Miss Suminski KC

Keep up with our kindergarten learning in KC at Lakeview Elementary!

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Students used whole body listening and showed the Spartan way to our guest reader! They were very respectful and loved listening to “How to Babysit Your Grandma”!

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Hannah, Paula, Tomi and Kate from the Iowa Women’s Basketball team came today to talk about being respectful, responsible and safe! They invite you to come support them at Lakeview Day at Carver Hawkeye on February 17th! Go Hawks!

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We had so much fun shopping for family and friends today at Lakeview Little Shoppers! A big thanks to the PTO for this awesome event!

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Students using busy bee tubs to practice beginning sounds, solve puzzles and make pattern pictures!

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Halloween was so fun today! We made a rhyming spider web, investigated a pumpkin’s insides, graphed if we thought bats were creepy or cute, had a blast playing bingo at our party and of course enjoyed all the snacks!

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Attending the 21st session of Professional Learning Communities at Work Institutes. The PLC at Work process continues to transform schools and districts throughout the country. I feel lucky to hear expert knowledge and firsthand experiences from an amazing group of presenters.

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Some happy KC friends eating lunch in the classroom for their Class Dojo Reward...and some unhappy friends trying broccoli and deciding it’s not their favorite 😂 I love my kinders!

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Solon Fire Fighters paid us a visit today to talk about fire safety! We got to see all the gear they wear, hear a fire alarm and see a fire truck!

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KC friends working hard like farmers do to peel some garlic to prepare it for planting!

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Yesterday we learned about farming and growing healthy to eat food at Lakeview’s Farm Fair!

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Today we went on a leaf walk! We observed and collected leaves with different properties: shapes, colors, sizes and edges.

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We are practicing following directions! One of my favorite ways to teach the importance of following directions is using a directed drawing! Today we followed teacher directions to make pumpkins!

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Today we had a guest reader, Jaden’s mom! Friends we so excited and so respectful. They followed the listening rules! Eyes watching, ears listening, voice quiet, body still!

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Today we visited our KC tree, drew our observations, wrote something we learned and a question we had!

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Our investigation of trees continues! We played memory to match tree shapes and sorted trees into groups by their properties!

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In science we are learning about properties of trees. We learned some experts can tell kinds of trees just by looking at their shape! We looked at many different kinds of trees, like maple, apple, palm, oak trees and more! We also worked in partners to solve tree puzzles!

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Students have been earning Dojo points like crazy! Respectful and responsible students need to be rewarded, of course! KC students are bringing in their favorite stuffed animal to keep them company tomorrow because we earned another 1000 points as a class! What teamwork!

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Library tomorrow!

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Picture Day tomorrow!

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My first experience teaching a teacher was awesome! Justin, a practicum student from Cornell College, captured their attention and was a fantastic help this week. I hope he learned a lot too 😄