Tuesday, October 14, 2014


October 14th

Reminder: tomorrow is early release day at 11:35 am and the first round of parent-teacher conferences begin!

Have a great night :)




"I love reading stories." -Jackson
"I like the book Chrysanthemum."-Henry
"I love the Chrysanthemum book." -Elizabeth 

"I love dancing!" -Maddie
"Indoor recess was fun!" -Nola

"We were dancing!" -Abbie

"I love my grandma and grandpa." McKenna

"I love my grandma!" Gianna

Samantha with her book she won for the closest guess of the "dragon claws."
"I chose the Barbie Secret Door book." -Samantha

Monday, October 13, 2014

Grandparent's Day!

October 13th
 
It was so nice to meet some of the grandparents today! We really enjoyed having lunch with them :)
 
 
"This book was really good and I loved it when the shoes and the pants and the pumpkin said BOO!" -Maddie
"I really loved that story!" -Collin
 

"My grandma and I both like sparkles. I like going to lunch with my grandma!" -Zoey


"I love my grammy and grandpa!" -Gianna

"Grandma and grandpa liked the lunch." -Jackson
"I like when my grandma and grandpa come in for lunch." -Cooper

"I had good time with my grandma!" -Quinn
"I went to the book fair with my grandma after lunch." -Nola

"I love my grandpa!" -Connor
"My grandma and Papa are the best." -Braden

"My grandma bought a book for me and for Ms. Johnson." -Violet
"I love my grandma and grandpa." -Cheyenne

"I had a great time with my grandma and grandpa." -Samantha
"I love my grandma and grandpa and my brother Grant." -Elizabeth

Friday, October 10, 2014

Hooray for Friday!


October 10th

Happy Friday! Lots of learning and fun was happening today in room 207!

Thank you parents for the money you/your child contributed to our funds for new books for the school! We loved seeing all the fun outfits this week and look forward to the Book Fair next week :)




"The book about the old lady was funny." -Abbie
"This book was really funny." -Henry

"I love it when Ms. Barbian reads a book." -Elizabeth


"Crafts are fun." -Nola


"We cut out shapes for our collage, our shape was a triangle." -McKenna
"I was cutting out rectangles." -Maddie
"Math is really fun." -Zoey

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Vernon Fire Department Visit


October 9th

Thank you Vernon Fire Department for coming to visit and teach us all about fire safety! We enjoyed looking at all the firefighter equipment, talking with the firefighters and checking out the big firetrucks!! What a fun day :)



"Firetrucks are cool and kids like them too!" -Braden
"We listened to the firefighters talk about the firetrucks." -Collin
"Firefighters keep you safe." -Nola

"I want to be a firefighter when I grow up!" -Mason
"I went on the firetruck today." -Elizabeth

"I am getting in a firetruck for the first time and I like to see inside of of the firetruck!" -Maddie
"Firetrucks are big and I like them." -Cooper

"I love learning from the firefighter!" -Abbie

"I had fun on the firetruck!" -Zoey"I want to a firefighter when I grow up." -Jackson
"Pictures are fun to take by the fire engine and they're cool!"
 -Henry

Mason and Collin practicing their 'stop, drop & roll' :) 

"The firefighter outfit looks great!" -Zoey

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Wednesday 10-8

October 8th
 
 
Today we did a lot of fall themed activities! We used our paint easel for the first time to paint pumpkins! We also read an Autumn Nature Walk Scholastic reader.
 
Tomorrow the Vernon Fire Department will be visiting Big Bend Elementary. The kindergartners are very excited to learn about fire safety from the firefighters!!
 
 
"Painting a pumpkin with my best friend Gianna." -Quinn


"I like nature." -Elizabeth
"Reading about fall stuff is fun." -Cooper
"Spiders are cool." -Braden
"Reading together helps us learn and Miss Bales is a great teacher to help us read." -McKenna
"We were doing some fantastic kindergarten reading!"
 -Miss Bales

"Pumpkins are fun to color." -Samantha
"Pumpkins are pretty." -Gianna
"I like carving pumpkins." -Olivia

Pumpkin paintings.

"I love making leaf colors on my paper!" -Maddie
"We made fall pictures." -Nola
"Fall leafs on my picture!" -Abbie


Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Knight Day 10-7



Tuesday 10-7

This morning the kiddos came in with a lot of energy! After getting our wiggles out during morning recess, we came back in refocused and ready to learn. Ms. Johnson and Miss Bales were SO proud of all the hard work rom 207 did today :) Don't forget tomorrow is mismatch day for the book fair!

Enjoy the sunshine!



"Knights are cool!" -Henry
"I can't wait to show my mom!" -Mason
"I built a city." -Nola
"Making robots in math is cool." -Braden
"I like making shape people." -Maddie
 

"I like making cool things out of shapes." -Zoey
"I built a house with a dog and two apple trees." -Samantha
"We practiced spelling words." -McKenna

"Having fun doing the Skeleton Dance!"
-Ms. Johnson

Friday, October 3, 2014

Happy Friday :)

10-3-14

It was a great day in room 207 today. We had a special visit from Cooper's dad, Mr. Hietala who read one of Cooper's favorite books from home. The class loved it, thank you! Next week the Superstar of the week is Samantha:) 

REMINDER: Scholastic book orders are due October 10th 

Have a safe and fun weekend, stay warm! 

"I like my daddy coming in to read to us!" -Cooper
"I liked everything about the snowmen book that he read!"
-Elizabeth

"We learned about big or small and short or tall." -Mckenna
"Quinn is a great measuring tool!" -Braden
"We had fun comparing lengths in our math lesson today! The kiddos really enjoyed it :)" -Miss Bales

"I like being a measuring tool!" -Quinn
"Quinn is like amazing!!!!" -Maddie

"I learned how to measure lengths in math today." -Nola
"I measured the desk and it was shorter than Quinn." -Abbie

"I lost a tooth today!" -Cheyenne

"Elizabeth is reading the sentence we built." -Henry
"A blue apple. Yuck!" -Zoey