First Week in March

Social Studies: We read and discussed President's Day and learned more about 

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

BrainPop Jr. is enjoyed by the children.

Two more One Hundredth Day Mystery Collections!

Thanks for participating!  We are having fun with them!

Math: we read All About Geometry and did a lot of work with 2 & 3D shapes.

Math: 3D Shape work

Hanging out in the new snow.

Thanks for sending the gear needed to play outside!

Artwork from Mrs. Johnston's art class! Fun!

Monday we enjoyed this book by Christian Robinson.

Reading: short a vowel work.

Writer's Workshop: Sharing narrative writing.  Receiving feedback from peers.

Reading: Partner Reading

We are working hard to use partner reading time well and build stamina. 

This can be practiced at home (stuffy, any family member).

We work hard to do 10 solid minutes.

Sharing his One Hundred Mystery Collection.

If your child has not done theirs yet, they still can!

Handwriting: lowercase a and d this week.

"magic c, up and down"

"magic c, up up up like a helicopter and down"

Morning Meeting Share

Science: Force and Motion Unit

Push and Pull sort

Wednesday Read Aloud

Reading: Sorting word endings

Our Choice Time Board

Children put their name tag where they will play.

They may switch within the block if space allows.

For many children it is their favorite part of our school day.

Ocean Play

Spaghetti Betty Play 

Choice Time: checkers

Thursday's Read Aloud

The class enjoys Jan Brett's work!

Reading: Word Work: Smelly Markers!

They love smelly markers! 

All things shamrocks in March! ☘️

Thin marker mindful coloring.

Choice Time: new to play is "Spaghetti Betty!"

See if your child can tell you what inertia is!

There is a lot of vocabulary in this unit.

Friday was more Force and Motion Science!

The above site is fun if you wish to check it out as family.

I am sure the children would have enjoyed watching even more of these!

A new book I ordered for our classroom library.

A book about friendship.

My first time reading and the children gave it two thumbs up!

Heads up: I encouraged the children to go to the Thomas Memorial Library 

to register for their own library card if they haven't already. 😉

We are preparing for our Allied Arts switch from art to library later this month!

Scholastic News: Labeling parts of a book.

Reading: Word Work: new snap word is was

Spot and Dot

We have some new colors of Dot a Dot Markers!

Math: Learning and sorting 3D Shapes

sphere, cube, cylinder, cone & rectangular prism

Kindergarten Math Goal: I can name 3D shapes.

We had a great week in kindergarten.  Many children are tried. They are working hard.

 Next week is a four day week.  Friday is a Professional Development Day for staff.

I hope you have a nice weekend!