Today we started our year-long observation of a tree and the students examined the roots, bark, branches and leaves. We will be watching to see what happens the next couple of weeks!

This week:

Sight Word for the Week: "my"

Letter of the Week: "Tt"

We will be reviewing the vocabulary words: ability, confident, reverse, complained, talent, encourage, differ, stalking, mellow, automatic, perfectly, resemblance

Math: We will be working on patterns.

Science: We will be starting our Tree Unit.

The students will be starting centers this week. They will learn how to rotate and use each center.

Luke's parents came into the classroom today and we all listened to Luke read the book, "If You Give A Pig A Pancake". Luke did a great job reading!

It was Sam's birthday today!
Happy Birthday Sam!

Sam's Mom came in a read one of Sam's favorite books to the class.
Then Sam's family donated the book to our classroom.
Thank you to Sam and his family!!

What a great week! Last Wednesday, I assessed each student and got to know everyone a little better. I have an amazing class. We are still practicing and learning all the expectations of being a kindergartener.

This week:

Sight Word for the Week: "a"

Letter of the Week: "Rr"

Our vocabulary words are: differ, stalking, mellow, automatic, perfectly, resemblance

Jessiah turned 6 years old today!

Today was Jessiah's Birthday! He was the first to have a Birthday Crown and pick a present from the Birthday Box! Jessiah's Mom came in and helped with snack. She brought a peanut free birthday snack to celebrate Jessiah's special day. She stayed and read a book to the class.

Happy Birthday Jessiah!

Today we practiced writing the letter "Mm". We used the sidewalk in front of Shirley Hills and chalk! Look at some of the students work:

Here's Mackenzie's:

Here's Luke's:

Here's Robert's:

This week:

Sight Word for the Week: I

Letters of the Week: Mm and Ss

This will be a full week of Kindergarten! Monday morning we start off with our first Character Assembly. Mrs. Swanson is ready to ROCK! Our theme this year is "Learn Like a Rock Star and Teach Like a Rock Star! It will be a lively assembly.

Our first Theme is called "All About Me". We will be focusing on the letters Mm and Ss in handwriting and reading our first sight word, I.

Our vocabulary words are: ability, talent, confident, complained, encourage and reverse.

In math we will be reviewing shapes, directional words and sorting objects by color, size and kind.

This weeks Star of the Week is ******** Ms. Rasicot ********!

I am finishing up my "All About Me Tee" poster this weekend and I will bring one special thing into class everyday! Everyone will learn a little bit more about me and things I like to do.

Today was another great day! We sang some songs, read the book, "The Kissing Hand", talked about what I expect from students, what they expect from me and what they expect from their parents. Take a look at our lists:


We also learned about bus safety. Ask your child what they learned! We finished sharing our special things with everyone too.

I caught Robert, Jasmin, Gavin and Luke in the act of doing something fabulous! Ask them what they did. They all will receive purple slips!

Class of 2023

I had a wonderful ride up to Duluth with my daughter. We moved all her things into her dorm room and she is so organized. It was hard for me to say goodbye, but she will have a fabulous year at UMD and we will have a fantastic year at Shirley Hills!

Wow! I had a great time at the Open House! It was great meeting everyone that came! Don't worry if you couldn't make it tonight. I will have information at your son or daughter's conference on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. See you all then! I am off early tomorrow to take my daughter to college! Have a great Labor Day weekend! See you all soon!