Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did art. We went outside to draw a picture of Mill Creek. We used the crayons, pencils, and markers to make it a private building. (Madelynn and Maclyn)

We did morning meeting. I did days in school. (Xander)

We did writing. We wrote about Monday News. (Isaac)

We did math. We learned about time. We walked across the learning rug and across the room and saw how much time it was by counting. (Russell)

We did Daily 5 but it was short. (Blake)

We did Fundations. We tried to think of words that ended with -ot. (Brooklynn)

We did read aloud. We watched a video about living and nonliving things. Living things eat food, make babies, need air, drink water, grow, change, and move by themselves. (Ismael)

We did poetry. The poem was from Friday it was I’m a Little Chicken. We highlighted “up” and digraphs in the poem. (Carmel Grace)

I am attaching the May calendar! I will send this home tomorrow!

Dates to Remember:

May 4^th: Color Run at 3:45 pm

May 9^th: Walk to School Day (Meet at Central Bank on Nifong at 7:30 am)

May 14th : Field day

May 18th: Graduation program 2:20 pm

May 22nd :  Kindergarten Staycation Day of Fun

Last Day of school, Early Release Dismissal 12:50 p.m.

Closing meeting notes from last Thursday and Friday with Mrs. Vizcarra! They did great for the sub!

Closing Meeting – 4/26/18

We did our math work stations. We all had different stations than yesterday with partners. (Maclyn)

We had a volunteer today to help us. (Carmel)

We made a book about bugs…and practiced words like: over, under, between, behind and in front of. (Emma)

We did Read Aloud and learned about chickens on the farm. (Dempsey)

The counselor read us a book called “What Can Danny do?” – it was about how to solve problems in a good way. (Ismael)

We wrote in our Chick Hatching Journals. (Britt)

Our third grade buddies came and helped us make a chick hatching craft. (Isaac)

We had PE and ran the mile run. Those who did their best got a “toe token” (Brooklynn/Ismael)

We are going outside to have playtime. (Maclyn)

We had a busy and GREAT day! (Joshua/Maclyn)

Closing Meeting – 4/27/18

•           We made a life cycle project. (Carmel)

•           We did morning meeting and Xander did the calendar. (Xander)

•           We made a surprise for Mrs. Hotchkiss. (Russell)

•           We made structures with marshmallows and toothpicks. (Wilson)

•           We went to music for our Special today. (Madelynn)

•           We wrote in our Chick Hatching journals. (Landon)

•           We had Joshua’s mom and Russell’s mom help us with our surprise projects for Mrs. Hotchkiss. (Audy)

•           We wrote about our favorite thing with the chicks in our classroom. (AJ)

•           Mrs. Rodriquez said we earned a “Free” day at music next time. (Erin)

•           We had a read aloud about what is inside of an egg. (Sky/Emma)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

A chick expert came! He taught us about chicks! He taught us how to hold chicks. (Isaac) I have lots of pictures! I will put them on Class Dojo later tonight!

We did math. We played Mystery Block. What you had to do is find a partner and you would grab a shape and they would have to ask questions to guess what shape it was. They had to ask about color, if it was skinny or fat, if it was big or small, and what shape it was. (Brooklynn) We were working on attributes (size, shape, color, shape).

We did read aloud. We watched a Magic School Bus about chicks. (Britt)

We did the poem called I’m a Little Chicken. (Emma)

We did morning meeting. We did the calendar. (Xander)

Three of our baby chicks did not hatch. Another teacher only had only one egg hatch so we gave her 4 of ours so they could have 5 and we could have 5. Her class was disappointed. They are probably happy and excited now. (Dempsey and Maclyn)

It was Secretaries Day and we delivered our flowers to the office. (Blake)

We did writing. We wrote in our chick journals that a chick expert came. We also wrote about how we got to hold a chick. (Ismael)

We did library. We did snap circuits. We watched experiments. There was one where the cup was floating. We watched an egg experiment. He wrapped eggs up in stuff and dropped it to see if it would break or not. (Russell)

Tomorrow the kids will be running the mile in P.E. Please make sure they are in comfortable clothes and tennis shoes! They can bring a water bottle as well!

Friday we have an all school spirit day! Each grade will wear a different color of the rainbow. Kindergarten students are wearing red!

No closing meeting notes tomorrow or Friday since I will be gone. I left some fun things for the sub!! Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

This is what we did today!

