Wildcats have fun! Updates from the Front Office Dear Van Buren Families, Be an Angel this holiday season!! Van Buren Elementary is sponsoring an Angel Tree in the front office of our school for VBE families. To participate, please select an Angel ornament from the tree, give it to Kim or Andri in the front office to receive the necessary …
Preschool Prek is loving the beautiful weather! Kindergarten The Kindergarten kiddos hit the STEM lab and got their creative juices flowing to build their own toys out of recycled materials to celebrate reaching their 1000 book class reading goal. They had a blast and did an amazing job! First Grade 1st grade filled their Star Jar for positive choices and …
Preschool We have been celebrating Fall in prek! Kindergarten This week in Kindergarten we are learning what authors do. We are working on our first writing piece that includes words! First Grade 1st grade Wildcats learned about adjectives this week! They chose 5 awesome adjectives to describe their spider that will help them write descriptive sentences. Some of them sound …
Preschool This week in Preschool we continued our study of all things Fall, as well as a concentrated focus on the color red and our Alphabet letters. We read “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”, learned the song, and then created our own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom trees. We’ve enjoyed the gorgeous weather and will continue to build on our social skills. …
Preschool Pre-k is having a blast on our new playground! Kindergarten This week in Kindergarten we are learning about the Artistic area of the RIASEC. We stretched our artistic muscles by creating never before seen animals out of Playdough. First Grade 1st grade learned about what it takes to be an author and an illustrator this week. We had two …
Preschool This week in Preschool, we discussed parts of trees, what we get from trees, read several books, and talked about letters in our names. We are working on a Fall Art project that will be part of a fundraiser in a couple of weeks. Students are excitedly checking leaves everyday for signs of change! Kindergarten During W.O.W. time, the …
Preschool This week in Miss. Gracie’s class we learned all about the letter E Kindergarten This week in Kindergarten we had an unexpected visitor who taught us a very important lesson. A nickel sized spider joined us for group time! We learned that even scary visitors need to be treated with kindness, and sometimes things are less scary when you …
Preschool Pre School Fun!!! Kindergarten This week in Kindergarten we have been working on adding details to our illustrations of people. We drew our self portraits and displayed them on our class bulletin board. First Grade We had a great week in 1st grade! We explored different things we could write about this week. We even turned on our “Creative …
Preschool This week in Preschool worked on 1 to 1 counting, rhyming words, and some nursery rhymes. We also practiced using our words to ask for turns, waiting patiently, and helping friends with difficult tasks. We read: Hickory Dickory Dock Eight Silly Monkeys Kindergarten Kindergarten has been learning that words have power this week. We read the book “Each Kindness” …
Preschool This week in Preschool we discussed the way we come to school and all about each other and our families. We also continued to work on our daily schedule, and our days of the week/counting. We read “I Like Me” by Nancy Carlson and “Wherever You Are” by Mem Fox. Kindergarten This week in Kindergarten we are learning how …
