Today, Mr.A from the Right Brain Initiative, visited us.  He was working with the students on focusing and what it looks like as a student.  Three students: Addy, Brianna, and Sebastian, were chosen to model focus and concentration while performing a rain dance.  The students enjoy their time with Mr. A, who will be back on Thursday.

We are just about finished with our weather unit.  We made books and did a very fun ice experiment.  The cold weather was perfect for this.  Next, we will be focusing on extreme weather with safety tips on how to survive in these conditions. 

Our fantastic librarian, Mrs. Upton, surprised us with a guest reader on Tuesday.  He read A Porcupine Named Fluffy.  I loved it when Kennedy interrupted him to say, "I really wanted to thank-you for what you did to my room last year."  It must have been great!

Yesterday we read Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolan.  Each student then drew their dragon to raise and made up stories to match.  The students were very excited about their creations.  Look for them in their backpacks tomorrow.

My dragon can blow fire fifty feet long.   ~Evelyn

Welcome

Welcome to the new Free Orchards Kindergarten Blog!  I am super excited to share your child's school experience with you on this blog.  My goal is for my students to really understand that writing is communication.  With our writing (and pictures and videos), we can show you much of what we are learning at school.  I hope during conferences to share the exciting news with everyone.