We did art. We drew pictures of vases. It could be any kind of vase from all over the world. (Russell)

We did writing. We wrote in our chick journals. We wrote about what happened today. Some of them hatched today! One hatched yesterday. We have 9 that have hatched so far! There are 3 more that need to hatch. Five hatched last night. Three hatched this morning. (Maclyn and Ismael)

We made a little chick book that has how a chick starts and then it has how it ends. It starts as a little embryo and it becomes a chicken. It was a life cycle. (Isaac)

We did morning meeting. (Xander)

Mrs. Donna read a book about chicks to us. (Britt)

We did math. We played a game called Dice Addition. You roll 2 dice. One has numbers and one had dots. You put the numbers into an addition number sentence. Your partner would go. If you had the biggest total you put an X on your board. If you get 10 X’s you would win. (Emma and Brooklynn)

We got to watch the chicks hatch! We also did morning buzz. (Dempsey)

We did our poem. It is called I’m a Little Chicken. We talked about looking at word parts to help us solve a word. We found the little word “rat” inside of “scratch”. We found digraphs too! (Blake and Maclyn)

We did lunch and recess. It was super nice outside. We got to decide if we wanted to wear a jacket or not. (Russell)

Such an exciting day! You are welcome to stop by in the morning or after school to come look at the chicks! They will be leaving us Friday morning!

Just a reminder I will not be at school on Thursday or Friday. If your student has a change in transportation please let me know ASAP so I can put it in my sub notes or call the office!

Tomorrow is Secretaries Day! Make sure your student brings in one flower for our bouquet! It can be real or fake! Thanks!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

One of our chicks hatched! It started as a little pip hole to cracking the whole shell! It hatched while we were in music. (Brooklynn)

We did a project. We made an earth and wrote what we could do to help the earth. (Isaac)

We opened our last egg in the life cycle. Inside was a fake chick! (Blake)

We did music. We played a game. We listened to songs. (Dempsey)

We did math. We did a recycling sort. All the kids brought a piece of recycling. We graphed it. The most was plastic. There were 15. The paper only had 10 spots so we had to add 5 more. We put x’s on the boxes. (Maclyn)

We had a substitute until lunch and recess was over. She didn’t get to see the chick hatch! (Ismael)

We did Daily 5. (Britt)

We read a book about our earth. It was about taking care of the earth. We read one with Mrs. Vizcarra and one with Mrs. Hotchkiss. (AJ)

Have an egg-cellent night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did Fundations. We did word families. We did the word family -at. We did the big cards and the vowel chart. (Britt and Wilson)

We did library. We went into the Makerspace room. We made lines on a piece of paper to control autobots. Mrs. Imhoff read us a book. It was called Robot Zot. (Isaac and Dempsey)

We had an assembly. They did songs from Walt Disney. It was the Mother Singers. They were all old grandmas! They sang Disney songs. (Emma, Brooklynn, and Erin)

We did read aloud. Mrs. Hotchkiss read a book called Where Do Chicks Come From? We opened the day 17 egg. (Maclyn)

We did morning meeting. We did the weather. (Xander)

We did writing. We wrote in our chick journals. We got a picture of the egg with the embryo inside. We glued it in our chick journal. (Ismael)

We did Daily 5. (Sky)

We did lunch and recess and then the poem. We clapped out syllables. We counted the words. (Russell)

We are doing closing meeting and snack. (Dempsey)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did writing. We did chick hatching journals. We wrote about the chickens and the incubator. (Landon)

We did art. We painted some pictures that have curvy lines. We drew dots and painted with another color over the dots. (Madelynn)

We had a field trip. We went to the planetarium. It was like a big dome that taught us all about space. It was really fun. We acted like we had magic paint brushes and we painted the night sky. We saw the moon, constellations, and planets. We had a fake rocket ship that we blasted off into space! It felt like we were going up and down! At night we can ask mom and dad to look up at the night sky at 8:45 pm. (Dempsey)

We did read aloud. It was called From Egg to Chicken. It talked about the life cycle of a baby chick. It said how it gets out. How it cracks the egg is it has an egg tooth on its beak. They are so fluffy and adorable! On Wednesday the 25th a chick expert is going to come to our classroom. (Joshua)

We did the poem. We read The Chick. For the poem we talked about when there is a question mark our voices have to go up. (Maclyn)

We did morning meeting. (Xander)

We did Daily 5. (Isaac)

We are doing closing meeting and snack. (Carmel Grace)

We did recess and lunch. It was free sit at lunch. (Russell)

We had a great day! (Brooklynn)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did writing. Some of us finished our last step in our how to book. We wrote letters to our 3rd grade buddies. They are doing a big MAP test. (Isaac)

We did Daily 5. (Wilson)

