Today was a great day to go to the Children's Museum and Baker Park.  We enjoyed exploring the Children's Museum and playing on the playground at Baker Park.  Thank you to our... Read More

Wale always brings his smile to kindergarten.  During his All About Me week, he shared his stuffie with the class.  Wale enjoys eating Sun Chips and likes the color blue. ... Read More

During Sean's All About Me week, he shared his stuffed Bowser with the class.  Sean loves everything Mario.  Sean enjoys eating pizza.  His favorite animal is a dog.  He... Read More

During Reagan's All About Me week she shared her pink stuffie with the class.  Reagan's favorite food is spaghetti and her favorite animal is a narwhal.  She likes the colors... Read More

During Quinn's All About Me week, he shared that his favorite food is an apple.  He likes the color red.  His favorite animal is a dog.  Quinn wants to be a bus driver when he... Read More

During Pippa's All About Me week she shared that her favorite food is noodles.  Her favorite colors are purple and blue.  Pippa's favorite animal is a koala.  She wants to... Read More

In May, we are celebrating Colette as our Tiger Way Award winner for Teamwork and Sportsmanship.  Colette is a great team member who cheers on her classmates and celebrates their... Read More

Today we are saying good-bye to our chicks as they are heading to the farm.  We all got to hold one.  We will miss our chicks!

Today we enjoyed going outside for some fun field day activities.  We bounced in the bouncy house, played with a parachute, played soccer, hockey, t-ball, and tug-of-war.  It was a great... Read More

Today the kindergarteners had the opportunity to read to our chicks.  The chicks enjoyed listening to their stories and seeing the pictures.

Today we celebrated our high school helper Nora and her graduation from high school.  We enjoyed popsicles and time on the playground.  Thank you Nora for helping us!  Good luck in... Read More

April's Tiger Way Award Winner for confidence is Oakland.  Oakland shows confidence in the classroom with his reading and math skills.  He tries new things and works really hard even... Read More

Today we visited Gale Woods Farm.  We had fun in the pasture with the lambs and ewes, meeting Cassie the cow and her baby calf, tasting lettuce, touching wool, touching baby chicks and a hen,... Read More

Last week the kindergartners earned all of their links.  They voted for a secret surprise.  We made slime and enjoyed it thoroughly!  I am proud of my kindergartners and all of... Read More

During Peter's All About Me week, he shared a stuffed panda with our class.  And of course, his favorite animal is a panda.  His favorite food is blueberries.  Peter likes the... Read More

Oakland is a great friend to everyone in our class.  He shares his toys and includes others when he plays in our classroom.  During Oakland's All About Me week, he shared a toy... Read More

Nohea brings energy and smiles to our classroom.  During his All About Me week, he shared a glass heart with our class.  Nohea's favorite colors are red and black.  His favorite... Read More

Nora is a kind friend who enjoys coloring in kindergarten.  She brought a stuffie to share with our class.  Nora enjoys eating grilled cheese sandwiches.  Her favorite color is... Read More

Letty shared her stuffie dog with us during her All About Me week.  Letty has some high aspirations for when she grows up.  She would like to be a nurse, vet, and a ballerina teacher... Read More

For Kennedy's All About Me week, she shared her stuffie dog with the class.  Kennedy's favorite animal is dog.  Kennedy enjoys dancing and always has a smile on her face. ... Read More

Our winner of the March Tiger Way Award for Growth Mindset is Nohea.  Nohea does a great job trying things and he keeps trying even when he doesn't get it right the first time. ... Read More

On Monday, we painted the four seasons with our fingers.  Check out these artists!

Here is a class photo from Thursday of us wearing our class t-shirt day.

Today we met with our 3rd grade buddies from Mrs. Petersen's class.  We filled in a Venn Diagram with similarities and differences between the kindergartner and the 3rd grader.  They... Read More

As part of our science unit on Animals, we explored red worms, Earthworms, sow bugs and pill bugs.  The excitement in our room was great to see.  The kids had fun touching the animals... Read More

Last week we had author Lauren Olsem visit our school.  Lauren wrote the book  What Makes A Home?   Lauren shared that this is her first book that she has written and that it took... Read More

We had the opportunity to listen to Delano Ambassador Lauren Scanlon read to our class last week.  The kids were very intrigued by her crown and the parades that she gets to be a part... Read More

This morning we had the privilege of visiting with an artist, Annette Bohnsack.  We did a special painting of a lion with her.  We were able to use a variety of colors to paint our... Read More

Today we had lunch on the beach!  We had fun eating on our beach towels and pretending the sun was out.  Happy Beach Day!  

During I Love to Read month we had several guest readers come to our classroom to read.  We welcomed Mr. Ludwig, Mrs. Schultz, and Mrs. Depa into our classroom to read some of their favorite... Read More

We did a lot of reading in the month of February.  Here we are reading to our stuffed animals.

