Chester.....The Butterfly

 This week Audra brought in a cocoon from Yankee Peddler that she got with her aunt.  We were allowed to watch it hatch from it's cocoon and it was a very exciting week in our class.  The name they chose was Chester, which I love!  We read The Kissing Hand at the beginning of the year and the racoon's name was Chester and it has just stuck with them ever since! 

Here is a picture the day we got Chester!

This was Chester on Thursday.  I could tell that something was going to happen this day.  I went around and showed each student what the cocoon looked like.  It became very clear and you could see Chester through the cocoon. 

 We went on with our day, and five minutes after everyone had looked at them it hatched.  We were very excited.  Here is Audra holding Chester before we set her free!

 We stood in a circle to see what she would do!  It took her awhile to take off but the kids absolutely loved chasing her. 

 Audra shared with the class that Monarch butterflies head south for the winter and she thinks Chester will fly to Mexico but we are all hoping she will come back and visit us in the spring! 

Funny Feet Friday

 It is always fun to celebrate the letters we learn each week at school.  This past Friday was Funny Feet Friday.  The kids seemed very excited about the whole day and we had some very funny feet!

I love this picture even though Braylen took it and didn't get our feet!  You can at least see that Mrs. Hofstetter has a crazy sock on one foot and not on the other!

Mrs. Wishy Washy

Last week our story was Mrs. Wishy Washy.  We did so many fun activities that go with this story.  The kids above are eating their animal cookies after they dunk them in the mud (pudding).  In the story the farm animals roll and jump in the mud and Mrs. Wishy Washy gives them a bath. 

A New Year - Kindergarten Class 2013-2014

I have a new class of 25 Kindergarten students!  We had a great first week!  We took our state KRAL test, began learning classroom procedures and did a lot of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom activities.  Here is my new class!  I love taking their picture on their first day of Kindergarten. 

Easter Egg Hunt

 On Thursday we had a giant Easter egg hunt!  We hid 150 eggs and each Kindergartener got to find 2 eggs! 

 There were bunnies everywhere!  I love the upside down ears in the background!  

Yummy!  So much fun!

Wedding

 Yesterday was a BIG day in Mrs.Hofstetter's classroom.  The letters q and u got married!  Each student was given a letter that they became for the wedding.  Before they entered the ceremony, they signed in at the guest book. 

Ali and Brady are signing in at the Guest Book.

 We talked about how to escort a lady into the ceremony.  The boys took their jobs very seriously!

 Andrew is escorting Madison into the ceremony!

The bridal party is nervously waiting

The flower girl and ring bearer sign their names to the guest book

 Braylon was letter R.  The ring bearer carried the q and u rings!

Shaylah was the flower girl.  She dropped little foam letters as her flowers. 

 Megan was Miss U and Michael was Mr. Q.

 Q and U were very happy!

 Next was the reception.  I taught the students how to slow dance properly.  They danced to the alphabet song and we did the chicken dance too. 

 Q and U were just so cute the whole time!  They took their roles very seriously.  Michael asked for a flower for his jacket and Megan kept reminding me of things we were forgetting to do! 

They fed each other cake....and of course I made them then go wash their hands! 

Megan threw her boquet!  I love this picture and all of the little girls faces! 

Brianna got to the boquet the fastest!  A BIG thank you to Mrs. Dawson for coming in and taking pictures!  It was kinda hard to manage the pictures, ceremony and 24 kids!  So it was wonderful knowing that someone else was getting this big event on computer!  It was such a fun day and the kids really had a blast!  We did other things the whole week, like drew pictures of our gifts for q and u and we made q and u puppets.  I hope that students always remember that q is never without u!