Mason discovered a new note on our Smart Board. This is what is said:

Dear Rangers,

I popped in to visit, but you were not here! I have a problem that I hope you can solve. While I was dancing around your room, I seemed to of lost my hat! I was really hoping that you could look around and find it for me. If you can find it, I will come back to get it! Oh, I also borrowed a few more green items. I hope you don’ t mind!

Your Friend,
Lucky Leprechaun

So...it is a leprechaun after all! We looked around the room but we couldn't find anything! We weren't sure if it was big or small or what we were looking for! Hopefully tomorrow we will find it so we can get our green items back!

We have a Visitor!

Today, we found a note on SMART Board and we are trying to figure out who it could possibly be from. This is what it said:

Dear Rangers, 

I LOVE green, 

And soon NONE will be seen!
Your Friend, 

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We discovered that we are missing Petrie - our Huge Green Tree Frog, our green scissors, our green pillow, and two green morning bins. Now, some of us think that it may be a teacher borrowing these items, some think that it is Mr. Green, and some even think it may be an ACTUAL Leprechaun visiting our classroom!!We will keep you updated as our week progresses!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

This year for Dr. Seuss' Birthday we did five 30 minute stations. Each class got to go to each classroom. Each classroom had a different book with a different activity. The students had a lot of fun and our morning flew by! Enjoy the Smilebox to see what we did in each classroom!

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We Won!!!

We are a very excited class! About a month ago we entered a contest for HickoryTech. They wanted video submissions on how we use the internet today. It had to be 30-60 seconds and those were the only rules. So I pulled some kids aside to hear their thoughts on the internet and we came up with a video. 

Today, HickoryTech came to visit Hoover and let us know that our class video on the internet WON our school 5 handheld video cameras!! And Mrs. Rehder even got one to keep for herself! We were so excited that they enjoyed our video! Now that Hoover has all those extra video cameras we can make even more movies in the future! 

Here's to the internet and making Memories! Thanks HickoryTech!

We have been talking about leaders, our country, and our flag. We have discussed the responsibilities, hard work, and dedication that it takes to be a true leader. On this President’s Day, for our work on writing, we had to write what we would do if we ever became president of the United States. Hope this Smilebox brightens your day and reminds you what a bright future we have! 

100th Day of School!

Valentine's Day Party - Kindergarten

What a great way to spend Valentine's Day! We had some wonderful parents help out with 5 different Valentine Stations! The entire day was filled with love, candy, valentines, and excitement! The last hour of the day we held our class Valentine Party.

We started our party by opening up our Valentine's and investigating to see all the yummy treats we had inside and handwritten Valentines inside.

We then set up the five interactive stations:

Station One was a Sweet Heart Graphing station. In math we are working on interpreting and creating bar graphs. Will's mom, DeeDra helped sort, explain and create graphs. They students loved working at this station and enjoyed some tasty juice while they worked away!

Station Two was an Ice Cream Station! Not just plain Ice Cream, but we created an Ice Cream Sundae station where each student got to create their own personalized sundaes, adding whichever toppings they enjoyed. There were a lot of messy, yet giggling faces at this station! Thank you to Grace's dad, Jerhod for making sure everyone was full and having fun!

Station Three was a Memory Match Station. The students had to stay focused during this game and try to match up words and pictures during this game. Marissa's mother, Lynn, was very helpful during this game and kept all the students smiling and tatted up! They loved finding a matching set and getting unique Valentine tattoos!

Station Four was a painted heart station! This station had Treyson's dad, Tim working hard painting hands, painting fingertips, washing hands, and helping with designs. They did a great job helping the kids create cute and creative heart hand prints!

Station Five was Heart Bingo Station. The students love playing Bingo! We frequently play it with our site words, letters, and beginning sounds. This is a great way to practice Capital Letters, Lowercase Letters, and Star Words at home! Mason's mom, Jessica helped call out letter sounds, letter names, and words that began with specific letters. They loved picking out of the prize box when they won and everyone even received a goody bag after completing this station!

Since I had so many parents I had the opportunity to video and take pictures for us! Hope you enjoy the video and hope there weren't too many terrible tummy aches when they got home!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Special Thanks to all those who donated items to make this party a success! And to those who were able to attend the Party and Lending a Helping Hand:

DeeDra Vosburg

Jessica DuRose

Lynn Schreiner

Jerhod Smithback

Tim Sevcik