Today we received a class Tiger Way Award for being great helpers while Mrs. Ludwig was gone on Friday.  The students did a great job showing the subs how our classroom worked.  Pippa... Read More

On Friday, the kindergartners celebrated their hard work during I Love to Read month with a trip to our Reading Carnival.  The students had fun coloring, scootering, using a parachute,... Read More

February's Tiger Way Award winner is Reagan.  Reagan does a great job showing acceptance by including others when she plays outside and at free choice.  She is accepting of... Read More

Yesterday we celebrated the 100th day of kindergarten!  We had fun stacking 100 cups, building with 100 Legos, Do-a-Dot stamping 100 gumballs, making a 100 bead necklace, and eating the... Read More

Today we celebrated Valentine's Day with a party.  We played with slime, flew airplanes, had candy heart races and stacked candy hearts, had a bean bag toss, and played a roll and cover... Read More

January's theme was GRIT.  GRIT is working the best that you can even when it is hard and you don't always enjoy the activity that you are doing.  Congratulations to Peter for... Read More

February is I Love to Read month at Delano Elementary.  We started this month off with pajama day and some DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time on Monday.  During the month of February... Read More

We were able to see the play "The Polka Dot Shoes" by the CLIMB Theater this week.  We learned what it would be like to be someone else's shoes.  We learned about the word... Read More

Yesterday we celebrated Global Play Day.  The students were able to bring in a toy from home and share it with their classmates.  We also played board games with our 3rd grade buddies... Read More

This week we celebrated Isla.  Isla brought her big bear that she sleeps with for her show and tell.  She likes the color blue and likes dogs.  She enjoys eating flat pasta... Read More

This week in science we had fun making paper out of toilet paper.  Take a look at these scientists!

Today we celebrated Finn's 1/2 birthday and his All About Me week.  Finn is an animal lover and enjoys reading books about animals.  He likes the color blue and his favorite animal... Read More

Today we went outside and enjoyed the snow.  There was also a bonus today- everyone was here so I was able to get a class picture.

Arlo's tradition is setting up his nativity by his Christmas tree.  Thank you, Arlo, for sharing your holiday tradition with us!

The Tiger Way award winner for Empathy in December is Ava.  Ava is a kind friend who is one of my first students to comfort a student who is sad or hurt.  She genuinely cares about her... Read More

During the last week of school before break we participated in some gingerbread stations with Mrs. Leaman's class.  We enjoyed having fun trying out Beebots, pin art, Candy Land, building... Read More

We celebrated on the last day of school in 2022!  We enjoyed an all school sing-a-long and our Christmas Party.  We made winter necklaces, played BINGO, played with fake snow, went... Read More

Here are a few more traditions that have been shared in our classroom- Sean's tradition is making cookies with his dad and sister.  He says they make thousands of different types of... Read More

Today Santa came to visit Delano Elementary Kindergartners.  Each student was able to share with Santa one thing from their Santa letter.  The kindergartners were filled with holiday... Read More

Yesterday we had an obstacle course in our classroom.  Students had to listen to the directions to get through the obstacle course.  We were working on positional words such as through,... Read More

We have been busy sharing our holiday traditions with our classmates- Colette's tradition is an Elf on the shelf named Pedro.  Her elf moves around her house at night.... Read More

This week we are celebrating Evelynn.  We learned that Evelynn is a twin.  She enjoys any kind of donut- chocolate or vanilla frosting, sprinkles.  She likes them all! ... Read More

Emmett is a fun loving kindergartener who enjoys eating his dad's chili.  His favorite animal is a dog and his favorite color is green.  Emmett wants to be a police officer when he... Read More

We celebrated Emma's All About Me week.  Emma comes smiling into our classroom each day.  Emma enjoys eating ribs and likes to play soccer.  Her favorite color is pink and her... Read More

We celebrated a smiling and energetic kindergartner named Eli.  Eli enjoys playing hockey and going to dance.  He likes salmon and his dad's smash burgers.  Eli's favorite... Read More

In November, we focused on gratitude and finding things we were thankful for.  Nora is a student who shows her gratitude in our classroom daily.  She is one of the first students to say... Read More

This week we started science and are learning about wood.  We made a list of words that described wood, found things in our classroom made from wood, and put water on wood and observed what... Read More

We enjoyed lunch in the classroom as one of our fundraising goals.  We had fun eating with our friends!

Today we had our fun run and had a blast!  We met our goal and raised $56,560.  Thank you for your support with our school fundraiser! 

Easton always has a smile on his face.  Easton wants to be a hockey player when he grows up.  He enjoys eating hot dogs and likes the color green. His favorite animal is a raccoon. ... Read More

Colette is a kind friend who enjoys eating Big Macs.  She likes the color purple.  Colette's favorite animal is deer.  She wants to be an astronaut when she grows up. ... Read More

We celebrated our friend, Bea.  Bea would like to be an artist when she grows up.  Bea enjoys eating pizza and likes the color blue.  Bea brought a log stuffie to share with the... Read More

Today we learned all about Veterans and how to show our gratitude to them.  Mrs. Zahler, another kindergarten teacher at Delano Elementary, shared some information about Veterans and the... Read More

On Friday we celebrated Halloween with a parade and a Halloween party.  We had fun stacking ghost cups, making a Halloween necklace, having an eyeball race and tossing bean bags onto... Read More

October's recipient of the Tiger Way Award for Kindness goes to Sean.  Sean is a great friend to everyone.  He shares and plays well with others.  He is one of the first to say... Read More

Today we met our 3rd grade buddies in Mrs. Petersen's room.  We made monsters and played Halloween BINGO.  We had a lot of fun!  Happy Halloween!

Last Thursday we were able to see some community helpers who came to our school.  We met fire fighters from the Delano Fire Department, a deputy who happens to be our SRO, and the head... Read More

This week is Ava's All About Me week.  Ava comes to school with a smile on her face everyday.  She loves to eat avocado with salt and pepper on it.  She loves unicorns and likes... Read More

We have celebrated Austin's All About Me week.  Austin enjoys eating grilled cheese and tomato soup.  His favorite animal is a dolphin.  He likes the colors blue and... Read More