Last Week of April & First Week of May: April 29th-May 3rd (3 day week - K Screening)

Math read aloud.

Math

Skip counting by 5s.

color

cut

Sequencing the caterpillar by fives.

Visiting Artist 

Christina Watka Halchak

Each child was given two packages of clay.  They chose the color.

Selecting colors.

Sculptures were set to dry overnight.

Math

Day two of the growing caterpillar.

Some children accepted the challenge of going much higher with their number sequencing!

Some are up over 100!

A challenge was to write your own numbers over 100!

Happy with her growing caterpillar.

Counting by fives.

Science read aloud. 

Reading

Learning about blends and diagraphs.

Day two with Visiting Artist Christina Watka Halchak!

Sculpture

Thank you Christina for sharing your time and talents and instilling a love for art!

The children enjoyed this open-ended project!

Thank you PCPA for sponsoring the Visiting Artist opportunity!

   

Our April pattern was rain, umbrella, rainbow (ABC).

Celebrating another class birthday!

Happy with his birthday selections!

He turns six on Saturday!

Ms. Karnes came to the classroom and helped him select a few birthday treats from the office!

He is decorating a cover for the next birthday in May.

Writing

Completing his page for the birthday boy's book.

The children are doing a nice job personalizing their birthday page.

This peer loves dinosaurs so the boys working really hard 

to sketch dinosaurs for him! ♥️

Writing

Share time.

Science

Learning about planting beans.

A How-To Book about growing beans.

Marking his plant marker with his name, date & what seed he is planting.

Filling his plant pot with soil.

Poking two holes for two bean seeds.

Marking his plant pot.

We watered them and put them in these little hothouses.

 There are plans to work with Mrs. Barrett in our school garden.

We will be planting peas.

Making are we care for our Zinnia seeds as well.

Each child waters their own.

recess

It was a short week in kindergarten, but a great one!

We welcomed next year's kindergarteners for Kindergarten Screening!

Next Week:

Tuesday, May 7th Our classroom's day to go to the Book Fair!

Wednesday, May 8th Children's Museum Field Trip.

Please pack a home lunch and sneakers.