Mrs. Buchanio's Classroom Blog

A Peek At Our Week!

Sunday, September 14, 2025 No comments

The children settled into Room 115 nicely as we spent our first full week of school together! Last week we continued to practice classroom routines and also review expected behaviors. I couldn't be more pleased with how quickly everyone is acclimating to Kindergarten life! 🍎

Important Dates:

September 16th:

Open House/Curriculum Night

(Parents/Guardians Only)

September 19th:

Half Day of School

11:55am Dismissal

Announcements:

Folders

Please be sure to check your child's folder (nightly if possible) for important notices and information. Any class work or announcements should be removed and kept at home unless otherwise noted. My fingers are crossed that the official Boyden folders will be here shortly. Thanks so much for your help!

Curriculum Update:

Literacy

Last week in Literacy we read the story Keisha Ann Can! by Daniel Kirk and explored some of things we might discover this year in Kindergarten. We also learned about the story elements of character and setting, and spent a great deal of time discussing our names and also practiced writing them!

The students worked hard on their first paper ripping project of the year! Activities like these are great for building fine motor strength.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! 🌴

What better way to practice rhyming and identifying the letters in our names than with the story Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! by Bill Martin Jr!

Math

In math we began the first module in our Bridges curriculum! Last week's lessons focused on sorting shoes, and the class did an excellent job of noticing various attributes our shoes had and sorting them into categories. 👞👟🥿

We also explored new math manipulatives such as pattern blocks, unifix cubes, and polydrons during our math work station time. Work stations are independent activities that take place after our whole group lesson.

Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🍎📘🚌

Day 4 Update

Friday, September 5, 2025 No comments

It was a fabulous Friday in Room 115! Please enjoy some pictures from our day!!

Where is Pigeon? 🔎

The highlight of our day was reading the book The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! by Mo Willems and going on a pigeon hunt around Boyden School! The pigeon sent us on quite an adventure as we searched locations such as the office, cafeteria, music room, gym, and even Mr. Dearborn's office! It seems as though he was too fast for us to catch! Luckily our hunt had a happy ending as the pigeon was waiting for us when we returned to our classroom! I wonder how he got there! 🤔

It was an amazing first 4 days in Kindergarten! Be on the lookout for a lunch Google Form, and an email with important dates and announcements that I plan to send out on Sunday. Have a great weekend! 🌞

Day 3 Update

Thursday, September 4, 2025 No comments

It was a thrilling Thursday in Room 115! Please enjoy a few updates below. 🌞

Announcements:

Pizza Day Tomorrow! 🍕

A friendly reminder that tomorrow is pizza day in the cafeteria! If your child was originally planning to bring their lunch from home but would like to get pizza instead, please let me know!

Classroom Update:

A Perfectly Messed Up Story 📖

Today we read the book The Perfectly Messed Up Story by Patrick McDonnell. Through this story we learned the importance of taking care of books and treating them in an expected way. After reading, the students learned how to use our classroom library! Looking at a book from our library area is always a choice for students who finish with their work early.

Be a Bucket Filler 💗

Another story we enjoyed today was How to be a Bucket Filler by Carol McCloud. This book taught us about kindness! We learned that everyone has an invisible bucket, and when we do or say nice things it fills a person's invisible bucket up! After reading, each child colored their own bucket. This was a great opportunity to discuss the expectations for coloring in Kindergarten. When coloring the children are expected to stay inside the lines, make all the white space disappear, and use appropriate colors (i.e. trees should be green, strawberries red, etc.). It is important to note that at this age, your child's fine motor skills are still developing. Every student is expected to work to the best of their ability, but by no means am I expecting perfection!

Conversation Starters 🗩

Below are some questions you can ask your child based on what we did in class today!

Why do we have rules at school?
What does it mean to be a bucket filler? What are some ways you can fill someone's bucket?
Ask your child to tell you about our classroom library. How do you know where a book goes when you are done reading it (hint colors and numbers)

I hope you enjoyed the update of our day. I'm looking forward to a fabulous Friday in Room 115! 🍎🚌📘

Hip Hip Hooray for the 2nd Day of K!

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 No comments

It was a wonderful Wednesday in Room 115 and we spent our second day of school together! 😃

Fire Drill 🚒

We started our day by learning about how we stay safe at school and discussing what to do in case of an emergency. We then participated in our first school-wide fire drill. The children did a fantastic job listening and following directions. I couldn't be more proud of them!

Scissor Salad! 🥗

Today in class the students were introduced to 2 new school tools: scissors and glue sticks! We discussed the procedures for using these tools in class, and then practiced our cutting and gluing by making scissor salads. Yum!

No David! 📖

This afternoon we enjoyed reading the story No, David! By David Shannon. This book was a great conversation starter for the types of behavior that is expected (and unexpected!) at school. We will continue to talk about behavior expectations throughout the year!

I hope you enjoyed a quick peek at our day! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone back at Boyden tomorrow for day 3! 👍

The First Day of K!

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 No comments

It was so exciting to welcome 18 new faces to Room 115 this morning! Please enjoy a few pictures from our very busy day below. 😊

Announcements:

Dismissal Tags

Please be sure to keep your child's neon dismissal tag on their backpack for the first week or so. They are very helpful for me and other Boyden staff members at the end of the day. Thank you so much in advance for your help!

We waited patiently for all of our friends to arrive before heading to the classroom. We will continue to meet in the cafeteria and go to the classroom together for the rest of this week!

Once we got to the classroom we met Hallway Harry! He showed us the behavior that is expected when walking in the hallway. Our line is already looking great!

At Morning Meeting each child placed a sticker under their feelings about the first day. Most of the students in our class felt excited! 😁

Make a Wish! 🌟

Today we listened to the story I Wish You More by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and discussed wishes we have for Kindergarten! We then made special wish bracelets. Click here to watch our bracelets turn colors when we went outside for recess!

It was a great first day of K in Room 115! 🍎📖🚌