Kindergarten
November 22, 2024
News from Mrs. Robison: This week in Kindergarten was full of fun and learning! We kicked off the week with show and tell, where students shared some of their favorite items with their classmates. In math, we began Unit 4, focusing on describing objects by their attributes and sorting them into groups based on color, size, shape, and kind. We also enjoyed several fall-themed read-alouds about Thanksgiving, which inspired us to create adorable turkeys. Each student spelled their name on the feathers, making them unique and special. In writing, we have been working hard on spelling words the way they sound, building confidence in phonics and early literacy skills. It has been a busy and exciting week!
New from Miss Croft: This week we enjoyed lots of turkey festivities! We each created our own Thanksgiving turkey recipes, as well as making a whole class recipe! We did a step-by-step turkey drawing, and even did a turkey yoga brain break! Thank you to all who came out for the Thanksgiving lunch!
November 15, 2024
News from Mrs. Robison: This week in Kindergarten, we focused on building our conversation skills through turn and talk discussions with partners. The students enjoyed sharing their thoughts and listening to their friends, learning how to take turns and discuss ideas. In our Reading Workshop, we explored new books and practiced reading strategies, with everyone getting the chance to talk about what they noticed in the stories. During Math Workshop, we worked on IREADY math activities, practicing important skills and making great progress. It was a week of learning, sharing, and working together!
News from Miss Croft: These kiddos have been working so hard with blending sound to read words, and isolating the beginning, middle, and ending sounds of words. They’re all doing so excellent and learning quickly. We’re becoming great readers, and getting better and better each day!
With some gloomy weather this week, we were also stuck inside for indoor recess, but you can’t stop us from having fun!
We also sent home fall midterms this week, and everyone has made so much growth! We’re learning so much, and having fun in the process!
November 8, 2024
News from Miss Croft: This week in Miss Croft’s class we started a new math unit where we are learning about sorting and all the different possibilities when sorting different types of objects.
We also had a class election on Tuesday; gummy bears versus chocolate! We learned about ballots, polls, and why it’s important to vote. The Gummy Bears won by a landslide with the votes being 14 to 4, so we got to enjoy a sweet treat during our story time in the afternoon!
News from Mrs. Robison: This week in Kindergarten, we held a special cookie election! First, we cast our votes for our favorite cookie: Oreo or chocolate chip. After counting up the votes, we celebrated by eating the winning cookie first and then enjoyed the other choice as our second treat. Everyone loved participating in the election and learning about how voting works! We also honored Veterans Day by making American flags to show our appreciation for veterans. Each student carefully created their own flag, and we talked about how veterans are heroes who help keep us safe. It was an exciting week of voting, cookies, and honoring our country’s heroes!
November 1, 2024
News from Miss Croft: This week was filled with lots of festivities! We had our classroom Halloween celebration as well as our school costume parade. We also had a great time learning about the special things that Betsy and Luna had to share with us for their Show & Tell this week. We have closed out another month, and I’m excited to get November started!
News from Mrs. Robison: This week in Kindergarten was packed with Halloween excitement! We had a special Halloween parade, where everyone got to show off their fun costumes as we walked around the school. We practiced writing our red words with chalk outside, which was so much fun, especially on a sunny day! Lunchtime was extra special, too, as we got to eat with our friends and talk about our favorite parts of Halloween. To end the week, we had an ALL DAY Halloween party filled with treats, games, and laughter. It was a FUN week celebrating together! 🎃
October 25, 2024
News from Miss Croft: This week was the start of our Show & Tell, starting with our letter “P”! We had some Pretty Passionate Presenters this week who shared items of importance to them, and they did a great job with presenting to the whole class for their first time. We also had the opportunity to begin our Salt & Pepper partners and that really “shook” some fun into our daily activities!
News from Mrs. Robison: This week in Kindergarten was full of fun and learning! We had show and tell, where everyone shared something special from home, and it was so exciting to hear everyone’s stories. In math, we worked with the pattern block tubs, creating colorful shapes and patterns together. We also enjoyed the beautiful fall weather during recess, playing outside with the leaves swirling around us. It was a wonderful week of sharing, learning, and enjoying the crisp fall air!
October 18, 2024
News from Mrs. Robison: Today we celebrated our Kindergarten students at the 1st Nine Weeks Awards Assembly! Each child was recognized for their unique area of growth, and it was wonderful to see the smiles of pride on their faces. From improvements in reading and math to showing kindness and leadership in the classroom, every student received an award highlighting how much they’ve grown in just a few short weeks. The assembly was a great reminder of how hard these young learners have been working, and it was a joy to celebrate their individual achievements together!
News from Miss Croft: Fall break flew by, but we’re so glad to be back together! We missed our friends and are so ready to learn again. It’s so nice that this fall weather finally kicked in also.
We had our award ceremony on Thursday for all the hard work students have put in and I am so proud of each and every student in our class and at our school. I can’t wait to continue seeing all the progress we will be making within these next 9 weeks.
October 4, 2024
News from Miss Croft: This week in Miss Croft’s Kindergarten class, we spent time reviewing all the fun new materials we’ve learned so far but also some time relaxing and preparing for Fall Break! We had a math party after finishing unit 2 (who knew math could be so fun and DELICIOUS?)!
I hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing fall break!
