Here is a look at what you've been missing.

Ok so I know it's been awhile since my last up date, but we have just been so busy having fun in kindergarten! Oh my goodness, we have learned our colors, color words, the numbers 0-5, finished three weeks of our reading series, fall pictures have been made, we have had grandparents day, PTO, the book fair , and celebrated the book Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom. Whew I told ya! We have been learning so much and making wonderful kindergarten memories. I have added a few pictures of all these great things. Next week we will be starting a letter a week. We start with the letter Mm, so our theme is monsters! I can't wait to get our week started! I will be posting pictures of our activities soon I promise! :) Love on those sweet babies for me. They are so wonderful and full of life. Here's to another week of learning and fun.

A great start!

Well we are in full swing at BSLK! This is our first week of all day school and we are having a blast! This week we are working on colors and color words with Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?. We are also working on learning how to do centers, visiting the lunchroom, library , and PE! Wow we are learning so much and doing great! Here are just a few pictures I managed to snap during our very busy day! These babies have been working so hard and I am so proud of them! This is going to be such a great year! Ask your child about being a peacemaker and David the peace breaker! I hope to snap some pictures of our peacemaker charts and projects this week if I can remember during our busy day ;)

Can't wait to meet my new kindergarten friends!

Well another school year is coming up fast. I sure have enjoyed my summer! We have been busy moving into our new home, taking a few vacations to the beach, playing on Weiss Lake,and all around just being lazy! :) Now I'm officially back in school mode. Our classroom is ready ( I think, I get a new idea from pinterest everyday! I'm a little obsessed! ),and I found out the names of my new kindergarten friends! I can't wait to meet all my new friends. You all will love Big Spring Lake! We have 18 wonderful new friends in our room this year. I know each one of you will bring something special to our class. We will get to meet in a few short weeks. Until then here are a few pictures of our classroom. Also check out the "meet Mrs. Snead" button to learn more about me!

We did it!

We did it! We are leaving for first grade! I am so proud of all my boys and girls. They are all so smart and ready for first grade. I am going to miss them so much. That's the only sad part about teaching at an all kindergarten school, when they leave for first grade, you don't see them next year. It really is saying good bye. :( It's a little bittersweet for this teacher. To all my sweet, sweet kiddos, have a great summer, learn lots and enjoy the "big" school.  I love you all! To my parents, thank you so much for trusting me with your most precious gift. Hug them lots and enjoy every second.

I am looking forward to enjoying a little bit of time off this summer, but with moving into our new home, getting our classroom ready for new k babies and presenting at our NEAEC Conference, I am going to be one busy teacher.  I still think I am going to fit in a beach trip somewhere! :) Hope you all have an awesome summer! I will be posting through out the summer about conferences and things to get ready for next year. Can't wait for another great K year to begin!

~HAPPY SUMMER!~

We went to the zoo, how about you?

This past week we went on one of our last field trips of the year, and it was awesome! We got to visit the Birmingham Zoo. At school, we have been learning facts about zoo animals and really talking up what we would see at the zoo. Finally, it was our day to visit the zoo. We had a great time! We got to see all sorts of neat animals, feed the lorikeets, and ride the train. All my kiddos were great! They all stayed together, used our peacemaker words, and had fun. A special thanks to all my parents who were able to come with us. You don't know how much I appreciated your kindness, help, and support! Here are a few awesome pics of our trip.

 Feeding the Lorikeets

 Got to see the elephants.

 The baby lion cubs! Oh my goodness, they were so fun to watch!

 Our little tour guide! Since it had been a very long time since Mrs. Snead had been at the zoo, Vyveanna, who had came a lot, helped us out! Thanks!

 We even worked on our map skills at the zoo. We wanted to see what we wanted to look at next.

 Having fun on the train ride.

 Checking out the sea lions. Anna decided that she no longer wants to be a teacher at BSLK, she want to be a zoo keeper so she can spend all day swimming with the sea lions! :) Great idea!

We're excited about the zoo!

Well guys, it's getting close to time to say good bye for another school year and move forward. Wow! Just seems like a week or two ago we were just getting to know each other and learning about colors! We have come so far! We are reading now and being such big girls and boys. I'm so proud of all of them. These next few weeks brings Mommy morning, first grade move up days, graduation, last round of DIBELS testing, field day, book fair, and our end of the year party. WHEW!! Lots going on at BSLK! This next week our theme is oceans, just in time to start thinking about summer beach trips. Looking forward to another busy and fun week in K!

Down on the Farm!

It's down on the farm at BSLK! Our unit of study last week was farm animals and how farms help feed us and our families.  On Friday we had school wide farm day. It was a blast. We were able to see and hold baby chicks, goats, pigs and lambs. We also got to see roosters and hens and the eggs they lay. Mrs. Cavannah our ESL teacher also brought her horse, Flash. We got to learn about him and touch his tail. Also, she showed us how she rides him in her horse shows. Here are a few pics of our day!

 Farmer Michael and Tori are working in the milk relay. We had to work together to get our milk (water) from the cow to the table.

 Here are Emily and Jaxon milking our "cow"

 How sweet!

 Just loved that baby pig!

 My cuties driving the tractor!

 We even got to plant flowers with Mrs. Baugh and Mrs. Landers.

 Mrs. Cavannah telling us all about Flash.

 Farm life gets a little stinky sometimes!

Miss Wishywashy was even at farm day!

We had so much fun and learned so much! This week we are learning about zoo animals and getting ready for our spring field trip to the Birmingham zoo! We are so excited! Hope you all have a great week!