Transitional Kindergarten News
👑 TK Royal News – A 100th Day & Fairy Tale Adventure! 🐉
What a magical and milestone-filled week in TK! We celebrated, created, explored, and learned in the most royal ways. Here’s a peek at all the fun:
💯 100th Day of School Celebration!
We celebrated being 100 days smarter in BIG ways!
- 🍫 Hershey Kiss Hunt – Students searched high and low for 100 numbered Hershey Kisses hidden around our classroom and marked each number on their 100 charts. So exciting!
- 💧 100 Drops Experiment – We estimated how high 100 drops of water would fill our glass before testing it out. So much great predicting and observing!
We loved celebrating this special milestone together!
🏰 STEM Castle Construction
Our classroom has officially turned into a kingdom!
Using our Makedo Cardboard Construction System STEM pieces, students:
- Cut out windows and castle walls
- Designed and decorated flags
- Screwed pieces together
- Worked collaboratively to build our classroom castle
The creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving skills were incredible to watch!
👑 Dramatic Play Royalty
Students are loving dressing up as kings, queens, princes, and princesses in our dramatic play area. The storytelling, kindness, and imagination happening in our “royal court” has been wonderful!
🧦 Math Fun – Graphing Socks!
We practiced sorting and graphing by creating a sock graph. Students compared quantities and used math language like more, less, and equal.
🐉 Dragons Take Flight!
Our classroom is filled with flying dragons!
- 🎨 Students created beautiful watercolor dragons using shimmer paint resist techniques.
- 🐲 We also began our Class Dragon Project! Each student created a section with scales, and everyone helped decoupage the dragon’s head. This project is currently circling the ceiling in our classroom.
❤️ Valentine Celebration
A huge THANK YOU to our amazing homeroom parents and volunteers for making our Valentine party so special! The treats, activities, and thoughtful touches made it such a joyful day for everyone.
🎭 Field Trip Success!
We had a wonderful time seeing Snow White at the Des Moines Playhouse to support our Fairy Tale theme.
Our TK students showed excellent behavior on the bus and during the performance. We were so proud of them — way to go, TK! 👏
✏️ Literacy & Handwriting
Phonics
- Practiced labeling pictures using short o CVC words
Handwriting
- Continued working on diagonal line letters
- Focused on Y, Z, and z
Students are working hard on correct formation and taking pride in their writing!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Amy Simmons