A Peek At Our Week!

  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 22nd

Boyden Curriculum Night

(Parents Only Please)

September 29th:

Picture Day! 📸

Announcements:

Lunch Forms

Starting this week, I will no longer be sending home a Google Form to indicate how your Kindergartener will be getting lunch each day. Please discuss with your child whether they are bringing their lunch from home or getting a school lunch in the morning so that they are able to tell me when they get to school. Thank you so much!

Johnny Appleseed

On Friday, September 25th we will be celebrating Johnny Appleseed and all things apples in Kindergarten! Students are welcome to wear the color red, or any apple attire they may have at home to mark the occassion.

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.

Fundations

The students were also introduced the Echo and Baby Echo, two characters who will help us learn during our Fundations time! The Fundations program is used to teach phonics skills in Kindergarten. We will begin with reviewing all of the letters and sounds in the alphabet, and move on to reading short vowel words as the year progresses.

We were so excited to have Mrs. Arnold stop by to enjoy the fun! 🦉

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! 🍎📘🚌

A Peek At Our Week!

 What a wonderful first few days we had together in Room 115! I am SO impressed with how quickly all of the children are adjusting to Kindergarten life. Please enjoy our first blog update for the 2026-2027 school year! 🍎

Important Dates:

September 18th:

Half Day of School

11:55am Dismissal

September 22nd

Boyden Curriculum Night

(More info. to follow)

September 29th:

Picture Day! 📸

Announcements:

Arrival This Week!

Starting tomorrow (Monday) the Kindergarten students will be going right to their classrooms in the morning. We will no longer be meeting in the cafeteria first.

Lunch Order Form

Thank you SO much to all of the families who filled out the lunch order form last week. It helped our morning get off to a smooth start, and I can't thank you enough for your help! Please click here to complete a form for the week ahead.

*It's perfectly fine if your child ends up changing their mind on if they are getting school/home lunch. Please just send me a quick email to let me know if possible. :)

Classroom Update:

A Perfectly Messed Up Story 📖

Last week the class enjoyed learning about all of the fun things in Room 115! A special highlight was learning about our classroom library. We started by reading The Perfectly Messed Up Story by Patrick McDonnell, and 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!

Where is Pigeon? 🔎

We ended our week by 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! 🤔

A Peek Inside Specials

Last week the students enjoyed their first Media/Stem class! Media/Stem will consist of traditional library elements such as read alouds and book check out, but it will also include hands on experiences which integrate science, technology, engineering and math as well. Students can look forward to bringing their first book home from the media center in the next few weeks!

Conversation Starters 🗩

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

• 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)
• What was your favorite activity in Media/Stem?

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! 🚌📖🍎

First Day of K!

   It was so exciting to welcome 19 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!

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

The children also enjoyed playing with toys at Choice Time and getting to know the friends at their tables.

Make a Wish! 🌟

We ended our day by discussing 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. The change in color means that hopefully our wishes will come true!

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

A Peek At Our Week!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! It's hard to believe that this is the last full week of 

Kindergarten! ⛅

Important Dates:

June 12th:

Field Day!

*See details below

June 16th:

Early Release

World Cup Soccer ⚽

June 18th:

Last Day of School

Early Release

Announcements:

Field Day

On Friday, June 12th Boyden School will be having it's annual field day! Field day is a fun way to end the school year, and will include games, music, dancing, and so much more! Click here for more details and ways to ensure the day in an enjoyable one for your child. 

ABC Countdown!

It was another fun and exciting week as we celebrated our ABC countdown with movie, neon, outside, and question days! We also played and had SO much fun on our field trip to Franklin Park Zoo! Click here to see a picture slideshow of all our adventures! 🐯🦁🦓

Movie Day 🍿

The class enjoyed participating in popcorn themed activities before our afternoon movie. The students above are playing a game called Sight Word POP!

Neon Day! 

Neon Day wouldn't be complete without a dance party to end the day!

Outside Day 🌳

We couldn't have asked for better weather as we enjoyed a nature walk, snack time, and so much more on outside day!

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! 🍎📖🚌