Dear River Families, This week in River we did our first read through of the spring performance script! They will be sent home next week to work on memorizing. The children have been working on writing poems about their animals …

Dear River Families, We began an author study on Dr. Seuss this week and celebrated Read Across America on Dr.Seuss’ birthday by working with rhyming words, silly words and reading some of his famous works. Ms. Patti gave us a …

Dear River Families, This week in Kindergarten we learned about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  The children completed a piece of art and we discussed negative and positive space in art.  We completed a weekly reader about the two presidents …

Dear River Families, It was another busy week in Kindergarten! The children passed out their letters and love notes to one another on Valentine’s Day.  The children enjoyed reading the sweet messages their friends wrote them. In February we celebrate …

Dear River Families, It was another busy week in Kindergarten! We began an artist study on Vincent Van Gogh this week! The children picked colors and associated them with different feelings as Van Gogh did. We learned more about his …

Dear River Families, This week in River we continued working on the human body project and maps of the world! We focused on muscles and organs of the body this week. The children have been studying each continent and learning …

Dear River Families, This week in River we continued learning about the human body and will begin a big human body project next week during centers. We continued learning about the seven continents on earth and researching more about each …

Hello River Families. Welcome back to Kindergarten and Happy New Year! We are busy this month beginning new units on continents (maps, countries, puzzles) and the human body. We discussed that earth has land and water and the land masses …

Dear River Families, We hope you enjoy the gifts from you child! They worked for the last few weeks to write, revise and publish their books for you. We had a lovely school-wide event here called the “Nine Gifts of …

Dear River Families, We had a busy week in Kindergarten as we continued studying Southwest and Plains Native Americans. The children worked hard on a beautiful thankful book for their families that they will take home this week! We continued …