What a great year! Thanks for all of your support in and out of school. Together we helped your child become successful readers, writers and mathematicians! Have a safe and wonderful summer! Mrs. Schmidt :)
High Five send off to the 5th graders!
Nose Dive & Full Of Hot Air Game! We all giggled!!
Last day of school games.....Go Fishing!
Isabella won the bike raffle! She's super excited!
Kindergarten Graduation!
So proud of these kiddos! They have touched my heart in so many ways. They've learned to read, write, solve math equations and grown socially! First grade will be a great year for all of them!
Happy Summer Birthday's to these Peanuts!
Happy Birthday Hunter Gohr!
Giving a High 5 and send off to former Fairview students!
Writing & illustrating sentences with chalk!
Field Day Fun!!
Writing Project - Day 3
Happy Birthday's to Ashley, Bryson, Calven & Jacob!
Earth Day Nature Hike!
Science....sorting solids
Weather Observers....Writing Project Day 2!
Reading with our 3rd grade buddies!
Reading and Writing by the pond!
Weather Observers....Writing Project Day 1
Writing Project....We love spring because........
Buddy Reading with the 4K kiddos!
Math Centers!
Easter Party Treats!
Exploring sides and corners of our 2D shapes.
Reading with our 3rd grade buddies!
Happy Birthday Hunter!
The sneaky leprechaun is back! We made traps yesterday sure to catch him/her! I promised to stay overnight in hopes of hearing something and this is what I woke up to!
Such a fun Read Across America Week! The kids enjoyed crazy dress-up days, guest speakers, research project and flashlight reading!
Read Across America Week! Crazy Hat Day and a Reader's Theater put on by the teachers!
Reading to Self, Reading with Someone, Listen to Reading, Writing, Word Work........Daily 5 in action!
Valentine's Day Fun!
Happy Birthday Emelia!
Snowstorm Bucky!
The kids enjoyed some time with their 3rd grade buddies.
Kids had a great time at the school dance!
Kids learned how illustrators use different materials to illustrate stories.
Melted Snowman Project!
Snow Fun!
Happy Birthday Ella!
Happy Birthday Matthew & Harline!
Fun in the snow!!
Forgot to share these cute pictures of decorating cookies before Christmas!
Happy Birthday Olivia!
Christmas Craft, Hot Chocolate, Party!
Visit from Santa's elf and our Christmas Concert!
Kids at Work!
Buddy Reading with our 4K friends!
Guest Visitors
The kids did a snow dance! Bring on the snow!!
Click the concert link below to view a snippet of our Christmas Concert!
Some fun activities to end a busy week.
Happy Birthday Piper!
The kids are working hard during Daily 5 (writing, reading, word work, listening to reading and reading with a partner).
We had fun in the leaves!!
Happy Birthday Sophia!
Working hard at Daily 5....word work, writing, reading to someone, listen to reading!
We had a boolast during our Halloween Party!
The kids learned some defensive martial art moves today for our school celebration.
We had such a great time at Delzer's Farm!
We learned about seasons!
Pumpkin Craft Fun!
Ashley, Sophia and Jack used their coins to buy lunch with Miss Ann!
Smokey came to visit to teach us about fire safety!
Learning about the seasons
Guest Author Katie McKy!
Writer's Workshop!
Happy Birthday Owen!
Classroom Videos~Click on the links below to view videos
Read to Self
White Color Song
Green Color Song
Red Color Song
Orange Color Song
The kids earned extra recess.....what fun!
Mr. Prosek was a sub in our room today and taught the kids some funny songs!
All the kids practiced using their words and manners when asking for lunch and/or milk.
Building our stamina for Word Work during Daily 5.
Choosing books for our browsing bins for Daily 5.
Building our stamina for Read to Self during Daily 5.
Happy Birthday Vivien!
Enjoying our library time!
We celebrated Jack's birthday in class!
The kids had a great first week of school. They crafted, read books, worked on writing and explored the school forest!
Take a look at these cuties!
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Bridge to Kindergarten!!
Some of the kindergarten kids spent time in their new room. We had fun getting to know one another!
Pinata time during Spanish today!
Bryce won lunch with Miss D. and he invited Tristen and me!
Kindergarten Class of 2015!!
Relaxing in our pajamas this morning while spending some time with our kindergarten friends.
Getting ready for our kindergarten graduation!
Mr. Wood's class won the opportunity to throw water balloons at Miss D.
Video Day! The kids are enjoying a movie with popcorn and drink with their kindergarten friends!
So cool......the kids each got to choose two brand new books to keep and bring home. A huge thank you to Miss D. and Miss Casper for getting these books for the kids. They are super excited!
Brooke says......."We had art and we got to pick out two books in Miss Casper's room."
