Week of May 31 - June 3

Our Last Week in JK!!!

Our last week of classes was full of memories!  The JK kids shared their favorite memories with each other.  At the top of the list was morning meeting, the pigeon play, books, and activities, the pumpkin patch, the carnival, and the gingerbread men and houses!  And those were just the surface of all the fun and learning we did this year.  Their memories really helped me put together the end of the year DVD for them.

Our centers this week were final wrap ups for the end of the school year.  Everyone wrote one last time in their journals.  They were asked to write about their favorite JK memory, friend, or activity.  Their illustrations were creative and everyone attempted writing at their own level.

In another center they made a special something for a special day coming up in June.  I can't say what it is but mom's you will need to help them hide it until Sunday, June 19!!!

Finally our last center of the week was for each person to write a letter to one friend in the classroom.  They picked a name from a basket and wrote that friend a letter.  They were all so sweet and sincere!  They told their friends how much they liked them and lots of very nice things.  We have been so lucky to have nice friends in our class.

We had our final P.E. class this week and our final Music class will be Monday.

Thank you all so much for coming in for our breakfast on Friday!  The children really enjoyed sharing their work and preparing their portfolios for you to see.  We all had such a wonderful time:)

Tuesday is the Lower School picnic.  We are looking forward to having one final outing with the kids and hope to see many of you there.

We've been busy!

Wow!  We have been so busy over the past few weeks!  The weather has definitely kept us on our toes and the air pressure can be felt inside the classroom:)

In centers, the children have been busy writing about favorite JK memories in their journals, drawing their last self portraits of the year, picking out their favorite pieces in their portfolios (a collection of their work since the beginning of the year), writing thank you cards to their 3rd and 7th grade reading buddies, and so much more!

The 7th graders came in for their last reading buddy session and so did the 3rd grade.  We really enjoyed being a part of the Roycemore community and loved seeing our friends in the hallways!

Both sections of the 7th grade class came in to interview the JK students a few weeks ago and as a part of their curriculum, they wrote a fiction story for the JK kids.  Each 7th grader came in to read their story and give the JK kids a copy to take home!  The stories were all about one JK friend and all the things they like to do.  These stories are so special and I am sure the kids will treasure them for a long time.

Happy Birthday Lily! Our last JK student to turn 4!  Thank you for reading to us Jill and for the yummy cupcakes:)

Max had a fun birthday celebration in our room too.  We ate delicious cupcakes and enjoyed a story from Marina.  Thank you!

We celebrated Anisa's birthday and her mom, Jasmine, came in to read us a story.  Thank you so much for the yummy cupcakes and the fun story!

As much as we can, we've been getting outside!  We released our butterflies into the courtyard.   One flew out almost immediately.  We coaxed another out of the house with the banana tray.  But the rest came out in their own time.  It was really a great experience seeing them metamorphoses from caterpillar to butterfly!

Our work time and circle time has been focused on all the things we've learned this year, and our favorite memories.  We've shared favorite themes, books, center activities, and about our favorite friends. 

It has been such a wonderful year!  The kids have all grown so much.  Look for one more post on this years JK blog!