Some projects and classroom bulletin boards we have been working on this month....

We are doing so great things in our classroom this November!


*We continue to have our "Special Readers." The students love listening to others, besides myself, read some of their favorite books! The lastest reader was my husband! He enjoyed every moment he was in the classroom!

We have also had police officers visit our classroom to talk about safety. Cpl. Tyler and Sara Jenaman talked to the students about stranger danger and safety signs! We really appreciate all the knowledge they have shared with us.

The students have also been working on getting to know the computer! Each student gets a computer and we are learning how to turn them on, open programs, and type!! We have one project complete and it's up on the website! We now will be working on GoogleDocs!! Each student will have their own account so we can share stories with teachers and hopefully our 3rd grade buddies!

One project the kindergarten kids completed was their letters to their senior companions. The kindergarteners used their 3rd grade buddies as helpers to make their notes extra special. We really appreciate all the help our 3rd grade buddies have done to make each kindergarten student feel at home at Resurrection! :)

We continue to learn new things each and every day. The next few projects coming up in kindergarten will be more computer/typing projects on GoogleDocs. We will begin our journal process and we start journaling every day in our new journal notebooks! We will also be continuing our science experiments and documenting all our predictions, experiments, and our findings!

We have been working really hard in kindergarten as we learn the about the writing process. We do a lot of writing projects in our classroom but this is the first writing project we wrote, typed, and emailed!! There will be many more to come! Enjoy this first topic of "For Thanksgiving I will..."

Remember, I didn't help the students on spelling. The only spelling I gave them was the topic-For Thanksgiving I will. I worked with each student on correct ending marks and some commas. These students are doing such a wonderful job sounding out words as they write them down. It's amazing to so much success!


For Thanksgiving I will play and I will eat trcey and I will rid my bic and I will play ball.
by Evie


For Thanksgiving I will play. I will et trke.
by Payton


For Thanksgiving I will play owt side I will eat with my fanmle and thene I will go to my
Grandma’s house. Thene I will go to’Mrs Murley’s house.
by Anna


For Thanksgiving I will play ousad. I will et tracey.
by Will


For Thanksgiving I will hev dinrwith myFaymlle andFor dinr is trky.
by Lucy


For Thanksgiving I will go to my Gandmas house and eat trkey after I eat I will go out side to
play.
by Olivia B


For Thanksgiving I will see a turkey i will hav mahs btadoz.
by Bock


For Thanksgiving I will jup in The levse ete trcee plaeing in plae aw side wis my Fres.
by Judith


For Thanksgiving I Will et A truceu. I will et mash ptato.
by Lauren


For Thanksgiving I will go to my Grana’s and Granpa’s hous to eta thear and my cuzins will
play with me and theay will eta with me
by Clarissa


For Thanksgiving I will go to my papas and ride the forweller and ride the drtbike and go to
Cases and ete pie and I will go back home I will go to sleep and reed a chaptr boock
by Ethan M


For Thanksgiving I will mack a trckey with my mom, play with my brather, and eta mash
potatos I will go to the prck and tack a wock. I will and play and play.
by Olivia H


For Thanksgiving I will plla aotside oith mi frans. I will plla boll then go home.
by Tim S


For Thanksgiving I will maick a red hart and love Mrs Murley and eat terckey and culer and
pick the weeds and Werck at school.
by Samuel


For Thanksgiving I will iup ln sum lefs for thahksgl vng i willl rid a four welr.
by Nathan


Fro Thanksgiving I will git a tracey and et it and play and play and et mash ptadoS and go to
Granmas hous.
by Daniel


For Thanksgiving I will et wif my familey. I play wif mai gamm.
by Aidan


For Thanksgiving I will eat mash poetaetoes. I will go to Grandmas’s house. I will also eat
trkey.
by Alena

For Thanksgiving, I will Pa with Eli, Oen, Will, and kusns.
Ethan C.

