Winter Party

Crafts, great food, fun, friends, games, and family...we had it all at our winter party!
Winter Party

Gingerbread Houses

We sharpened our retelling skills by reading several versions of the Gingerbread man right before winter break!  We enjoyed identifying the various characters, settings, and solutions in each story.  It was a fun and engaging way to learn about story elements.  We culminated the unit making gingerbread houses with our buddies.  Thanks for all the donations!
Gingerbread Houses

Penguin Dance!

Sometimes our brains just need a little break!  Today the Penguin Dance provided a fun way to get the wiggles out! Enjoy!

Snow Much Fun!

Last week we had a visit from Snowball the Snowman. He stopped by to check up on us and make sure we were all working hard and being great listeners.  At night, he seems to always find a little mischief...but in the morning he always brings a smile to each little face that walks through the door!

I Have, Who Has...

This week we have been learning about numbers in the teens. We used this fun game to practice identifying and ordering numbers.

Enjoy

I mustache you a sight word!

Our sight word unit is off and running!  Every day I have some little friend that is excited to read his/her sight words to me! In class, we are learning that knowing sight words helps us to be  stronger readers! 

Last week we made this little video for those of you that are getting tired of reading cards on rings!  Watch it as many times as you like to practice lists 1 & 2!  I mustache you a sight word!

Fabulous Fall Party!

We had it all...a craft, games, mummies, delicious food, a few laughs, and wonderful volunteers!  Our Fall Party was a great success.  Thanks to all that contributed!!
Click on the link to see the photos: Fall Party Fun!

Sink or Float?

Last week we worked with our buddies as we explored our pumpkins.
We discovered that we were very surprised that our pumpkins floated...even the big ones! 
We were left with a lot of questions!

To get some answers, we paired up with Mrs. Kirn's Class, made some predictions about cut up pumpkins, and then we experimented!  The results continued to amaze us!
Click on the link to see the various ways we tested our pumpkin: Sink or Float?

Like A Monkey!

 

This week we learned the two sounds oo can make. To help us remember the oo sound as in school, we enjoyed singing this fun song!

Pumpkinology

We had a great time exploring science concepts with our pumpkins!  We explored sink and float and measuring & comparing height and circumference.  We even got a chance to practice using a hand lens to get a closer look at all the parts of our pumpkins!
Click the link to explore the fun! Pumpkinology

A Visit from the Fire Department

Yesterday we had a visit from the fire department!  We review fire safety and important rules like "stop, drop, and roll" and "get low and go".  In addition, we got to see a fireman dressed in his gear. We learned about emergency vehicles and got a close look at the fire engine and tools that firemen use.
Click on the link to find out more: A Visit from the Fire Department

Publishing Party

During Writer's Workshop this quarter, we have all become writers!  We have learned many skills that good writers use.  We have looked at mentor text and have gathered a lot of ideas for ways to make our writing better!
We celebrated on Friday with a Publishing Party.  We shared our writing with other kindergarten classes and they shared their writing with us!
When you come into the building, you will find our books proudly displayed in the hallway.

Click on this link to view: Publishing Party

Ee is for Elmer Elephant!

This week we introduced the short sound of Ee, as in elephant. We are also learning to identify the difference between fiction and non-fiction text.  We used these two skills to have a little fun with Ee.  In the picture you can see the fiction and non-fiction books we read and the pictures we made!
Enjoy!

Guest Reader

On Friday, we were honored with a guest reader from the GV football team!  He read us a book about fall.

Happy Tractor Tuesday!

Bubble! Bubble!

We have been learning about how scientists use their five senses to learn and explore the world around them.  This has really gotten us excited about science.
On Friday, we used the assistance of our buddies to conduct an experiment to help us answer the question, "Are bubbles always round?"  Click on the link and enjoy the photos!
Bubble! Bubble!

We Are Scientists!

This week we are learning all about what science is and what scientists do. We have learned that scientists ask questions, observe, record data, and make predictions. With the help of our 5th grade buddies, we predicted how many drops of water we could put on a penny. Then we observed and recorded the results.

Click on the link to view our first experiment: We Are Scientists!

Rhyming Fun!

The past few weeks we have been learning to recoginze and produce rhyming words. We used this fun song to practice this important foundational reading skill. Enjoy!

Understanding Uu!

