Mrs. Huikko's Kindergarten Class

Reading Carnival

Feb 29, 2024

Today we celebrated a month of reading by playing games at the I Love to Read Month Reading Carnival in the gym.  The students had a fabulous time playing games, coloring, and checking out... Read More

Guest Reader: Delano Ambassadors

Feb 26, 2024

This afternoon, Katie, one of our Delano Ambassadors, came to our classroom to read.  This was a great start to our last week of I Love to Read Month.

Tiger Way Award - February

Feb 26, 2024

Congratulations to Ellie, our Tiger Way recipient for the month of February.  This month our focus was Acceptance.  Ellie is kind and accepting of all her friends and classmates!

Valentine's Day

Feb 15, 2024

Thank you to all our volunteers who helped with our Valentine's Day party and donated supplies for our party.  We had a great morning celebrating the day with airplanes tosses, beanbag... Read More

The Mitten Retelling

Feb 13, 2024

Over the past week, we have been reading the story,  The Mitten  by Jan Brett.  Today we focused on retelling the story.  Students practiced with their partners and then we... Read More

100th Day of Kindergarten

Feb 12, 2024

We had a busy day celebrating the 100th Day of Kindergarten.  We wrote to 100, read books about 100, switched classrooms and did 100 activities (songs, cup stacking, do-a-dot gumball... Read More

Global School Play Day

Feb 9, 2024

Today, we celebrated Global School Play Day.  This day was celebrated on 2-7-24 throughout the world, but kindergartners and 1st graders at DES celebrated today!  We played with toys... Read More

Author Visit - Derek Anderson

Feb 2, 2024

On Thursday, we were had a visit from the author and illustrator, Derek Anderson.  He shared a bit about how he learned he wanted to be an illustrator and showed us how to sketch one of his... Read More

Tiger Way Award - January

Jan 30, 2024

Our character trait of the month was GRIT.  We learned that we can all do hard things.  Congratulations to David, our Tiger Way Award recipient, for showing GRIT!

I Love to Read Month - Pajama Day

Jan 30, 2024

On Monday, DES kicked off I Love to Read month with school-wide pajama day.  After morning announcements, we got our our books for some DEAR (drop everything and read) time.  Later in... Read More

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