Great Things Happen in Three's

It was a fantastically fabulous Friday.   Three great things happened.

First, we counted how many items were in our Estimation Jar.  Well, you may wonder, what is so wonderful about that --- the Estimation Jar has been done before in Kindergarten.  Ahhhh - but on this Friday it was different.  This Friday, we were going to find out which of the Kindergarten kiddos made the closest estimation.  Congratulations to Hannah Gubbels!  Her estimation was exact, as she estimated 19 popsicle sticks in our jar.  Hannah takes the jar home over the weekend to bring it back to school with whatever she would like to put in it.  We will make estimations on what Hannah put in the jar and on Friday we will find out who the next lucky Kindergartner will be to take home the Estimation Jar.

 The second wonderful thing that happened is when I got ready to draw a name for our PAW basket to see who would get to take home the Subway award, I was awed by all the cards that were in there!!!  The boys and girls are doing a great job illustrating good character traits in the classroom by being respectful, responsible and kind.  Our first name drawn was Kortney Rees.  Way to go Kortney!

Of course, the highlight of our Friday was our field trip to the Winside Fire Station!  Chief Don Skokan and volunteers Chris Olander, Brian Petzoldt and Kyle Skokan did a SUPER job as always talking with the Kindergarten and First Graders about fire safety.  They had a very informative video for the kids to watch on exactly what to do if there ever is a fire at your house.  It stressed the importance of practicing at home fire drills and planning TWO ways out of your house.  You should always have a meeting place once everyone has safely left the house.  Kyle Skokan demonstrated for us all the things a firefighter needs to wear to stay safe so they can help rescue people in case there is a fire.  Then we divided into four groups as each fire fighter took the boys and girls around to take a closer look at all those trucks.  We got to see all of the very important equipment they need to use to do their very important jobs.   We all gathered back into one big group as the firefighters passed out important information for us to take home to our families.  We  all also got to take home fire fighter hats.

Before we left, we showed our appreciation to all of the volunteers on the Winside Fire and Rescue Squad as they give us their time to help keep us all safe.  If you see a Winside volunteer fire fighter walking down the street, I hope you will join us in telling them  THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO! 

Oh and please check out our pictures from our visit on the "Photos" page of our blog.

It was a fun day as great things happen in three's!!!

Your child's teacher,
Mrs. Straight