For You IPhone Users

There is an amazing app called TeachMe: Kindergarten. I use TeachMe: Toddler with my son and it goes over numbers, letters, sounds, colors, shapes, etc. It is AMAZING! Plus it shows you what they have mastered and not mastered. Kids love it bc if they get 3 answers correct in a row they earn a sticker for their sticker page. It is only 99 cents so I suggest getting it. As a parent and as a teacher, I am very pleased with it. :)

July and August Bdays

Mrs. Hendrix 8/9

Mrs. Ogunleye 8/8
Georgia 8/9

Tammer 7/4

Zoey 8/14

Star of the Week Aug. 29-Sep.2

Woohoo. I am the first SOTW!

My favorite color is green.

I LOVE nature and animals.

I grew up on a farm.

I used to have a pet opposum.

And nothing grosses me out except

for loose teeth. Crrinnggee!

I'm a Mad Scientist

If you don't know this already, I am a big nerd. I love LOVE love any chance I get to be silly and to perform. Today I got to be a mad scientist and it was excellent. We have been talking about what a scientist is in science, duh. Today was the grand finale of the "What is a scientist" unit. with the help of many adorable and wonderful kindergarteners, I got to conduct an experiment. I was prepared with my lab coat, safety goggles, graduated cylinder, beaker, mentos and coke (but I did forget my crazy scientist wig and mustache). Don't worry, I did all of the kindergarteners that they MUST ask mom and dad before they do this experiment at home. I have tons of great pics including the kids in all of the classes but I cannot post due to privacy issues I cannot post. I also have a GREAT video of all of the kindergarten chanting, "SCIENCE IS COOL!"

Week of August 29-September 2

What a GREAT week! Your kiddos learned

a lot about shapes (ask them about sides, corners

and examples of shapes in the real world). We made shape books,

played with the shape feely box, made shapes out of playdoh and

even shapes out of our snack! On Friday, many of your kids

received a sticker for being a shape master! Next week

we will start learning about 3d shapes. Also, don't

forget to have your child make their shape art. They can

create whatever they want using only shapes cut

out from magazines or paper. Jake made an awesome lizard

and Tyler made a cute puppy dog.

Your kids really loved our nursery rhyme this week:

Mary Had a Little Lamb. We watched videos of it

on youtube.com, illustrated our page for their

nursery rhymes book, took turns being Mary

(even the boys), made it silly and traded out our names for Mary

and different animals for the lamb. Did you know that

Forrest had a little dinosaur? Ava had a little Georgia!

The kids REALLY enjoyed it!

Your kids were also introduced to some

literacy centers. They built words and names

with magnetic letters and snap cubes. They

matched upper and lowercase letters. They were

great at teamwork!

Our First Week of Kindergarten

What a great first week we all had! Everyone made new friends, sang songs, learned the rules, took a tour of the school, played with math tubs, listened to stories, practiced reading "I am in kindergarten.", played with playdoh and so much more. This is a fabulous class and I am so excited to continue the year with your kiddos. :)

Welcome, Bienvenido, حفلة استقبال, Sự Hoan Nghinh!

Welcome to the 2011-2012 class blog!

I hope this blog will keep you updated on everything you could ever want to know about our class. I use this blog to communicate with you all by posting pictures of your kiddos busy at work, homework ideas, fun classroom stories, and much much more. I also love to share the blog with my students.

Please feel free to contact me anytime through email, phone, and of course, by commenting on the blog. I would love it if you became a follower of the blog as well.

Thanks,
Mrs. Hendrix
Kindergarten Team Leader
kristenhendrix@misdmail.org
817.299.7760

***I couldn't find it in me to delete the posts from the previous years. I hope it does not cause any confusion. Feel free to take a peek but please note that not everything will be the same this year. Every year is different and special!