Confirmation Celebration

Celebrating Confirmation with our 7th & 8th Grade

One of the most wonderful things about our school is the beautiful bond of friendship that forms before between students of all ages, especially that littlest and the biggest!  Our 7th and 8th graders love the little kindergarten munchkins...and we love them! 

Well...this week was a perfect time for us to show them how much we look up to them because, this weekend, our 7th and 8th graders received the Sacrament of Confirmation.  How beautiful!  We thought we would make it extra special by visiting them today with cards & personal messages, cupcakes and a poem just for them.

Each munchkin made at least two cards, coloring or decorating a dove for the front and putting a special message inside.



We surprised the 7th and 8th graders during their religion class on Monday (thanks Mr. A) and one of our munchkins read this special poem to the junior high.

What Confirmation Means to Kindergarten

Yesterday was your big day

And we are proud of you.

But did you know that yesterday

Was a big day for us too?

We didn’t have to walk the aisle

Or shake the Bishop’s hand.

We didn’t get the presents

Or have a party with a band.

But we did get something special

Something we hope that you all know.

We got YOU, yes we got YOU

To guide us as we grow

We know that you will lead us

And we’ll look to you with trust.

And we just wanted to tell you

What your Confirmation means to us!

Probably the best part was passing out the cupcakes after the poem was read!  Smiles, hugs and high-fives for all...

Congratulations junior high!

God Bless You!

Until next time...

Giggles,

Mrs. D.



Presidents' Day

Fun with our Presidents

As mid-February rolled around, we took some time to learn some new facts about two of our favorite presidents...Abe & George, of course.  Although we already knew quite a bit about them, we read some fun stories that gave us some new information.  Before reading the stories, we discussed facts that we already knew.  Then after reading, we added new facts to our list.  We used these lists to practice writing three sentence paragraphs.

Busy writers!  You can see the wheels turning as they construct their paragraphs!  What fantastic thinkers and writers!

As the munchkins finished writing (or if they just needed a break from it for a while) they were able to work on a couple of coloring pages.  One was General George Washington, which looked almost exactly like a picture of him in the story we read:  George Washington and the General's Dog.  The other was Abe.  Not many colors needed for that one...black and, well...black! 

Check out these amazing finished products!

"Abe was a president.  He did not like slavery.  He is in the civil war."



"George Washington was our president.  He liked dogs. He fought in the revolution.  He was a caring person."

After a morning of such hard work, we had a bit of fun in the afternoon.  We decided to use the images of Abe and George (on the penny and the quarter) to learn a bit about probability.  We called it chance!  All the munchkins made predictions about what might happen if we tossed our coins 10 times. 

What kind of results would we get?

Would there be more heads or more tails?

Would the tosses end up equal?

Would girls toss differently than boys?

Would the quarter toss differently than the penny?

Then we paired up to test our predictions.  One partner tossed a penny.  The other tossed a quarter.  Each munchkin tossed 10 times and tallied the results on a recording sheet!

 Toss...

Tally...

Toss...

Tally!

Our results surprised the munchkins.  Almost all of us ended up with equal tallies.  We did have one munchkin, however, that tossed all tails!  What are the chances of that! 

Then there was another surprise for the munchkins...a recipe on a Friday!

We had lots of fun making an American flag snack in honor of Presidents' Day.

Carefully following the recipe...

Then eating!

Hope you all enjoyed your Presidents' Day!

Until next time...

Giggles,

Mrs. D.

Valentine's Day Fun

Hearts Everywhere!

It is always fun to get our room ready for the feast of St. Valentine.  Although this "love"-ly saint no longer has an official feast day on the church calendar, we did not forget to include him in our celebration of the day named for him!

We began with a fun heart activity that reminded us that if we're going to talk about love, there is none greater than Jesus!  So we used the words of the perfect song...

"Jesus Loves Me".

As the munchkins cut the hearts, they ordered them by size to sequence the words of the song.  It was the perfect project for our front windows!

 It took lots of cutting...

and some careful planning...

for the perfect finished product!

Aren't we so blessed!

From there we had some fun with St. Valentine himself. The munchkins were captivated as they listened to the story of his life and came to understand the reason why we send little love notes to each other, just as he did to his dear little friend.

After hearing the story, we used a beautiful holy card image of St. Valentine (which was done in a mosaic style) to create a mosaic of our own.  

The munchkins practiced symmetry as they set their tiles and my, what lovely pieces we had when they were completed. 



We continued to fill the week with more hearts, love and fun...

with a pocket chart and class book about hearts everywhere!

And then with some yummy sorting...

 (did you think I'd forget the food?)

and graphing of boxed candy hearts.



With our week complete, our room decorated, and our hearts ready for a great feast day, we came back to school on Monday (luckily with the whole class finally healthy!) to celebrate St. Valentine's Day.

We made a secret gift for someone special...

A painted, heart-shaped rosary box filled with kisses!

We ended our day with a fun and beautifully executed Valentine's Day party compliments of our Room Moms. 

The munchkins made cute mailboxes in which to receive all their love letters...

then played Valentine Bingo Heart.

We ended the day as munchkin mailmen (and women)!

What a happy St. Valentine's Day!
St. Valentine, Pray for us!

Until next time...
Giggles,
Mrs. D.