Mrs. McGarity's Kindergarten: Pictures

Mrs. McGarity's Classroom 2013-2014

Pictures from May

We will miss you, Miss Katie!

Field Trip to Lazy L Safari Park

Pictures from April

Miss Katie always helps us with our workstations.

It was a wonderful birthday surprise for Mrs. McGarity! Baby Grant came to visit too. :)

Fun times with friends during center time.

Mrs. Weeks made an Easter bunny cake for the class. It was a big hit!

Recess

Pictures from March

Dr. Seuss Fun!

Cat in the Hat Snacks

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Pizza Party for Good Behavior!

Pictures from February

Valentine's Candy Graph

Finger Paint Valentine's Day Tree

Reading to our Classmates

FFA Petting Zoo

Valentine's Day Party!

Pictures from January

100th Day of School Celebration

100 Snack

We ran, hopped, and stood still for 100 seconds.

100 Pieces of Cereal in a Cereal Bowl

100 Scoops of Ice Cream

The boys and girls found 100 pieces of candy and prizes that were hidden in the classroom.

We had a 2nd grade guest visit our class--Miss Lexy. We enjoyed having her in our classroom!! She played with the kids during center time and read them a few books. :)

We made name bracelets...

Miss Katie, one of our high school cadets, helped us with our bracelets.

During math, the kids worked together to sequence events in order, thinking about what happens "first, next, and last."

After we learned about volcanoes in science, we did a volcano experiment. They enjoyed seeing it erupt! :)

Pictures from December

Santa at the Bank

Delicious Christmas Trees

Family Christmas Presents

Stockings

Mr. Joey, one of our high school cadets, brought in his kindergarten picture. :)

Giving our cadets their Christmas gifts from the class.

Mr. Joey

Miss Samantha

Miss Katie

Miss Katie made the boys and girls special reindeer cookies too!

Karlee's mom, Halee, brought their pet "Spike!" It is a bearded dragon. It was great for the kids to learn about reptiles in science, then get to see and touch a real reptile. Thank you!

Bernie the Elf came to visit our classroom! He was a very mischievous elf.

We made shapes out of pull and peel twizzlers.

Pictures from November

I Am Thankful Head Bands

Some of the sentences the boys and girls wrote include:
"I am thankful for my mom and dad."
"I am thankful for my family."
"I am thankful for God."

We had a few parent volunteers help us complete this project. Thank you for donating your time Mrs. Brittney and Mr. Richard!

Miss Samantha, one of our high school cadets, helping Krista write her letter to Santa.

Tom the Turkey Disguises

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Math Lesson on Ten Frames

Miss Katie, one of our high school cadets, working with the boys and girls on writing about insects

Kindergarten Fall Festival
We had so much fun!!

Popcorn Party for Top Three Box Top Collection Class

Pictures from October

We enjoy reading to our friends

Pumpkin Painting

Letter name and sound practice

We love to sing and dance!!! :)

Happy Birthday Blair!

Don't we look good in our Bernie spirit shirts? :)

Story Time

Letter People

Halloween Coloring Sheets

Nutrition Lesson with Mrs. Sandy

The counselor, Miss Swindell, came and talked to us about tattling v. reporting.

Pictures from September

We are learning how to read!!!

Mr. Joey, our high school cadet, does lots of fun things with the kids!

Miss Katie is also a high school cadet that works with the kids. :)

They are working on their Grandparent's Day crafts in these pictures.

In science, we learned about plants--plant parts, what plants need to live, and so much more.

To conclude our unit, we made a variety of plants (flowers, fruits, and vegis) out of play dough.

Name Projects!

The boys and girls work hard to learn.

Recess Time!

Pictures from August 2013

Welcome to Kindergarten!

Kindergarten Orientation with some of our volunteer parents, teachers, and principal.

Isn't our playground awesome! We are lucky kids!

We spent some time getting used to classwork by creating a class rule book and creating our own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom name trees.

Learning to work together during workstations....

Mrs. McGarity's Classroom 2012-2013

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Pictures from May

Miss Paige, our high school cadet

Mr. David, our high school cadet that helped during April and May

We love our cadets!

Thank you for all of your help! :) We will miss you when you graduate!

In science we learned about magnets, then we explored with magnet kits!

Pictures from April
3-D Shapes

Symmetrical Butterflies

Bouncy Houses!

Pattern Bracelets!

Field Trip to the Lazy L Safari Park!

Pictures from March

Blubber Experiment in Mrs. Williams' Classroom

Dr. Seuss Activities

Precious Baby Bunny!

Dental Health Presentation

Easter Egg Hunt

Pictures from February

Some of the kids made models after we did our science unit on the Earth, Sun, and Moon.

Building Sentences!

The Gingerbread Man came alive and took us on a scavenger hunt all over the school building until Mrs. Ellenburg finally caught him!

Valentine's Day Graphing Activity with Candy Hearts

Valentine's Day Party

Valentine's Heart Tree

FFA Petting Zoo

Presidents' Day Hats

Pictures from January
During our earth science unit, the boys and girls favorite topic was the volcano. On a nice January afternoon, we went outside and created our own little volcano!

Recess Time!

100 Day Snack

100 pieces of candy were hidden around the room for the kids to find!

Working Together!

Pictures from December

Bernie the Elf

The boys and girls made pyramids out of marshmallows in library with Coach Hoffman.

Ms. Swindell, the school counselor, read the class a letter from Bernie the Elf!!!

Miss Paige, our high school cadet, helps the boys and girls learn how to read.

Learning about the letter "R" and the sound it makes.

Singing our "r" song...

Mrs. Kelli, a parent volunteer, helped us make our Christmas gifts for our parents. Thank you for all of your help Mrs. Kelli!!!

