Happy Halloween Super Kinders!

Dear Super Kinders,

I am so sorry I missed our Halloween celebration because I was sick. I heard so many great things about your costumes I decided to take a picture of me in my costume and wanted to see if you could guess who I am. To make this fun I will give you three clues. The first 21 students to leave their answers in the comment section of this post will be able to pick from the prize box when I return. Have fun and be safe!

Love,

Mr.T

Clue #1: I was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. I was the youngest of five children.

Clue #2: I became the first African American major league baseball player in 1947.

Clue #3: I was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, I was the first African American to gain the honor.

Questions for the dinner table 10/28/09

• Can you tell me about the all school morning meeting you had today?
• What 4 literacy centers did you have today?
• What letters did you work with during the spelling center today?
• What is a personal journal?
• Who was the substitute for Mrs. Kuehn?
• Did you enjoy badge work? What is it and how do you do it?
  

Questions for the dinner table 10/23/09

• What happened in the read a loud Goodnight Goon?
• What is new about Spot's tank?
• Who was the 1st mystery reader for your class?
• What is the Spanish word for Elephant?
• How do you say Today is Friday in Spanish? Hoy es viernes.
• What is one thing you would like to share during the whip share that you will have during morning meeting on Monday?
• What was one challenge and one success for you this week?

Sydney's The World of Fishes

"I was going to make water with some stuff in it but then I thought I wanted to make it coral. Then I added fish and I made the fish king and queen with crowns. I want my mom and dad to see it on the blog. I want Grandpa Al and Grandma Anne who live in Canada to see it too."-Sydney

Questions for the dinner table 10/15/09

• What was the smartboard lesson about during literacy centers?
• What did you have to make during computer lab?
• Did you have indoor or outdoor recess? What did you do?
• What letters did you work on during spelling?
• What was the counselor's lesson about today?
• What games did you play in P.E.?

Questions for the dinner table 10/13/09

• What is a compass used for?
• Why did Christopher Columbus call the natives he met Indians?
• What two water colors did you mix for your Columbus Day project?
• Who was the first parent volunteer for literacy centers today?
• What were the names of the three boats Christopher Columbus used when he set sail in 1492?
• What happened to the Santa Maria?
• What were your four literacy centers in the morning?

Questions for the dinner table 10/7/09

• Did you play math games with Mr. Turner in the hallway today?
• Who were the two new characters you meet while reading Wayside School today?
• What did Paul do that got him sent home on the kindergarten bus in Wayside school?
• What was Mrs. Minkis thinking lesson about?
• What is cooperation?

A castle for Spots

We made a castle for Spots. We wanted him top be the king of the world. We worked together to make the castle for him. We think he liked it very much. We put him in the castle and he crawled around inside of it. We had fun! G and M

Group 4: What do you like most about kindergarten?

We like all the fun things in kindergarten. We like open centers. We like playing with the blocks. We like when we have literacy centers. We love to paint with water colors. We like when we go outside. We like using the SMARTboard. We like going out for P.E. We like doing calendar so much because we like counting sometime. We like deconstructing the calendar. We like to feed Spots crickets. We like being with our 4th grade buddies. We like doing morning meeting. We like reading in the library. We like picking out books in the library with Mrs. Blaine. We love when someone reads a book to us.

Group 3: What do you like most about kindergarten?

We like the computer lab. We like playing with Spots our class pet. We like open centers. We like recess. We like to do literacy centers. We love free draw! We like talking to our friends at lunch time. We like when our 5th grade buddy eats lunch with us. We love playing on the field. We especially like seeing our brothers and sisters from other classes on the playground. We like playing with our friends. We like doing whack a mole on the SMARTboard and watching Peeps. We like raising butterflies in our class. We like to feed Spot crickets. We like to show Spots books.

Group 2: What do you like most about kindergarten?

We like when we do snap words and we learn how to read. We like kindergarten because we like open centers the most. We like when we do SMARTboard. We like Spots the leopard gecko as a pet. We like recess because it is fun. We like going to the computer lab to go on starfall. We kind of like when we go to the library to read to Spots.

Group 1: What do you like most about kindergarten?

We like when people in our classroom have birthdays. We love the caterpillar that we have in our class. We like when we have quiet time. Our favorite part of kindergarten is when we read books. We like having open centers because we get to play and have fun. We love math because we like to solve 1+1 is 2. We like when we go outside to the playground. We like math because we love being in school. We like going to art. We like when we go outside with the 3rd graders. We like art because we watch what Ms. Canadas does then we get to do it. We like to play with legos and line up.