Check Out These Self-Portraits!

In kindergarten,we make two self-portraits. One is made at the very beginning of the year, and the other is made toward the end of our kindergarten lives.  (I know, can you believe it's quickly approaching???)  Look at how these friends have changed...

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Name Play

Check out one way that we build phonemic awareness (hearing and manipulating sounds in words)...

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Getting Ready for Grandparent's Day

We have started practicing for Grandparent's Day, which is Friday, May 6.  Here is one of the poems that we will be sharing...

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WHAT DO YOU CALL THE EASTER BUNNY ON THE MONDAY AFTER EASTER?

Tired!!!

Check out what some of these busy bunnies did this weekend....

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Hear an Egg-stra Special Song!

Today we changed the words to the "Hokey-Pokey", and did the "Bunny Bop".....

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Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute!

This week we have been practicing our Reduce, Reuse, Recycle song.  Please enjoy!

Here are some finished Save the Earth books.  Ask your child why we shouldn't kill worms, and how planting flowers and plants helps our planet.

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Meet Rylee's turtle, Alex Casey Joy....

Pollution Solutions!

Did you know that Earth Day is Friday?  Today we began talking about ways to take care of our planet.  We started our Save the Earth books.  Check out our web and some of these hard workers...

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Come back tomorrow to hear some of our books!

What Did You Do This Weekend?

This morning we had "Weekend Chatter", and wrote about our weekends in our journals.  Here are some happening things in our room...

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Tell-All Fairy Tale Character Biographies ~ Be The 1st To Read This Scoop!

Do you know which fairy tale character lost his pants at the ball?  Or who wore a royal diaper instead of using a potty?  Check out these biographies to find out...

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Our class raised $127.00 for Jingles for Jacob today!!!!  Thanks so much!!!!!  Happy Weekend, everyone!

Who Is Your Favorite Fairy Tale Character?

Today we started writing biographies of our favorite fairy tale characters.  We made a web, picked our favorite characters, and started working on our books.  Here is a preview of what is to come...

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You've Got Mail!

Wednesday is Mail Day in our class, and today we wrote back our shoulder buddies.

Here are some kiddos reading their letters...

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Eagle Writing

We have been watching the baby eagles that have hatched in Iowa.  Today, we wrote about them in our journals. 
Here is the link if you would like to watch from home:
http://raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/index.html
We started out by making a word bank of words that we could use in our writing.  Check out this little clip of us working.

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Max's finished picture:

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Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!  We always start our Monday with a class meeting and what we like to call "Weekend Chatter".  Here is what it looks like...

After we meet, we write about our weekends in our journals.  From the look of these journals, you all are very fun people!  Check out what some of these kids did.....

                                            

                                       

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FYI:  On Friday, Truman will be participating in Jingles for Jacob.  Jacob is a first grader here at Truman, who is currently in Houston for eight weeks receiving a progressive treatment for brain cancer.  Students are asked to wear Jacob's favorite color, which is blue, and donate any spare change.  

Thanks for your consideration! 

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 we read some more fairy tales!  Enjoy some reviews.

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Why Can't Cinderella Play Tennis?

Because she's always running away from the BALL!!!!  That's right, we read two Cinderella books today, the classic, and then a super-silly one called Prince Cinders. 

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Tallies, Tales, and a Totally Awesome Reader!

Today we read the book Dusty Locks and the Three Bears.  We made a venn diagram comparing and contrasting this story with Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 

Tally Fun ~ we wrote our own questions and asked  our classmates to answer.  Did you know these things about our class?

Fairy Tales and Today's Star Reader

We are starting our unit on fairy tales.  Today we read these two books and wrote about them in our journals.  Enjoy a few reviews of the class favorite, Beware of the Bears.  It is a crazy sequel to Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  Be sure to ask your child what happened when the three bears returned to what they thought was Goldilocks' house.

Tough Weekend for Caleb!

Check out what happened to our friend Caleb this weekend.

Cooksey's Crew is starting something NEW!  We will be featuring a Star Reader each day on our blog. Click on the arrow icon to listen to these awesome readers!

Happy April Fools' Day!

Do you notice anything different about where these kids are sitting? These little tricksters changed table spots! Check out what some of these kids have planned for the day!

P.S.  Here is a link to a webcam set up on the eagle eggs about to hatch in Iowa. 

Thanks, Mrs. Abercrombie!  The eggs are due to hatch this week. We've been keeping our eye on the nest today.  Can you believe that the nest is 6 feet by 6 feet?  Happy hatching, little guys!

                                 http://raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/index.html