Hello! My name is Robin Reynolds and I am one of the Kindergarten teachers at Chance Elementary! A little bit about me, I graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Literacy in 2011. Prior to that I received my Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education in 2006 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. I have been married for almost nine years to my husband Darren, and we have boy/girl twins. As a family we enjoy camping and being outside. I enjoy reading, music, photography and spending time with my family and friends.
In Kindergarten, we have been working all year on building our early reading skills. We have been working on using our super reading powers of picture power, pointer power, snap word power, re-read power, sound power, stretch power etc to read harder more challenging books. To have a celebration in building these reading muscles stronger, […]
In Kindergarten, we work on learning sight words all year long! Sight words are the small words you see in texts frequently, sometimes called high frequency words, or snap words. Words you know in a snap! We will learn and practice over 100 different words throughout the school year. Sight words are very important for […]
We have had so much fun this week with the theme of “The Gingerbread Man!” We learned a poem about Gingerbread, read many different versions of the story, including The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, and The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers to name a few. We used these stories to compare […]
The Kindergarten classes at Chance Elementary traveled to Peach Tree Farms for their recent field trip! The students had a wonderful time viewing bunnies, large catfish, feeding some goats, playing in a corn crib, exploring a hay tunnel, going on a hayride, and picking a pumpkin. We would like to thank the Chance Elementary PTO […]
We are off to a great start to the school year! This week we have started implementing all of our Kindergarten curriculums! To give our students a little brain break and get our bodies moving we use Go Noodle! This is available as an app or on the computer using their website! This is a […]
The Kindergarten classes have had an EGGciting week with the chicks! Last week we talked about Chicks/Chickens and observed the eggs and their development through books and videos! When we arrived at school on Monday, we found some of the chicks had hatched, and many of the classes got to actually observe a chick hatching […]
In Kindergarten, we have recently started a new math concept called coding! We have been talking about how computers can’t do anything by themselves, they have to be told what to do! Basic coding has become an essential skill for grown-ups and children alike. In the first few lessons, the kids were shown how to […]
Kindergarten students celebrated the 100th day of school on Monday, February 4th! Students and staff were encouraged to dress as if they were 100 years old, it was neat to see the creativity that went into their costumes. Kindergarten students participated in 7 different fun rotations with each of the Kindergarten teachers using the number […]
Kindergarten has been using our reading curriculum to work on building our super powers to help us become “Super Readers!” Some of those powers include, pointer power-using your finger to point to the words, picture power- using the picture to get your brain ready for what the words may say, sound power- using our letter […]
In Kindergarten, we have been doing a lot of work with habitats! We started by “researching” using lots of different books, and discussing the different habitats, and things that all living things need in order to survive. Then each class focused on one habitat, developed a plan, and created a habitat to share with the […]