Mrs. Baltos' Kindergarten

Dear Kindergarten Families, Our library is excited to announce that Kevin Hawkes will be visiting our school this year!  Our students will be able to meet him and hear him present.  We will be meeting him on April 29th. As part of the author's visit, families may purchase some of Kevin Hawkes' books at a discounted price.  This is great opportunity for students to get a new book signed by the author! Book order forms came home today in red folders.  All purchases MUST be made in advance.  There will be no  extra books available for purchase during the visit.   This is simply due to the volume of books that will be needed. If you wish to order some of his books, please make sure that the order form is returned by Tuesday, April 2nd . If you need a new form, please let me know as soon as possible!  Thank you! I cannot wait for our students to meet Kevin Hawkes in person! While we wait, he is the link to his website:  https://www.kevinhawkes.com/ Sincerely, Mrs. Bal

We are in full swing of our dinosaur project!  Students have learned about many different kinds of dinosaurs.  We used a great resource: PebbleGo  to learn about them.  Students created focus questions: What did they eat? How did they move? Where did they live? What did they look like? How did it defend itself? How did they become extinct? Students wrote their own dinosaur books, which were shared at conferences.  We also shared these with our book buddies! Next, students picked partners to plan, design, and create a dinosaur.  Student could re-create a true dinosaur or "discover" a new one!  Students also had to decide what the dinosaur eats and how does it defend itself.  Students planned with their partner what materials they needed and how it was going to be put together.    I am so proud of the work that the students have done so far!  They have truly been working on most of the 21st Century Skills!  They are collaborating, communicating, being creat

Hello! We have had an exciting month so far! We have started learning about dinosaurs! Students came up with several research questions to help us focus on our learning. Questions include "What did they eat? Where did they live? How did they protect themselves?" And the famous: "Why did they disappear?" We have been using a fantastic website for our research: PebbleGo.  This website is available through our school's library website: http://libguides.spsd.org/skillin We have been learning about what dinosaurs eat. Ask your child what carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, and scavengers eat! Thank you for your cardboard, feathers, and other donations for our dinosaur creations. There is still time to send in recycled materials, such as cracker or cereal boxes, plastic containers, and paper towel rolls. Please no glass, milk containers, or peanut butter jars. Thank you! Students have been writing non-fiction books about dinosaurs.  I cannot wait to share