Last Day

My heart is so full on this last day of kindergarten and my time at Mallinckrodt. Thank you all for making it all so special!

Field Day Fun!

What a fun day yesterday! 

Fraction Fun!

We practiced fractions with a fun game today! I told the crew I'd post the link so they can practice at home. The one we did was "Simple Fractions."  I'm proud of their hard work and quickly picking up on fractions!

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/menus/fractions.htm

A Note from Mrs. H...

What a nice cared the crew got from Mrs. Hassenstab (Springboard)!

Fraction Action!

This week and next we'll be studying fractions. We discussed equal parts, numerator and denominator. We will focus on halves and fourths, but I will introduce bigger fractions towards the end of the unit. 

Field Trip to...Mallinckrodt!

Due to the rain, our walking field trip had to be changed. However, our community destinations were kind enough to come to US! They all had great presentations and I commend them for being able to put a last minute presentation together. The kids enjoyed their visits and ended up with "souvenirs" from each destination. 

VIP

Truman had a fun weekend with Elliott! Gardening and Grandma's House...how fun!

Blues!!!

Got to watch the game with my Godson last night! Such an exciting game! Blues💙

VIP Day!

We had a great time doing our Pete the Cat reader's theater for our VIP's today! I love meeting my crew's special visitors that I hear so much about!

(📷:Mrs. Lamont-thanks!)

Tattle Time!

This sums up our last few weeks on tattles 😊. We've revisited tattles/reports and problem solving!

Had to share a picture of my sweet niece 😊.

Springboard Scenery

Working hard on scenery for their Springboard performance!

Team Aaron

What a team!!!

STEM Fun: Insect Style!

Last Friday we did a STEM challenge building towers with Honeycombs and icing. So fun!

VIP: Mira

Wow! What a fun weekend Truman had with Mira and her family. She had an an awesome presentation with her pictures that she presented to the crew!

Crazy Crew!

"Give me your craziest face when you're ready to move on..." Looked up and saw this! Love this crew.❤️

Ants!

Creating, drawing and labeling ants! Students could choose their materials and plan. We also got our insect science centers.

Powdered Donut Pollination!

We started our insect unit on Monday. Yesterday we explored pollination with..powdered donuts! So fun. 

Tying Shoes

There are several kinders who cannot tie their shoes. This is not something we do in class, but they are expected to be able to do it. PLEASE be sure your child can tie their shoes. Thanks!

VIP: Parker

What a fun weekend Truman had with Parker. Soccer practice, movie with mom and a delicious pizza!

Math: Carrying Tens

Good Morning!  Today we'll use this fun song to revisit what we touched on yesterday, carrying tens in double digit addition.  We also did double digit subtraction without borrowing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAL8XxyGVow&sns=em

Special Visitor!

We had a visit from my niece during extra recess today! She was loving watching the crew do GoNoodle Indoor Recess.

VIP: Evan I.

Blues game watching, shoe shopping and SLU track. What a fun weekend Truman had with Evan!

Blues!

What an exciting game to be at! Let's Go Blues!

Force and Motion

Today we learned about force and motion and did some brainstorming with our new vocabulary..

Directions

I got some serious belly laughs when I introduced a way to remember the order of directions: Never Eat Soggy Waffles

I hope everyone had a great weekend! My sweet niece enjoyed the weather with us Sunday.😎

Cupcake Time!

Thanks to the Ross family for supporting Mallinckrodt at trivia night and bidding on "Cupcakes with Ms. Gegg!" I had such a fun time catching up with Charlie and Laurel all while enjoying some delicious treats😊. 

Chaperones Needed!!!

Parents, we will be taking a walking field trip around the community to a few locations on May 17th. I need as many parents as possible since we are walking. Please email me if you're interested!

Earth Day!

This week in science we'll be talking about our environment and things we can do to help make it a great place!  Today we discussed reducing, reusing, recycling.  They enjoyed the Three R's song by Jack Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSM2riAEX4U

Brownie Points!

This sweet crew earned a brownie point celebration today from earning 10 brownie points as a team. At the end of each day if we earned more "smilies" than "frownies" we earn a brownie point. They voted on donuts and The Peanuts Movie!

Zap the MAP!

During our MAP Dragon Rally today we talked about "sticking to the MAP" for the older grades who will begin testing. To go along with the theme, they decided to stick Mr. Thomas to the wall!

MAP Schedule:

Starting tomorrow, the MAP schedule will go into effect.  Our lunch and specials times are changing for the remainder of MAP testing.
Specials: 10:35-11:25
Lunch/Recess: 11:30-12:30
Due to the long afternoon, we will be adding an extra recess in the afternoons.  

Let's Go Blues!

Genevieve was excited about the Blues win!

Moon Craters

This week in science we explored the sun, moon, and stars. Yesterday we investigated moon craters with a hands on experiment outside. The crew really enjoyed this! Please ask your kinder to tell you about their observations. 

Addison and Ethan VIP

Tuman went to Andy's to get ice cream with Addison and Ethan. After that, we watched the Blues game. The next day Truman got to go to Addison's soccer game. Addison tied 2-2. Truman had a very fun weekend and I hope that you did too! 

