Mrs. Harmor's Kindergarten

I Love these guys!!

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Happy New Year 2012

Can you guess who is who??

A new Year...

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So this is a new 2011-2012 school year.

New children...

Changed around classroom:)

Fun times have begun.

Welcome new parents, this blog will give you a "glimpse" into

our day in Kindergarten.

On the side of the blog I will list sight words.

You can help your student study these.

The monthly Core Standards we are working on will also be listed so you will know what we are studing.

So check back often to see "WhAt's Up"

Ps.. You can "click" on any photo to see it larger.

December....Holiday fun. Lot's of songs and projects...

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

See you in 2011

November....Pilgrims, Turkeys, and lots of new Games...

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October....Our Party and the Pumpkin Patch..

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How Scary are WE....?

This was our Trip to the Pumpkin Patch...

FUN, FUN, Fun...

Playing "catch-up"

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Where has the time gone??

I am afraid this year has been going by way to fast for me.

I am promising myself that 2011 I will do better on blogging what is going on in our classroom.

I want to start by remembering all the Student of the Month winners..

Here they are...

OCTOBER Student of the month...

NOVEMBER Student of the MOnth....

DECEMBER Student of the month...

Our First Student of the Month for 2010...

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Congratulations Teagan....

Twelve Days into it already!!!

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This is the new group of Kindergarteners in my class...

We are all getting to know each other..

We are going to make it a GREAT Year!!

Here are all the girls.....minus Hazelyn

Here are the Boys...minus Jovonni

School begins.....August 4, 2010

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I can't believe a new year is about to begin...

Meet the Teacher Night

For Kindergarten-3rd

July 29th

6-8 PM

See you then...

First Grade here we come....

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What a great Year we had...

You will all make wonderful First Graders!!!

Love, Mrs. Harmor

They called her the "Garden Lady"...

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Mrs. Draper, (Hannah's Mom)

came to our class to talk to us about Gardens and Plants.
As you can see it was a lot of fun and we now have wonderful cherry tomatoes on our plants.

THANK-you so much for that special day you spent with us Mrs. Draper.

Student of the MOnth.....April

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Just a few highlights from our Field Day....

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Thank you sooooo MUCH

Hannah's Mom - Savannah's Mom - and Makayla's Dad for coming and helping

make it such a GREAT day...We love you!!!

We love Ricardo at Legacy School....

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"Dog's for Dad!" was a huge Success with the students and their Dads...

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As you can plainly see Legacy Students love their Dads!!!

After Party

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We had a wonderful Dinosaur Concert.

Lot's of parents and grandparents came.

We are having an after party in the room and I picked up the camera and took this cute movie.

You can see what they love to do when given the red light

to do whatever they wanted to do!!!

The concert was to long to make a movie...hope you each have your own copy:)

Enjoy this cute video of your darling children.

Tuesday is our last day before vacation. We get out at 12:15..see you then.

Paper Plate Dinosaur Costumes....

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It starts with a Paper Hat made out of newspaper by me.

Then I meet with each child alone to talk over their ideas.

They bring me a picture or a rubber dinosaur that they like and we discuss what they like and what they don't like about it...

I love this time to bond alone with each child.

We construct it together with staples and Packing tape...A heavy duty stapler is the best.

They cut out horns, teeth, eyes and eyelashes and things that can hang off of their dinosaur.

THE result is what follows in this post.

Isn't it fabulous????

Also I have added a video of the parade Morris (my Husband and biggest supporter)

took of the children before we started to sing for the parents.

I love The Dinosaur Time of Year...

We started out thinking we would color them....but then decided they looked better all in white.

Maybe another year they would look great painted...but we definitely don't like crayon.

Two Happy Helpers!!

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Thank-you...Hailey and Shelby

for caring about our room and helping clean-up without being asked

...but I caught you...HAHAHAHA

Under the table.

Student of the MOnth.....

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This is our new "STUDENT OF THE MONTH"

What a wonderful Family...

Great Job Daniel I am really proud of how

hard you have been working:)

The Making of a TLC Art Project #2 and #3.....

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http://www.tlclessons.com/ Thanks Kaye Espinosa for making learning fun:)

I had a huge response to the first one of these projects I introduce back in March of 2009, so I decided to post my objectives (below), once again for this kind of Art Project. I am using President Lincoln and President Washington to illustrate this time...ENJOY!

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Start with this....

I love these Art projects..

they do SO much more then they look!