With summer here I have some time to write about some of the fun things I do in my classroom that makes my Kindergarten classroom so special.
Individual spelling lists-
I give all the students individual spelling lists starting in early December before they leave for Christmas break. If the individual student doesn't know the alphabet that is what they are working on. If the individual student has mastered writing the alphabet they move onto a list of spelling words I have created. I start them off with 3-5 words. If they are successful they move up in the number of words they get each week. If they are not successful with the amount of words they have they move down to 2 or 3 words each week. You can really use whatever list of words you wish but I use a list that is grouped in word families.
I get my words from the Kindergarten Age 5 Spelling List. I think these lists are great. However, I will combine weeks or cut weeks in half for those students that need it. I have a sheet of paper that lists each students words for the week in a binder that helps me organize who has what words. If a student gets a word wrong they get that same word again the following week. They continue to get this word until they have mastered the word.
If you have any questions on the way I give my spelling tests please feel free to ask.
My past three years I have had 14 or fewer students and I administrated the tests myself. This upcoming year, I will have an associate in my classroom with 18+ students. The associate will help me administrate these tests on Friday because each student needs to be taken individually. After the students take the test, I correct them and try to get them to go home on Friday to be signed by their parents and returned. I hold on to these spelling tests until the end of the year to show the students their progress. The students always love seeing where they started (which is usually with the alphabet).

Alliterations

Five more days left of school. With school wrapping up so is some curriculum. We have completed our whole math book so now we are working on in-depth writing projects, clickers, and extra time reading! Friday we did a review with clickers and the students LOVED it! So, I will create another lesson with clickers again for tomorrow!
Today we did a fun writing project with iPads! We have enough iPads for everyone to have one, which makes things easier. Each student opened the camera app and took a picture of each student in the classroom. After they were finished they uploaded them to iDairy (full version-$1.99). With each upload the students can add a caption on the bottom. Well we are learning about alliterations with one of the Shared Reading books we are reading-ABC Look At Me!! So, each student wrote an alliteration for each student in their classroom!! It was an exciting process. Each student took pictures, uploaded pictures, worked on their typing skills, thought of alliterations, and had create classroom bonding! The below is one of the students work!

I would like to take some time and congratulate my students for a job well done on their May Crowning Mass. I have uploaded the Mass I used for KINDERGARTEN!! My students practiced these parts and were able to read them in church in front of the whole student body and community members!

I truly have an amazing class. Kindergarten students are just so full of life and so appreciative! I love stepping into my classroom each day to see students who want to work hard and continue learning!

Introduction:

Good morning!

The theme of this mass is to show our thanks for Mary the mother of Jesus. When God chose Mary to be the mother of Jesus, she said “yes” to God. Mary always said yes to God.

Penitential Rite:

Jesus, through Mary your mother, you bring joy to our lives,

Lord have mercy.

Jesus, through Mary your mother, you teach us the meaning of sorrow.

Christ have mercy.

Jesus, through Mary your mother, you promise us your blessing forever,

Lord have mercy.

First Reading:

God said:

I have chosen you. Do not be afraid, I am with you. I will make you strong. You can hold my hand and I will help you.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm:

1. Mary said, “My heart sings with thanks. God is great and good. Holy is his name.”
2. God smiled on me. God looks kindly on all poor people.  Holy is his name.
3. God is mighty and powerful. He has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
4. God remembers his people. He has done marvelous deeds for me. Holy is his name.

Second Reading:

And the angel said to Mary, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will over shadow you. Therefore, the child to be born will be called Holy, the Son of God. For nothing will be impossible for God. Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.”

The word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia-

Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Alleluia-

General Intercession:

Our response will be, Lord hear our prayer.

1. For all our religious and world leaders that they will do what God wants them to do, we pray.
2. That we will be loving and obey our parents like Jesus did, we pray.
3. That children will answer their call to serve God, we pray.
4. That all mothers and grandmother, who are sick, may they find comfort, we pray.
5. That all new mothers may have patience with their newborns, we pray. 
6. For all the members of our parish family, that God may bless them, we pray.

Thanksgiving Reflection:

Lovely Lady dressed in blue, teach me how to pray.

Jesus was just your little boy. Teach me what to say.

Did you lift him up sometimes, gently on your knee?

Did you sing to him the way mother does to me?

