Hi Parents,

Here is what we did today!

We went to art. We painted. (Bennett)

We went to lunch and had inside recess. (Sophia, Anders, and Kiernan)

We did Brendan’s Me Bag. (Nick and Madison)

We did the Zero the Hero Stomp because it was the 10th day of school. (Yahna)

We went searching for squares. (Mila and Elizabeth)

We did Brendan’s name cheer. (Addison)

We drew a picture of Brendan and wrote his name on the white boards. (Yahna)

We went outside to play in the morning. (Brendan)

Our counselor came. We talked about what a counselor does.

We made a page with a square. (Sophia)

Reminders…

-This Thursday  is our “get the scoop” night open house! It is from 4:30-6 pm. Kindergarten will have a school scavenger hunt for you to do with your student! We hope you can come!

-Friday I will have a sub again. There is a Back to School assembly outside in the morning. Please have your child bring a towel to sit on. They may also wear sunglasses or a hat to school.

-I am sending a September calendar home in your child’s folder tonight!

Have a great night!

Vesta Hotchkiss

Mill Creek Elementary

Kindergarten Teacher

417-818-9848

http://mrshotchkisskindergarten.blogspot.com/

https://twitter.com/hotchkissmce

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did music. We listened to a song that said “Listen to the ducks go quack, quack, quack.” (Sophia)

We made No David. (Brendan and Bennett)

This morning we played with snap cubes. (Mila)

We had an intruder drill. (Nick)

We are having snack. (Evie)

We took a picture of our No Davids. (Anders) Make sure to look at our classroom Twitter for pictures!

We went outside and played. (Madison)

We did our name page for our name book. We wrote Bennett’s name. We drew a picture of Bennett. (Kiernan and Serenity)

We learned how to write Bennett’s name. (Yahna)

We did a rectangle page for our book. We turned it into something new. (Addison and Brynn) We are making a shapes book!

We read No David Gets in Trouble. (Elizabeth)

We talked about good choices and poor choices. (Anders)

We did Bennett’s Me Bag. (Addison)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We played hot foot in P.E. (Sophia)

Some of us got new class jobs today. (Elizabeth)

We ate snack. (Brendan)

We read our I Can book. (Nick and Anders)

We did Andy’s name cheer. (Evie)

We read the book The Shape of Things. We found rectangles in our room. (Bennett)

We read No David Goes to School. We sorted good choices and poor choices. (Mila)

We played with snap cubes. (Yahna)

We did Andy’s Me Bag. (Addison)

We talked about shapes. (Serenity)

We did lunch. (Bryson)

We went outside 2 times. (Lexi)

Friday is our beginning of the year assembly. We will be sitting on the grass outside. Your child is welcome to bring a towel to sit on. They are also allowed to wear a hat or sunglasses.

Thank you!

Hi Parents,

We had art. (Addison)

We made a Pete the Cat headband. (Elizabeth)

We played on the playground. (Bennett)

We are having snack. (Anders and Evie)

We did my name cheer. (Abigail)

We spelled Abigail’s name. We learned how to write her name. (Nick and Yahna)

We played with Play-Doh. (Mila)

We drew a picture of Abigail. (Sophia)

We read Miss Bindergarten has a Wild Day in Kindergarten. (Lexi)

We worked with pattern blocks and counters. (Andy)

Just a reminder there will be a sub in the classroom tomorrow! Please remind your student to “go with the flow”. Mrs. Cockrell might do things a little differently than I do! Thank you! Please call the office with any transportation changes.

Hi Parents,

We made Pete the Cat! (Mila and Bennett)

We went to music class. (Nick)

We had 2 recesses. (Kiernan)

We are having snack right now. (Anders and Bennett)

We did Anders Me Bag. We wrote his name on the white boards. (Serenity)

We had lunch. (Addison)

We worked with the pattern blocks. We made designs. (Evie)

We played with play-doh. (Serenity)

We did a Pete the Cat song. (Sophia)

We did Anders name cheer. (Elizabeth)

We are drawing Anders. (Yahna)

We did morning buzz. (Madison) This is a morning share time with a partner!

There will be an open house next Thursday, September 1^st from 4:30-6. Hope you can make it!

