Where's Kit?

The first student to email Kit with the correct answer will win a small prize when we return to school in August. Please include the student's first and last name in the email. The winner's initials (I won't post names on the blog) will be posted with the correct answer on the next blog entry.

Email Kit at:

ucleskit@gmail.com

And the winner is...

M.M. correctly placed Kit at the Fire Station. Check back soon for another chance to win!

Where's Kit?

The first student to email Kit with the correct answer will win a small prize when we return to school in August. Please include the student's first and last name in the email. The winner's initials (I won't post names on the blog) will be posted with the correct answer on the next blog entry.

Kit Celebrates the 4th

This is not a "Where's Kit" post.  She is standing in the middle of Union Street. These are just some pictures of Kit enjoying the parade. ~MM

I can't wait for the parade to start!

Those sirens are so loud!

I wish I could be in a parade and ride in a convertible.

Those guys are a little scary!

Motorcycle Gang!

Horses!  I wonder if I could go horseback riding.  I might fall off.

Where's Kit?

The first student to email Kit with the correct answer will win a small prize when we return to school in August. Please include the student's first and last name in the email. The winner's initials (I won't post names on the blog) will be posted with the correct answer on the next blog entry.

Hint #1: Kit is not in Union County in this picture.

Hint #2: The answer is not the name of the lake.

And the winner is...

M.F. correctly placed Kit at Woodruff's Supermarket.  Check back soon for another chance to win!

Where's Kit?

The first student to email Kit with the correct answer will win a small prize when we return to school in August. Please include the student's first and last name in the email. The winner's initials (I won't post names on the blog) will be posted with the correct answer on the next blog entry.

UC Eagle

Mrs. Migoski took this picture of a Union County eagle from her kayak on Brookville Lake.

And the winner is...

C.H. correctly placed Kit at the train station/museum.  Check back soon for another chance to win.

Where's Kit?

The first student to email Kit with the correct answer will win a small prize when we return to school in August. Please include the student's first and last name in the email. The winner's initials (I won't post names on the blog) will be posted with the correct answer on the next blog entry.

And the winner is...

J.W. correctly placed Kit at the cannon on the courthouse square.  Check back soon for another chance to win.

Where's Kit?

The first student to email Kit with the correct answer will win a small prize when we return to school in August. Please include the student's first and last name in the email. The winner's initials (I won't post names on the blog) will be posted with the correct answer on the next blog entry.

And the winner is...

M.T. correctly placed Kit at the Templeton Cabin. Check back soon for another chance to win!

Where's Kit?

The first student to email Kit with the correct answer will win a small prize when we return to school in August. Please include the student's first and last name in the email. The winner's initials (I won't post names on the blog) will be posted with the correct answer on the next blog entry.

And the winner is...

G.H. correctly placed Kit at the library. Check back soon for another chance to win.

Where's Kit?

The first student to email Kit with the correct answer will win a small prize when we return to school in August.  Please include the student's first and last name in the email. The winner's initials (I won't post names on the blog) will be posted with the correct answer on the next blog entry.

Kit's email:  ucleskit@gmail.com

Good luck!
~Mrs. Migoski

And the winner is...

M.E. correctly placed Kit at El Reparo. Check back soon for another chance to win.

Where's Kit?

The first student to email Kit with the correct answer will win a small prize when we return to school in August.  Please include the student's first and last name in the email. The winner's initials (I won't post names on the blog) will be posted with the correct answer on the next blog entry.

Kit's email:  ucleskit@gmail.com

Good luck!
~Mrs. Migoski

The Last Week

Hi Everyone,

There were two new friends who came to visit me the last full week of school.  They were:

Saige and Kit

Kit and Susie

I hope you are having a nice summer break so far. Have you read anything yet? 

~Kit

Blue Butterfly!

Hi Everyone,

I saw the coolest thing last week! I was outside with Mrs. Migoski before school one morning when I noticed a blue butterfly on the shutter of the house. When I looked closer, I saw the cocoon it had just come out of right below it.  Do you know the fancy word for cocoon? It is chrysalis.  

See the chrysalis below the butterfly? I can't believe it fit in there! We watched the butterfly for a few minutes and then it flew away.  Its first flight! It was an exciting moment. Mrs. Migoski looked up the real name for this butterfly.  You'll never guess...

It is called the Red Spotted Purple butterfly. Let's look at that butterfly again.

Do you see any red?  Any spots?  Any purple? Where do they get these names? 

I didn't think I was going to have any new friends come to visit this week but then on Thursday in came Katie Ann. 

