Happy Hatching Day!!!

Today the children were treated to an egg-tra special event.  

After 21 days of researching the life cycle and development 

 of a chicken, we welcomed our first baby chicks today!  

Rosie, an Isa Brown, was the first to greet the children 

with her peeps and cheeps. 

 Chickadee, a Brown Leghorn, 

was next to say good morning.

Soon after, we welcomed Autumn, Chick Chick, Otis 

and Sunny to the group.

At dismissal, we invited our parents to come and see the new baby chicks.

Here is a video of Autumn listening 

to a few of the children's encouraging words before hatching. 

What a great day in kindergarten!!

Happiness Is...Family

What happens when your classmate returns after a week away?

We surround him with love!!

We are better when we are together.

Room 101 is at full strength!😄🙌

It Was An Egg-cellent Day!

Our chicken eggs arrived today from 

Townline Hatchery in Zeeland.

With great anticipation and excitement, 

we greeted our new little eggs with 

a warm welcome - 99.5 degrees to be exact 😊

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We received a text at lunchtime that the eggs had arrived!

They were packed in their box very carefully.

We examined the eggs - noticing that they were different sizes and colors.

The packaging kept the eggs safe 

all the way from Zeeland to East Grand Rapids.

We carefully placed the eggs in the center of our classroom incubator.

All tucked in and ready to begin developing!

See you in twenty-one days - peep peep!!

March is Reading Month!

Thank You Wealthy PTO!

This month we welcomed author, Denise Brennan-Nelson to our school.  

She told us how she thinks of ideas for stories, 

 where she writes them down

 and how she uses friends to help her make her writing 

even better.  

Wow!  

That sounds just like what we're doing in writing workshop!

Here are a few photos of her visit😊

She showed us her first book, Buzzy the Bee

It took several tries to get Buzzy's expression to look just right.  

She emphasized the importance of making sure the words and pictures matched.

She asked us about our ideas for a sequel to her popular book, Tallulah.

We're excited to see if she uses any of our ideas

 for this little mermaid.

What a fun way to begin our day!  

Thank you Wealthy PTO, for bringing a real author to our school!

Graduating Into Avid Readers!

Graduation Day for these incredible readers!

They have utilize several reading strategies, 

 increased their reading stamina

and can conduct a book talk with a partner.

I am so proud of their persistence and love for reading.

They are soon to become Avid Readers!!!

Before you know it, 

they will be wearing these gowns for real!

Celebrations in February

We celebrated our Valentine's Party on February 14.

Many thanks to all the parent volunteers for making 

this such a special morning.

Valentine Foxes

 Building with candy and toothpicks

Writing Valentine notes to Clark's Retirement Home

Try picking up a heart candy with chop sticks

I Spy game

Creating magnetic locker signs

Brightstar Theater Assembly

Thanks to our wonderful PTO, we were treated to a live

production of African folktales.  The children heard tales

from several African regions.  Everyone enjoyed the colorful costumes

story lines and instruments.

There was even a time for audience participation. 

One of our friends was selected!

Thanks again Wealthy PTO 

for this educational performance!

100 Days Smarter!

On Wednesday, February 13, we celebrated our 100th day of school.  

While old man winter sure tried to delay this celebration, 

it was worth the wait!

100 Hersey Kisses were hiding around the classroom 

waiting for little fingers to pick them up 

and place them on our number grid.

 We hurried to place them on the grid 

before they began to melt in our hands.😁

 Found them all by mid morning!

Ten inviting math centers were set up around the classroom 

to help us practice counting to 100. 

Build with 100 Keva blocks or...

 ...100 cups.

 Color groups of ten objects to make 100.

 Roll a dice and move your marker 

until you reach 100.

 What would you buy with $100.00??

 Coloring in certain numbers on a 100 grid 

to reveal a secret message.

 Understanding how 100 numbers 

"link" together.

 100 Legos can turn into...

 100 paint dots to look like gumballs.

A great day to celebrate being 100 days smarter!