Mrs. Powers' Kindergators

Happy first week of Kindergarten! It has been a really smooth transition so far, so thank you parents. Here are some things we worked on this week: Rules, rules and more rules. What to do if you don't know what to do......raise your hand or look for a clue! Who are the people in your campground (school)? Who are the people in you camp (through sharing our all about me bags)? Next week we move into our regular schedule and begin curriculum. Our focus will be getting used to the schedule, building independence and an "I can" attitude. Look for an update next week to see how well we did. In the meantime here are some great quotes from our class this week. "I have a joke for you" "Okay" "What did the corn dog say?" "What?" "No. no monkey!" The whole class falls out laughing. "The lunch choices are hamburger, mac and cheese or salad. What would you like?" "Pizza." "Well there is ...

On Friday we introduced our color chart. We will be talking more about this at Open House on Thursday night, but thought you might want to see what it looks like before hand. The chart is used as a continuum so students can see how successful their choices for the day have been throughout the day. They move up or down or up and down during the day with each choice they make. Land on purple or black and earn a STAR towards your reward chart. Watch out for red or a couple of oranges in a row which means a note home to your parents. What a great day Friday was with everyone on the happy side, blue or higher!!