First Day of School Take 3

Exploring geoblocks during Math Workshop

We colored Pete the Cat headbands

 

 

 

Boys and girls rested during quiet time!

Our last small group-stagger start day went great.  It will be an interesting, busy, fun day on Tuesday when we have 15 classmates in the classroom instead of just five.  Wow!  I need to rest up for that!!

First Day of School Take 2

Exploring math tools

Five new Kindergarteners had their first day of school today.  For me it was Day one...AGAIN!  Today Nathan was the only boy with four girls....lucky boy!  We had another fantastic day.  At the end of the day most students pick the Pete the Cat tour as their favorite activity of the day. 

First Day of School Take 1

Daily Message.  Welcome to Rowe!

Our first day of school for the 2014-2015 year was fantastic.  I feel lucky to have a stagger start schedule here at Rowe.  With only five Kindergarten students today it was a quiet, calm day for my new friends to get to know their new classmates, the school, and me.  Here are some pictures of what we did today!  And just like with the movie Groundhog Day...I get to relive it tomorrow!

First Day Handprints

 

Writing on dry erase boards

After searching for Pete the Cat we found him in our room!  We just finished this puzzle!

Fine motor station...sorting pom poms with big plastic tweezers

I'm Going to School poem

Give Me Five!  Our rules for carpet behavior

We colored Pete the Cat

Writing Workshop

"I went swimming."

 

 

 

Summer Fun

Hopefully you have all had an amazing summer...swimming, camping, hiking, and enjoying the outdoors!  Yesterday I went hiking with Andrew, Matthew, Libby, and Abby.  I loved the view from the top!!

School is just around the corner.  Kindergarten Open House is Thursday, August 21 at 5:30.  Open House for 1-6 will be on Monday, August 25 from 5:30-6:30.

Enjoy the last few days of vacation!

At the summit of Bradbury Mountain

What keeps me busy on the weekends!

Since the beginning of March I have been busy every weekend with basketball or field hockey.  My sons, Andrew and Matthew, play AAU basketball.  Most weekends we are traveling to Connecticut or Massachusetts.  My daughters, Abby and Libby, play field hockey...and I coach!  BUSY, BUSY...but FUN!

Matthew

Andrew

Rowe's Field Hockey Team

If you give Mr. Sincerbeaux a cookie....

Yum!

Mr. S joined us today to read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.  What a great excuse to enjoy chocolate chip cookies!  We also wrote our own stories called...If You Give Mr. Sincerbeaux a Cookie...

Our Swallowtail Butterfly Hatched!

While studying insects at the beginning of May we were surprised to find that our swallowtail butterfly had hatched!  Swallowtails stay in their chrysalis from Fall until Spring.  What a nice surprise!  We observed the butterfly, colored a picture, and wrote about the butterfly hatching.  Finally we released the butterfly outside.  Bye, Bye, Butterfly!