The TLC directed art lessons are designed to help the children develop their self confidence and creative ability. The children are given only squares and rectangles to create pictures. The children learn to cut circles, ovals and triangles from squares and rectangles. All of the children begin with the same materials and follow the same directions, but the results are individual and no two creations look alike.
The TLC directed art lessons help children:
1. Learn to follow oral and visual directions
2. Develop fine-motor skills
3. Strengthen eye-hand coordination
4. Learn color and shape recognition
5. Develop an awareness of spatial relationships
6. Learn to work individually and independently
Step-by-step illustrations show simply and clearly how each cut and paste lesson is done.

The lessons can be directed step-by-step to the whole group and that is how I do them.

To my Teacher friends....A Great follow-up story is:

Mr. Lincoln's Hat.

The children love this story!

I love SORTS....

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Our Reading Program (McGraw Hill's Treasures)

is based on Unit Themes every 3 weeks

...the unit theme for these 3 weeks is "WEATHER"

The first week we talked about weather and Rainy and sunny days...which we have had both first hand lately. The second week we are talking about "SEASONS".

I am a big fan of "Hands on Materials" as most of you know... and I found this great "SORT" of the seasons on one of my favorite sites...Carl's Corner.

The link is below for my teacher friends. Enjoy:)

http://www.carlscorner.us.com/Sorts/Seasonal.pdf

No field day....

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So Mother Nature doesn't want us to have Field Day in February!!

This is the second time the fields around the school have been flooded.

The children call this and the big field Lake Legacy!!

As a result: Field Day will have to wait until after Spring Break:)

February's Journal Cover...

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Why is it sooooo Hard to get everyone to look at me for a picture:)

This was the best of the 5 pictures I took...EEEEK!!

Maybe we will try again next week.

I don't know though

...as I look at each of their faces I think how really cute they are!

"Ring Around the Rosy"....Core Knowledge.

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"Ring around the Rosy ...Pocketfull of Posies...Ashes, Ashes we all fall down!!!"

Doing this in Green Grass over at the other building was softer and more colorful!!

But I wouldn't change being here at the new school this year for it...!

We will have green grass again in the SPRING...

Enjoy the video below ....I enjoy your children soooo much!

Kelly Mikesell...thank-you!!!

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I just love this writing exercise by Kelly Mikesell.

You can go to her site at: http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/

You start with one of her wonderful "Cut, Glue, Write and Draw" worksheets...

The children love them and I plan to staple several of them together

at the end of a week and send them home like a BOOK...and they can read it!!!

Below are the results of our first week Enjoy:)

To my teacher friends....

Go to her site it is wonderful and she has Lots more GREAT ideas

Plus some fun video clips on many fun things she does in her classroom.

We Sing Dinosaurs....

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Well I promised the NEW Board...Here it is.

The children worked very hard on this project.

the Stegosaurus' are really 2 sided...I am only showing the "Skeleton" bone side.

But...the cool thing is that if you hold the front side up to the light

the bones show through!! (see the 2 photos below the Bulletin Board picture.)

These make a fun "Hanging from the ceiling project" but I didn't think the Fire department would approve so you will have to hang them from the ceiling at home:)

Note to my teacher friends... I used screwiers and toothpicks for the bones.

The numbers and dots made this a math project too!

The song in the middle board is off the Wee Sing Dinosaur's CD that we are

singing in the concert for the parents.

ABC Schoolhouse February ideas....

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Thanks ABC School House for your wonderful STUFF for kids and teachers!!

To my teacher friend readers...go to the site from the link below and enjoy:)

http://www.abcschoolhouse.com/seasonal_pdfs/February_ideas.pdf
We had so much fun Graphing Candy Hearts at our Valentine Party on Friday.

Thought you would enjoy seeing each of your little ones hard at work...and having fun at the same time.....This is what it's all about for me as their teacher!!

Muffins for MOm 2010 was another huge success:)

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The day started with "Muffins for Mom" a tradition Legacy started last year in the old building. This year it was even a bigger success:)

Enjoy the pictures and remember if you like a picture left "click" on it and

the picture will get bigger:)

Stay tuned...

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Look for the next post to see how we fill up this board outside our room....

Welcome to our two newest Students....

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We are so glad to have 2 new students join us this past week...

Welcome Tikae and Hannah:)

In case you lost the paper I gave you last Friday...

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Valentine’s Day Party
Please bring one Valentine for each child in the class!!
Our Valentine Party is on Friday the 12th .
We are going to decorate white bags with our names on them,
then put the bags on the backs of our chairs.
Friday we will pass out our Valentines to each other,
putting them in each others bags.
Please have your child print the first name of each child in the class on

each Valentine so they can pass them out to everyone in the class...
That way no one will feel left out.
Here is the list:
There are a total of 19 children in the class.
Katelynn
Krysten
Tage
Makayla
Myla
George
Hailey
Briana
Aidan
Joseph
Armani
Shelby
Sam
Savannah
Navarro
Paige
Daniel
Tikae
Hannah

Valentine Flat Stories...