Did you hold his hand at night?

Did you ever try telling stories of the world?

Oh, and did he cry?

Do you really think he cares if I tell him things, 

Little things that happen?

Do the angel’s wings make noise? Can he hear me when I speak low?

Does he understand me now? Tell me for you know.

Lovely Lady dressed in blue, teach me how to pray.

Jesus was just your little boy, and you know the way.

Sorry it has been so long since I have blogged about the students. With the end of the school year approaching fast and my resignation everything has been crazy!
The students have been working on planting different types of vegetables and flowers. All the flowers that are made are donated to SMIC for them to sell to the community. We use milk cartoons from lunch, cut the tops off, and fill them with dirt when we do the transplanting. This is a great activity for the students as they develop their fine motor skills with cutting the cardboard milk cartoons and not to mention all the learning that goes into the planting process.
The Community Plant Sale is Mothers Day Weekend Fri. May 11 2:00-6:00 Sat. May 12 5:00-7:00pm and Sun May 13th 10-12am

Teacher Appreciate Week is this week! TO ALL TEACHERS: YOU ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND ALL THAT YOU DO GOES TO A GREAT CAUSE!

The students have been working hard on learning how to tell time, add, and subtract in Math. This Everyday Math program is a great program and lets the students work hands-on as they learn.

The students just finished doing their last Mass of the year last week. The students did such a beautiful job with May Crowning. Each student had at least two if not three. These students read Mass parts that in years past I gave to 8th graders to read!! I am just ecstatic with the process all these students have make throughout the year in their reading. They are such great readings and LOVE doing it! We read all the shared reading books together!!

Chicks Last Day :(

We said good-bye to the chicks :( This year we did not have the turn out that we have in the past. We only had three chicks hatch out of 36 eggs. The three that did hatch one of them was very weak and didn't make it past one day. However, I think the students really enjoyed this experience. They learned so much about journaling and raising an egg into a chick. We used many different forms of information from past videos of the chicks and the internet to books and experience. The students LAST journal entry on the chicks is listed below.

Koree

Day 23

Thar is anathr chick. It had an egg shell on it.

*There is another chick. It had an egg shell on it.*

Day 24

We sad good bi to the chick's. Christa Spilbauer took the chick's. I think the chick's will play at Christa spielbauer.

*We said good bye to the chicks. Christa Speilbauer took the chicks. I think the chicks will play at Christa Spielbauer’s house.*

Luke

Day 24

we sed good by to the chicks and we wur sad. The chick went to christa spielbauers hous to get mor spas.

*We said good-bye to the chicks and we were sad. The chicks went to Christa Speilbauer’s house to get more space.*

Jenny

Day24

We sed good by to the chcks LuvthechcksI I sed to the chcks Christa spielbauer fed the chcks

*We said good-bye to the chicks. “Love the chicks,” I said to the chicks. Christa Spielbauer will feed the chicks.*

Isabella

Day 24

the chicks are gon for evr and evr. I am sad

*The chicks are gone forever and ever. I am sad.*

Nik

Day24

Today the chics aru going to ther nooW home

*Today the chicks are going to their new home.*

Day 24.

The chiks are gon. The prsn hoo took the chicks is christa spielbauer. They are going to run.

*The chicks are gone. The person who took the chicks is Christa Spielbauer. They are going to run.*

Day 24

Today the chics aru going and the chics aru ganound run in the hen hous.

To ther noow home thae are gana runaround in the hous

*Today the chicks are going and the chicks are going to run in the hen house. To their new home, they are going to run around in the house.*

Day 23

we got a new chickin Today . Mrs murley tuk the chickin Out of the egg bekus it wus haf Way out.

*We got a new chicken today. Mrs. Murley took the chicken out of the egg because it was half way out.*

**Entries with no names could be Ava, Tristum,

Today we came to school and TWO chicks had hatched!! The students are so excited! We spent some time picking names for the chicks and the students came up with Fluffy and Stripes. We went through the process of teaching the chicks how to drink water. We had to dip each chick's head into the water. By the end of the day the chicks were eating and drinking on their own and the students felt like such great"parents" to these chicks!