The gifts to our parents all wrapped up and ready to go home!

Reading Workstation Activities

Nutrition Lesson
Mrs. Sandy visits our classroom once a month to teach a lesson on nutrition. She usually brings a healthy snack, and the kids love her lessons!

Center Time!
Look at how they all worked together to accomplish something AWESOME!!! They were so proud!

Christmas trees we can eat.....too much fun!!!

Santa at the Bank!
Thank you for inviting us, First Community Bank. The pictures were great too.

We appreciate everything this community does to support our school!

Snowflakes
We made glitter snowflakes to send to the boys and girls at Sandy Hook Elementary. We hope the snowflakes helped make their school a "winter wonderland" when they returned after Christmas break.

Stockings!!!

Christmas Party!
They were so excited to open their Christmas gifts from me on pajama day. I made them wait until the afternoon to open them, so they couldn't hardly wait. :)

Pictures From November
Handwriting! We are practicing writing words and turning them into sentences.

Science Fun!
We have been learning about animals and their survival methods. Exploring with worms was so much fun!

Scarecrow Ice Cream Cones

Thanksgiving Headdresses
"I am thankful for..."

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Meal
The three kindergarten classrooms joined together in Mrs. Powell's room to have a wonderful feast of vegetable soup.

Tom the Turkey

Kindergarten Banner for the Girls Volleyball Team!!!

Pictures from October

Science Time! What do animals need to live?

Name Bracelets

Miss Andrea's Last Day of Student Teaching

Pumpkin Painting

Halloween Activities!
Marshmallow Ghosts

Slime Time!

Spider Headbands!

Popcorn Witch Hands

Face Paint!

Pin the Worm on the Apple

Fall Party

Pictures from September

Jase brought each classmate these adorable pencils
made out of Rolos and Hershey Kisses!

Time for ice cream sundaes for Bailey's birthday party!

We made plants out of play dough. Each plant had to have roots, a stem, leaves, and flowers.

We also made plants out of pattern blocks. Here, Miss Andrea is leading the class in a tour of the different types of plants each child built.

We read many books about plants.

The boys and girls completed a unit on apples and taste tested apple-flavored foods.

Look at the boys and girls making their own apple pies! They were so delicious too!

Science lesson on the plant parts we eat.

The boys and girls really enjoyed trying vegetable soup and discovering which plant parts we eat!

Fun with our names!

Time to sing and dance!

Grandparents' Day Crafts

There are our names again...

Miss Andrea reading to the boys and girls!

Aren't we cute?

Back-to-School Fun

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

We read the story, watched the animated story on the SMARTBoard, tried cocunut, and made our own cocunut name trees. These are being displayed in the hallway for everyone to enjoy.

Reading Workstations

Throughout the year, the boys and girls rotate through stations that help them learn our reading skills (phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension). For the month of August, the stations focus on letters, rhyming, and fine motor activities that strengthen their hands and help create better writers.

Miss Paige--our high school cadet

Miss Andrea-- our student teacher

Summer School
2012

Making shapes, letters, and numbers using pretzels and marshmallows and by drawing in our pudding!

Mrs. McGarity's Classroom 2011-2012

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April and May

Easter Egg Hunt

Symmetrical Butterflies

Silly Eyes!

Field Trip!

Lazy L Safari Park

Science

Time to explore with WORMS!!!

March

Bouncy House Fun!

Honey Bees!

We had a guest visitor, Mrs. Machen, teach us about honey bees and how they produce their delicious honey.

We even got to taste the honey from Mrs. Machen's hives. We tried it when it was still covered in wax and on sweet rolls. They were both delicious! Thank you Mrs. Machen for letting our kids experience fresh honey!

Volcano Experiment

The boys and girls learned all about how a volcano is formed, what causes an eruption, and what happens to the Earth after it erupts.

Recess Time!

All of the girls in our class!

All of the boys in our class!

February 2012

Valentine's Tree

Science Fun!

Creating insects, reptiles, and spiders out of play dough! We learned the key characteristics of each type of animal and made sure to demonstrate those specifications in our play dough models.

Valentine's Graphs

Valentine's Day Party

Singing and Dancing

Writing Time!
Mrs. Garner made writing sentences so much fun by letting the kids practice on white boards!

Name Bracelets

FFA Petting Zoo

Science Posters

The boys and girls made posters with their families that demonstrated some of the things they learned about animals during Mrs. Garner's Science Unit. They learned so much from Mrs. Garner and had tons of fun!

Cat in the Hat Snack

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Green Eggs and Ham

January 2012

Gingerbread House

Gingerbread Scavenger Hunt
The Gingerbread Man ran away from our class, and
we had to run through the school on a scavenger hunt until we found him!

He is missing a few body parts, because
we almost caught him a few times! A few of the teachers
grabbed an arm and a leg!

100th Day of School

January Class Picture

December 2011

Class Picture with our cadet, Miss Rachel

Christmas Crafts

Christmas Ornaments

Santa at First Community Bank

Letters to Santa

Bernie the Elf!
Ask your child about this little elf!

Nutrition Lesson with Mrs. Cross

The boys and girls read The Gingerbread Man and tried gingerbread cookies!

November 2011

Plant Parts
We have been learning about the parts of a plant and the boys and girls enjoyed finding the seeds inside the pumpkin!

Scarecrow Ice Cream Cones

Plant Parts

By placing the rose in blue water, the boys and girls could better understand how the stem brings water up to the flower. Look closely and you will see how the rose began to turn blue!

Aren't we cute?
The kids wrote "I am thankful for...." on their headbands. Many of them were thankful for their families, cats and dogs, Jesus, and one boy was even thankful for his teacher. :)