It is the last full week of school and the last music class for most of you. This will be the last time Mrs. Migoski shows you my blog this year. Don't worry though, I'm sure I will be blogging over the summer. Please don't forget me and be sure to get on the blog every once in a while and see what I am up to. Have a great summer.  Read lots of books. I'll see you in August.

Love,

Kit

Parents: Week of May 12 - 16, 2014

Next choir concert:

Sunday, May 18, 4:00 High School Auditorium
Dress is a white shirt and dark, nice pants/skirt.

5th grade kids played the Apache Chant game and added the drum part to the singing when they were out of the game. The high school teacher across the hall came over to ask me what the cool Indian song with the drums I've been doing is. We sound good.

4th graders played the Black Snake game. Black Snake teaches us about syncopation.

There was a major upset in the Fifty Nifty game competition between the third grade classes.  Mrs. Ross' class put up a score of 95% this week to take over the lead.  Each class has only one more opportunity to improve their score this year.

2nd graders finished the Beethoven movie.  On Thursday, Mrs. Lawrence's class watched a video of themselves playing the song Lucy Locket and did a critique of their performance. 

1st grade students finished Each of Us is a Flower and began working on train songs. Ask your child what two instruments we have that make the sounds of a train (cabasa and train whistle).

The kinder kids in Mrs. Sustarsic's class reviewed several instruments we learned about this year by adding them to the picnic song.  We also started a new song called Going to the Zoo.  Mrs. Hensley's class had a popcorn party.

Remember, your child can write to Kit the Doll at:
ucleskit (at) gmail.com.  I can be reached at mandi (at) uc.k12.in.us.

~Mrs. Migoski

Baby Plants!

Hi Everyone!

There are baby plants in the garden!

Green Beans

 Spinach

Beets 

(the most musical plant in the garden!

Get it? Beets!)

I'm still waiting on the peas and the green peppers.

Our 4th and 5th grade choir concerts are this Sunday.  Choir kids should be at the high school band room at 3:45 on Sunday.  Wear a white shirt and dark pants or skirt.

Here are the dolls that came to visit me for the first time last week.

Summer vacation is coming but it is not here yet. Keep working hard, do your reading and math facts, and enjoy the last couple of weeks here at school with your friends.

~Kit

Parents: Summary of May 5 - May 9, 2014

Next choir concert:

Union County Fine Arts Day
Sunday, May 18, 2014
4:00 High School Auditorium
White shirt and nice dark pants or skirt.

5th grade kids played the Apache Chant game.

4th grade kids talked about syncopation (a short sound, followed by a long sound, followed by a short sound) and learned how to play the Black Snake game.

3rd grade students played the Fifty Nifty hard game. Mrs. Paluch's class took over the lead in the game. We continued to talk about America the Beautiful, Pike's Peak, and redwood trees.

2nd graders watched the first 25 minutes of the Beethoven movie.

1st grade kids continued to work on the song Each of Us is a Flower and colored, cut out, and placed their picture on a flower that is planted in the "garden" in the hallway outside the music room.

Kindergarten kids learned a song called Going on a Picnic and reviewed the names of, and how to play, the triangle, maraca, tambourine, and woodblock.

Remember, your child can write to Kit the Doll at ucleskit (at) gmail.com.  I can be reached at mandi (at) uc.k12.in.us.

~Mrs. Migoski

Nothing happening in the garden yet.

Hi Everyone,

I checked the garden I planted last week and nothing is happening yet.  I hope to see seedlings by next weekend.  I'll keep you posted.

Mrs. Migoski got very excited during dinner on Thursday, May 1.  That was when she saw the first hummingbird of the season.  She always says that the hummingbird feeder has to be out before May because the hummingbirds come back on May 1 and she was exactly right! Amazing! How does she know when the birds are going to come back?

Here are the dolls that came to visit me for the first time last week:

Holly and Kit

Emily and Kit

Have a great week! Don't forget to turn in your reading calendar by Wednesday.  Last one of the year!

~Kit

Parents: Summary of April 28 - May 2, 2014

Next choir concert:

Union County Fine Arts Day
Sunday, May 18, 2014
4:00 High School Auditorium
White shirt and nice dark pants or skirt.

5th grade kids played drums to the Apache Chant song.  

4th graders finished the Beethoven movie.

3rd grade students played the hard Fifty Nifty game again.  Mrs. Townsend's class held on to the lead but Mrs. Paluch's class had the most improvement from the previous week.  We also worked with the song America the Beautiful.

2nd graders square danced one more time and learned a song/game called 1, 2, 3 Alary.  Ask your child if they tried to play the game on their own at recess.

1st grade kids learned my favorite first grade song, Each of Us is a Flower.  We didn't learn to sing it, we learned to sign it!  Ask your child what the sign for flower is.  He/she should also be able to do sun, rain, wind, moon, earth, grow, and roots. Next week we will each create a flower with our picture that will hang in the hallway.

