owl clip art by Saraink   

Summer Is Here!

Hi everybody!

I've finished my first year of teaching self-contained Gifted-Kinders! What an amazing adventure we have had.  We enjoyed our learning together so much that we will loop to 1st Grade next year.  Hence the new blog name. Anybody have experience with looping or gifted 1st? Please leave a comment below.

I am super excited about our next journey and we physically will be moving to a new room (packed up and ready to go just waiting for the room to be cleaned first :-) and the OK from head custodian, a great guy by the way!

Parents, what are you doing this summer with the kiddos? I'm hanging with S & T. We went to the library yesterday and signed up for the summer reading club. Here is another link to the Kids Library Page.    

http://www.ebrpl.com/Kids/index.html

What books are you reading? 

My Favorite Place by Ms. Webb's Kinders

Here's a little video I made from drawings that the kids did about their favorite places in our home town, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Thanks to Garth Brooks for singing about our home, "Calling Baton Rouge".

Daylight Savings Time

I made it through the day after daylight savings time started. All the kids were just as tired as I was.
Looking forward to learning about Celtic customs and studying the art of MC Escher during our geometry unit.

Sunday Planning

Looking forward to tomorrow, Presidents' Day...Lots of activities and high engagement. Well onto writing the biweekly Parent Memo.

Rebirth Brass Band

https://soundcloud.com/basinstreetrecords/sets/rebirth-of-new-orleans

The music on my Kindergarten slide show below is Shrimp and Gumbo preformed by this fantastically cool band- Rebirth Brass Band! Be sure to check out their 2012 Grammy Award winning album.

Watching LaSalle Elementary Mardi Gras Parade

Hi Everybody!!

I've been busy as all teachers are...We have had a great January 2013 and now we are well on our way through February.

I've added a slideshow from our school Mardi Gras Parade.  Enjoy!!