Monday, November 22, 2010

Thanksgiving Cooking

Many thanks to our volunteers for helping our class make cornbread, a sweet potato dish, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie! We had so much fun and can't wait to sample the food tomorrow.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Unique Monique


Today we watched the book Unique Monique on reading rainbow and discussed how everyone is unique, even if they are a twin.

Money Poems


We are working hard on our money poems and also making change each day to match the date- today we made 19 cents for the 19th day. Please continue to work with your children on coin values and making change over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Happy Assistant Day!


Happy assistant day to all of our wonderful assistants especially Mrs. Greene!

School Spirit- Twin Day

Tomorrow is twin day- show your school spirit and dress like your friend or Mrs. Rose (I will be wearing jeans and a black shirt). Below are pics from last year.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Want More Information?


Do you like our kindergarten website? Don't forget to check out www.vbschools.com - our school system website for more information, updates, goals, and school news!

Teacher Note:
Do you like the picture above? I just downloaded a new program "jing" that will take a screenshot of whatever is on your computer and put it on a website. Love it! It is in my top five most useful website/blog tools. Below are the other things I use each year on my blog:

1.Voicethread
incorporate pictures and voice for free www.voicethread.com
2. Zamzar
convert any file to another type of file for free www.zamzar.com
3. Google Docs
upload documents and have other edit them (no more email!) www.google.com
4. Picasso
organizes all of my school pictures, creates slideshows instantly www.google.com

Happy Geography Day


Maine, Israel, Britain, The Universe, and a Wildlife Refuge- lots of geography!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Happy World Geography Week!


In honor of Geography Week, we are asking students and staff to wear a t-shirt or sweatshirt with the name of a place on earth on Wednesday, Nov. 17th. This is a whole school event!

Friday, November 12, 2010

We are Thankful!

Virginia Beach Education Foundation

Wednesday night was the celebration of all the grant receipents at the Sandler Center in Virginia Beach. The food was prepared and served by the culinary students from the Virginia Beach Technical and Career Education Center. The food was YUMMY and I was very excited to take pictures of the food. Jody Carroll, our computer resource teacher, Susan Hardesty, our librarian, Leslie Law, our gifted resource teacher, and Mrs. Capwell, our principal, and Mrs. Williamston, our assistant principal, and Amber Greene, our kindergarten assistant, also attended.