The "Tree of Joyful Words" is up in the lobby and our class' words are included!
Read aloud fun!
Scholastic News
The children like doing these!
Recess
Have you heard ...
There are two soccer nets now on Little Adventure Land and two soccer nets of Big Adventureland!
The children are very thankful for the donation!
There have been lots of cooperative tunneling in the snow piles.
phonics
reading group
short vowel work
Quiet Time option: Snowman Dot-To-Dot
Monday's spirit day was support a team (Cape swag or another).
This one was 1-20.
Centers
Math
Challenge search.
Completed image: owl!
This challenge had number 1-88!
Centers
Discovery Board
Beautiful snowflakes!
Morning Meeting
Share: Would you rather ...
Math
Counting by tens
Kindergarten Goals:
I can skip count by tens.
I can write numbers (0-30).
The children have been working hard to correctly form numbers.
Tuesday School Spirit Day: Sweater Day!
Reading group work.
Concepts of print.
Stations
iPad work
Reading Group work: Read, Color, Write (CVC words)
Stations
Practicing red word (or).
Quiet Time Option color By Number (10-15) with color words.
Centers
Art Easel
Cray Pas owls
Centers
Discovery board
owls
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Cray Pas
Adding owls to their woodland scenes.
Wednesday we were very fortunate to have Ms. Fitz visit from Audubon!
Sharing a snowy white wing.
The children learned from very interesting facts about flight.
They learned about the owls talons.
She is holding an artificial replica of an owls foot with real talons.
They enjoyed this hands on experience!
We sang!
A northern Saw-Whet.
Learning interesting facts about an owl's vision.
Playing a listening game.
Learning 4 or 5 different owl calls and pointing to which owl they were hearing.
Do you like this owl's sound?
Learning some very interesting facts about the Snowy White Owl.
Stations
Roll and Write
Practicing the most recent red words studied.
Stations
iPad work: letter formation practice
Stations
Reading with Mrs. Cornell an emergent reader.
Reading the table of contents.
Reading a more challenging nonfiction book about owls.
Working in an emergent reader called Barn Owls.
Handwriting
Another diver down letter
lowercase b
Centers
Art Table
Adding an owl to their woodland scene.
The completed scenes are hung in teh kindergarten hallway for others to enjoy!
Creative partner work!
Centers
Blocks
There is also going on in these habitats!
Centers
Writing and Drawing
owls
Friday's Spirit Day: Sparkle and Shine!
Watching what the sunlight does to their sparkle & shine!
Math
Symmetry
Owls
They enjoyed this challenge!
A finished owl.
Phonics
The children are becoming more comfortable tapping out short vowel words and blending.
Reading Group
Stations
Letter stamping
Letter Match
Beginning sound stamping
Stations
Red word practice with scented markers.
Writing
Reports
Some children are working together to produce a report about frogs.
Some children are working together to produce a report about salmon.
Centers
owl
Centers
Art Easel
Cray Pas owl!
Recess fun!
Read Aloud
Making stick puppets for retelling.
color
cut
attach popsicle sticks
Checking to see if she has all her pieces.
Reading/retelling Jim Aylesworth's The Gingerbread Man.
We will be doing more with this next week our literacy block!
Coming Up:
Monday, December 15th: Dress like you are going on vacation - Hawaiian shirts, sunglasses, comfortable travel clothes.
Tuesday, December 16th:
Library - If ready to exchange, please return the book in the library bag.
Wednesday, December 17th: Feeling Frosty! Wear anything with a snowflake or snow person theme.
Thursday, December 18th: Favorite Hat or Headband Day - Wear your favorite hat or headband to school for all to see!
Library - If ready to exchange, please return the book in the library bag.
Friday, December 19th: Night Before Break Day - Wear your most comfy/cozy clothes as we enjoy our last day at school before break.