We did Fundations. We did word families. We did words that end with -ug. (Britt)

We did math. We had partners and we got a paper that said yes or no. Mrs. Hotchkiss wrote our survey question at the top. We went around with a clipboard and you and your partner would ask the person a question like “Do you have a dog?” (Brooklynn)

Mrs. Hotchkiss showed us what the baby chicks look like on the chick life cycle. She opened the fake eggs. They will be in the eggs for 21 days. We will open one a day. So far they have been in the eggs for 15 days. (Maclyn and Ismael)

We made a chick journal. Mrs. Hotchkiss had a paper that had a blank spot to put our name on. Whenever we were done gluing on the paper we could draw on the back. We could draw eggs or chicks. (Brooklynn)

We had recess first and then lunch. (Russell)

We did music. We read a book about Peter Rabbit. It was on Storyline Online. (Emma)

We did the weather. (Blake)

We had a great day! (Joshua)

Earth Day Homework! Please have your child bring in ONE CLEAN item that can be recycled (Examples: detergent bottle, soda bottle/can, aluminum can, glass jar, magazine, newspaper, paper, plastic water bottle, small cardboard box, cereal boxes, pasta box, etc.). Please make sure the plastic items are labeled 1-7! We will be using these to learn about Earth Day on Monday, April 23^rd!

Wednesday, April 25^th is Secretaries Day! We are asking each Kindergarten student to bring in one flower on this day so we can give our wonderful secretaries a beautiful bouquet! It can be real or fake!

Thank you! Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did P.E. We played a game called Battleship. We were trying to knock down all 8 pins from the other team. Then you would score a point. (Ismael)

We did Fundations. For Fundations we did word families. Today the words had to rhyme with pig. It was the -ig word family. (Maclyn)

We did poem. We highlight our poem from last week. In the Sky. Our new poem is called The Chick. (Isaac)

We got 12 eggs that have baby chicks in them! We got an incubator. It has to be 100 degrees Fahrenheit. We have a box for them to stay in when they hatch. It will be there home. We got them delivered today! We had so many questions! (Emma, Erin, Joshua, and Dempsey)

After tomorrow we are having a field trip. We are going to the Planetarium. (Brooklynn and Maclyn)

We did Daily 5. (Blake)

For math we played Growing and Disappearing Trains. We had 2 dice. If we had a minus sign we would take away. We would say how much we had left. We would write the number sentence on the white board. (Audylynn)

We did step 3 in our how to books and some kids did step 4. (Isaac)

It’s true! We have chick eggs! They should hatch next Monday! We are very excited! We will be learning all about living things and the life cycle of chickens.

Because of the Planetarium field trip, we will be switching lunch and recess times tomorrow and Wednesday. Recess will be 10:30-11 and lunch will be 11-11:25 am.

Have a great night!

Hi parents!

Here is what we did today!

We are doing closing meeting and snack. (Xander)

We did math. Mrs. Hotchkiss told us 4 story problems. We tried to figure them out. After we did that we were making a book and we all did one story problem. We had to do a number sentence. Mrs. Hotchkiss had post-it notes. We put a question mark on the post-it note. The people who read the book in the classroom library will lift up the post-it note to see the answer. They will try and figure out the answer. (Brooklynn and Dempsey)

We did writing. We made our second step for our how to books. (Isaac)

We went to library. We played on the computers. (Britt)

We did Fundations. We wrote Y and Z in our Fundations notebooks. We tapped out some words. Mrs. Hotchkiss would pull out a name stick and the person would go up there and Mrs. Hotchkiss would whisper a word in their ear and they would tap it to themselves and they would build it and then they would pick someone to say the word. We would tap it all together. (Maclyn)

We did Daily 5. (Wilson)

We did read aloud. We read a book about stars. We watched a video about stars. (Brooklynn)

We did lunch and recess. We did some outside and some inside. (Russell)

We did morning meeting. We did morning buzz. (Joshua)

We had a great day! (Blake)

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math. We got a pipe cleaner and some beads. We put the beads on there. It was 7, 8, or 9. We split it into 2 groups. The last part was you tried to make it into number sentences. (Russell)

We did art. We drew flowers with shapes. We traced them. Whenever we were done with 3 flowers we could draw a garden. It could be imaginary or a real garden. (Brooklynn)

We did closing meeting and snack. (Wilson)

We did Fundations. We went outside and wrote words with chalk for tapping. (Isaac)

We did counselor. Mrs. Baker talked about kind words and unkind words. We played a game. (Emma)

We did the weather. It was in the green and then it turned into the yellow! It started at 57 degrees and then it went to 61 degrees and now the high temperature is 81 degrees! That is in the orange! (Dempsey)

We did Daily 5. (Blake)

We did morning meeting. (Britt)

Tomorrow is pajama day! Kids are welcome to bring a small stuffed animal as well! Please have the kids wear tennis shoes for recess! Thanks!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did a project. We made a sun! The sun gives light and heat. (Dempsey and Carmel Grace)  These are drying and will come home tomorrow!

