The History of St. Patrick

History Channel's St. Patrick Information Page has tons of information about this holiday. I for one did not know that this day was a celebratory feast day for the patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick is known for converting the Irish to Christianity, thus he is their patron saint.  The kiddos are already excited about wearing green and NOT getting pinched!

Dr. Seuss's Birthday!

Kindergarten celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday was celebrated on Tuesday, March 2nd. We read The Cat in the Hat, Oh the Places You Will Go!, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?. We all had Cat in The Hat hats that we wore all day. We also had a Cat in the Hat coloring sheet contest! It was a busy fun day! Next year it will be even bigger and better!

Kinder Happenings this Month!

This month has been a whirlwind of activity! First we had the awesome ski trip at Blacktail Mountain, then we had a Valentine's day party, then we had a dental talk from the county, and finally we had so many delicious hot lunches on Mondays.

AND we celebrated two presidents birthdays this month. Below is Piper sporting her Washington hat and I love that Calvin look like a continental soldier marching! 

The Kinders finished up their study on dinosaurs. We learned what a dig sit is, how the grid at the site works. How to build a model (and what a model is!); patience and perseverance were side life lessons honed with this activity. We have a few models hanging up in the room over the science center, the rest went home! The vocabulary words we focused on were excavation, herbivore, carnivore, paleontology, fossil and extinct. The final project was the writing component, their field guides! We learned that we have to look in books and on the internet to find out information. This was a big science unit and the kids did an amazing job! 

                   Apatosaurus                                    Plesiosaurus

                  Apatosaurus                                         Stegosaurus  

 

                      Pterandon                                   Dig site with grid. 

In math we are focusing on teen numbers and 3D shapes. We have made cubes, cones, pyramids and cylinders so far. This is what happens when 5-6 year olds make cones and have access to tape! Love it! I love how Case is either a narwhal or unicorn.

Hats and Gloves!

This Thursday a wonderful, generous, community member donated hats and gloves for all of the students at Dayton! The Kinders loved them and wanted to wear them all day. I let them wear the hats, but writing in gloves is a bit too much! 

Then it was just another crazy Thursday in Miss Cole's room. Everyone wanted fuzzy mustaches and our silly head gear. It was a productive day as we finished our Ted Harrison art projects. The landscapes are hung in our room and the boys and girls houses are hung in the hall.  

Schoolhouse Rock - "The Preamble"

5/6th grades will be exploring the U.S. Constitution this month. Here is a classic School House Rock video about the Preamble; enjoy!

First Week Back from Break

We jumped right into the curriculum this week and the kiddos were eager to learn. There were several students who did miss their Mammas and we worked through it and made it to Thursday!

The kids painted their dinosaur kits, popped out the pieces, and then put them into our simulated paleontological dig site (sand in our tote). This week we will bury our bones and then dig them up and put our skeletons back together! This last step will take a few weeks.

I was excited to get back into the swing of things. Looking forward to an AMAZING 2016!

Where has the time gone?

Welcome back to the blog. I FINALLY have a working internet connection at home and thus can resume the blog.  The play was fantastic! And it could not have been a success without the help from families and friends of Dayton School:  

you all ROCK!

Thank you Sarah Schmeusser for making the sheep look so adorable! The lambs loved their outfits and they did a great job singing their song!