking your child's picture holding his/her favorite book so be sure to be prepared!

See details below:

Homework for the week of March 11-15: March is reading month! Bring in a book that you would like to recommend to your classmates. Please help your child come up with 2 - 3 reasons why he/she likes this particular book. We will use these recommendations for a writing project.

March Volunteers

If you would like to sign-up to volunteer in our classroom this month, please access the following link and choose an open date!

http://is.gd/kindergartenvolunteers

Thank you:)

Friday, March 8, 2013

Art to Remember

Art to Remember packets are coming home in your child's Friday Folder today. Inside of the envelope you will find a piece of your child's art work. You may have your child's art work make into a mug, a calendar, an ornament...the possibilities are endless. A portion of the money raised will go directly back into our kindergarten classrooms for art supplies. Orders are due back at school on or before March 15.

Lakeside Running Club

Please be sure to read the PDF that was emailed to you yesterday in regards to Running Club. Running Club begins on Monday, April 8th.

Art Gala Slide Show

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Annie Spirit Week Activities

Next week is our school performances of Annie Kids and Annie Jr. To have some fun leading up to the performances Lakeside is going to have some fun spirit days. See below for the schedule:

Monday : Sunshine Lollipops will be sold at lunch for .25 and .50!

“The sun will come out tomorrow” yellow day, so wear yellow from head to toe.

Tuesday: Sunshine Lollipops will be sold at lunch for .25 and .50!

Annie Red day, so wear lots of red!

Thursday: Sunshine Lollipops will be sold at lunch for .25 and .50!
During school performance on Annie Kids and Annie Jr.

Friday: Pajama day.!

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Creations Galore!

We love Magna-Tiles!

More Magna-Tile Creations!

Building with big blocks

More Magna-Tiles...

More big blocks...

Check these out!

Thumbs up for this creation!

Bead stringing is great for fine motor!

Another thumbs up to this Magna-Tile creation:)

Our Queen:)

Just can't get enough:)

Endless possibilities!

Day 110!

We eagerly anticipated Zero's visit today!

One friend thought he might have been out saving

people and that is why he came in the afternoon:)

The children had to guess which color gumball would come out of the gumball machine. If you guessed the correct color, you got ANOTHER turn. This friend guessed correctly and got 2 TURNS!!!

Everyone waited patiently to guess the gumball color!

Needless to say, everyone enjoyed their gumball:)

Zero the Hero is sooooo clever!

Monday, March 4, 2013

Our March Reading Bag!

Nina continues to outdo herself! We were surprised by another fabulous reading bag that we will enjoy using during the month of March. Many treasured stories will be found in this bag. The children were sooooooooooooooo excited when I told them that Nina sent another bag for our class. We are so lucky:)

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

Last Minute Art Gala Details...

Our Kindergarten Art Gala is tomorrow night, March 5^th, in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center at the high school. Our paintings are finished and the kids are very excited! Feel free to invite family and friends to this great night. The event will be open house style from 6:00-7:30 so come at whatever time works for your family and stay as long as you would like.

We have talked a lot about how this is a “fancy” event and are encouraging the kids (and adults too) to dress “fancy” the evening of the art gala.

On the night of the Art Gala please make sure to have your family picture taken at the photo area, find me to take a picture of your child and their artwork, and have your child sign a picture matte. This matte will be found on our designated class table.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help with set-up/clean-up and sent in food items. We could not do it without your help. Also, a special thanks to Lauren’s mom and Olivia’s mom for their help in organizing this event.

If you volunteered to bring in a food item or water, please make sure to drop it off at Lakeside tomorrow before the end of the school day.

See you tomorrow night!

Mrs. Grin