Earth Week

It was Earth Week this week and we learned lots of different ways to help our earth! On Tuesday Owen's Grandparents (in Ms. Lynch's class) brought in 2 lambs. We learned a little about them, got to pet and hold them, and even got to feed them! Since there were two lines, I wasn't fast enough with my camera to get a picture of everyone, but here is some of the class feeding them!

 (They have numbers on their backs to let them know who is their mother and how many babies were born at that time- twins or triplets.)

 Owen :)

We made an Earth with our hands on Wednesday! 

 Then the kids each were given a letter to write and decorate kind of "earthy." They LOVED this!

Then we spelled "We love the Earth!"

(We had a little mix up with which e was used where, so here is another picture of  "We" so everyone was a the picture.)

 Here it is hanging in the hall!

 On Wednesday we picked up trash with our buddies! We found a lot! Since we were all over, I didn't get a chance to get a picture of everyone with their buddies. 

 The chicks are due to start hatching on Monday! We have loved candling them with the light and in the water (putting them in water to see if they shake), but we are ready for them to start hatching!

 New sight words: has, play, where, look

PRINCESS VS. SUPERHERO Dance!

Calling all Families!! The IGEMS Parent/Teacher Club is sponsoring a dance on April 28, from 6-8 p.m. There will be a DJ playing your favorite songs to shake your groove thing!! The dress-up theme this year is PRINCESS VS. SUPERHERO!

And back by popular demand, there will be a Cake Walk again.

There will also be a Pasta Dinner served from 5:00 to 6:30 at a cost of $8 for adults and $5 for children over age 3. All the proceeds will go to the middle school Trees for Tomorrow trip early this June.

More info to follow in your child's backpacks.

Upcoming Events in Kindergarten

Upcoming Events in Kindergarten!

May 6th- Early Release

May 14- Kindergarten Slideshow in Room 100 at 7pm

May 20- Field trip to the Zoo (Parents and younger siblings are encouraged to come!)

May 29- Last day for students! (this is a FULL day!)

Eggs, Chicks and Spring!

We learned about spring, eggs and weather this week! We made a lot of projects this week, too! If you come to school you will see the walls in the hall nicely decorated with our projects. 

The eggs should be hatching at the beginning of the week. I will be sure to post pictures, and even hope to have a video or two, too! We were lucky enough to see a few hatch last year, so I am hoping we can again this year... we just have to remember to be SUPER quiet!

Upcoming Events in Kindergarten!

May 6th- Early Release

May 14- Kindergarten Slideshow in Room 100 at 7pm

May 20- Field trip to the Zoo (Parents and younger siblings are encouraged to come!)

May 29- Last day for students! (this is a FULL day! Previous years it has been only a half day on the last day of school, but that silly snow day we had changed it a bit:) )

Kendra turned 6! Happy birthday, Kendra!

 Note the shoes :)

This one of the lights that I use to "candle" the eggs. I took this picture with the flash so you could see what it looks like.

 This is a picture from when the eggs were around 4 days or so. You could see a "dark spot" in there and the air pocket. I will be sure to post more pictures when we candle them tomorrow! I guess I didn't take a picture the last time we did it, but you could see some of the chick's moving then!

 The kids LOVE read to buddy time! They are so proud to be able to read to their friends!

 Last Thursday was Egg Day! The kids (well, most of them :) ) took great care of them! One of the eggs cracked on the way to school and then it just went down hill from there... :) The last one to crack at school was when we walking out the door to the bus! It is so funny to see their face after it falls! Either the look of HORROR when it has cracked or relief when it turns out ok!

Don't Forget!

A quick reminder that Thursday is the day to bring our decorated, hard-boiled eggs!

Summer School

What: Summer School

When: Monday through Thursday

June 28th- July 24th

8:15-12:00pm

Where: IGEMS

Who: For students going into 1st- 6th grade

More information will be sent home at a later date.