Last Day of Kindergarten

It was Lexi’s last day of school today.  Actually, it was also early dismissal so I guess it was more of a half day.  This has probably been the best week of school for her other than she is exhausted.  Grading ended last Friday, so she hasn’t had any homework or much school work.  She is a little emotional about it ending, mostly because about 30 to 40% of the kids will be going to a new school next year.  A few of her best friends will be gone.  She is also a bit down about it coming to an end.  She even asked me if she could repeat kindergarten next year.  I just smiled and said that they don’t let kids that have done as well as she has repeat kindergarten.

Kindergarten Work

Yesterday at the education celebration, Lexi's teacher gave the parents a few books containing items created by the students.  The above picture/writing was in a book titled "My Favorite Things."  Below, is an ABC Animal Book.  I decided to include all of the pictures from that one.  Because they push the kids to learn a lot in this school, I am glad to see that they also did quite a bit of artwork.  It is important to have a creative outlet.  

Kindergarten Celebration

Lexi's kindergarten had a celebration of education this morning.  I dropped Jordan off at the neighbor's house so that I could attend.  Her teacher called each student to the front of the class and gave them a certificate saying they passed kindergarten.  He also explained that this was an exceptionally great group of readers.  He had never had so many get to level 12 in AR.  I think he said 11 from his class, which is about half.  He talked about how good they were at breaking down sentences (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, noun markers, etc).  He also gave each of us a packet.  

One of the most interesting things in the packet was the reading evaluation that was done for each child last week.  To my surprise, Lexi is reading like a beginning of the year 3rd grader.  Last time he evaluated her, he expected that she would be reading like a second grader at the end of the year, so this was a surprise. We were also given some booklets that were created by each student.  Perhaps, I’ll post pictures of those tomorrow.  

Present to the teacher from one of the moms - so creative!

Reading Evaluation

Lexi's classmates

Kindergarten Field Day

It was Field Day for the kindergartners.  Lexi picked out this outfit because it is both athletic and full of school spirit.  Parents were invited and I wanted to go, but her school doesn't allow younger siblings to attend.  I told Steve about it and he decided he wanted to go.  He called me after it was over and said they both had an amazing time.  Lexi even won an event  - the kicking your shoe the farthest contest.  Later, she told me that her class came in 3rd overall.  There are nine kindergarten classes, so that isn't bad.