How To books

We have been working hard at creating our How To books!  Today, after a week of brainstorming and drafting what we know how to do, it was time to act it out to make sure out steps were accurate.  This was so much fun! Just watch B tell C how to figure skate:

C taught B how to care for a baby:

The 100th Day of School!

Happy 100's Day! We had tons of fun, and spent a lot of time counting to 100 by ones and 10's!

We made 100's Day trail mix

Made a necklace out of 100 fruit loops

We played with 100 cups

Made numbers out of Playdoh

Graphed shapes

And we even read a story called Pigs in Hidding.  We then discovered that 100 pigs were Hidding in our room! It was our job to find them all, and put them on our grid!

Eventually, the class found all 100 pigs!  Whew!

The Pan Balance

We learned about the Pan Balance during our math block! Once we explored weight using the scale, we turned bodies into scales!  Which amount felt heavier?

Word Work!

We have enough words were we can make simple sentences!  I grabbed some words off of the board, formed a sentence, and the students had to finish the sentence with words of their choice.  What a great activity for oral language, reading, and writing!  You can do this at home, too!  

MLK Day

On Monday, we learned about Martin Luther King, Jr!  We read a Weekly Reader, watched a short video, and watched a 2 minute clip of his "I Have A Dream" speech. I also set up centers to get a "kindergarten perspective" about what segregation and exclusion was like.  Don't worry, it only lasted 5 minutes-- but it may have seemed like an eternity for some munchkins!

The centers were fun, and exciting, but only certain people were allowed to play.  In the picture above, the sign says "white socks only.  No colors allowed." I was extra picky, too! Only one child was allowed to decorate a cupcake... 

After a couple minutes, and a few tears later, I pulled the kids to the rug and asked how they felt about not being allowed to play because of their socks, or being a boy, or being a girl, or not wearing jeans.  The class decided that it was silly and not fair.  After we read a book about MLK and Rosa Parks, I decided to tear down the signs so we all could participate in fun play and cup cake decorating!  THE CLASS CHEERED!!!

Although it was a tough 5 minutes of "segregation", I wanted to class to get a small glimpse into what was a reality not-so-long ago.  I was also age-appropriately honest with them on MLK's death, after the question came up in class.  Curiosity is the spice of kindergarten!! 

Melt an Ice Cube

Today for kindergarten time, we conducted an experiment-- what will melt an ice cube faster?  Each child got an ice cube, and used the dice to determine how they would melt the ice cube:

 

It was fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 



The snow has arrived!

In kindergarten, we will be talking about Winter-- so far, we have studied what animals do in the winter and we have compared and contrasted Jan Brett books.  Please take a peek at the pictures below and have your child elaborate any details!

After reading The Mitten by Jan Brett, we made a retelling bag.  First, we practiced retelling the story whole group, then we practiced with a partner.  It was fun to "hybernate" too!

We also enjoyed playing Snowman Squeeze!  The number line will come home by Friday... have fun playing with your child!