Orange Splot

We like to celebrate each others differences. The Orange Splot House is a book that helps illustrate this to students. Students then placed their own orange paint onto little white houses. The next day once they have dried students decorate their homes with crayons. Each home is uniquely their own. We like to have the students cut out the houses when done to practice the skill of cutting.

Pete the Cat

As a grade We have used Pete the Cat to discuss colors and read color words. Classes completed a cutting and listening activity this week.

5 to 4

Many of you may of noticed that a class list for Mr. Mika could not be found. Our kindergarten enrollment was not as projected by the district, so he has been moved. Mr. Mika was a great addition to our school and grade level and will be missed. He has returned back to Negley Elementary to and will continue to teach kindergarten and impact the students of Hays CISD.

Grant Awarded

In May our Kindergarten Team worked together writing a grant for items to help us meet the needs of our students this coming year. We have many new Math standards and we believe the best way for students to learn is with physical objects to manipulate and explore. We are excited to learn A+ Federal Credit Union accepted our request. As team we are thrilled that we will have new materials to enhance our students learning.

SeaWorld

We were once again overwhelmed with the amazing parent support. We had 105 adults attend and 98 kindergarten students representing Carpenter Hill at SeaWorld. Thank you to the families who experienced the day with their child or who took on an extra friend.

Our kindergarten students had a great time experiencing the sights, smells and sounds of SeaWorld. We spent weeks prior gaining knowledge and learning facts about the animals and their habitat we would observe.

We received many comments from parents expressing their amazement at the depth students knew about the animals. Thanks for helping us get to Sea World and letting your child experience this amazing learning day.

Work Hard Play Hard

The gals of kindergarten relaxed together on a Friday after a fun week of teaching.

Plants Needs

We have written what we think a plant needs to survive before having a full discussion. At the end of the week we will draw and label again what we have learned.