The Last Day of Kindergarten 21-22

Our last day of kindergarten was truly bittersweet filled with lots of love and laughter (and a few tears from Mrs. Steele).  We enjoyed singing and dancing along to our Good Morning songs for the final time this school year.  We read the book, Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten by Joseph Slate and each student was given a penny and a Hershey Kiss as were the students in the book (a penny to wish them luck and a kiss that they will be missed).  We attended our closing ceremony outside where each grade level was presented with words of wisdom from students in the grade above.  The ceremony was closed with a clap out for Mrs. Hudson, a 5th grade teacher who is retiring, followed by the 5th grade students who will be moving on to middle school next year.  

When we returned to class, we concluded our time together by reading the book, Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss.  Afterwards, students completed a reflection by writing about their favorite memory or what they were most proud of from their kindergarten year along with what mountain they will move in their lives or what change they will make in the world or what they will do in the future.  It was incredibly inspirational to listen as they shared their memories and future plans with one another!  Although they were a bit reluctant to leave at the end of the morning as they jokingly held on to my legs and tried to hide in their coat cubbies, I can confidently and proudly say that this group of kindergartners are more than ready for first grade and have such bright futures ahead of them! 

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Happy Father's Day

Since we will not be in school the week leading up to Father's Day, we are wishing all of the superhero daddies and grandpas a very Happy Father's Day on Sunday, June 19th from all of their little sidekicks.

Popsicles with Pals on the Porch

We had so much fun at our year-end celebration bringing all three kindergarten classes together to spend time with one another while enjoying popsicles and creating masterpieces with sidewalk chalk on our kindergarten porch!  

Enjoying Our Memory Books

As a special keepsake, students were each given a memory book to help them to remember the many special events and learning opportunities from their kindergarten year!  They were also given a sheet of book character stickers to remind them to keep reading, The Gruffalo book to add to their collection of books and remind them to continue to be brave and creative like the mouse in the story, a stuffed gator to share their love of reading with, and a gator clapper to give them a round of applause and encourage them to continue to be Greater Gators and use their character strengths.  

Camping Out in Kindergarten

To culminate a fun-filled year of growing our smart muscles together, we had so much fun practicing all the skills we learned through a camping theme.  From reading in the Reading Tent, to practicing snap words and math facts in the Cabin Tent, to listening to stories by the Campfire, to fishing for color words and numbers that make ten in the Fishing Pond, to alphabetizing camping supplies, to finding the number of syllables in camping words, to reading and sequencing camping events, so much fun was had by all!