Happy Spring Break!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful 10 days off with your family! I will be excited to see you on Monday April 11th to begin our Super K classroom :) I am off to California to see my nephew Jack and go to Disneyland!

Love Mrs. Baied

Spring Cleaning...

Subtraction Smash

Springtime Subtracition

I apologize for the delay in posts but the springtime sicknesses got the best of me! I thought I had recovered from the stomach flu but it was immediately followed by a chest/head cold..I think I have finally kicked it and I am hoping to stay healthy for the remainder of the year! 

Coloring a springtime crown

Listening to Splat the Cat

Today we learned subtraction but completing a subtraction smash!

Counting by 10's

We started learning about ducks this week as well as other spring activities!!

I can't wait to see everyone at conferences to brag about how awesome the kiddos are doing! :)

Love Mrs. Baied

Lucky....

We have had a fun week talking about St. Patrick's Day, completing sorting activities and discussing reasons we are lucky! Take a peak at some of our fun!! I am such a LUCKY teacher to have these amazing kindergarten friends!!! I cannot wait to brag about them to you during conference time :)

SUPER KINDERGARTEN!!!!

Hello Kindergarten Families!

We are excited to announce a new learning opportunity that will occur after spring break! Here at Lowell School we pride ourselves on being innovative educators that meet our students’ needs through engagement and dynamic teaching styles.  Mrs. Baied and Mrs. Griffith have taken the opportunity of a lifetime to further themselves as educators and pilot an innovative combined classroom or “Super K” teaching model.  Beginning after spring break, Mrs. Griffith’s class will be moving down the hall and into Mrs. Baied’s room which will be turned into a Super K classroom. It will provide all of your kindergartener’s normal daily routines with the added bonus of an extra teacher and more kindergarten friends.  Mrs. Baied, Mrs. Griffith, and Mr. Bessette are all excited about this opportunity and cannot wait to make the switch!  All line up areas, specials schedules, daily schedules, and folder routines will remain the same.  You are encouraged to still communicate with your child’s assigned classroom teacher, but know that they will now have TWO teachers to help them be their best each and every day.  The only change that will affect parents will be that Mrs. Griffith’s room number will now be #101 (just up the hall nearest the doors on the left), and the best phone number to use to reach both teachers will be (406) 728-2400 x4443. We are excited to extend our classroom communities to include more kindergarten friends and be able to meet the needs of more of our students.

What will learning look like in Super K? For the majority of our day one teacher will teach whole group mini lessons to introduce new concepts while another teacher will be either co-teaching, providing behavior support, or pulling small groups for extension or reinforcement activities.  This means that nearly each child will get small group or one-on-one instruction EVERY DAY!  Both classes already combine to do many activities together and follow the same progression of skills sequenced throughout the school year.  Super K will reinforce many academic skills as well as social skills such as sharing, character development, and allows for more developmentally appropriate centers and play time. 

Mrs. Griffith’s class will be making visits to our new Super K classroom, and both classes will engage in conversations about the changes in an effort to familiarize all students as much as possible before the transition.  In addition to involving students, both teachers will work hard to pass on information to parents as decisions are made. As with all changes nervousness is to be expected, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher with any questions and concerns.

Love,    Mrs. Baied and Mrs. Griffith

Projects...

Rainbow clouds using adjectives

Colors of Me

Ended the week with a rainbow snack

Q-Tip Rainbows

Rainbow week was so much fun! Take a peak at some of the projects we made...the kiddos loved learning about colors and the rainbow. Please keep an eye out in your students' folder, it is almost time for parent/teacher conferences again. A sheet will be coming home Thursday to confirm the time of your meeting. Please contact me with any questions.

Love Mrs. Baied

Rainbow Week

We started our Rainbow week of learning today by wearing RED!! 

A lot of the kiddos participated, great job! 

 Today we made a chart about rainbows; what we know about them and what we want to learn about them. On Friday we will add the things that we have learned!

We also learned a cool way to remember the colors of the rainbow, ROY G. BIV  (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet). Ask your child if they can tell you the colors of the rainbow!

See you tomorrow for some more kindergarten fun!!!

Love Mrs. Baied

Extra, Extra, Read All About It......

I will be at a meeting Wednesday morning from 8:00-10:00, there will be a guest teacher here but I will be back after morning recess.

Thursday I will be gone all day, I am traveling to Kalispell with the kindergarten team to observe some classrooms up there. Mrs. Meyer will be here to spend the day with the kiddos; they will have a fun filled day learning about the color green and having art with Mrs. Swanson. I will be back on Friday!

Drop Everything & Read + Throwback Thursday

On Wednesday we celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday with a pajama day!! At 8:40 every student in the school dropped what they were doing and grabbed a book....we lined the hallways with children reading! It was a great experience! The kindergartners all read Seuss books either alone or with a friend. Ask your child what their favorite Seuss book is.

Listening to what happens when we put the Pop Rocks in our mouths..

Thursday was Throwback to the 80's Thursday! We had a blast listening to 80's music, dancing, coloring bright pictures, experimenting with and even completing a math assignment that went with the song 867-5309 (Sorry I know it is now in your head :))  

It has been a very fun week in kindergarten, we will end today with Flannel Friday and get ready for our Rainbow Week!! See you in Monday in pink or red!

Love Mrs. Baied

Such a fun week full of rhyming, laughter and fun!! What was your favorite day??