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The Children LOVE Sandy's Flat stories and I love this time of year because all of my children are reading them and loving it...They enrich any reading program.

Thanks Sandy http://www.sewwhat4ucorp.com/teacherresources.htm

I have , Who has ____? Games.

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These are our 3 favorite "I have___, Who has___?? games.

The first one is the ABC's...I have had this one for almost 20 years!!

The next two are newer ones I found online...one is 1 and 2 digit numbers,

the other one is Sight Words (our new favorite!!)

I have started to post my objectives each week in a different way...

I thought they hadn't been "kid friendly" enough.

So this is the new way....I post it right by the door so that way as they are waiting in line they can look over each objective and see if they know them.

I'll let you know how it works.

We Sing Dinosaurs....

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The Dinosaurs Arrived

in our Room last Monday.

This is a favorite time of year for me as a teacher...

THe children love everything about this month with these Extinct Creatures.

The Pink papers on the board are 26 Songs and Poems that the children will learn and perform on March 5th in the morning right after Assembly.

THey are songs and poems from the "We Sing Dinosaurs" tapes.

House Keeping has become a Dinosaur Museum were the children can Look up and write about their favorite dinosaur or set up a display for people to

come see...using blocks and dinosaurs.

THey can call to make appointments.

Use a clipboard to assist visitors and so many other creative things...they love it.

New Puzzles are all about Dinosaurs....

Many new games are about Dinosaurs..

Be Sure to mark your Calendars for our concert...

March 5th 8:00 AM...

Scrabble and how to use it for New Vocabulary...

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We are meeting in smaller Groups for a half hour a day

...children from other rooms are mixed up with us...

Our group has been using the

computers and learning new vocabulary words.

One way I am using my scrabble games (I have been collecting over the years)

is to have them spell out the words we are learning to "Use".

...Here are some shots from these meetings.

We started with our names.

Getting so excited about sharing this game with friends..
Soooo Cute...

Our new "Student of the Month"..Krysten

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The Balloon Launch for the 100th Day!!!

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These were the children that got the first 100 tickets for being on time to assembly.

THey helped launch the balloons at 1:00pm for the 100th Day.

I just fell in love with this JOYous picture of Myla and Sam....

It was a Great Celebration!!!

Happy Groundhog's Day 2010!!

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It's all about Shadows today...

6 more weeks of WINTER...YIKES!!!

100's Day Crowns...Lot's of hard work.

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Try this my fellow teachers...it works. Open your Heart to your children:)

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I will not take credit for this one...

except to say.. that it is a wonderful technique for teachers and it works!

...I have tried it.
I found it on http://misterkindergarten.blogspot.com .
Opening Your Heart--For Teachers
Here's an at-home exercise that I do to open my heart.

It takes less than a minute but provide me with big payoffs.
Here's what I do:
1. I get a piece of paper from the recycling bin. Turn it over. Then I grab a pencil.
2. I list all the students in my class.
3. I pay attention to the students whose names appear last on my list and make sure to get to know those children a little better the next day.
4. Repeat daily.

P.S. If at first you try this exercise and find there are some students in your class whose names you cannot remember, get to know those kids tomorrow.

Graphs, Symmetry, and January Flat stories....

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They were so proud of these Great Snowmen...

Each child made this cute graph of their names.

Then we compared them to each other...

This was a fun project that all the children loved to do!!

So here is the January Hall 2010!!

Our TLC Patterned snowflakes..

I used a clothespin with each students name on it to attach them to the blinds...

It worked out very well.

I plan on saving their clothespins for the next project.

Against the night sky...so pretty.

Feed the birds... This puzzle took a few days to accomplish

and these are the guys who did it!

Teach "Symmetry" using Mittens...so fun.

January Flat Stories... up close!

Let the games begin!

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Here's what we have been up to for the beginning of this new year...

I love this time of year with 5 year olds.

Something magical happens after the Christmas Holiday.

THey come back and they seem so much older and ready to do so much more.

Here is to a G R E A T 2010...

Here is a question??? Do you say Twenty Ten or Two THousand Ten???

Counting down until the Hundreth Day!! Can you believe we have been in school 91(as of today) days!!. Here we have been counting with bundles of 10's...

We have also learned Tally Marks and so we have been counting by 5's.

