August Newsletter/September Snack Calendar

We are off to a great start in KM--well, except for my sinus infection and absences last week!  Please keep an eye on our blog for pictures, newsletters, and snack calendars.  We want you to know what's happening in KM! :)

Teacher's Choice: Outdoor Lunch Together

For Teacher's Choice Day, we ate outside in the courtyard.  The kids really enjoyed being outside and thought it was very special to be the only class doing that! :)

Scroll Challenge Winners Pizza Party!

Each year, I challenge the students to write their numbers as far as they can.  I correct any reversals or transpositions so the kids know how to write the numbers correctly.  We started at the end of March this year and students had the opportunity to work on it during "free" time.  They did awesome!  Kyle wrote past 700 and Delaney wrote past 400!  They each got to pick a friend to join us for the pizza party.  Great Job Kyle & Delaney!

Farm Field Trip

Every year, we visit a farm to learn more about the animals, crops, and responsibilities of farm families.  We visited Kevin and Julie VanManen's Farm in Kellogg for the 2nd year in a row.  They invite some Lynnville-Sully FFA members to run some of the stations and Julie ran a station as well.  The kids had so much fun learning new information and also sharing information that we had already learned.  We have some pretty smart farm experts! :)  Below are photos of our special day.


KM-ers listening so well to Miss Julie!




Way to listen KM-ers!





Planting seeds



Listening about how to plant a garden



Listening about Salt/Mineral Licks for cows





Julie talking to us about calves.




Touching the milk powder--so cool!





Feeding pellets to the calves

I think someone made new friends! :)





Some calves started licking our clothes.





"Adolescent" cows





Showing the kids the corn sprouts and the field.





They really wanted to get on the trailer!






Trying to push the door open



Picnic lunch to end our farm field trip

Ones, Tens, Hundreds Game

This morning we learned a new math game:  Ones, Tens, Hundreds Game.  Students take turns rolling the dice and counting out singles (1s), bundles (10s), and big bundles (100s).  They practice how to exchange singles for bundles and bundles for big bundles.  The first one to 100 (big bundle) wins the game.  They did really well and have proven to me just how smart they are! :)