What a Day!!

After lunch recess today there was a BIG SURPRISE in our classroom! Santa delivered an elf....we read the letter and quickly voted on a name. The name that received the most votes was Snowflake...so Snowflake it is :)Hopefully  Snowflake is flying to the North Pole right now to tell Santa how great all of my friends were today!

After the elf we had another surprise!! Our large pillows and bean bags arrived!!! The kiddos were so excited when they came back from PE and they were there. One kiddoexclaimed, "this is the best day of my life, I'm so excited that I might faint!!" It was very fun to try out the new materials!! 

Happy Holidays!

Hello Kindergarten Families!

I hope you all have a very happy holiday break! Enjoy the extra time with you kiddos. I will miss them over the next two weeks and will be anxious to hear about their fun adventures! January 4th will come very quick and we will be rocking and rolling towards the end of kindergarten. Take a peak at the book your child received today as well as the holiday work packet, the packet is totally optional but if you would like your child to spend some quiet time each day working that would be a great pack for them to work from. I will be in Cancun Mexico for a belated honeymoon so enjoy the snow while I enjoy the beach!! :)

Love Mrs. Baied

Polar Express Pajama Day

A peak into our Polar Express Pajama Day!!!!

So many adorable jammies!!!

We love days that we can wear slippers all day!

Kindergarten Christmas Pajama Celebration

Let It Go!!!!

Frozen day was a success!!! We started the day but listening to all of the music and coloring pictures of the characters from the movie, built our very own Olaf, played some games and ended with watching the movie with all of the other kindergarten friends!! My favorite part of the day was when Let It Go was played during the movie and all 60 kinders sang together! It was a very fun day filled with singing, smiles and lots of laughter!! 

Even Snowflake got into the Frozen theme! 

I will see everyone next week for an exciting holiday week filled with The Polar Express,gingerbread cookies, Santa themed centers, and our holiday performance! 

Love Mrs Baied

Snowflake had some fun!!

Snowflake had a fun Wednesday night! When we got to school on Thursday there were photos of Henry (Mrs Griffith's elf) and Snowflake posted all over the hall!! They were in the hall hanging out, they are so silly!! 

I can't wait to see everyone tomorrow for our Frozen day!!! 

Love Mrs Baied

Shh....Snowflake is resting....

We had a class accident yesterday....someone touched our elf :( This means that Snowflake could loose his magic....

But Snowflake left us a note today and took a nap...

Today we said good-bye to Ms. Olivia and Ms. Sarah, the students from UM that were working in our classroom. We had a little good-bye celebration for them...they will be missed! We also wrote about a gingerbread man/boy/girl and completed gingerbread centers! We had another fun day in kindergarten!!

Love Mrs. Baied

Happy Holidays!!!

Welcome Snowflake the Elf!

Santa listened to our letter and sent us an elf!! We were so excited to receive the elf, he wrote us a letter explaining the rules about the elf including how we cannot touch him and then told us we had to name the elf. As a class we voted on names and decided on Snowflake! We are already loving having him in our classroom and cannot wait to have a fun holiday season together!

Winter Weather

As the weather turns chilly and snow begins to fall, we enter the season of SNOW GEAR!  All kinders need to wear weather-appropriate clothing to school including warm boots or shoes, a heavy winter coat, mittens, and hats.  Kiddos can also wear snow pants to school.  A few tips to keep in mind when choosing snow gear for your child:

Coat
Does it have a hood?
Is it large enough to fit over other cold-weather clothing such as sweatshirts?
Can my child independently put on and take off the coat, including zipping?
Label with your child's name somewhere inside the coat.

Snow Pants
Can my child independently put on and take off the snow pants?
If they choose to wear them during the day...can my child independently undress to use the restroom?
Label with your child's name somewhere inside the pants.

It is inevitable that hats and gloves will go missing throughout the winter.  It is important that kindergartners learn responsibility and cold-weather gear is great practice!

We have LOTS and LOTS of snow boots and heavy winter coats at school, if you are in need please let me know or talk to Ms. Nave at the front desk.

Love,
Mrs. Baied

A Letter to Santa.....

Today we watched An Elf Story to start our day, we wrote a letter to Santa and we ended our day by sending our letter to Santa asking for an elf for our classroom. We really hope that he sends us one!

 So much excitement about Santa!!!!

December....already?!?

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! I had a great 5 days off but ready to get back into the school routine for my favorite month of the school year! December is full of many fun activities including Polar Express day, Frozen day, the holiday program and many different holiday projects! Make sure to watch the blog to stay updated with all of the excitement :-) 

Love Mrs Baied

A Lot Of Excitement!!!

Today we found out that our project was funded!! Wahoo!! We should be receiving the materials in January :) 

Thank you for sharing the post and for donating!!!

We read Five Little Turkeys and acted it out! It was very fun and the kiddos loved it....

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Love Mrs. Baied

Help Out Our Classroom!!

