Reading Carnival
Feb 29, 2024Today 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, 2024This 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, 2024Congratulations 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, 2024Thank 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, 2024Over 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, 2024We 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, 2024Today, 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, 2024On 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, 2024Our 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, 2024On 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