Best Wishes

Our last day of Kindergarten has come. I want to thank each family for allowing me the oportunity
to learn and grow with your son or daughter this year. Please celebrate your child's success. I am very proud to be your son or daughter's kindergarten teacher. I wish each and everyone a wonderful Summer and all the best in grade one! Please keep in touch and remember to read and write over the Summer.

Shining Waters Field trip on Thursday June 23rd

Please make sure permission forms and $10.00 is in by
Wednesday, June 22nd. Please let teacher know if you
will be attending.

Friendship Fruit Salad

On June 22nd we will be making friendship fruit salad.
If each child wants to bring in a fruit we will cut, chop and peel
to see what we create! The children love this activity!
Thank you

Week of June 13- Please note a few changes

Monday- writing about when I grow up......

Tuesday-Dress up......when I grow up I want to be......
             -Please send scrapbooking pictures in today.

Wednesday-Scrapbooking.

Thursday- Special craft and Card

Friday-Field trip to Cavendish Figurines. We are walking. Please dress for the weather.Please send in permission slips asap.

ACC Spring Concert This Friday-June 10th

I just wanted to make a friendly reminder that the Spring Concert is this coming Friday!It is at 1:00.Some parents are wondering if there is a kindergarten graduation......There is no Kindergarten graduation but we are singing in the school concert. We look forward to seeing you.

A Royal Tea Party

Thanks to Lilith's grammie. We had a royal tea party. She made us royal menus.

The girls were sweet princesses and the boys were handsome princes.

When I grow up I want to be.....

A Builder.....

A Prince......

Work with Buckles at Red Cross.....

Work at the hospital.......

A Painter.....

A teacher......

A princess....

A pirate.....

A fire fighter......

Math Homework This week

I have sent home a family math task for this week.
How many flavors of ice cream do you know? Explain your answer.
Have fun with this and send it back as soon as possible.

We created our own morning message

Wow....The children wrote there own message.
Look at the inventive spelling!
The message says:
Good morning Kindergarten.
The season is spring.
Today is Thursday.
Have a good day.
As you can see, we are working on sounding out words, left to right printing, and that sentences start with a capital and end with a period. Please Please practice at home!!Children need to write every day to become fluent!!!

Ms. Barb and the travelling cart......

The travelling Canteen Cart will be available to Kinderagrten every Tuesday.

The following items are for sale:

Fruit to go .50

Fruit Cup 1.25

Apple Sauce .50

Cheese and Crackers .50

Bits and Bites .75

Pudding .50

Dress up as a pirate or a princess on Thursday, May 26th

Thank you princesses and pirates!

It is time for sunscreen!

The nice weather is approaching....FINALLY!!
It is the parent's responsibility to make sure sunscreen is applied to his or her child.
Please make sure that your child has the proper sunscreen.
You can apply before Kindergarten and send a bottle of sunscreen in to Kindergarten.
Please label  the sunscreen with your child's name if you send it to Kindergarten.
I will give extra time for your child to apply his or her own sunscreen.
Thank you for your concern in this matter.

Banana Split Day

We are having a banana split day on Wednesday June1st!
I am supplying the ice-cream. I am looking for parents to help with the following items:
bananas
chocolate sauce- Emily
caramel sauce
strawberry sauce
bottle of cherries
sprinkles- Jenna
bowls
spoons
napkins
Please make a note in your child's agenda if you can bring in an item.
Thank you:)

Picnic Re-scheduled

We are going on a picnic Thursday, May 12th. 
We will walk to Gateway, play outdoors and eat lunch.
We plan to leave the school at 10:45 and return at 12:30.
Please dress for the weather.
Thank-you

Music in Kindergarten

Be sure to check out Ms. Harris's blog on ACC's home page to see what Kindergarten is learning in music!

May 16-20.....Fun with Watermelon in Kindergarten

W is for watermelon!

We are having lesson plans and having fun with watermelons:
Science- tasting, describing and using our 5 senses
Writing- Inventive spelling as we write and learn about watermelons
Reading- Watermelon chant
Arts & Crafts- Watermelon paperplate Craft
Math- Counting with watermelon seeds

We love Kindergarten

After our trip to the hospital!!
Do you like our cool sunglasses?

Not A Box by Antoinette Portis

We are having fun with the following book.
I am asking each child to bring in a box for Tuesday, May 10th. We are going to use our imaginations and make fun creations with the box!

We are going on a picnic!

