I know the planets! How about you?

 

 In January we studied the planets. This was such a fun unit! 

Here are some interesting facts we learned along with our planets song. Enjoy!

• Tucker - Pluto is a dwarf planet
• Wilkes - Neptune has rings
• James - Neptune has a blue spot on it
• Matthew - the Sun is a star but not a planet
• Wills - we thought that Saturn had 3 rings but it really has millions
• Chrishton - Jupiter is a gas giant
• Jude - Jupiter has the big red spot
• Alex - Jupiter can fit all the other planets in it
• West - there are no clouds on Pluto
• Palmer - comets fly past earth
• Marcus - Venus has clouds
• Houston - Mercury is closest to the Sun 
• Charlie - Uranus has rings but you cannot see them
• George - Pluto is a gas planet

Be My Valentine!

Valentine's Day is a fun time in kindergarten. We make boxes for our Valentine cards and have a celebration. This is also a time to think about what and who we love. Here are some people/things we love and why. Happy Valentine's! 

James - I love my Transformers because they fight the bad guy Transformers.
Wilkes - I love my dog Rosie because she plays with me.
Charlie - I love Poptropica because you get to go in graveyards.
Palmer - I love my mom, dad and brother because my brother plays with me and my parents take care of me.
Chrishton - I love my mom, dad and sister because we go on trips together.
Jude - I love my XBox because you get to play multi-player on it.
Jackson - My brother Jerry because he plays basketball with me.
Thomas - I love my Wii because I get to play Star Wars, Indiana Jones or Kids Bob on the Wii.
Alex - I love my sister because she is real crazy and fun.
West - I love my family because they are nice to me.
Matthew - I love my dog Esko because I can give him bacon.
Wills - I love my friend Coleman because I have known him since I was born.
Tucker - I love West because he plays Star Wars Puppy with me.
George - I love my dog Maggie because she knocks me out of my chair and tickles me.
Houston - I love my cat Maddie because every time I get on the couch to watch something she sits on me.

Mrs. Ripper - I love Mr. Ripper because he is my best friend.
Mrs. Perry - I love Mr. Perry and baby Jack because the are my favorite guys.

What do you want to blog about?

We are having a brainstorm session this morning about the blog. We have checked our views, looked up some of the locations of our new viewers and now we are trying to figure out what to blog about next. Here are some ideas from our class! We will choose one and write about it in our next post. The list kept going and going! Do you brainstorm in your class? If so, let us know! 

Wilkes - Dinosaurs
Tucker - Star Wars
Wills - Space
Chrishton - Thanksgiving
Alex - Groundhog Day
West - Rockets
Marcus - Race cars
Houston - Universe
James - Mega force Jets
Charlie - Space, Planets and Rockets
Palmer - Valentine's Day
Tucker - Christmas
Jude - Easter

Wilkes - The Golden Dragon from Lego Ninjago

West - The American Flag

Matthew - The Planets and God

Marcus - Mardi Gras and Beads 

Wills - Money

Jackson - Space

George - What it is like in Heaven. 

Houston - How big is a bunny rabbit?

Palmer - Easter Bunny

James - Battle Force 5

Tucker - God and the Bible

Wills - Holidays

West - Pets

Palmer - How did God create the Earth? 

Wilkes - How did Moses part the waters?

Thomas - What do angels look like?

Jude - Who created the Bible?

West - volcanos

Houston - Snowmen 

Marcus - Battle

Alex - Planets

Tucker - Chess

West - Family

Palmer - Cement

Wills - Gravity

Jude - God

Marcus - Toys

George - Sight Words

Houston - Weight

Jackson - the sun

Chrishton - the galexy

Houston - symmetry

Jude - cats

James - Mario Cart

Tucker - Class Blogs

Palmer - Fruits and Vegetables

Jude - Everything, even families and pets

Houston - 100 Days

Marcus - Candy

Wilkes - the Super Bowl

Wills - the coldest day of my life

Tucker - soccer 

Palmer - how God made grass

Houston - how to make a sweater

Jude - Earth

Alex - basketball

James - the Wii

Marcus - sports

Happy 100th Day!

Today is a big day in Kindergarten! We are celebrating our 100th day. Today will be full of 100th day activities, snacks, book and fun. Just for fun, here are some silly 100th day facts about us. 