I have recently written a post on a website called Donors Choose. This website helps educators raise funds for projects and materials in their classrooms. My post is all about helping the students have more spaces for the flexible seating that we have started. Please share this link and help us to get some more comfortable seating options for our classroom.

http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/3301031?cachebust=1448303117543
Any donations that are made from now until 11/30 will be matched if you enter the code SPARK at the end. Every little bit counts :)

Thank you for all that you already do and I am looking forward to another fun week in kindergarten!

Love, Mrs. Baied

Thankful Friends

We made a chart with all of the things that we are thankful for!!!! The kiddos did a great job of writing and coming up with many different things!

Math

We have been working really hard in math....take a look at the pictures to see what we have been working on. We are learning how to build numbers and beginning to write equations!!

Labeling EVERYTHING including Mrs. Baied!

Today we learned all about how to label pictures. We started off by making an anchor chart and labeling a scene of a house; the kiddos did a really good job! 

They even spelled the words out-loud using phonetic spelling (writing the letters of the sounds you hear, not proper spelling). This type of spelling is EXACTLY what I want your kiddos to be working on. 

After they helped me label the house, they labeled ME!! I wrote the words on sticky notes and they labeled places on me such as my hair, my arm, my leg, my boot, my shirt, my necklace, my neck, my nose, etc. 

They had so much fun and were full of giggles!! 

The last job that they completed was labeling a boy on a piece of paper, they did a pretty good job with the labeling after we worked through some of it together. 

It was so much fun watching them begin to write!!! I cannot wait to do more!

Love Mrs. Baied

Dance, Dance, Dance!!!

MCPS has been awarded with a grant to incorporate dance into our classrooms, today we had Ms. Kaitlin who is a professional dancer come in and teach us a dance lesson. Ms. Kaitlin did a warm up with us and then taught about the plant life cycle through dance! 

Ask your child if they can show you the dance. Enjoy the pictures below :)

See you all tomorrow or Thursday for conferences!

Love Mrs. Baied

Conferences

As conferences are right around the corner, I wanted to let all families know to be on the lookout for a few important documents that will come home with kinders in the next few days.

Report Card Information:  this document outlines the report card and explains what each "grade" means.  Please review this thoroughly as we will be discussing your child's grades for the majority of our time together.

Conference Reminder:  a reminder will be coming home with your conference appointment date and time.  Sometimes conferences run a little longer than the 15 minutes allotted, and sometimes they are shorter!  Please keep that in mind and arrive promptly for your time slot.

I cannot wait to see you at your Parent-Teacher Conference appointment, it is always fantastic to get a chance to chat one-on-one!  As this is an important time for adults to connect and communicate, please make other arrangements for kiddos if possible.

Love,
Mrs. Baied

Hooray!! 50th Day

Hip Hip Hooray! We made it to the 50th day of K!!!!

Today was the 50th day of kindergarten and we had a lot of fun celebrating! We began our day by taking pictures in the 50th day frame, coloring a Rockin' 50's Picture and making a hat with 50 Q-tip paint dots. :)
 

We ended our day by enjoying root beer floats while learning if ice cream floats or sinks!

Ask your child if the ice cream floated or sunk to the bottom....

I hope your kiddo has enjoyed these 50 days in kindergarten as much as I have and I cannot wait to celebrate the 100th day!

Love Mrs. Baied

Halloween!

Halloween was a very successful day in Kindergarten! The kiddos looked wonderful in their costumes and had great behavior for the day being so different and filled with excitement. We started our day drawing ourselves in our costumes and taking pictures, we had reading groups and then listened to Officer Lloyd teach us about being safe on Halloween along with being safe every day of our lives. It was a great presentation and the students learned a lot, I hope that everyone was extra safe on Halloween but had a great time. During the afternoon we watched a Halloween video and had a party!

Thank you to the parents and families that joined us for the party and thanks to everyone who sent in treats! The kiddos enjoyed cheese sticks, skeleton bone Cheetos, apples, fruit snacks and a ring pop! We played Happy Halloween Bingo and had a dance party! Everyone had a great time. That was just the beginning of the fun, after music and recess the students participated in a school-wide parade followed by a dance party in the gym! The dance party was so much fun! We danced to two Halloween songs including Thriller and Monster Mash! Did your kiddo enjoy the day??

Enjoy the pictures!

Parents, please keep your eye on your child's folder for information regarding Parent/Teacher conferences, I look forward to meeting with you and discussing how great kindergarten has been going so far!

Love, Mrs. Baied

Red, White & Blue Day

Today was another great day! The majority of the kiddos wore red, white and blue but they are so excited for Halloween so that was all they talked about! I was able to snap a few pictures of the kiddos working hard during math.......

See you tomorrow for Halloween! It will be a FUN day!

Love, Mrs Baied

I will be out Monday, Ms. Sydney will be here. I have a meeting with the other kindergarten teachers away from the school.