A parting song from the boys! Happy Summer!

Our Class Day program will be tomorrow. This is a great end to the school year and a fun start to summer. Please enjoy one of our Class Day songs, Jesus Loves Me sung in English, Spanish and Mandarin. Happy Summer! 

My Favorite Thing About Kindergarten

We are counting down to First Grade here in my class! The boys are so excited about moving up a grade. Last week we got to "sneak-a-peek" at First Grade! Even though we are so excited about the move, there are some things the boys are going to miss about kindergarten. Here are some of our favorite things about SK.

My favorite thing about Kindergarten has been...

Palmer - playing in the block center

Wilkes - the marble center

Jackson - having an afternoon recess at the end of the year

James - the computer center

West - my teachers

Tucker - P.E. class

George - my teachers babies, Jack & Rhett (we have a faculty nursery so the boys get to see the babies sometimes), Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Ripper and Mrs. Wojcik

Jude - extra recess, block center, my teachers

Charlie - using the computers

Houston - Mrs. Perry

Wills - journals

Thomas - blocks and computer center

Marcus - extra recess

Hyde - state books

Chrishton - the life cycles unit

Clearly, my curriculum didn't stand out this year nearly as much as centers, playtime and computers! :-)

We only have 6 school days left. We will try to blog one more time before summer. If we run out of time and don't get to blog...

Have a wonderful summer break!

SK Mother's Day!

With Mother's Day upon us, we would like to share with the world why our moms are the best! We had a fun Mother's Day Picnic yesterday that included lunch out on the field, relay games and a HUGE game of Twister! Check out our Twister board!

A good time was had by all!

What is special about your mom?
Palmer - She snuggles anywhere with me.
Thomas - She is pretty and takes care of me.
George - She is pretty and special.
Hyde - She cooks dinner for me.
West - She snuggles up with me.
James - She plays Lego fighters with me.
Wilkes - She takes me to bowl.
Jackson - She takes me to Target.
Marcus - She tucks me in at night.
Houston - She had a water balloon fight with me.
Wills - She sings to me every night.
Charlie - She sleeps with me if I have bad dreams.
Alex - She married a very good daddy.
Jude - She always keeps me healthy because she only lets me play video games on the weekends.
Matthew - She plays Harry Potter on X-Box with me.

If I could get my mom anything in the world, I would get her a...
Palmer - a kiss
Thomas - a sister
Wilkes - a trip to L.A.
Chrishton - a trip to NYC
Hyde - a trip to the beach
George - a trip to Hollywood
Tucker - a trip to her mom's house
West - a trip to see her sister
James - a trip to Oklahoma City so we can see a Grizzlies away game
Jackson - a trip to Beverly Hills, CA
Matthew - a Macy's shopping trip and a trip to California
Houston - a giant water slide
Wills - private plane to go to Birmingham, AL to pick up the
 Taco Momma restaurant and bring it to Memphis
Charlie - a Chihuahua
Jude - I would get her ice cream and doughnuts and then take her to the beach so she can do anything she wants. Then I would get her pretty flowers, a statue of a bird and picture frame.
Alex - a giant heart that you can open and 100 kisses inside of it
Marcus - a diamond ring

Fine Feathered Friends in SK

For the last month we have been learning about life cycles. One of our biggest life cycle activities is hatching chicks! After 21 long days of waiting we welcomed 8 chicks to our class this week. 

Please help us welcome our fine feathered friends!

Up next.....butterflies. We'll keep you posted. 

Kid Blogging

We have a writer's workshop class here in SK once a week. Today the boys started new blogs on Kid Blog. Here are some of our topics! Do you blog? If so share your site with us.

 

 

2013 Martin Institute Summer Conference

I am so proud to have the Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence housed at my school! I encourage all teachers to attend this year's Martin Institute Summer Conference here in Memphis. Check out all the information and register here!

 http://www.martininstitute.org/conference/

Welcome Spring! Our favorite thing!

Spring is almost here! We are looking forward to warm weather and Easter. The boys have listed some of their favorite things about Spring and they CLEARLY have Easter on their brains! Welcome Spring and feel free to share with us your favorite things. 

Alex - candy from Easter
Wilkes - The Easter Bunny
Charlie - Rainbows, the Easter Bunny and Peeps
Matthew - trees and Easter
Chrishton - Easter egg hunts
Houston - when Jesus comes back
Tucker - finding Easter eggs
Marcus - eating candy from Easter eggs
Palmer - Easter hunts and candy from the Easter Bunny
Thomas - going to my grandpa's to go on an Easter egg hunt and eating the chocolate carrots
Jackson - summer coming up
George - we get to play in the sun and the pool
Jude - chocolate bunnies
James - the Easter Bunny
West - Leprechauns and gold
Wills - going back to Birmingham to visit my grandparents for Easter