Grandparent’s day will be September 9^th from 9-10. We will be doing a fun craft with grandparents! More information to come!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had P.E. We played a trash game. We threw pretend trash in the neighbor’s yard. (Andy and Evie)

We made a Chester the Raccoon book! (Elizabeth)

We did Addison’s Me Bag. (Nick)

We read Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten. (Yahna)

We went outside and played. (Madison, Kiernan, and Bennett)

We drew a picture of Addison. (Mila)

We wrote my name on the marker boards. (Addison)

We are having snack. (Anders)

Hi Parents!

This is what we did today!

We went to the library. We listened to a book. (Yahna)

We went to the computer lab. (Nick)

We played on the playground. (Bennett)

We have to be safe and kind. (Serenity)

We drew a picture of Mrs. Hotchkiss. It was her Me Bag day. Mrs. Hotchkiss went to Mizzou. (Mila, Madison, and Sophia)

We learned our classroom jobs. (Elizabeth)

We wrote Mrs. Hotchkiss name. (Maggie)

We did the line rhyme. (Anders)

We did a name cheer. (Evie)

We had snack. (Addison)

We used the snap cubes. (Abigail)

My classroom Twitter is up and running! Make sure you check out the pictures of our class! https://twitter.com/hotchkissmce

Starting this Friday I will have a sub every Friday for the next several weeks to spend some time with my new baby. I will have the same sub every Friday. This option allows me to transition back to school without missing 12 weeks at the beginning of the school year. You might want to prepare your student ahead of time and discuss “going with the flow” with a new teacher.

Thank you!

Vesta Hotchkiss

Mill Creek Elementary

Kindergarten Teacher

417-818-9848

http://mrshotchkisskindergarten.blogspot.com/

https://twitter.com/hotchkissmce

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to lunch. (Kiernan)

We played on the playground. (Evie)

We went to art class. We made sculptures. (Nick and Byson)

We colored and cut a raccoon for our puppet. (Madison)

We played a game with Chester the Raccoon. (Yahna)

We read a book about Chester the Raccoon and his brother. (Abigail)

We played a game called Doggie Doggie Where’s Your Bone? (Sophia) This game was to practice names of friends!

We had snack. (Addison)

We talked about our classroom rules. (Elizabeth)

We made Chester puppets. (Lexi)

Today your child is coming home with a Take Home Folder that they will return daily! It has some fun homework on the left hand side! Our Me Bag schedule starts next week so we can learn about each student in our class! Enjoy!

Vesta Hotchkiss

Mill Creek Elementary

Kindergarten Teacher

417-818-9848

http://mrshotchkisskindergarten.blogspot.com/

https://twitter.com/hotchkissmce

Hi Parents!

Each day we will do a closing meeting to go over our day. This is what the kids said about today!

We went to music class. We played games! (Nick)

We ate our lunch. We went to the playground! (Yahna)

We had 2 recess times. (Sophia)

We read The Kissing Hand. (Elizabeth) Have your child retell the story and give you a “kissing hand”! They might need one too!

We did a project. We had a raccoon page and we said how we felt today. (Addison)

We slid down the bars at recess time. (Mila)

We talked about how we are getting home. (Kiernan) We did a SmartBoard transportation sort. We compared the number in each group!

We colored. (Abigail)

We danced to a song. It was a brain break. (Lexi)

It was a great first day! Tomorrow I will send home their Take Home Folder with lots of goodies inside. Make sure and look this over! I will have some projects for the kids to do! See everyone tomorrow!

Vesta Hotchkiss

Welcome 16-17 Kindergarten Parents!

I will use this site to communicate with you on a daily basis! At the end of each day I will have a closing meeting with the Kindergartners. The kids will reflect upon the day by telling about what they learned and what we did at school! I will make a blog post and email the meeting notes to you!

I also use a classroom Twitter (@hotchkissmce) to communicate with you! I love to post pictures of all the wonderful things we are doing in our classroom! Please follow our classroom Twitter for updates or view the posts on the right hand side of this site!


Check out the LINKS section for great children's educational sites, games, and resources!

Check out the OUR CLASSROOM tab for our daily schedule, Kindergarten Tidbits, our monthly specials schedule, and extra parent resources!

Learn all about me in the ABOUT MRS. HOTCHKISS tab!

Enjoy! Please watch for emails from VHotchkiss@cpsk12.org