New Flat Stories...thanks Sandy http://www.sewwhat4ucorp.com/teacherresources.htm

AND... Many new games for our center time... THanks to a great site.
http://www.childcareland.com/

This is such a fun way to learn..... I love technology!

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What a great idea.

Flash Cards
Flash cards are one of the fastest, easiest ways to learn new information and improve fluency. That is why you see so many companies such as Baby Einstein and Dr. Seuss producing them. However, traditional flash cards can get bent, ripped, chewed on or lost –

and they are expensive.
This application offers a whole new dimension to traditional flash cards. These flash cards are available exclusively through itunes and are designed to work on Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. Children can learn on the go, at his or her own pace in a fun, interactive way.

At only .99 cents per deck of approximately 60 clear, concrete, colorful images, your child will have fun learning at an affordable price.
For more information go to.... http://kindergarten.com/

Elf Crazy.....

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All of Santa's Elves are ready

for Christmas to be here!!!

Don't forget to come to the Winter Concert on Wednesday Night 6:30 PM and here us recite the most loved Christmas Poem....

"The Night Before Christmas"

Couldn't resist putting George in twice...this one was soooo cute!!!

Our latest addition to the Christmas hallway....

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It's beginning to look alot like Christmas....

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Our new "Student of the Month"

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Making chains to help understand the number of days until Christmas...

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I love this activity ...it is great for self-esteem.
It is wonderful as a counting and counting and counting activity:)
The end product makes the children always have a smile on their faces!!
Hang it up in the house and watch the days pass along until Christmas Day.

OUr Turkey song...and Thanksgiving Feast....

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Turkey's turkey's turkey's.....

Cold outside this early in the morning...

A HUGE thank-you to

Tage and Savannah's moms for

helping out on this one!!!

New month ...New Books!!...

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Happy Day...

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Happy Happy...Tage was our

Student of the month.

and R.O.A.R. came to visit!!

We love R.O.A.R.....

Then Halloween...Here we all are dressed up!!

Even I dressed up...what a fun day.

Add 2 new ones!! and welcome back one.

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Welcome George and Fabian...

And welcome back Kristin.

Our field Trip in Pictures....Happy Day for all...

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The Bald Eagle ....and American symbol.

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I am the Eagle.

The Eagle is an American symbol.

(Core Knowledge)

SOOOOOOOOOOOO Cute.

Our new "Student of the Month"

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Statue of Liberty....

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Here are some fun Facts about the

Statue of Liberty.
Official dedication ceremonies held on Thursday, October 28, 1886
Total overall height from the base of the pedestal foundation

to the tip of the torch is 305 feet, 6 inches
Height of the Statue from her heel to the

top of her head is 111 feet, 6 inches
The face on the Statue of Liberty measures more than 8 feet tall
There are 154 steps from the pedestal to the head of the Statue of Liberty
A tablet held in her left hand measures 23' 7" tall and 13' 7" wide inscribed with the date JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776)
The Statue has a 35-foot waistline
There are seven rays on her crown, one for each of the seven continents, each measuring up to 9 feet in length and weighing as much as 150 pounds
Total weight of the Statue of Liberty is 225 tons (or 450,000 pounds)
At the feet of the Statue lie broken shackles of oppression and tyranny
During the restoration completed in 1986, the new torch was carefully covered with thin sheets of 24k gold
The exterior copper covering of the Statue of Liberty is 3/32 of an inch thick (less than the thickness of two pennies) and the light green color (called a patina) is the result of natural weathering of the copper.

SO Now you Know.....

Here we are...They loved doing this and were even more excited to show the parents outside our door at "Pick-up" time...we had a great day.

PS...This was "Dollar for Duds Day" that is why we are not in uniform:)

Learning to take care of books....

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Taking Care of Library Books

View more presentations from William Breitsprecher.

We love books in our class

...but the "care" of books has to be taught.

I really like this slide show of how to take care of books.

Please view it with your children as a reinforcement of what we are doing in class....Thanks.

AB Patterns

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Patterning Fun and chaos...
We loved working with the Unifix Cubes and figuring out our AB patterns.

Our First Student of the MOnth for 2009..

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Here are all the students of the month for each grade K-6.

What a Great group of students. Congratulations!!

Here is our own Makayla with her Mom and Dad.

Feet...what do you wear and why???

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In order to help little ones engage in conversation I look for fun ways to get them to express themselves. This Particular exercise is really a fun one. I ask the children to look at all the different things we wear on our feet. Then I ask them to choose one of them to put on the feet and tell us why they choose it and what they will do while wearing them. The answers are just wonderful...read each answer below. ENJOY

"I like wearing nothing at all on my feet."

"These are Flip Flops...I would run in the sand on the beach!"

