Pointer Power!

This week we launched our unit on Super Readers!! The first super power we have learned is pointer power. We even made some super pointers to help them point under the words as they read.

Campaign Trail

The kindergarten kids hit the campaign trail today trying to convince other students in the school why their candidate is the best animals for the job.  The students did a great job explaining their reasons to the other students.

Team Piggie!

Team Elephant!

ECO

On Tuesday we went on a nature hike.  We stopped at Fairmont Farm to see the baby calves and then headed to the East Montpelier Trails.  They were great travelers and have incredible stamina!!

Open House

 Thank you to all the families who were able to make it out last night to our open house!!  It was so nice to see the kids showing off all they have been up to in kindergarten!

Fall Hike

Here are some pictures from our hike today to Mallory Brooke.  We had a wonderful time strolling through the woods on this beautiful fall day.  

Checking out a decomposing fox

Bridge Building

A little treat after a wonderful hike!

Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Pumpkins!

Today was one of those magical days that we are just so thankful to spend the afternoon outside together.  The forest had never looked so beautiful as the light streamed through the forest floor, highlighting the golden blanket. Today we focused on pumpkins.  Checked out what we were up to:

Thank you Joannes for our concert in the forest!

Painting on trees

Pumpkin soup anyone?

Pumpkin Ring Toss

Thank you to all the volunteers for spending the afternoon with us!

Building our Reading Muscles!!

The kindergarten classroom continues to be a busy place for learning. In literacy we are learning the different ways to read a book (read the pictures, read the words or retell the story) and building our reading muscles. They have been working on reading to themselves and reading with partner.  We also have a student teacher from Norwich spending time in our room on Thursday's. His name is Mr. Warden and will be here until December.

ECO

We had a beautiful day for ECO yesterday! We started off with a tag game and then entered the forest for the afternoon. We made clay faces and staffs, used tools to crush rocks and flowers, built shelters, made face paint out of charcoal, found a red backed salamander and swung from a low tree branch.  If you would like to come out with us next time (September 27th) let us know. We will be making mouse houses!