Bittersweet End

End of the Year Madness

Water Day
The kindergartners and I had an absolutely beautiful day outside. There were four water stations: 1) Drip Drip Drop (which is a spin off Duck Duck Gray Duck), 2) slip and slide, 3) water relays, and 4) minute to win it races. My station was the slip and slide. I used a giant tarp, put a hose on one end, and poured dish soap all over to make it extra slippery. The kids had a blast! 

Go Erik!

Here is Ella.

Faster than the speed of light, Carter

All wet Gavin L.

Drying off in the sun

Graduation Ceremony
How very proud of a teacher I was to hand out a diploma to each and every one of my students to show that they successfully completed kindergarten. I hope you all enjoyed the graduation songs and hearing what each child wants to be when they grow up. 

The kindergarten teachers (Mrs. Gerdes, me, Mrs. Alpaugh, Mrs. Seidensticker) and our principal Dr. Warner (middle)

Our kindergarten memory boxes filled with special projects and writings throughout the school year. 

Field Trip
On Wednesday, the kindergarten classes went to two different locations--Children's Museum in the morning AND Como Zoo that afternoon. We had a gorgeous day for it and were able to spend 1-2 hours at each place, which surprisingly was plenty of time! Our class broke up into small groups of around 2-3 students and I had seven wonderful parent chaperones to assist me. Everyone stuck with their group and made it back to school in one piece (I'm always relieved after a field trip!) 

Sophie painting with water on the rocks

Tyler on top of the wooded jungle gym

Just hanging (Lexi, Tyler, Sophie)

Gorgeous view of downtown Saint Paul

Evan and Gavin S.

In the ant tunnel (Sophie, Lexi, Wayne)

Christian and Carter

Erik, Gavin L., and Rachel (Gavin L.'s mom)

Lexi

Sophie

Miriah, Bailey, Olivia J.

Making giant bubbles

Evan and Carter

Olivia C., Lexi, and Will creating things out of paper

Savannah, Makenna, Sophie, Macy, Bailey, Olivia J,, Miriah, Lexi

Making homemade paper

Me with my small group, Sophie and Lexi

Happy Last Day of School!

We kindergarten teachers are ready for summer vacation!

We kicked off the last day with an all school morning meeting. All of the grade levels got to go through a tunnel and get high fives from teachers.

Due to the rainy weather, we ate a picnic lunch in the gym.

Thank you for an amazing year everyone! This has been the best year yet and the memories that were created will never be forgotten.

Love,
Ms. Joachim