"Clowns wear these...I am going to make people laugh."

"I am going to dance in a ballet ...these are ballets."

A little boy choose these ....for his mommy..he said that then

her feet wouldn't be cold.

This was my favorite.....

"I am going to Jump in the Rain puddles in these!"

"I am going to tap dance in these or go to church!"

"I am going to rope a baby cow...calf, in these at the rodeo."

"I am going to swim in the wild lake!"

"I am going to kick around a soccer ball".

"I am going to protect people with these...like my daddy does!"

"I am going to dance with my family in these!"

Water Cycle...

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This was very fun to do and I think the children will remember it a lot better than a worksheet!!!
We made a water cycle bracelet from colored beads to help us remember.The rain (light blue) falls down on the grass (green).It forms puddles (dark blue).The sun (yellow) comes out and dries up or evaporates (clear) the puddles.The air is filled with moisture and this causes a cloud (white) to form. Then the cycle starts all over again.

Poker Chips...who would have thought?

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When I asked the boys to sort the chips according to color I also added what is Red, White, and Blue??? We had just made flags for our journals and a Core Knowledge Standard is:

"Children will recognize and become familiar with the significance of the American flag."

They immediately thought of the American Flag....so I challenged them to make a flag using the chips. This is the fantastic result!

Side note: Joseph's father is in Iraq right now, due home this October.

Thanks for helping keep all of us safe.

Position Words...to Go.

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We are learning Position words for our Math Curriculum.

I came up with an idea to put them on a ring and hang them by the door so we can go over a few whenever we have a FREE moment.

I can also grab them and take them with us when we go to a special or we have to wait for the bathroom. It is great way to:

SNEAK in a little ExTrA "learning time".

See list below...

Here is a list of the most common Position words for Kindergarteners.
around
bottom
outside
behind
over
next to
middle
finish
upside down
above
inside
beside
end
through
below
in
under
left
near
between
up
out
on
right
far
top
down
front
off
beginning
start

I think I can ..I Know I can....I can do it ..I can do it!!!

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Chicka Chicka ....

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We are learning:

Our Upper and Lower Case letters and which goes with which??

....Any games to teach this are such group fun.

Kaye Espinosa makes learning fun...Our sun:)

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THis is a Core Knowledge Science Standard.

We gave it special thought on Friday, and made our own suns.

I followed Kaye's TLC Art Ideas and started with a yellow and blue square then added a yellow rectangle for them to cut their own "rays".

It worked out so well. They were so proud of what they did.

I love this kind of ART.

You can find lots more ideas like these Directed Art Lessons offered by Kaye Espinosa Make Learning Fun!

http://www.tlclessons.com/ordering.php

Honoring Dave Missler of the Rowland Company...

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On Friday we honored

Dave Missler of the Rowland Company.

"Dave" as we all called him was the Superintendent of our job site

here at the new school.

From the first day I met him at the groundbreaking I liked this man.

He is a soft spoken gentleman with a commented spirit.

He had one job in mind these last months and that was to "get our school finished on time for all the teachers and students to start."

AND.....He kept his promise! I would say in this business that is Rare.

Thanks Dave....we love our NEW SCHOOL.

Now go home and rest...you deserve it!

All our students made him thank-you cards.

3 Amigos.....

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These 3 had a blast putting together the patterns on these cards with the "links"...and of course wanted to pose for some pictures afterwards:)

The Rug...The Rug...

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Our Rug came...

Mr. Harmor brought it out to school right at dismissal time...

You should have heard the CHEERS!!!

I guess you can see by the pictures that we love it:)

It was worth the wait...we all have a comfy place to sit!!

Random Pictures from our first week in school...

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It Seems as though we were more of a "family" by Friday than we were on Monday...

Getting to know each other is a huge step for children the first weeks of school. We all (teacher included) do a "dance" around each other getting to know each other and feeling comfortable. We had a full week (Monday to Friday) and usually the first week is only 3 days...sooo it was a LONG week for us but by Friday it was GREAT to see all the new friendships that were made and all the fun we had with each other.

Thanks my new young friends for a great first week..I love you all.

Presenting...Mrs. Harmor's New Class for 2009-2010...

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Lots of work....but in the end it looks GREAT!!!

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A HuGe THANK-YOU...
to my wonderful husband who helped me get
our room ready for all of you on the first day of school:)
I am still waiting for the rug to arrive on Monday the 17th...
Until then we will "sit on a dot" for Morning Message.

What is it going to look like....you will have to wait and see Thursday Night at the Open House:)

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This is just a "TEASE"

....of what my room looks like!

Stay tune for the exciting changes as I finish setting it up.

