Good Behavior Movie

Don't forget to wear your pj's tomorrow. We will be watching the movie in the small gym, so be sure to bring a pillow and blanket too! I'm so proud of the students who were able to reach their goal of earning 10 stickers! Congrats! I hope you enjoy the movie:)

Election 2012

Special thanks goes out to Jennifer Manazer for helping us vote today! She was in charge of our voting booth. Each child registered to vote by signing in. They were then given a ballot to cast. Once they were done voting, they received an " I voted today" sticker.

Voting Booth

Morgan and Mackenzie are proudly wearing their "I voted today" stickers.

Check out our campaign posters!

Team M&M's

Team Nerds

The election results are in...

Boo Stew and Pumpkin Puke

Fun Friday certainly held up to its name today! We had a blast during "scooking club". This is the term we made up while trying to think of a name for the days when we do science and cooking together.We started off by making boo stew.  Once the stew was devoured, we made pumpkin puke. 

Boo Stew Ingredients:

 Fried bat wings (Frosted Flakes)
Cat eyes (Hershey Kisses)
Tiger teeth (Candy Corn)
Polar bear toes (Small marshmallows)
Spider eggs (Skittles)

**** WARNING: You might turn into a ghost after eating boo stew! Eat at your own risk! ****

Cooking Club

Be sure to check out our cooking club page! New photos have been added:)

Pink Out

Unioto Elementary, Jr. High & High School are having a Pink Out tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 12th as a part of the Spielman Gridiron Classic Game which will be held Friday evening at Unioto. All students are invited to wear PINK to show their support of this cause and to honor a recent Unioto graduate, Emily Coy, who lost her battle with breast cancer.

Color Songs (playlist)

Reminder

There will be a 2 hour early release tomorrow for staff   professional development.



 

Tomorrow marks the second day of our read-a-thon. We are tracking the number of minutes read in class and I hope you are doing the same at home. Today, our theme was "Top of the day with a good book". Everyone enjoyed wearing their favorite hat to school.

Don't forget to wear red from toe to head tomorrow!

We will be wearing red in celebration of RED ZONE (Read Every Day). RED ZONE is from 8:15-8:30. At this time, everyone in our school is reading.

Daily themes for the rest of the week are...

Wednesday - Harvest a good book. Dress like a farmer.

Thursday - Tuck yourself in with a good book. Wear your pajamas to school. We will host a "Family Literacy Night" from 6:00-7:30. 

Friday - "U" are a golden reader. Wear purple and gold.

**All read-a-thon money should be returned to school by Friday, October 5.

We had a great time at the homecoming pep rally. The students had the opportunity to meet Unioto's fall student athletes, listen to the band, and watch the cheerleaders perform. It was a perfect way to end a great week of school! I hope you all have a great weekend.

**Pep rally photos added to the Photo tab**

First Day Photos

This photo slideshow created with Smilebox

I can't believe that our musical is tomorrow! The kids have worked so hard and are excited to perform for you.  Doors open at 9:00 and the show will begin promptly at 9:30 (in the cafeteria). We hope to see you all in the morning.

Author Study  ~  Eric Carle

We have been studying Eric Carle and all of his amazing stories. We have learned that he is an author and illustrator. He is well known for his use of colorful illustrations. His art work is created in collage technique, using hand-painted papers, which he cuts and layers to form bright and cheerful images. Check out some of our Eric Carle projects...

The Grouchy Ladybug

This story is about a little ladybug that is VERY grouchy. We decided to make our own "grouchy ladybugs". It was fun taking pictures of our grouchy faces! After we made our bugs, we wrote about things that make us grouchy.

The Tiny Seed

We imagined that we had our own tiny seed to plant. We created illustrations of what would grow from our tiny seeds. The class tried to recreate Eric Carle's use of ripping/gluing tissue paper to create their beautiful pictures. Once our illustrations were complete, we wrote about our tiny seeds.

Reminders...

There will be a 2 hour early release this Wednesday (4/4/12).

Homework will be due this Thursday, due to spring break. We will take our WOW test on Thursday too.

Our spring break will begin this Friday (4/6/12). Kindergarten students will not return until next Thursday, April 12. I hope everyone enjoys their spring break/Easter holiday!



  

Mrs. England's class joined us for another yummy cooking club. Today, we made rainbow bars. We melted butter and marshmallows together in the microwave. Fruit Loops and Apple Jacks were added to the melted ingredients.

Since we had something to eat, we thought it would be a good idea to make something to drink too. We (Mrs. England and I) told the kids that we were making Kool-aid.....but we really gave them Jello mix. The "Kool-aid" was prepared and placed in the refridgerator to cool off. The drinks were passed out and the kids tried thier best to drink it through the straw. They didn't know what was going on because nothing would come up through the straw! After a few seconds, Mrs. Enland and I shouted,

"April Fools!"

We took a break from cooking club and turned it into a science club! We learned about tornadoes. The kids enjoyed looking at pictures of real tornadoes, along with watch a few tornado videos. New vocabulary words were learned too....funnel cloud, tornado, tornado alley, and debris.

Weather wiz kids gave us a lot of new information, such as the difference between a tornado watch and a warning. Check out the website....

www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

Working in groups, each table made their own tornado in a bottle. We used two 2-liter empty bottles. We filled one 2/3 of the way up. Debris and food coloring we added to the water. The bottles were stacked and taped together. Once the tornado bottles were complete, we each took turns swirling the bottles. The kids were amazed when the tornadoes started to form in the bottles!

We are finally back to blogging!! I apologize for the lack of posts. Our school's website filter was blocking our blog for weeks. I am happy to report that we have everything back in order!

** It's Dr. Seuss Week **

Monday - Crazy Hat & Sock Day

Wear your favorite hat /crazy socks.

Tuesday - Red Fish, Blue Fish

Wear anything red or blue.

Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday

Dress crazy and mix-matched.

Thursday - Green Eggs and Ham

Dress in green. We will dine on the delicacy of green eggs and ham.

Friday - Favorite Character Day

Come to school dressed as your favorite Dr. Seuss character. We will celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday!

   

Welcome to our kindergarten blog!! Please check back frequently, as I have many things I would like to add to this site :)

We are getting ready to celebrate the 100th day of kindergarten! The 100th day celebration will be this Friday, January 27.

Activities planned:

• Creating  a picture of what we will look like when we are 100 years old
• Making edible necklaces with 100 pieces of cereal
• Creating crazy 100th day hats
• Completing our 100th day book