About Me

About Me
My name is Mrs. Rioux and I’m excited to be your kindergarten teacher! I love children & teaching & I especially love teaching kindergarten! I live with my husband, Rick & we have three children, Cody, 25, Brady, 22 & Cassidy, 18 and an 11 month old puppy, Sanibel. We love to hike, swim, paddle-board, play games, read and go on trips together! I'm looking forward to starting new adventures with you in kindergarten!

Friday, March 6, 2020

Sensational Science!

Science: Force and Motion
Scientists had to work together to determine how to divert a falling boulder so it would not destroy "Tiny Town" and would end up in the bulldozer's bucket!
Science: We worked with our buddies from Mrs. Whipple's fourth grade class to find the answer to our GUIDING QUESTION: How can we make sure a car gets back to the garage safely?
TASK: Using only cardboard tubes and masking tape, create a route for your car (on wall) that will lead it safely back to the garage. Scientists made predictions and tested hypotheses to discover many creative ways to accomplish this task. They explained and recorded their findings.
Check out this slow-motion video of our friend's creation in action!
  We are very fortunate to have our very own plant expert in our friend's mother who is the co-owner of Green Spark Farm in Cape Elizabeth. She taught us about some different flowers and how to plant them and the best way to help them grow. We got our very own pots and were able to fill them with soil, select our flower seeds and add water. 
We filled our pots with soil.

We planted our seeds.
We watered our seeds.
 We gave our seeds some light and warmth with a heat mat and grow lights. We will take good care of them so hopefully they will blossom into beautiful flowers!
March Show and Share: Someone/Something you feel LUCKY to have!

Friday, February 28, 2020

Happy 100th Day!!!

Team Rioux is working hard on their 100th day crowns!
 
 
Presenting our very sparkly 100th day crowns!
We wrote 100th day books!
 
We strung 100 beads on our 100th day necklaces!
  
 
100 Gum Balls and Cupcakes with 100 sprinkles! 
We had fun with our HUNDREDS!

We played, RACE to 100 with a partner!
 
We made a 100th day DANCE TRAIN!
We really enjoyed listening to clues and guessing our friends' 100th day collections!
 
 
 
Show and Share Friends!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR FRIEND!