Notice Mr. Harmor...he is such a wonderful help to me.

By the way...we are celebrating our 37 wedding Anniversary on August 5...

It we great to get together with the old gang again today.

It was also nice to meet the new teachers.

We had a yummy lunch...then worked in our rooms the rest of the day.

Here is Mrs. Lenard giving us some instruction.

Moving Day....

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Well the day has come....

We are allowed to go to our rooms in the morning and start to set up.

I will take some pictures and show you the progress:)

Come take a tour of our New School...

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Here are Tracy Leonard the Site Administrator and next to her Kathy Tolman the Owner of the school at the opening of the door to the

new all purpose room...

we are looking over to the grand opening across from us...

See the next picture.

This large opening will be a glass garage door.

It will go out on to the patio you see...

I want to tell you more about that in a minute..

Let's go back to the entrance a start as though

you just came in the front door.

Here we are at the front door looking out.

This is the main desk up front of the school.

This is were Miss Jennifer will greet you.

These are some of the offices up front for the administration. You can get a quick view of the outside in the front of the school

Come on down the hall with me:)

This is the Teacher's Room...so big and there is a window!

This is the Music Art room. It also has a door to the outside courtyard for special project work...and a window!

This is the Kitchen...it is off of the All Purpose Room.

This is is a Hallway...notice the SKYLIGHTS!!!

First is the bathroom...toilets on the inside and common sinks on the outside...so cool. Lots of work being done. AND this is a Kindergarten room...YEA!! It is GREEN...It has a door to outside and cubes and WINDOWS!!!

This is outside the Kinder rooms

...it will be a separate play spot for us!!

Here is a 1st Grade room...It is Yellow.

This is 2nd...It is Orange...

This is 3rd and it is blue...4th, 5th, 6th are also Blue.

Now we are outside in the back of the building..the building is in the shape of a U...Younger students on one side older ones on the other. But we come together in this courtyard area...

Won't Opening be very cool out here in the mornings???

Walking back around the building Tracy points out the sidewalk all around the building.. the builders have thought of everything.

Back up front they were finishing the front parking and bus and car turn around ...So much work going on that day..only 14 weeks from the ground breaking... Hard to believe isn't it???

Can't wait to show you the

finished school...Next Post!!

More shots of the new school.....

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I am going with Mrs. Tolman and Mrs. Leonard to the new building in the morning...so I can take some up close shots of the rooms. The outside of the building has such pretty rock all around it..

So more picture on Friday.

"Read, Read, Read," Mrs. Harmor said.

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SuMMeR ReAdiNg...whaT fUn!!

REMEMBER all my wonderful children to READ.

Have Mom or Dad take you to the Library...it is a "cool" place to go in this summer heat. If going isn't a possibility get out all the Flat Stories that we read and made into books last year and read them to your mom or dad your brother or sister or your Dog...JUST READ.

Just look below to remember how much you loved reading all year long.

Enrollment made easy...and site updates.

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Have you been over to the Superstition Mall

lately to see the store for registration for our school?? It is in the center of the Mall by the escalators. It is very nice and hard to miss.

Notice the dinosaur in the front...

It is the one Zach's dad made for us this year.

Stop by and say HI ...

Site update...

Here is the Kindergarten side of the building.

Fun windows and an area for our little ones to play outside our door.

Here is the long view... click on it to see the progress.

This is the front entrance of the new school...

A visit to the new school site...

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The Friday after school got out

...the teacher's took a field trip!

We all went up to the site of the new school.

This was back in May..when the framing was being done.

So here is a little tour....

more to come as Morris and I love going out to the

site and taking pictures.

The first picture is the front of the school. There will be parking

and a "turn around" up front.

This is a cool shot looking down the hall from the main offices to the 1st grade and Kindergarten halls... Mrs. Lenard is pointing out were things will be up near the front offices.

This is one of the Kindergarten rooms...notice a window and door to the outside...so fun.
There will be a place for us to play just outside the door.

This one is the "all Purpose Room"and looking down into the Kitchen.

This is shot of the all purpose room looking through what will be
a glass garage door that will be able to be
raised to the inside court yard area..
This is my favorite part of the building I think:)
The other side of the courtyard is the upper grades..
the building is in a "u" shape...
lower grades on one side and upper on the other.

Well there you have it until I post some more...STAY TUNE!!

Sandy's Flat Stories....New ones for "Outer Space"..."The Polar Express"..."Summer" ...and "On the Farm"

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Just want to get these New ones Posted for

the next school year...