This week we learned all about the letter Uu!  We had a lot of fun making our learning more meaningful with some fun activities!  Click on this link to find our more:Understanding Uu!

Story Elements Song

This week we have continued to compare fiction and non-fiction text.  We are learning to identify each type of text by its text features. We have learned this song to help us remember the features of a fiction text. We hope you enjoy it!

Springtime Fun!

We have not had much spring weather to enjoy...so today we moved our math lesson outside!  We used sidewalk chalk to help us solve some math facts and took turns blowing bubbles for a little brain break!  Click here to view: Springtime Fun!

Red Barn Farm

Click here to see more pictures of our trip to Red Barn Farm!

Field Trip!

Thanks to our many volunteers on the field trip to Red Barn Farm!  We saw a lot of cool farm animals and learned a little about each one! It was a beautiful day for a field trip!

Choosing Just Right Books



Some books are too small, some are too big, and others are JUST RIGHT!

If you have recently noticed your kindergartener holding up fingers while reading, there is a good reason for it!  He or she is trying to determine if the book they are reading is a good fit or a just right book!  A just right book is a book that challenges them to use some of their reading strategies,  and is one that they can understand, share their thinking and enjoy reading!  Ask your child to tell you more about just right books!

Earth Day!

This week we have been learning about our responsibility to take care of the Earth. We learned that when we take care of the Earth, it takes care of us.  We also wrote about ways we can be more Earth friendly!

It's in our hands!

Our Plants Grew!

OH NO! What happened to them????

Reader's Theater!

Today we preformed a Reader's Theater for our fourth grade buddies.  We have been working on using expression in our reading, as well as volume and following along while others are reading. Learning to read fluently is an important life skill. This Reader's Theater integrates our science unit, as well!
Enjoy!

Super Scientists!

This week we are learning about plants. Today we dissected a seed and located the seed coat, food storage and the embryo!

3D Shapes

We are learning to describe 3-D shapes by their attributes.  In this lesson, we are looking a various kinds of food and identifying the attributes to determine which shape it is.
Click on this link: 3D Shapes

Easter Egg Hunt

Thanks for your generous donations for our egg hunt.  It was fast and furious.  The eggs were snatched up before I could snap many picutres. 
Click on the link to enjoy the fun.  Easter Egg Hunt

Chicks

March was very cold month, but our hearts were warm with the hatching of our chicks.
We learned a lot about life cycles, how mother animals care for their young, animals that hatch from eggs and worked on sequencing skills.
Click on the link to see our chicks.  Chicks

Exploring the Number Grid

We are learning to recognize and write numbers to 100. Locating numbers on the number grid helps to develop our number sense!

HOPPY EASTER!!

It's still the Easter season...right???  These guys are cute no matter what season it is.
Enjoy!

Guess who is coming to our room????

We have been learning to infer or predict.  When we infer, we use word or picture clues and our schema to figure out something the author does not tell us.  Today we read clues and tried to infer who was going to be visiting our classroom this week. Here are the clues we read:

 This photo gives you a clue in case you could not infer who are guests will be...

We read the first half of the clues and made a prediction. Then we read the rest of the clues.  You can see by our work, that many of us changed our inferences when we had more information.

St . Patrick's Day

On Friday we had fun getting ready for St. Patrick's Day.  This is the first of 2 videos that I will post to share all about our fun!
Tomorrow is the BIG day. We left our traps set up over the weekend and we'll get to see if we caught anything! 

Click on this link to see more about how we are planning to trick the Leprechaun and to share our learning and fun! St . Patrick's Day

Backwards Day!

Thursday was a crazy day!  Everything was backwards!!  We earned this special treat for bringing in canned goods earlier in the year.

We began the craziness by wearing pajamas to school.  What could be more backward that that?

 

Well, maybe starting our day with our goodbye song, or math and special class in the morning, or even the Harlem Shake?? That's right...Our buddies invited us to read as usual on Thursday but they wanted to shake things up a little.  So we joined them in the Harlem Shake!
Enjoy these videos!

Dr. Seuss' Birthday

We celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday a little early this year.  His actual birthday fell on Saturday, but we could not let this important day pass by without a little celebration and fun.  We spent the day on Friday reading some of his books and doing activities to honor and remember this great author and illustrator.  I hope you enjoy this quick view of our day.
Dr. Seuss' Birthday