Blue Ribbon + Johnny Appleseed Pan Hats + Mystery Reader = BIG FUN

Today our school was named A BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL!!!

Which means that even the PRESIDENT knows our name!!

The whole school got a special treat of ice cream to celebrate this accomplishment!

Blender Applesauce

Our Mystery Reader was...

ABC PARTEEEEEE!!

Letter Binders

That's right ~ these binders are coming home today, and will stay at home.

Letter Hunt

Alpha-Bits Sort
I ran out of video space on this one, but I think you'll get the idea!

Come back for another stellar day in kindergarten tomorrow!!
We 'll be making blender APPLESAUCE!!

Zany Z and Leader in Me Assembly

Leader in Me Assembly

Lily and Sam were our September CLC reps...

Our Book Buddies made up a song and sang it...

Happy LONG Weekend!!

Our CRAZY Picture Day and Apple Homework

Our New Class Book

Apple Homework

Picture Day Tomorrow and Mystery Reader

Tomorrow is Picture Day!  Be sure and bring your smile!!

Mystery Reader...

Apple Week, New Class Book, and Mystery Reader

It's Apple Week

These kiddos wearing their "read the room" special glasses posed for a pic!

How 'bout these apples?

Our New Class Book

Mystery Reader

SNAP, More Talented Kiddos, and Mystery Reader

Please do not worry if your kiddo doesn't know many of these words.  We have only covered the the first week of words (I, like, see).  I just want you to have what's coming.  My intent is not to stress you out.  We will cover these at school, and great if you want to practice them at home, too!

When playing SNAP, it's always great to start with a few words that your child knows, and then add just a few that they don't know (rather than trying to play with a whole bunch of words at one time that they don't know - that could take the fun right out of the game). 

Happy Snapping!!

And our Mystery Reader was...

Talented Kiddos...

I can jump rope.  Natalie

I can play tic-tac-toe.  Oliver

I can put in ponytails.  Kate M.

I can snap.  Hunter

I can kick high.  Elizabeth

I can do magic. Jackson

I can do a cartwheel.  Sylvia

I can twirl.  Eva

I can hula hoop.  Maddie

I can do Warrior 2.  Kate O.

I can wiggle my nose.  GiGi

I can draw a teddy bear.  Charlotte

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!

Wowsers...Some Talented Kiddos, Round Two of Leader of the Day, and Spirit Day Tomorrow

I can tell jokes.  Charlie

I can do a cartwheel.  Muhannad

I can build a race car with Legos.  Sam

I can stand on 1 foot.  Nico

 I can twirl a staff.  Ryker

I can do karate.  Gabe

I can jump up and down.  Armin

I can tell jokes.  Thomas

I can sing Rock A Bye Baby. Serah

I can tell jokes.  Lily

Check out what we are doing during round 2 of Leader of the Day...

Tomorrow is  Concord Spirit Day!
Show your Concord pride and wear green and gold/Concord gear!

Kindergarten Friends Books and Talent Show Reminder

Our Kindergarten Friend Books are ready...

Talent Show Scoop 
Thursday ~ Lily, Charlie, Muhannad, Nico, Sam, Armin, Ryker, Thomas, Kate M., Gabe, Serah

Today Mrs. Cooksey's talent was...

Yoga
Ask your kiddo what poses they tried today!

Library and Talent Show Scoop, Our Kindergarten Friend Books, Sensational S

We did not get a chance to visit the library today.  

Please send books back to school tomorrow so we can check out new books.

It’s Talent Show Time for Cooksey's Kiddos!

     As part of our I Can Do Anything unit this week, we will be having a class talent show.  Talents might be singing a song, doing a magic trick, jumping rope, counting to ten in Spanish, or any other clever thing that your talented kiddos can do.  Our talent show schedule is: 

Wednesday ~ Mrs. Cooksey

Thursday ~ Lily, Charlie, Muhannad, Nico, Sam, Armin, Ryker, Thomas, Kate M., Gabe, Serah

Friday ~ Oliver, Charlotte, GiGi, Kate O., Maddie, Eva, Jackson, Sylvia, Elizabeth, Natalie, Hunter

No stress... easy breezy things are PERFECT!!  We will make a class book out of our talents.

Our Kindergarten Friends Book...

Sensational S...

Birthday Fun and Popcorn Words

Birthday Fun...

We have started our Popcorn Words.  

Once you can read those words, you'll see them popping up all over the place!!

Flashcards will be coming home in a few days.  I am assessing your kiddos on which words they currently know, and will send you home that information as well.

Mystery Reader, Book Buddies, and 5 Senses Celebration

Check out who our Mystery Reader was today...

Thanks for the AWESOME pencils, Mrs. Thomas!

Reading to Buddies...

Five Senses Fun...

Five Senses Books...

Have  a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!

Author Study and Lip Poppin' P

Each month we will have a few kiddos represent our class on the CLC (Concord Leadership Council).  This month Lily and Sam are our reps.  Lily and Sam, you can wear your  red character shirts tomorrow to show that you are our representatives.  Everyone will get a turn. :)

We have finished our Robert Munsch author study (did your kiddo tell you about onomatopoeia???), and have started enjoying a new author!  Watch and find out who it is...

Perfect Lip Poppin' P

ask your kiddo how to make that lip poppin' sound...

It's Not ALL Work In Kindergarten and Outstanding O

O is for...

Library Scoop, Mystery Reader, and New Name Play

Library Scoop ~ If your kiddo did not bring back a library book today, no worries at all, but please just send it back next Tuesday for our next opportunity to check out books.  Kids get their own books out of their backpacks at our library time, so the easiest place to put the book is in the main big pocket.  That way they can find it right away without digging around.  Thanks for your support!

Mystery Reader...

Copycat...

Writer's Workshop and Reading Groups

Check out what we are up to in Writer's Workshop...

Now you may be thinking, "Hmmmm, Mrs. Cooksey, that just looks like a bunch of drawing"...
 but I PROMISE this is a HUGE part of the process!!

Here are two of the reading groups that I am seeing daily...

Color Books, Science Experiment, and Mystery Reader

Color Books are coming home...

Our color science experiment...

Mystery Reader...

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!

Mystery Reader, Green, and Our 1st Class Book

And our Mystery Reader was...

Our Green Song...

Our New Class Book...

Reading Centers, Writer's Workshop Scoop, and It Was All Yellow (Mrs.Cooksey loves Coldplay)

The finished product of our Show Me app.

This is a free app that works like a dry erase board with a camera feature.

Can you see Oliver's name?  It's written all over his face!!!

It Was All Yellow...

In Writer's Workshop we got our own letter charts in our writing folders today!  We looked back at some of our older pieces and practiced using letter sounds to write labels on our writing. These labels will help us teach others about what we are writing. FUN STUFF!!!

Color Week and I is for....

I is for...

We will check out new library books tomorrow.