I love these Flat Stories...They have improved my Reading program so much this year. THe Children just love reading these and making Books full of them to take home to read to themselves and others.

http://www.sewwhat4ucorp.com/teacherresources.htm
Thanks Sandy.

Books, Books, and more Books....

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Miss Jennifer and her children cleaned out their books and we were lucky enough to get the books (gently used) from them.

Thanks sooooo much you guys it was wonderful of you to think of us:)

These are the books I recieved from families who bought me

a book at the Book Fair...

thanks to Zachary, Logan, Adrian and

Desiree's Parents for these great books.

Having fun with Magnets.....

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Art projects...Love them.

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Aren't these the neatest thing???

THe children where given a picture from a magazine on one side of the paper and asked to draw what they "saw" in the picture.

I just love these...

And these are my children and they are only 5and 6 years old:)

Good job kids...thanks Miss Kara.

PJ Day...We love this day:)

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Adding Numbers to our sight vocabulary...

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Aren't they precious???

Groundbreaking Ceremony....Legacy School.

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A Huge thank-you to all the Families who came out to this GREAT event!!

Wow...Look who was included in the

Groundbreaking Ceremony today!!!

I was very honored to be a part..

From left to right..

THe builder, ROAR, the man who sold us his property to build the school, THe Mayor of Mesa AZ. Scott Smith, Rod and Kathy Tolman,
Julie and Mike Clement, Tracy Leonard, ME...

and the president of the Parent Council, Greg DiCroce.

This was unexpected and it felt so good to be
a part of this important event.

I have been at the school since the beginning 8 years ago...

It has been a real experience to follow it through to this moment.

Here is some of our Class that came to the event...

Hey...Lacy, Dallas, Elizabeth, and Drake:)

Flat Stories...Here are some "Funny Bunny" end of April stories.

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http://www.sewwhat4ucorp.com/teacherresources.htm

Thanks Sandy.

Learning to count, add, and write numbers without a ditto:)

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We are Practicing our numbers all the time.

Our favorite way to do this is to use # cards.

Each child has numbers 1-20 and keeps them in their boxes.

When we practice we bring them out, pick a spot on the floor

and put them in order 1 to 20.

THings to remember each time are:

the order and the way we write them as we read them

....Left to Right.

*Then I ask them to find certain numbers and hold them up.

*Sometimes we add them to make a number sentence.

*Sometimes we use paper and pencil to

write what we have done.

*Sometimes we use unifix cubes for counting what

the number represents.

*Then when we are ready to put them back into the box I will call out numbers randomly and they make a pile...this way they are out of order for the next time we get them out to use.

They love this and it is simply but very effective learning.

THey also get to move around. I am all about moving around and not sitting at the table all the time...doing dittos#@**

But then again you guys already know that about me!!!

Look....PRoGress

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This was the shot first thing this morning...notice all the trees and bushes.

These are shots of the area after school..

Cleared and ready to go!!

Notice the new sign for the

Ground Breaking on April 18th at 10:00....

It is 4 acres going all the way

back to the wall on 2 sides...

Look what's happening at the new School site ... EXCITING!!!

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The Making of a TLC Art Project..... http://www.tlclessons.com/

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I love these Art projects...

they do soooo much more then they look!

Start with this.....

End with this....

Friday Lunch with one Mother and a Grandmother!!

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It is always fun to have someone stop by for lunch.

Friday it was Jacob's Grandmother and Elizabeth's Mom.

Glad to have you both:)

Our cute little "Question" Rabbits!!

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These cute little "Question Rabbits" came to our room this week!!

They will help us learn how to ask questions about

stories we are reading aloud in class..

They will also help us when we write our own stories in the future....

Who..What..When..Where..How and Why???

Flat Stories...New ones for March-April....I love these stories...Happy Spring!!

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Thanks Sandy.

We opened up a Pizza Parlor .....

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This week we said goodbye to the Dinosaur Museum...and Hello to the Pizza Parlor...

What fun Housekeeping is for a Kindergartners!!

It is a Place where they can use their imagination to pretend to be grown up for a little time during the day. In our Pizza Parlor we have boxes for take out....Pads and pencils for taking orders...phones to talk to people who want Pizza....and of coarse pizza and drinks for our customers!!!

The Hungry Catterpillar is 40 years old and Eric Carle is 80 this year!!

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Goodbye Dinosaurs....Hello Jacob:)

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GoOdByE DiNoSaUrS.....

HeLLo Jacob!! Meet Jacob..He is going to be joining our class after the break and we are very excited.. He came to visit with his mother the week before School got out for Spring Break ...

A fun Fact about Jacob is that he is the grandson of both

Mrs. Clement (Special Programs Director) and Mrs. Nielsen (Art and Music teacher)!!

