Kindergarten Centers

Students in Mrs. Ferrell's kindergarten class enjoyed centers today after reviewing the letter L.  Student knew the why and the how of the centers and were eager to explain them to me. 

Writing sight words and learning our colors with our A+ student!

Letter puzzles

Making Ladybugs after reading The Lazy Ladybug

Writing stories and using the sight word wall to spell correctly.

Using playdough to cut out shapes and identify the beginning sounds

Using magnetic letters to make words that have the "l" sound in them.

Penguin Posters

Students in Mrs. Higgins' second grade class has been studying about penguins.  They put their knowledge together in these power posters.  I am in love with the art and the facts the students chose to present.

Well done, Mrs. Higgins' students!  You are very good nonfiction writers.

MRTA and KRCG Excellent Educator Award

Today we celebrated our January Spirit Assembly and one other thing....

Saying the Pledge of Allegiance at the assembly

Jackie Howard was named the February Excellent Educator! 

KRCG and MRTA combine efforts to choose a mid Missouri educator as the Excellent Educator of the month.  The award goes to a teacher who goes above and beyond the call of duty.   Mrs. Howard fits this description to a T.  In her thank you speech to the students and staff Mrs. Howard said that all the teachers at California Elementary could have been chosen.  What a wonderful way to recognize the efforts of our school. Thank YOU, Mrs. Howard!

MLK, Jr. Essay Writing

Second graders in Mrs. Higgins' class are writing essays on Martin Luther King, Jr.  One of the students came up to read his work to me.

 After the essay was read, and the student and I conversed about his writing, the student said that all the information came from him reading and listening about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.  He said this writing wasn't his best work, but that he was proud of it all the same!

I can say for sure that this principal was very proud to see such a well crafted writing produced by a second grader.  Way to go!

If I was Principal...

Students from Mrs. Billings' class wrote stories called If I was principal....  The students enjoyed this writing assignment very much!  I asked for them to come and read them to me and Aiden came to the office and read his story to me. 
Enjoy!

Great American Fundraiser

Students brought home packets and flyers from our annual Great American Fundraiser.  This year the students will be collecting frogs. 

The code on the flyer is wrong, however.  If you are choosing to order online, you need to use this code:

633610

Please check under the tab called Fundraisers for more specific information about the fundraiser.  Thank you so much!

Baxter Rewards Good Behavior

Second grade students earned some time outside with Baxter today for earning the most points at lunch.  These students played tag with Baxter for about 15 minutes on a beautiful January day!