Shirley Harrison's kindergarten class is the featured class of the week this week. Pictured are (front row, from left) Jennifer Kruse, Brandon Balsavage, Kurdt Kramer, Hailey Sommers, Jonathan Reisch, Jeffrey Morrison, (second row), Kenda Blomgren, Dalton Meester, MaKenna Hadler, Andrew Jelken, Tyler Wessels, Kelsey VanderPoel, Dominick Brien, (back) Jim Vink (foster grandparent), Nicole Thode, Brooke Theilbar, Cassondra Brands, Christopher Hoogland, Amanda Williams, Cole Walgrave, Bryan Stanley, Bob Ginthendu/Rogers and Mrs. Harrison.
The students are busy working on letters and their sounds, as well as sight words, according to Harrison. They are involved in interactive writing so they may begin to write on their own soon. They are reading Jan Brett's books this month and plan to act out the story, "The Mitten." They are finishing up a unit on counting and collecting and will begin working with shapes and patterns, even doing a little paper quilting. Books on friendship are being read, as they are learning the qualities of a good friend and how to be one.