News from Mrs. Robison: This week, our Kindergarten Mathematicians learned how to compare groups of objects and identify “one more.” Using hands-on activities, students practiced counting objects in small groups and determining which group had more, less, or the same amount. They worked on adding one more object to a group to see how it changes the total and compared the new group to the original. Through these exercises, the students developed a stronger understanding of number relationships and comparison, helping them build essential math skills in a fun and interactive way!
We finished this math unit with a celebration!! Great job, MATHEMATICIANS!
September 27, 2024
News from Mrs. Robison: This week in Kindergarten, we had an exciting STEM lesson based on the Teddy Bear Pattern book by Barbara McGrath! Our focus was on creating patterns and working together to solve a fun challenge. The students worked in groups, taking on roles such as captain, engineer, recorder, and presenter. Their task was to design a teddy bear parade line-up for a missing page in the book using repeating patterns.
Throughout the STEM lesson, the students engaged with hands-on activities, used problem-solving skills, and applied the engineering design process to create their own teddy bear patterns. It was wonderful to see them work together, share ideas, and explain their reasoning. This lesson helped reinforce the concept of patterns in math while also encouraging collaboration and critical thinking.
Everyone did a fantastic job, and we ended the lesson with each group presenting their pattern and reflecting on what they learned. Ask your child to share with you their teddy bear pattern and share how they worked with their group!
News from Miss Croft: This week we spent a lot of time focusing on our World of Work and finishing up the last few letters in RIASEC to try and figure out our codes! We also celebrated College Go week with the high school and had a lot of fun, and on Friday we got to end our “Fun Friday” with a CHOMP by having our Greater Gator math party!
September 20, 2024
News from Miss Croft: This week in Miss Croft’s class we introduced more new material to the students and they really seemed to enjoy it! We started out Second Step social emotional lessons where we learned about why it’s important to listen and pay attention and how we can help ourselves to focus and ignore the distractions around us. We also started to dive into our World of Work by starting to learn about the 1st three letters of the RIASEC code, starting with R, I,A. The students learned so much and we started to discover new interests and jobs that we didn’t know about before! We also had a birthday this week! Jaylen turned 6, so we celebrated together and she received her “birthday wand”! We can’t wait to see what more we will discover in our World of Work next week as we finish our discovery of the rest of the letters!
News from Mrs. Robison: This week in Kindergarten, we completed our 2nd STEM Challenge, which was focused on The Kissing Hand. The students worked collaboratively in groups to solve a problem using the engineering design process, integrating the themes of the book into their project. Alongside the STEM challenge, we also began our reading and math assessments on the i-Ready platform, marking an important step in tracking student progress in foundational literacy and numeracy skills. It was an exciting and productive week filled with hands-on learning and new assessments!
September 13, 2024
News from Mrs. Robison: This week we used the Engineering Design Process for our 1st STEM Challenge! Each group worked as a TEAM. Each student had a role with responsibilities for their part of the challenge within their group. We worked very hard and had a BLAST!
This week we also enjoyed sharing information about our names. Check out the photos from this week!
News from Miss Croft:
Another awesome week in Kinder!
This week was Spirit Week and I loved seeing all the participation from our little ones. I did my best to take class pics, but they didn’t always turn out the best, but at least we had fun!
September 6, 2024
News from Miss Croft: This week in Miss Croft’s class, we sang, danced, counted, created patterns, and even started reading using pictures and context clues! These kiddos are catching on quickly and I can’t wait to see their progress by the end of the semester.
News from Mrs. Robison: Wow, what an AMAZING learning week! We have been writing about our families and sharing this information with our classmates. We have enjoyed playing math games with dice and spending time with our friends outside. Check out the video from this week!
August 30, 2024
News from Miss Croft: We have been working hard and learning so many new things! We’re all so excited about all the math we have learned so far, and even all the math we didn’t even realize we had been doing through our everyday routines and play!
News from Mrs. Robison: This week in math workshop, we have been learning how mathematicians count groups to 5. We have been using counters to help us count. We have enjoyed creating and building patterns with other mathematicians.
During our classroom Computer Science time, we have been learning how to use different kinds of technology! We have been focusing on using the touchpad to click, drag, and scroll.
Check out the photos from this week in Kindergarten! Enjoy!
August 23, 2024
News from Miss Croft: This week was packed full of so much learning! We learned new letter sounds, the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters, practiced writing our names and talked about the importance of always using an uppercase letter at the beginning of our names, and we even wrote and read our 1st “Red Word” ‘I’. The students were so excited once they realized that they had already read their 1st word! We also started talking and learning about math and how we are surrounded by math everyday!
I can’t wait to see the continued growth in all of these kiddos and I hope they come and tell you all about it as well!
News from Mrs. Robison: We have enjoyed another WONDERFUL week in kindergarten! We have been learning how to talk and share our thoughts with the class, and with partners. We are learning how to talk with others and how to listen when someone is talking.
We follow these steps when talking with our partners. We think about the topic, then we share with our partner, and finally we share what our partner said with the whole class.
Please check out the photos from this week in kindergarten!
August 16, 2024
News from Miss Croft: We have had a great 1st and 2nd week of school. We have made new friends and learned many new things. We have been learning our school and classroom rules, and created our “Classroom Promise”. Our tiger cubs have worked hard on learning new procedures, and even became detectives to discover our new school!
News from Mrs. Robison: We have had a great 1st and 2nd week of school. We have made new friends and learned many new things. We have been learning our school and classroom rules. Our kindergarten class participated in a school tour with Super Dog and his silly clues. We explored the classroom and school to learn how to get to different places. We also met special school helpers. We went on the adventure in our capes and masks!