We did closing meeting. (Wilson)

We did computer lab. We did ST Math and then if we wanted we could do Starfall. (Russell and Blake)

We did writing. We started our first step in our how to book. (Britt and Joshua)

We did read aloud. It was called The Sun. It is the closest star to our planet. It is really big. We watched a little video about the sun. (Brooklynn)

We did morning meeting. We did the math workstations. (Isaac)

We had a great day! (Maclyn)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

At morning meeting, we used a whiteboard, rag, and marker. We wrote an addition number sentence. We wrote the word cloudy. (Sky)

We did Fundations. We wrote W and X. (Britt)

We did P.E. We had to run when the music beeped. It was called the pacer. We ran from line to line. We played a game. Coach Allen set out toys in the middle of the court. You had to crawl like a crab to get it and bring it to your hula hoop. On the 2nd round you had to crawl like a bear. (Dempsey and Brooklynn)

We did math. We used these jars. We knew there was 10 in one. We had to do a smart guess on how many were in the other one. It was 20. We estimated. (Wilson)

We did the poem. It was called In the Sky. We made a list of things we see in the sky during the day and night. (Russell)

We did writing. We made a list of things we need for our how to books. (Isaac)

We did the weather. First it was cloudy and then it was sunny! The temperature was in the blue. It was 37 degrees and now it is in the green. It is 51 degrees. We recorded it on the SmartBoard. (Blake and Ismael)

We did read aloud. We watched a short video about earth and the sun. Mrs. Hotchkiss read us a book called The Earth. Whenever the earth is facing the sun we have day time. (Brooklynn)

Tomorrow is early out. (Dempsey) Students will be dismissed at 12:50 pm! Lunch will be at 10 am and will be shortened.

We had a great day. (Carmel Grace)

Tomorrow is comfy clothes day! (no pajamas)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did library. We played on the computers and got a new book. Friday will be our last day to check out books. (Isaac) Due to MAP Testing, classes will not be coming to the library or checking out books beginning on Monday, April 16th and lasting through Friday, May 4th. Media classes will be in the MakerSpace Room with Mrs. Imhoff. If students need to renew books or return them to get new ones, they must come by during Open Check-out each morning, which goes from 8:00-8:20. Due to the last day of school on May 22, the last day a student will be able to check out a book will be Friday, May 4th. After that time, they will only be able to return books as we will be working on getting all library materials returned by May 11th . While they are MAP Testing the doors to the Media Center will be closed. Please let me know if you have questions.

We did math. We used play-doh and the balance scale. We had a partner. We tried to make it equal. We used things from our supply box. When it goes down it is heavy and when it goes up it is light. (Dempsey and Ismael)

We did read aloud. We read a book about space. (Britt)

We did Fundations. We wrote W and X on our Fundations whiteboards. We tapped out some words. Mrs. Hotchkiss pulled name sticks and that kid would come up and she would whisper them a word. They would tap it to themselves and then build it. The other kids would tap it and raise their hands. (Maclyn)

We did Daily 5. (Blake)

We are doing closing meeting and snack. (Xander)

We did our poem. It was called In the Sky. (Brooklynn)

We did the calendar. (Ismael)

We did writing. We wrote Monday News. (Emma)

Tomorrow is Hat Day!

It is an early release day on Wednesday! Students will be dismissed at 12:50 pm. If you are picking up your child, I would suggest trying to get here by 12:45 pm! If your student will be going home a different way on Wednesday please let me know on Wednesday morning!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did art. We took home our fish or dragons that were made out of clay. We drew flowers. (Brooklynn)

It is Britt’s birthday. We had his birthday snack. It was fruit snacks and goldfish. (Russell)

We are doing closing meeting and snack. (Xander)

We did math. We went to the computer lab. We played ST Math. At the end you can go to Starfall. (Ismael)

We did Fundations. We wrote U and V in our Fundations notebooks. (Isaac)

We did Daily 5. (Britt)

We did experiment. First, we did a survey to see if people thought you could move a ball without touching it. Most people thought yes. One person thought no. We tried to see if you could roll a ball to knock down bowling pins without touching it. The answer is yes! We had 5 people on our team. We could make something and we had to choose one way. (Dempsey, Emma, and Maclyn)

We did writing. We drew how we moved the ball to knock over the pins. (AJ)

In the folder you will find some optional force and motion homework!

