Reading Celebration Parade

On Wednesday, Beauclerc kicked off the tradition of the "Reading Goal of each student reading 25 books per year" by having a school-wide parade. Each class chose a movie or book to represent in the parade. All of the Kindergarten classes donned red ears to represent Clifford, the Big Red Dog. It was hot, but very exciting.

It's a new year!

Welcome students and parents to the 2010 school year! We have begun this year by becoming familiar with the procedures and expectations of behavior for Kindergarten students. The students are beginning to remember to raise their hand to talk, to walk quietly in the hallway, and to listen carefully to the teachers' directions. During Writer's Workshop we are drawing detailed pictures and writing a sentence that matches it using phonetic spelling. In Reader's Workshop we learned what an author is and what an illustrator does. In Math, we have been exploring manipulatives, such as Geoblocks, pattern blocks, linking cubes, and several kinds of "counters." During Skills Block we learned a few songs, such as AlphaMotions and Jack Hartmann's Jack and Jill and Little Miss Muffet. And we are making new friends!

Jiwon, Jack, Makayla and Khwaish sorting attribute blocks

Kaydence and Alexis practicing writing numbers and letters

Matthew having fun with the teddy bear counters

Connor C., Gavin, and Chris exploring Geoblocks

Hope, Mackenzie, Connor D., and Seth sorting buttons

Jiwon, Alexis, Kevin and Kendrick (in the back) in Housekeeping

Kaydence, Connor C. and Jack in the Housekeeping Center

Connor D. and Makayla reading in the class Library

Connor C. practicing writing with Magna Doodles

Hope and Matthew on the computers

Kaydence using magnetic letters

Lillie and Jack putting together puzzles

Makayla and Conner D. exploring Playdough