We also spent some time letting each student hold the baby chicks.

Isabella

Day 21

we hav zoom egg mite hatch

*We have some eggs that might hatch.*

Day 22

the bedding and water and food and Lampe

*The bedding, water, food and lamp…*

Koree

Day 21

The chick's might hatch tomorrow.

*The chicks might hatch tomorrow.*

Luke

Day 21

I think the eggs are going to hatch tomorrow.

Day 22

two eggs hacht today . And ther are 33 eggs left .

*Two eggs hatched today and there are 33 eggs left.*

Tristum

Day21

I Think Ten eggs aur Going To Hatch

*I think ten eggs are going to hatch.*

Leah

Day 21

I hope ol of the eggs are going to hatch.

*I hope all of the eggs are going to hatch.*

Day 22

two of the eggs hatchd last night. We poot bedding and wotr and food in a big kintaenr . And Mrs. Murley nedid to dip the chiks heds in the wotr.

*Two of the eggs hatched last night. We put bedding, water, and food in a big container. Mrs. Murley needed to dip the chicks heads in the water.*

Jenny

Day21

We lookd at the eggs be kus we he'd a crp

*We looked at the eggs because heard a chirp.*

Day22

The chicks

*The chicks…*

Marilyn

Day 21

i thik that The eggs or goonu Hatch To Moro

*I think tha the eggs are going to hatch tomorrow.*

Day 22.

Today we tuch the chick's

*Today we touched the chicks.*

Ava

Day 21

We think the egg's are going to hatch and we are so excited!!! I think 11 egg's are going to hatch.

*We think the eggs are going to hatch and we are so excited!!! I think 11 eggs are going to hatch.*

Day 22

We are going to watch a chick viteow. Two egg's hatched!!! Father took the two egg's out. We look at the chick's. Our mom's look at the chick's.

*We are going to watch a chick video. Two eggs hatched!!! Father took the two eggs out. We looked at the chicks. Our moms looked at the chicks.*

Today we came to school and TWO chicks had hatched!! The students were so excited to see the baby chicks. They are so cute! We spent some time thinking of names for these chicks and the students came up with Stripes and Fluffy.

Nik

Day 21

The eggs might hatch on Wednesday.

Day 22

2 eggs hatch

*2 eggs hatched*

Chick Entries day 14-20

What a beautiful weekend we had! Awesome weather, St. Patrick's Day weekend, and the Extravaganza! The Extravaganza went awesome. Our class basket went to the Miller Family. Their thoughts are to bring the quilt back and have each student take a picture with it!

We are also finishing up on our Studentreasure books. The students only need to finish the illustrations for the second part of their book. We will be submitting our book for publishing Thursday March 29th.

I have been a few days behind with adding the students entries so here are the entries for day 14 through day 20. There are no eggs cracked as of now but we are waiting!!!

Luke

Day.14

ol of us went to the incubator and mrs murley flit the Eggs to x's

*All of us went to the incubator and Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Day 15

Mrs M urley flipd the eggs To x 's.

*Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Day 16

Thar is5 das left Befor the eggs hatch

*There are 5 days left before the eggs hatch.*

Day 17

We theck we are going to Hav 11 Eggs Wut are going to hatch.

*We think we are going to have 11 eggs that are going to hatch.*

Day 20

tomorrow The eggs are going to hatch

Koree

Day 14

We fllipd the eggs to X's today. Thar is 7 more days intell the eggs hach

*We flipped the eggs to X’s today. There is 7 more days until the eggs hatch.*

Day 15

Went to church Be for we flipd the eggs.

*We went to church before we flipped the eggs.*

Day16

This is our last candling day. in 5 more Days the chicks hatch

*This is our last canding day. In 5 more days, the chicks will hatch.*

Day 17

Mrs. Murley fllipd the egg's

*Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs.*

Day 20

We got the chick's caeg out.