Student Treasures published books are coming home today! They look great!

Reading bags are coming home today as well! Please find time to have your student read these books to you this weekend! These books needed to be returned on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math. We did Counters in Cup with a partner. We used 6. We played Quick Eyes. You had to say how you saw the number and what it was. We used 2 tens frames. (Britt and Ismael)

We did writing. We circled our idea of what we wanted to teach someone else how to do. We told it to a partner. We told them how to do it. Tomorrow we will start our book. (Isaac and Dempsey)

We did read aloud. We watched a Sid the Science Kid about pushes and pulls. If you use light force it doesn’t go very far but if you use more force it goes far. (Emma and Maclyn)

We are doing closing meeting and snack. (Xander)

We did U and V in Fundations. (Blake)

Mrs. Hotchkiss read us a book called Things Move. We got to color it. We get to take it home! (Dempsey and Brooklynn)

We did music. We played a game called Silent Ball where we threw a ball. We watched a song. (Ismael and Isaac)

Our class is out of black, fine tip, Expo dry erase markers again! If you would like to donate any to our classroom here is a link to purchase! Link

Thank you so much!!

Mill Creek “Spirit Week”

Let’s get ready for MAP testing with a Spirit Week! 

All are welcome to participate…

   Mon. April 9^th: “Sock it to the Test”—wear crazy socks

Tues. April 10^th: “Hats off to a Great Test”—wear hats     

Wed. April 11^th: “Don’t Sweat the Test”—wear sweat pants/yoga pants

Thur. April 12^th: “We Won’t turn our Backs to the Test”—wear your clothes backwards

Fri. April 13^th: “Relax and Do Your Best!”—wear your PJ’s

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did P.E. We played a game that had stations. (Ismael)

We are doing closing meeting and snack. (Xander)

We did writing. We wrote list of things we could do for our how to books. We are going to teach someone how to do something. (Isaac and Dempsey)

We had an intruder drill. (Emma) We practiced evacuating the building. The kids had a lot of questions about this today so I would not be surprised if it came up in conversation tonight!

We did math. We used calculators. We did number sentences. We did counting by ones and then we did by tens. (Brooklynn and Dempsey)

We did Daily 5. It was a short one. (Britt)

We did read aloud. We read about how things move. (Carmel Grace)

We did a mini book. We got to color it. We read it at the carpet together. It was about pushes and pulls. First the pulls would go and then the push. (Maclyn)

We did morning meeting. (Ismael)

We did math workstations. (Blake)

We had a great day! (Joshua)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did writing. We looked at some “how to” books. We saw that they were different from other books. They had steps with numbers. They are non-fiction. (Emma and Dempsey)

We did library. We wrote our first name and last name on the computer with the keyboard. (Russell)

We did math. We talked about shapes like spheres, rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, pyramids and cubes. They are 3D shapes. We played a game called Match It. It was with shape cards. We would flip 2 over and try to get a match. We had a partner. (Brooklynn and Dempsey)

We did a short Daily 5. (Britt)

We did closing meeting and snack. (Isaac)

We did read aloud. Mrs. Hotchkiss read a book about forces. It talked about gravity. It was about pushes and pulls. (Maclyn)

After read aloud, we practiced pushing balls. We used a little force and then a lot of force. We did it because we are talking about pushes and pulls. (Ismael and Brooklynn)

We did Fundations. We did the vowel chart. We did the big cards. We did S and T in our notebooks. (Wilson)

We did math workstations. (AJ)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did art. We finished our self-portraits. (Isaac)

We did Fundations. We did capital S and T. (Britt)

We are doing closing meeting and snack. (Xander)

We did writing. We wrote about the Spring Break and Monday News. We wrote what we did over the weekend or Spring Break. We had 9 days off school. (Ismael and Carmel Grace)

We did math. We did count around the circle to 100 and the winner was Erin. If you got to a group of 10 you had to sit down. We played Monster Squeeze. (Dempsey)

Mrs. Hotchkiss read us a book called Push and Pull. It talks about how you push and pull when you play. (Maclyn) We are starting to talking about force and motion this week!

We did the weather. (Blake)

We did Daily 5. (Emma)

We had inside recess. (Carmel Grace)

We did morning meeting. We did the calendar. It is the 2nd day of April! (Joshua and Maclyn)

The April specials schedule is coming home today! Have a great night!