A short but busy week

Kindergarten Round Up!

A new experience for me this week was kindergarten round up. I had not been a part of this before so I was glad the timing worked out and I was able to go. It did make for a long day (especially since the day started with a meeting at 7am!) but it was a wonderful experience. 

There were two sessions, 4 and 6pm. We had between 16 and 13 kids for each round which was a nice size group. Parents dropped their students off in one of the four kindergarten classrooms and then went to the gym to learn about the school’s kindergarten program and all things school. The 45ish minutes we had the kids was spent playing with toys in the classroom, listening to a story, and making an art project. While we waited for all of the kids to come in, we played with and tried to get to know them as much as possible. The two kindergarten teachers in the room were looking for signs of students being ready for kindergarten or behavior issues that may need to be noted when planning classes for next year. Then, I read “Look out Kindergarten, Here I Come” (by Nancy Carlson) to the class before starting the art project. Since our school is the Tigers, the kids made a tiger puppet.

Each student was able to take home a school readiness packet of school supplies! These bags were filled with such wonderful materials. A book, letter puzzle cards, a scissors, crayons, a mini notebook, number puzzle cards, and a packet for parents on what they can be doing at home to prepare their child for kindergarten. 

Easter Egg Activity

For reading today, the students did a magic egg activity. They first drew a picture of what they would want to find in a “magic egg”. I was excited to see how many different things the students chose! Then the students had to describe what was in their egg. They wrote what it looked, sounded, and felt like. If we had more time, I would of read these three items to the class as clues and had them try to guess what their classmates drew. 

This is a four day week and I can’t believe it is already Wednesday! Thursday will be another busy day as some of the preschool students are coming to our classroom to visit and see the school/classroom where they may go to kindergarten next year.