*We got the chick’s cage out.*

Tristum

Day14

Today Mrs Murley flipt The eggs. To xs

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Day.15

there is 7 days left untell the eggs hach

*There is 7 days left until the eggs hatch.*

Day16

Today Mrs Murley flipt The eggs. To xs And this is the last day of Candl

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s and this is the last day of candling*

Day17

Today Mrs Murley flipt the eggs. To x's

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Isabella

Day 14

wey fit the. Egg t oo x)s

Day 15

6 egg the si Yellow chic. In the incubat or

Day 16

we dote doo candler enemies .

Day 17

in too the chic is gont ha hc 5

Day 20

We poot the food and wotr in the chick)s cage

Nik

Day 14

Mrs Murley Flipd the eggs to x's

DAy15

Today Mrs Murley flipt. The eggs. To X's

Day16

We candl Today Olnle hav 5 Mor days

Day17

Today Mrs Murley flipt the eggs To x's

Jenny

Day14

we can hlp mrs murley bee kus

Day 15

today mrs Murley flips the eggs x's.

Day16

we hav fun with the eggs

Day17

we can candling he Esau

Day20

we Poot wat Erin the incubator

Marilyn

Day 14.

Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs x's.

Day 15.

To today Mrs. Murle flipd the eggs to x's

Day 16.

To today i dik the eggs Or goonu hath in 3 das.

Day 17.

To today mrs. Murley flipd the eggs x's

Day 20.

To today mrs. Murley Poots the food in the cath

Ava

Day 14

Today we flipd the egg's to X's.

Day 15

Mrs. Murley flipd the egg's to X's today. Thare is going to be 6 more day's intil the egg's haech.

Day 16

Today we candld. Thare is 4 brown and 1 green and 6 whit.

Day 17

Nik got Mrs. Murley som water. Thare is 3 more day's intil the egg's hatch.

Day 20

We got a caje for the chick's. The caje has food and water and beding. Thare is a het lamp.

Leah

Day 14.

Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs x's.

Day 15.

It is 6 mor days intil the eggs hatch. Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs to x's.

Day 16.

It is 5 mor days intell the eggs hatch. We think 11 eggs are going hatch.

Day 17.

Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs to x's. It is 4 mor days in till the eggs hatch.

Day 20.

We did not flip the eggs today.

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The Kindergarten students are continuing their chick process along with starting a plant unit. We just planted radishes, carrots, and onions. We use the Rootvue system which allows the students to watch the roots grow. There is a window the students can remove and see the roots below each plant. A really cool process.

The chick journal entries are really coming along great! Each day I continue to give the student key vocabulary words and they write about what happens. The children are really getting excited as we get closer to the hatching date. However, we are starting to see some blood rings which is a sign of the chicks not developing because of improper temperatures, improper disinfecting or holding eggs at temperatures above 80 degrees before incubation. Not all the eggs have blood rings so I sure it is not improper temperatures.

Here are the entries from yesterday.

Izzy

Day 13

father did tak Kare of the chic

*Father took care of the chicks.*

Jenny

Day13

we cand the eggs bee kus is a candl day

*We candled the eggs because it is a candling day.*

Koree

Day 13

We had the 1st grade com over to woch us candl the eggs. We took one egg out

We had the 1^st graders come over to watch us candle the eggs. We took one egg out.

Tristum

Day13

Today we cand. Ther 21 eggs. Wat Hav Embryos.

*Today we candled. There was 21 eggs that have embryos.*

Luke

Day .13

we olee hav 21 embryos in the in curator and we olee had to tac 1 egg out.

*We only have 21 embryos in the incubator and we only had to take 1 egg out.*

Nik

Day 13

Today M rs Murley We candl

*Today Mrs. Murley candled the eggs.*

Ava

Day 13

1st grad came in. We sol som vein's and som heart's

*The 1^st graders came in. We saw some veins and some hearts.*

Marilyn

Day 13.

To tody mrs. Murley flipt the eggs to x's.

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s.*

Leah

Day 13.

Today Mrs. Murley flipd the eggs to x's. And we candled the eggs. It is 8 mor days intil the eggs hatch.

*Today Mrs. Murley flipped the eggs to X’s and we candled the eggs. It is going to be 8 more days until the eggs hatch.*