Genius Hour!

The crew got a great start on their projects yesterday! We'll be finishing Monday and presenting to their peers and we encourage you to come on Friday at 3:40 to see their hard work! It's been fun for me to step back and let the kids take charge of their learning. 

Genius Hour Project Construction..

Tomorrow! Please have supplies. Projects are to be completed IN CLASS by the student, thanks!

Sun, Moon and Stars Research

Stars:

• ·         A star is a massive, bright, sphere of very hot gas called plasma which is held together by its own gravity.
• ·         The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is classified as a G2 yellow dwarf star.

Moon:

• ·         The Moon orbits the Earth every 27.3 days.
• ·         The first person to set foot on the Moon was Neil Armstrong.
• ·         The phases of the Moon are: New Moon, Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Crescent, New Moon

       

    Sun:

·         The Sun is a star found at the center of the Solar System.

·         Light from the Sun reaches Earth in around 8 minutes.

Manners...

Birds and Blues!

I think Carson was a little sleepy from all the hype of the Birds and Blues games 😊. 

Math Practice!

Our new vocabulary is coming home today: hundreds chart, ones digit, tens digit, row, column

Here's some great games to practice!

http://www.abcya.com/one_hundred_number_chart_game.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonPopOrder2.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/fruit_shoot_place_value.htm 

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/hundred-chart

https://letsplaymath.net/2008/09/22/things-to-do-hundred-chart/

A Visit from Chemo Duck

We've loved having Aaron back in the mornings. Yesterday Aaron shared a book with us all about his hospital visit and important information about his diagnosis. Today Aaron showed us Chemo Duck and taught us about his port and was able to show us on his duck and explained the process that he goes through. It was so neat to step back and watch him teach and his pals to be so invested in what he was talking about. Happy heart today. 

More Manners!

I LOVE these two manners! 

Kiddle: Kid's Search Engine

I was introduced to this site a few weeks ago and just fell in love!  It is perfect for children's research.  To sum it up, it's Google for KIDS.  They can search any topic they want to know about and it will bring up kid appropriate information/pictures/videos.  We've been using this in the classroom and it is fabulous.  If something is not kid appropriate that is typed in, the search engine will ask you to try again.  Highly recommend!

http://kiddle.co/

Manners 9 & 10

Our manners challenge has opened up great conversation and opportunities to role-play!

Interactive Reading

Today in reading, we read a book in a whole group lesson then split off to discuss the question words of our story. We came back together as a group and these five were team speakers.

Manners #7 and #8

I already had a very polite crew, but these kinders are shining bright with our manners challenge!

Ms. Eagan and I enjoyed visiting with Aaron this afternoon 😊. His Ninjago Lego set was quite impressive! We can't wait to have him back for half days!

Manner #6

As soon as we read this, they said "you always say that Ms. Gegg" and they're right. We often talk about positive attitudes and keeping our negative thoughts to ourselves. 

Manner of the Day!

Our 5th manner from our challenge:

Clouds

We are studying clouds in science.  More specifically, we are studying these four: cirrus, stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus.  We were a bit chatty at the carpet this afternoon and lost some good research time :( .  I told them I'd post the link if they'd like to do some research at home and can share their knowledge tomorrow.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm

Manner Challenge!

Here's our 2 manners for today for our manners challenge. We discussed waiting patiently if two adults are talking and it's not an emergency; and if it is an emergency, use the phrase "excuse me."

The Writing Process!

Today we discussed all the steps of the writing process and for the remainder of the year students will go through the whole process for each piece of writing. BIG NEWS, we are now writing paragraphs! You will start seeing their final copies coming home. 

VIP: Truman

Aaron was our VIP. Truman stepped in and helped "Dr. Chemo Duck." We miss you buddy! Keep being brave!

Manner's Challenge!

We'll be discussing 25 manners over the next few weeks. We'll role play and discuss these. I encourage you to ask your kinder about the manner(s) of the day to implement at home also!

Main Idea!

This week we are focusing on the main idea in reading: what the story is mostly about in one-two sentences. 
I Wanna New Room by: Karen Kaufman Orloff
Main Idea: Alex wants a new room to have space from his little brother.  His dad built him his own tree house, but in the end he decided he'd like his brother to join.  
Fish is Fish by: Leo Lionni
Main Idea: The fish and the frog realize that they are different and have to live in different habitats, but they can still be friends. 
Nugget and Fang by: Tammi Sauer/Michael Slack
Main Idea: This story was about a shark, Fang, and a minnow, Nugget, and their friendship.  When Nugget went to school, his minnow friends tried to teach him that sharks are not friends and they are too scary.  Fang ends up saving the school of minnows and they realized not all sharks are bad.
*This is one of Ms. Gegg's most favorite stories!  We had such a good conversation on SO many things from this one book: text-to-text connections, text-to-movie connections, onomatopoeia words, friendship, dialogue/quotation marks, and feelings!  What a fun reading lesson driven by a very engaged Kinder Crew! 

Team Aaron!

Love these pictures of Dominic and Aaron having some fun during a visit 😊