We are walking to Gateway to play and have a picnic.
We plan to go on Wednesday, May 11th. If it is raining we will go the following day May 12th.
Please sign permission slip.

Technology in Kindergarten!

We are learning to sign into the computers.
We are typing letters and sight words.
We are creating art with tux paint.
We plan to send a class email next computer lab day.
We may email Mr.Quinlan or Mrs.Jay.

Building

Tyler loves to build and create with the magnetic blocks!

ACC IS AWESOME!

We are writing why ACC is awesome?
Mr. Q put an awesome crate in the library!
Jenna thinks Kindergarten at ACC is awesome!

How many patterns can you make?

Noah making a pattern with pompoms

We are learning a new pattern...ABCABCABC

Patterns keep repeating!



The possibilities of patterns are endless with pompoms!
We love learning!



April 11-15

Monday- Journals Writing and Computer lab
Tuesday and all week- Lessons about the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Each child will take the book home to share with his or her family. Please read it together and return it the next day so all children get a turn to take it home. There are many great lessons at http://www.teachingheart.net/veryhungrycaterpillar.html
Wednesday- we are now working on patterns: ABCABCABCABC.....An example could be red, green, yellow, red green, yellow,etc,etc
Thursday- Butterfly craft and group time with Mrs. Bryanton's class
Friday- Show and Tell

How many days for seeds to grow?

We planted grass seeds today, April 7, and predicted how many days it will take to grow. The estimates were from 1-100! We are on day 5 and still no grass!


Mrs.Drummond and Tyler



Mrs.Drummond and Emily


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Our grass seeds



Cupcakes for Easter Seals

Mrs. Drummond  will be selling cupcakes on Friday, April 8th for Easter Seals.
The price is $1.00 each.
ACC Flea Market and bake sale raised $325.00.
Thanks for your support

Fieldtrip to hospital and lunch

We have a field trip planned on April 28th to the Prince County Hospital and then out for lunch.Thanks to Rachel and Jeremy for their help.
 

Birthdays

We have set a goal to know our birthdate by Easter!
Please review this at home with your child.

F is for Family!

A letter F has been sent home with your child today April 4, 2011.
Please help your child decorate the cut out with photos, drawings and objects that have meaning to your family. Every family is special and unique.Please return the project to Kindergarten by April 20th,2011.Have fun and be creative!

April is here!

April Showers bring May flowers!
We are learning about Spring.
We have made and put out bird feeders at ACC.
We are learning the letter Uu and planting seeds.
We are doing more problem-solving tasks in Math. This week using the book The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins. We are also exploring in math by using the scales and discussing the concept of heavy and light. There is lots of learning happening in Kindergarten!

ACC Flea Market

ACC is fund- raising for Easter Seals.
We are having a flea market at the school.
We are starting to collect items to sell in good condition.
Examples of items could be puzzles, books and games.
We are also having a bake sale.You could bake cookies or cupcakes to sell.
You can send items in with your child or drop it off at ACC.
More information will be sent home with your child in the coming days.

Rubber Boot Time!

Spring is slowly but surely arriving.
The playground is muddy!
I would recommend rubber boots and extra socks for your child.

March Break

I hope you all have a great March Break March 21st -March 25th.
See you on March 28th.
Remember Spring is on its way!

St.Patrick's Day Fun-March14-18

We are having a fun filled week!
Science- We are mixing colors....What can we create?
Math- How many gold coins can we find?
Literacy- Rainbows and L is for leprauchaun
Creative Development- Making pots of Gold!
Writing- What would you see at the end of the Rainbow?

Kindergarten Winter Carnival ~February 22-25

Monday- No Kindergarten-Enjoy Family Time!

Tuesday- Pj Day and Free Lunch( hotdog, milk and ice-cream treat)
               - Please make sure permission slip and $5.oo for sleigh ride is passed in
               - $2.00 due today for pizza on Friday

Wednesday- Sleigh Ride

Thursday- Ufit in the gym
                 - Silly Sock day

Friday - Snow building fun
             - Pizza for lunch if you ordered in on Tuesday

Links to Learning

Here are some links your child could check out on the computer:

http://www.northpole.com/

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp

http://www.kidshealth.org/

http://www.starfall.com/

Thank you Mrs.Hinchey!!

                                          We loved the visit and making homemade ice-cream!

Rhyming

We are working on rhyming. Each child will get a chance to bring in rhyming objects.
Good job Katlyn, ball and doll ryhme. What other words rhyme? We hope to make a book with all the creative ideas!