Welcome Jacob...can't wait to see you again after the Break!!

Look... All of the children gathered around Jacob and his Mother to look at our blog on Mrs. Harmor's Computer!!

Oh ...and the February Journals went home and

I forgot to Post about that..SORRY!

Our Dinosaur Production and Reading for Icecream...A very Busy Friday!!!

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First... we modeled our Costumes and sang a song

on stage for the MOrning Assembly...

Then.. it was back to the room for the rest of the song and poems.

26 in all...I am always so impressed with how much a child can learn through song and dance.

THat is why I love teaching at Legacy were we

Honor the ARTS!!!

Here is... Thayne, Zachary, and his Dad...Thanks again for our

new mascot for our room...I think he will

"rule" the Reading corner

for the rest of the year!!

The Party for Reading for Ice cream came on the last Friday before Spring Break too!!! It was a full day of Celebration:)

"What's going to work?? Team WoRk." We all sang out.

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This Lesson started out to be one thing and turned into something else.

We began trying to see how Big a Dinosaur's foot was..?

But as they started working together to trace each other's feet to put on our big Dinosaur's foot, I began to look around at how well they were working together to get the job done. Each team approached the project a little differently and I loved watching them...of course I had to get out the camera so you all could "see" what I was seeing:)

Even Ricardo got in on the act!!! THanks for all you do:)

Muffins for MOm was a huge success:)

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We had a great time at our "Muffins for Mom" morning....Last month is was Donuts for Dad

(sorry I missed that one).

We had a fabulous turn out for it and all the moms had a wonderful time:)

Mrs. Harmor's Kindergarten

I Love these guys!!

A new Year...

December....Holiday fun. Lot's of songs and projects...

November....Pilgrims, Turkeys, and lots of new Games...

October....Our Party and the Pumpkin Patch..

Playing "catch-up"

Our First Student of the Month for 2010...

Twelve Days into it already!!!

School begins.....August 4, 2010

First Grade here we come....

They called her the "Garden Lady"...

Student of the MOnth.....April

Just a few highlights from our Field Day....

We love Ricardo at Legacy School....

"Dog's for Dad!" was a huge Success with the students and their Dads...

After Party

Paper Plate Dinosaur Costumes....

Two Happy Helpers!!

Student of the MOnth.....

The Making of a TLC Art Project #2 and #3.....

I love SORTS....

No field day....

February's Journal Cover...

"Ring Around the Rosy"....Core Knowledge.

Kelly Mikesell...thank-you!!!

We Sing Dinosaurs....

ABC Schoolhouse February ideas....

Muffins for MOm 2010 was another huge success:)

Stay tuned...

Welcome to our two newest Students....

In case you lost the paper I gave you last Friday...

Valentine Flat Stories...

I have ____ , Who has ________? Games.

We Sing Dinosaurs....

Scrabble and how to use it for New Vocabulary...

Our new "Student of the Month"..Krysten

The Balloon Launch for the 100th Day!!!

Happy Groundhog's Day 2010!!

100's Day Crowns...Lot's of hard work.

Try this my fellow teachers...it works. Open your Heart to your children:)

Graphs, Symmetry, and January Flat stories....

Let the games begin!

This is such a fun way to learn..... I love technology!

Elf Crazy.....

Our latest addition to the Christmas hallway....

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas....

Our new "Student of the Month"

Making chains to help understand the number of days until Christmas...

OUr Turkey song...and Thanksgiving Feast....

New month ...New Books!!...

Happy Day...

Add 2 new ones!! and welcome back one.

Our field Trip in Pictures....Happy Day for all...

The Bald Eagle ....and American symbol.

Our new "Student of the Month"

Statue of Liberty....

Learning to take care of books....

AB Patterns

Our First Student of the MOnth for 2009..

Feet...what do you wear and why???

Water Cycle...

Poker Chips...who would have thought?

Position Words...to Go.

I think I can ..I Know I can....I can do it ..I can do it!!!

Chicka Chicka ....

Kaye Espinosa makes learning fun...Our sun:)

Honoring Dave Missler of the Rowland Company...

3 Amigos.....

The Rug...The Rug...

Random Pictures from our first week in school...

Presenting...Mrs. Harmor's New Class for 2009-2010...

Lots of work....but in the end it looks GREAT!!!

What is it going to look like....you will have to wait and see Thursday Night at the Open House:)

Moving Day....

Come take a tour of our New School...

More shots of the new school.....

"Read, Read, Read," Mrs. Harmor said.

Enrollment made easy...and site updates.

A visit to the new school site...

I have , Who has ____? Games.