Gutsy the Fox

On Friday, the whole school gathered in the gym to hear a lesson on bullying from our friend Gutsy the Fox. Gutsy is a high flying, basketball playing fox who comes to our school every year to teach us about important things. This year he used the letters in his name to help us learn about bullying.

Give Respect
Understand and Encourage
Team Up
Stomp Out Bullying
You Choose

I took a video of Gutsy in action, but I had my camera turned vertically. I can't figure out how to turn the video, so please turn your head or your computer to watch :). I also couldn't figure out how to center the video on the page, but I think you'll get the idea.

You can learn more about Gutsy by visiting his website: www.gutsytheflyingfox.com

Community Helpers

Our next door friends in Mrs. Chitwood's class invited us over to see Officer Neal and Jo-Jo to go along with our study of community helpers. Jo-Jo is a 6 year old German Shepard trained to sniff out drugs. His reward when he finds the drugs is to play with his favorite toy, a Cong. We hid his Cong in the room twice and he found it in less than a minute both times. In the picture below, you can see the the Cong sticking out of his mouth.

WOO! HOO! we got a new counter for our computers. No more large tables and lots more room. This actually tied in well with our community helpers unit. The Hounds got to see (and hear) service workers in action.. We were so thrilled with our new addition that we made the men who installed the counter Rice Krispy Treats and wrote them a thank you note.

Purple Volcanoes

Our color for this week was purple, so for our Sensational Science activity we made Purple Volcanoes. We started with grape juice then alternated baking soda and vinegar. There were lots and lots of OOHS! and AAHS!! It was a big hit!!!

Funky Food

Our Funky Food activity for this week was Jaminn' Jungle Juice and Jungle Cookies. Most everyone loved the lime jello and lemonde drink. Mrs. Hood "loved" the sound of jello being slurped through a straw!

Braxton, Dylan, Anna Rose and Hunter enjoying their snack.

Kinley

David




Lily's mom came to help the previous week when we made Unbelievable Upside Down Cake. She read Great Day for Up by Dr. Seuss while we were waiting on the cake to cook.

FUNtastic Friday

What a wonderful Friday the Happy Hounds had!!

Our science experiment, Color Changing Milk, was a big hit. The Dawn dish detergent made the fat molecules in the milk spin out of control which made the food coloring burst like fireworks.

Our Funky Food for the letter I, Icky Inchworms, was easy to make and very yummy!!

But, the best part of the day was our "emergency"!! Humpty Dumpty (who had been hanging out on our All Wall) fell to the ground and broke into pieces and the Dish and the Spoon ran away! The King left us a note asking if we could break the code and find the Dish and the Spoon. We worked as a team to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Then we had to follow the "at" family clues to locate the Dish and the Spoon. We found them hanging out above the crab tank in the office!

What an exciting day!! Fridays in kindergarten are the best!!

Fun Times

Our Funky Food activity for August 26th was Humpty Dumpty. We have been reading nursery rhymes and practicing rhyming words in class. This was a fun and yumy way to revisit Humpty.

Thanks to Lola's family for providing the ingredients for Humpty and a special thanks to Lola's mom for helping out with the snack.

The Hounds LOVE to dance. Below are pictures of our class getting down to the Tooty-Ta. The song is on the Silly Songs CD that we gave you at the beginning of the year.

That means YOU can Tootyy-Ta at home!!

I WANNA BE A ROCK STAR!!!!

Introducing Mr. West, our very own Rock Star!!

The Happy Hounds LOVE going to music on Thursdays. He gets them up and moving.

"Booty Magnets" - little pieces of green or pink tape on the carpet that booties must sit on when given the signal.

Mr. West's helper, Spike. We hear Spike stories every day they return from music. You never know what that crazy arachnid will do!!

And the very best part.....he reinforces what we are teaching in the classroom. Below are pictures of the Hounds practicing rhyming words. He taught them to wiggle their "ends" when the words rhyme because rhyming words sound the same at the "end". Why didn't I think of that!!!!