Welcome to my new children, parents and families!

I am so excited to get back to school and meet my new kids.  I have a lot of fun and exciting things planned for this year.  It has been a great summer with family and my doggies.  I look forward to meeting each and every one of you. 

Kindergarten Orientation is Tuesday, August 7th.  Early Birds will come from 8:00-9:00 a.m. in our classroom K-1.  Later Gators will come from 9:00-10:00 a.m.

I am doing Kindergarten Screening this week.  I have a schedule of time slots for Thursday, August 2 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  I will also be screening on Friday, August 3 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  I will be calling to schedule your time.  If you would like to e-mail me : my address is tonia_vento@redlands.k12.ca.us.  My daughter will be helping me with screening.  She is starting her 6th year teaching this year.  She teaches third grade at Inland Charter School in Yucaipa.

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Let's Celebrate Learning - A Peek into my Daughter's Classroom

I was invited to my daughter's third grade end of the year Celebration of Learning.  It was such a treat for me to see her with her class and meet the wonderful kids and parents.

The program started with three boys giving a speech about how the event was organized and planned.

Each child shared his/her portfolio with parents and visitors.  They explained their testing scores and growth, as well as several year long journals.  I was amazed at how well they spoke and were excited about all the things they did this year.  I think the Snazzy Snacks journal about the cooking days was a favorite of many children.

It was nice to see so many parents able to take time out of the middle of the day and share
this special time with their children.

After sharing portfolios, each child gave a persuasive speech about what they learned and why they should go to fourth grade.

I loved hearing about all the things they did this year and how much they enjoyed being in my daughter's class.

After the speeches, the parents presented Heather with a gift and the refreshment committee served treats.

I wanted to share her bright cheerful classroom.  Leadership is a big part of her school and lessons she teaches.  She also does bucket fillers.

What a great idea!   The kids wrote about their favorite books they read this year.

Look how they have grown!

I am so proud of my daughter.  She is a wonderful teacher and pours her heart into her job.  She loves her students and is so positive and encouraging with each one.

Pirate Day

We had such a fun Pirate Day!

Loved reading some fun stories!

We made Pirate hats and had six pirate centers.  This center was completing the pirate patterns.

Find the number on the flag and record.  Write the number that comes before and after.

Sounding out and writing three letter words.

We just loved going on a treasure hunt for pirate words around the class.

This was a great theme day for the end of the year.

The Ocean Blue - TLC Book

Cover for our last wonderful TLC book with Kaye Espinosa!

Set up for the starfish page.

Working hard , listening and engaged!  Love that TLC!

Kaye with set up for squid page.  Whoops, didn't get a picture in the book above.

All my children have learned so much from these lessons this year.  If you haven't done TLC, check it out.
Kaye has a TPT store for TLC Lessons.  She also has a website.

All 32 kids love these lessons and do a wonderful job!  It is such a nice keepsake for Kindergarten.
We have one more lesson next week.  Our graduation pictures.

Oceans of Fun

Love filling the classroom with fun projects and beautiful colorful creatures!

Our class mural!

After seeing all the great ideas on Deanna Jumps blog, we made sharks and whales and a venn diagram.

This is our collection of stories about sea animals.  The cover : Under the Sea.

A handprint fish with a few colorful fish bowl rocks.

A sea stars with rice clinging to the rocks.

A crab walking along the sandy beach. (sandpaper)

An octopus with cherrio bubbles.

Our Fieldtrip to the Children's Museum

This will be a crazy post of a zillion pictures of our wonderful fieldtrip to the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert.  Thanks to Anita Gill for the fantasic photography! Thanks again to the 17 parents who joined us on this fun day!