Cashing in Our Golden Tickets!!!

Our class earned 83 golden tickets for positive behavior in the hallway, bathroom, specials, lunch, recess, etc.! We voted on what our reward should be and the winning idea was time with Mrs. Sanker's students and their iPads! The students had such a great time - they can't wait to cash in the next round of tickets!!!

We Ate.....WORMS?!?!?!?!

This week in Open Court we are reading the humorous poem, "I Brought a Worm." In the poem, a little girl describes the items brought to school by other children for show and tell while continually repeating that she "brought a worm." In the end, the little girl proudly announces that she "ATE the worm....(it was candy)." We thought it would be fun to conclude this week's focus poem by eating a worm of our own!!! Please check out the pictures and comment below!

Shapes!!!

We have been having a blast with our unit on shapes!!! We have identified two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes, compared shapes, combined shapes to create objects in our environment, went on a shape hunt, and much more! Yesterday we played a game called "Shape Secret Sacks." The students had to feel shapes hidden within a bag and discuss the characteristics with a partner before predicting what each shape was - the students LOVED it and cheered every time a new shape was revealed. Check out the Smilebox below to see more!

Please help your child look for shapes in your home, at the store, etc. and share with us what you found by leaving a comment below!

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Friendship Salad

The first three days of school, our lessons focused on becoming familiar with our school, learning the rules and routines, and learning more about our classmates. We read lots of stories about starting school and kindergarten (e.g. Kindergarten Rocks, Pete the Cat: Rockin' in My School Shoes), took a tour of the school following clues from Pete the Cat, discussed our school-wide discipline system (PBIS), played name games, and much more! One of our favorite activities this week was the creation of a friendship salad. Each ingredient in the salad represented a part of a successful classroom. The large bowl represented our classroom, the cans of fruit represented children who are kind, hardworking, and great helpers, the marshmallows represented kind words shared in our class, and the yogurt represented the happiness we feel when we are in school. We all tried our friendship salad, and most of our friends thought it was tasty! We are looking forward to more fun activities - please view the SmileBox and comment below about your child's favorite part of our first week in Kindergarten!

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Introducing Our Shuttle Crew!!!!

I am so excited to introduce our shuttle crew!!!! Please click on the SmileBox slide show below to see our crew!

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5...4...3...2...1...BLAST OFF TO KINDERGARTEN!!!!

Welcome students and parents! My name is Mrs. Spurlin and I am so excited to be your child's kindergarten teacher! At Taylors Creek, we are "Blasting Off to Success!" and I know this year will be out of this world! I will be posting some of the many fun and educational things that happen in our classroom on this blog throughout, please check regularly and please, please comment! The students love to read comments from their families! I am looking forward to a wonderful year....let's "rock-et"!!!!!!