Kindergarten kids learned a song called Red Boomwhacker. We played lots of boomwhackers.

Shannon with Boomwhackers.

Mrs. Schwendenman's, Miss Crawford's, and Mrs. Wewe's classes earned popcorn parties this week. Most classes are working hard to earn one last party before the end of the year.

Remember, your child can write to Kit the Doll at ucleskit at gmail.com.  I can be reached at mandi at uc.k12.in.us.

~Mrs. Migoski

I'm so busy!

Hi Everyone!

I had such a busy weekend!  I went to Mrs. Migoski's son's piano recital at Miami University. 

I got to try the piano.

It is harder than it looks.

Tristan did a good job. This is what he sounded like:

I also helped Mrs. Migoski plant a garden this weekend.  

I will try to post pictures of how the garden is doing as it begins to grow.

Here are the dolls who came to visit me for the first time last week:

Kit and Lola

Kit and Olive

Kit, Isabella, Isabella, and Kylie

Kit and Isabel

Sammy and Kit

 And look who came back to visit!  It's Shannon!

Have a great week.  Stay dry!  I heard it is supposed to rain this week.

~Kit

Parents: Summary of April 21 - 25, 2014

Choir parents - Our next concert has been rescheduled from May 10 to May 18 at 4:00 in the High School Auditorium.

5th grade finished the Beethoven movie this week.

4th grade started the Beethoven movie this week.

3rd graders learned about Francis Scott Key and the story behind our national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner.  Mrs. Townsend's class is in the lead on the Fifty Nifty hard game contest although all classes made improvements to their score this week.

2nd grade kids square danced!  Ask your child what six square dance moves we learned. 

1st graders learned the song Spaceworms.  Ask your child what three sounds spaceworms make. (Kissing, Hissing, Sipping)

Kindergarteners practiced for kindergarten grandparents day and learned how boomwhackers work.

We finished Beethoven's Symphony #8 and Lincoln State Park.  Ask your child to tell you about when Abraham Lincoln lived in Indiana. What sad thing happened to Abe while he lived in Indiana? (His mom died from milk sickness.)

Spring - I love it!

Hi Everyone,

Did you have a nice Easter?  I love jelly beans. I had Easter dinner at Mrs. Migoski's mom's house with Morgan. Isn't her dress pretty?

Morgan

After we ate Easter dinner we went fishing.  Look at the fish Mrs. Migoski caught!

I know it is spring because I saw Mrs. Migoski mowing the lawn this weekend.  Did you go outside and play? I never wanted to come inside on Sunday because it was so nice out.

The flowers on Mrs. Migoski's favorite tree didn't survive the hard frost on Tuesday night.  

Oh well, maybe they will last longer next year.

Here are the dolls that came to visit me for the first time last week:

Kit and Natalie

Kit and Kate

Have a good week.  Remember to do your reading and math facts. 

~Kit

Parents: Summary of April 14 - April 17, 2014

No school on Friday meant 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes didn't get to play recorder this week.  5th grade choir met on Thursday instead of Friday. Our Spring Choir concert that is part of Union County Fine Arts Day has been rescheduled from May 10 to Sunday, May 18 at 4:00 in the High School Auditorium.  

All grades enjoyed a concert on Wednesday by the High School Patriot Singers.  

5th grade classes watched the first half of the Beethoven movie this week.

4th graders added verses to our additive song about the yodeling Austrian.

3rd grade kids played the Fifty Nifty game and read the Scrambled States of America book.

2nd grade classes did the Dinosaur Dance and talked about how to set up a square dance.  

1st graders finished the Beethoven movie.

Kindergarteners made egg shakers and prepared for kindergarten grandparents' day.

Mrs. Ross' and Mrs. Ashbrook's classes earned popcorn parties this week.

Remember, your child can write to Kit the Doll at ucleskit (at) gmail.com and I can be reached at mandi (at) uc.k12.in.us.

~Mrs. Migoski

Shannon's New Home

Hi All,

Were you able to go to basket bash? I was so happy that Shannon was won by someone who goes to our school.  She has already come to visit me and guess what?  She isn't in the box anymore!

She is so pretty!  It is nice to see her in the clothes that Mrs. Migoski's mom made.

Wasn't the weather this weekend beautiful?  Don't forget to look for Mrs. Migoski's favorite tree when you walk through the breezeway.  It is a Magnolia tree.

Here are the dolls that came to visit me for the first time last week:

We only have four days of school this week.  No school on Friday for the three day Easter weekend. Work hard - summer vacation will be here before you know it!

~Kit