Out of this world!

We are continuing our study of Space in science.  We completed our book about the planets, and learned what it would be like to stand on each one... if you could stand at all!  Some are just giant balls of gas!  Most of all, we learned that as amazing and beautiful as each planet is, we sure are glad to be on Earth!  We also painted huge planet murals that will be a hanging solar system in our hallway!  Ask your kinder to sing you the planet song! (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter.....)

We had a school supply store in Math to help learn about money!  Mrs. Kranenburg helped the kids "buy" the school supplies and see how much they could get with the coins they were given.  On a side note, the kids discovered that "Mrs. Crayon" (Mrs. Kran) is a perfect name for someone running school supply store!  😊

Finally... the long awaited Book Buddies January event was here!  On Friday our 5th Grade Book Buddies came down to help us celebrate SNOW!  We read Snowmen at Night, a great book by Caralyn Buehner that explores the question we all have wondered...."One wintry day I made a snowman, very round and tall.  The next day when I saw him, he was not the same at all!  His hat had slipped, his arms drooped down.  He really looked a fright!  It made me start to wonder, what DO snowmen do at night?"  The kinders and their buddies had free reading time in the library, and then created their own versions of what snowmen do at night we we aren't watching!   Later that day in writing the kindergarteners wrote captions for their pictures.

We ended our Book Buddies celebration of snow with some yummy snow ice cream!  We love our Book Buddies!

Don't forget about the change to the school calendar coming up next week.  NO SCHOOL Thursday and Friday, Feb. 1 and 2, for teacher inservice.  And make sure not to miss Monday, February 5th!  This special day marks the 100th day of school!  We will be celebrating all day...stay tuned for details!  February 5th is also the exciting kick-off to our Idita-Read elementary read-a-thon contest!  Students can win fabulous prizes, attend fun reading events, and see just how fun reading can be as we read to earn miles along the Iditarod Trail during February and March!