June

Welcome to Kindergarten!!!!

Mrs. Walmsley's Photo Gallery

Week of June 14- Show and Tell is YOUR CHOICE....Share whatever you want!

We are finishing the Zoo Theme and Walmsley Mart will open finally. We are also working on books that review our year in kindergarten.

I can't believe the end is nearly here. I hope to see you all on Friday at 10:00 for our slide show of a year in kindergarten.

Volunteers....You are the BEST!!!! You have made a huge difference this year. The children were able to get so much more individual attention. That's the good news. I will be asking you to continue through Tuesday, June 22.

Friday, June 18 you are invited to a slide show that will take us on a journey through the entire kindergarten year. It begins at 10:00. That is a Friday that we stay until 11:15. June 11 is also a longer morning too.

Tuesday, June 22 I will send each student home with a large bag containing their Art Folders and a collection of work for the entire year. You keep all of it. I only ask that you make sure all of it belongs to your child and if you find something that belongs to another student, please return it to school on Wednesday.

Now that we have completed the Artist theme, go to the game on the website and see how many paintings and artists you can identify.  Click here to play our "Guess the Artist" game!

 It is apparent that you have been working on the word lists and reading with your children at home.  We are still working on being good listeners and following the rules so we will be the best first graders we can be.

"Composition in Yellow, Blue and Red"
by Piet Mondrian

"A Sunday Afternoon" by Georges Seurat

"Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh

On Tuesday I will also be picking up the fertilized eggs and putting them in the incubator.  It takes 21 days for them to hatch. Fingers crossed.

On Thursday, April 22 I need to attend a district ELA meeting.

The week of April 26 we continue with Famous Artists and focus on Picasso and Monet.  Don't forget sharing. Anything related to art and artists will be fine.

"Self Portrait" by Pablo Picasso

"Water Lilies" by Claude Monet

On Friday, April 30 Grandma Tippy Toes will present a musical program and singing with us in the classroom.  Her program will relate to our theme.

The week on May 3 we will focus on Marc Brown and his books. We will also be preparing for our Mother's Day celebration. Moms are invited on Thursday, May 6 from 9:15 to 10:30. Please let me know if you can NOT attend. In honor of Marc and his great sense of humor, for sharing this week I am asking each child to tell us a joke.

Grandma Tippy Toes will return on May 7 to sing with us again.

The week of May 10 our theme is Oviparous Animals. Our chicks are due on May 11 so we will learn about animals that hatch from eggs. Sharing can relate to oviparous animals. This theme will continue the week of May 17 but we will not have Show and Tell that week.

Arbor Day celebration is on May 21 at 1:15.  If you would like to bring your child back we will sit together as a group and sing a song with the other kindergartners.

Dads will be invited to school to celebrate Father's Day on June 2 at 9:30 to 10:30. Please save the day.

Click here to see Mrs. Walmsley's Photo Gallery.  Check our "Mondrian" artwork that we drew on KidPix in the Computer Lab!

Our Pajama Party

SpellingCity.com

I have discovered a new website where the children can work on reading and spelling their List 1 and 2 words. This is meant to be motivating and fun. Please stop if your child is frustrated or not interested. Go to spellingcity.com. Click on "Find a list", enter a search term=Walmsley, click on Bonnie Walmsley, click on list 1 or 2 and play games, print papers, etc. I am open to feedback on this website.

We drew pictures of animals and birds in winter in the Computer Lab:

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Check out the gingerbread houses we did in the computer lab!

And don't forget our photo gallery.

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