February 18th, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd

On Thursday we had a Mystery Reader that treated us to two books by the same author. The authors name is Julia Donaldson. The first book was Tabby McTat a story about a cat named Tabby McTat and his friend Fred who sing together for people on the street. Then the two are separated and have to live separate lives until they are back together again. The second book was Room on the Broom a story about a witch who loses some of her things while riding on her broom. Her things are found and returned but, each character that finds something wants a ride on the broom. When the broom breaks they must face a dragon and help each other out. The students loved both of the books. They each had rhyming text and wonderful pictures.
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February 10th, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd
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February 2nd, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd

Our Mystery Reader today read two books and had a special treat for us. The first book was The Little Red Hen. We know that story well but in this version instead of bread the little red hen made pie. As a special treat the Mystery Reader brought different kinds of pies (meat, vegetable, pineapple, and corn) to share with the children. The students enjoyed this version and being able to help tell the story since they were so familiar with it. The second book was The Boy Who Cried Wolf. In that story a boy learns that if he always lies no one will believe him when he tells the truth.
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February 2nd, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd

Tuesday was an extra special day - 100 Days of Kindergarten at ISB! In the morning, all of the kindergarten classes celebrated with a 100 Day Song and 100 Cupcakes. In the afternoon we used our special 100 Day Glasses to go on a “Kindergarten 100 Day Museum Walk”. During our museum walk we got to see all of the different 100 Day Collections in all of the kindergarten classrooms. In class we wrote 10’s numbers, made sets of ten to get to 100, counted to 100 by 10’s, and read 100 Day books. It was a fun day filled with numbers. Click here to see all of the pictures.

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January 29th, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd
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January 29th, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd

All of the young scientists in the class were very excited to find nature, both living and non-living, during our trip to Vachirabenjatas Park on Tuesday. They took time to closely observe nature and talk about what they saw with their small groups. The scientists discovered a pond with lily pads and small insects; many trees with different kinds of bark, leaves, and flowers; many plants with different colored flowers; and some birds, squirrels, caterpillars, and ants. One of the most popular places to explore was the butterfly area. The students were able to see butterflies of all sizes and colors flying around in their natural habitat, even one that looks like a leaf when it’s wings are closed. Each of the groups had a camera so that they could record what they saw as a scientist, so there are many wonderful pictures of the nature at the park and the scientists, click here to see them all and talk to your child about them.

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January 28th, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd
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January 27th, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd
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January 26th, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd

ES Games provided all of the students a chance to work as a team, run, throw, catch, jump, climb, hop, hit, kick, balance, and have lots of fun. The pictures for our class are here.

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January 26th, 2010 by Ms. Brickerd

Thank you to everyone that came to our Student-Parent Share in December. All of the students were very excited and proud to show you some of their reading, writing, science, and math. All of the pictures are now on our Flickr account just click here to view them.

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