Leevi says......"We got new books." "I had lunch with Mrs. Schmidt today." "We are going to watch Miss D. get water-ballooned."
Check out the Symbaloo tab under parent links. It should be up and running. Kindergarten and first grade online activities and books to do over the summer.
Ryan says....."It is cloudy." "I like to learn."
Mia says....."I liked gym." "We had snack for my birthday today."
Tristen says....."I love school." "Today is USA Day!"
Eli says...."When it's pajama day I'm going to ask my mom if I can bring my blanket and my pillow and my slippers."
All School Read-In this morning! So cool to see all the kids reading! The entire school read in the gym for 30 minutes.
Noah says....."We are going to read." "We did free choice."
Carter says......"I liked making our graduation hats."
Kendra says......"I am going to the gym today. I am going to read in the gym." "I will have fun today."
Ryan says....."I am going to read in the gym today." "It is a raining outside."
Leevi says...."We went to the school forest to read. There were to much mosquitoes." "We went to the back of the school." "It was fun." "We went to the bouncy house." "We went to do kickball too." "We went to exercise."
Open books outside today! We started by the pond but there were too many mosquitoes so we headed back and found a comfy spot outside next to school.
We were outside all afternoon rotating through different stations. What a blast! Once again I have to post ALL the pictures! The kids will sleep well tonight!
Nature Day today! This morning we have visitors from Oconto County Forestry Department doing some fun activities with the kids. Here are just a few.....more to come!
Check out the link below. The kids were all working so hard during Daily 5 today. I am so proud of how far they've come this year and all the gains they have made!
Daily 5 Round
Lunch outside today!
We are learning about the features of non-fiction books. The kids are using a program called Pic Collage to show their learning. I will share them when we finish!
Exploring solids in science!
Game Day Fun!
Our ABC Countdown has begun! We are counting down the remaining days of school by celebrating the 26 letters of the alphabet that have opened up the world of reading and writing for us! Monday was Bubble Day! I couldn't decide on which pictures to share so why not share them all! The kids had a great time!
We went on a "noun" hunt in the school forest! We filled our paper with noun words. We had fun in the school forest!
Carter taught us a great card game today called Garbage! We had so much fun! It is part of our math centers now.......Thanks Carter!
Earth Day!
We had so much fun planting trees, walking in the school forest, reading stories and eating popcorn by the fire. It was windy and it even snowed, but we enjoyed it all!
We enjoyed the NED Show today! There was story telling, magic, humor and yo-yo tricks while learning three
important things:
Never give up * Encourage others * Do your best
Click the NED link below to watch some of the fun!
NED Show
We enjoyed reading to someone outside yesterday!!
We practiced keyboarding today in the library. Then we wrote about recess during writing time.
The kids enjoyed a visit from my uncle Rodney and his family. They are visiting from Germany. The kids gave them a tour of our school!
The kids had a blast at the Appleton Children's Museum!
We read about a 5 year old boy named Seth who has Immunodeficiency disease. He lives in England. He is having a bone marrow transplant on Friday and his favorite color is yellow. His parents asked if people could send a picture to Seth to show support. The kids thought it would be a great idea. My class is so thoughtful! I put it on my twitter feed with the #WearYellowForSeth
It wouldn't be St. Patrick's Day without a visit from our Leprechaun! Check out the link below to see the excitement when the kids came to class today. They left decorated hats out last night and the Leprechaun did some mischief, magic and left a treat!
Leprechaun visit
Today we had a special visit from the Tonantzin Dance Company in Green Bay. They shared their heritage through beautiful music and dances.
Kids are learning the computer keys. They are getting ready to work on the chrome books in the library!
Busy workers......sorting pictures, read to someone, word work and listen to reading.
We made window clings! Bring on the sunshine and warmer weather..........we're ready! They turned out great!
Click the Sight Word link below to watch us learn our sight words.
Sight Word Song
Sight Word Song
Harvest of the Month today! We learned about beans. The kids sampled roasted garbanzo beans and hummus. Their faces were priceless.
Read Across America Week..........we ended our fun filled week of dressing up, reading Dr. Seuss books and guest readers with school wide reading in our library K-5! Oh, and it was "Hat Day"!
Read Across America is next week! We are having a blast decorating our door by painting our feet!
Valentine Party Fun Today!!!
End of the day craft with our 2nd grade buddies......What will I look like when I'm 100 years old?
100 Froot Loops for snack and Race to 100 Valentine Game....What could be better!
Working with Wood......Science Fun!
We worked really hard in writing, word work, reading to someone and Spanish today. Then we had some fun at Jump Rope for Heart!
We had a great time with all our holiday festivities.
Officer Tinlin came in to talk to us about safety and the job of a police officer.
We work together to clean up our room!
We're Writing!!
Counting Our Coins
Paining Turkeys
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