Arrival Choice:
Practicing sketching on white boards.

 Choice Activities in Kindergarten

Quiet Time Choice on Fridays:
Sketch Books 

Art Table: water color painting.

Daily Choice Time: iPads

Lots of apps to choose from.

Writing Center: creating pictures & messages.

Building: Creating with Magna-Tiles. 

Celebrating the 5th birthday in our class!

Morning Meeting Leader Share:
Children's Choice this month.

Leading calendar activities.

Writing to the birthday boy.

Completing a page for the birthday book.

Choice TIme:
Creating with Magna-Tiles.

Math: Making 12 in a double ten frame.

Math

Kindergarten Goal: I can work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations for place value.

Recording teen numbers.

Building teen numbers with Unifix Cubes.

Building and recording teens.

Showing understanding for 
place value with ten frames 
(tens and ones).

Welcome to Pond Cove!

On Thursday this week we were happy to welcome a new friend to our class! 

Earlier in the week during Writer's Workshop, each child created a page introducing themselves and we put all those pages into a welcome book. A few children created extra messages at their choice time to pass along to their new classmate!

Welcome Quinn!
I am Madeline.
I am excited to see you.

Quinn,
I like dinosaurs. Do you?
Garrison

Hello Quinn!
Do you like gym?
Idris

Hi Quinn,
I am Pippi.
When I met you do you want
to be my friend?

Hi Quinn!
I hope you like school.
I am excited for you!
I hope you like the classroom.
Charlotte

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We have been reading a discussing the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Our Scholastic News was also about him. We watched and listened to a clip of Dr. King giving his "I Have A Dream" speech. The children wrote dreams of their own. These are now displayed in our kindergarten hallway for all to read and enjoy.

I Have A Dream ...
I hope people don't get hurt.

I Have A Dream...
I want the whole world to be
made of Velveeta!

I Have A Dream...
to have an eight thirty bed time.

I Have A Dream...
that no one litters.

I Have A Dream...
I hope animals get more food.

I Have A Dream...
people be nice to each other.

Math

Kindergarten math goal: I can sort and count the number of objects in a group.

                                        I can count up to 20 to tell how many objects in a group.

                                        I can compare numbers.                  

counting and recording how many

sorting bears by color

Kindergarten math goals: I can count up to 20 to tell how many are in a group.

I can read numbers 0-30.

I can write numbers 0-30.

I can compare numbers.

filling in a double ten frame to represent 13

drawing 12 of one object

Playgrounds created in art class with Mrs. Johnston.

Science: Wood 

We read and enjoyed: 

As a fun culminating activity for our unit on wood the children worked in pairs or small teams to create structures made mostly of wood. For some, Lincoln Logs were brand new. It was nice to see those who had experience help those who did not. 

The collection we have here in kindergarten started out rather small and was mostly used in the building center. Over the years pieces have come our way. The collection now allows for the whole group to work at the same time. If you have Lincoln Log pieces that are no longer being used at home, know that kindergarten would welcome adding those pieces to our collection. The Lincoln Logs are now available at choice time. After the whole group work, many were inspired to work with them during their choice time!