I wish I had 100:
Matthew - Moms
Wills - Akbash dogs
Hyde - dollars
Chrishton - iPads
West - Lego Toys
Wilkes - swimming pools
James - pirate ships to sail to every island on earth
Marcus - Cocker Spaniel dogs
George - Hershey kisses
Mrs. Ripper - pairs of shoes

I think I can eat 100:
Marcus - pasta noodles
Thomas - pieces of watermelon
Charlie - meatballs
Wilkes - chocolate chip cookies
Wills - pieces of cheese ravioli
Mrs. Perry - potato chips
Jackson - Dominoes cheese pizzas
West - pieces of chocolate cake with vanilla icing
Chrishton - chocolate candies
James - pieces of grilled salmon
George - pieces of bubble gum

If I had $100 dollars I would:
West - buy $100 worth of Legos
James - a disco ball
Wilkes - buy a mansion
Alex - buy 1,000 toys that cost a penny each
George - buy a trampoline
Charlie - buy the Golden Mech in Ninjago
Matthew - a real gold jet airplane 
Wills - buy the golden goose on Reading Eggs
Marcus - buy 100 Lego men that cost $1 each
Jackson - buy a giant Lego set

I can do 100:
Tucker - laps around a track
Jackson - jumping jacks
George - flips
Marcus - jumps
Wills - yawns
West - running in circles
James - spins

We have a dream....

We live in Memphis, TN which is a very important place in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We are lucky enough to all live close to the National Civil Rights Museum and many of us have be able to visit it. Like many children around the country we learn a lot about MLK every January around the national holiday celebrating his birthday. 

Here are some thing we learned about this very important man. 

West - He had four children.
Wilkes - Some people were not nice to him.
Charlie -  Jackie Waters was forced out of the hotel and she pickets the hotel daily.
Alex - He fought with his words and not with his fists.
Palmer - He shared his I Have A Dream speech.
Matthew - He was staying at the Lorraine Motel.
James - He changed his name from Michael to Martin.
Chrishton - Rosa Parks would not move her seat on the bus so she was arrested. MLK went down to help her.
George - Jackie Waters was a housekeeper at the Lorraine Motel.
Jude - He was thrown into jail many times.
Jackson - He got to skip a few years in school because he was so smart.
George - He was a pastor/preacher.
Marcus - He was fighting for peace. He wanted to change the world.
Tucker - He wanted to desegregate people. 

We are thankful for his work because:
James - He made people use the same things.
Wilkes - He made the word a better place.
Charlie - He desegregated people.
Palmer - He said people could drink out of the same water fountains.
Jude - He changed us.

How did you celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day?

Snow Days

In the South we don't get much snow. When we do get any snow or ice it is a big event and we usually get out of school early. Today is one of those rare days. We don't have any snow on the weather map but we have some ice headed our way so we are headed home soon. Here are some of our icy afternoon plans! Do you get many snow days? What do you do on your snow days? 

Mrs. Perry - Drink coffee and watch TV!
Mrs. Ripper - I am going to work in Rhett's nursery.
James - Play with my new toy I got yesterday.
Wilkes - Play Poptropica
Charlie - Go home and play Nintendo Land on my Wii U.
Hyde - Play in my room.
Houston - I am going to do a craft with my babysitter.
Marcus - Play at home with my brother Kevin.
Palmer - Play Tiki Kart on my new iPad.
Jude - I am going to play Hero Factory and with my new battle ship.
Jackson - Play basketball with my brother Jerry.
Thomas - I am going to play Pop Tropica on my computer I got for Christmas.
Alex - Go to James's house.
West - Watch Lego Hero Factory on TV.
Matthew - Drink hot chocolate, play with my new Hot Wheels set and watch Sponge Bob.
Wills - Play with my new Scooby Doo set.
Tucker - I might play with my friend Nicholas.
George - Play Skylander Giants on my Wii.

Looks like there will be a lot of video games being played this afternoon....hopefully after homework is completed. Ha! Ha!

Kindergarten Resolutions

In kindergarten we have been talking about the new year and resolutions. Big or small it is a great thing to have a goal every new year. Like many grown-ups my resolution is to exercise more. The boys have come up with some resolutions for themselves. Lets see what our class can came up with!

Here is what we want to do more of:

• Play basketball
• Handwriting
•  Play soccer 
• Read
• Running around
• Good things
• Running really fast
• Exercises 
• Eat healthy foods
• Learn more
• Play Legos with my dad
• Go biking more
• Ride my scooter
• Play basketball with my dad
• Play Star Wars with my friends
• Stay up late

Here is what we want to do less of:

• Eat less candy
• Drink soft drinks
• Stop bothering my big brother
• Stay up late
• Eat Chocolate
• Technology on games
• Grocery shopping with my mom
• Less video games
• Getting up early
• Help my sister quit watching so much television
• Eating sweets
• Playing the Wii
• Bothering my baby sister
• Bothering my cat Mattie

These are some of our goals for the year! What are yours? Please share with us. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!