Pete the Cat

We have had a great beginning to our kindergarten year. Everyone has been rockin' in their school shoes with Pete the Cat! We even got all of the kindergarten students together for a Pete Party in the courtyard last Friday. At the outdoor classroom, we had Pete Punch (blue, like Pete) and cat food (goldfish crackers)! After eating we sang and danced in the outdoor music lab! I love my red shoes, I love my red shoes, I love my red shoes! Kindergarten rocks!!!

I'm Back!!!

Bathroom Passes, Rockin' Behavior Chart, How Do I Go Home? Clips

Oral Reading Chart, Pete the Cat Doll and Books, Lunch Selection Magnets

Celebrity of the Week Board



Helper Chart, Focus Wall, and Calendar



Morning Routine iPod and The Book Nook

Waterford Computers, Word Wall, Bravo Board for Rockin' Student Work

The Book Nook

Celebrity Birthdays

Doorway to Our Rockin' Classroom

My Desk and Some of My Favorite Quotes That Inspire Us to Shine On!

Sight Words Chart and Our Interwrite Board

Calendar

The Golden Spatula Award for Great Lunchroom Behavior

Kindergarten Cubbies in the Early Learning Lab Hallway

Kindergarten Rocks in the Hallway for Displaying Student Work

This is my first post since the end of the last school year. I had a very busy summer and now I am excited to be back at Walnut Grove for my final year of teaching. At the end of this school year, I will retire with 36 years in the classroom, and 35 of those years in Kindergarten! Does that make me one of the oldest kindergartners around?!?! I think so! I have enjoyed my teaching career, but I have decided that it is time for changes in my life and it is time to give someone younger than me the opportunity to enjoy being an educator at WGS. I am not going out quietly though! I have a new grade level teaching partner and we have a new theme - KINDERGARTEN ROCKS! Mrs. Olson and I have worked hard this summer coming up with new decorations, projects, and activities for our classrooms and students. I am exicited about this year and very pleased with the new look in my classroom. I hope you enjoy the pictures of our new classroom and hallways. KINDERGARTEN ROCKS!