Choice Time this week!

Play Doh at the art table.

Trying some new gadgets.

Look what I made!

Building Center

Building tall with wooden blocks

Magna -Tiles

Checkers at the game table.

On Thursday and Friday we had visitors from Charlie Carroll's english class at the middle school. They wrote and acted out their own stories for us to enjoy!

How the Polar Bear became White

How the Skunk Got it's Stink.

Otto & the Pirates Skull & Crossbones

How the Giraffe Got its Patches

Groundhog Day

We read several fun stories about the groundhog and Groundhog Day.
At writing we worked on labeling.

We made stick puppets which we used to predict what we though the groundhog would do on Groundhog Day!

As you can see the predictions were very close!

Reading

The children have been working hard during our literacy blocks to become great kindergarten readers! I hope you are seeing the grow at home!

Guided Reading Groups

Thanks Kate for helping children have a little
hands on practice with short vowels! 

Practicing high frequency words
with a memory game.

Writing: We have transitioned from writing narrative stories to how-to, teaching books. On Tuesday we followed the steps in this mentor text to learn a little bit about the format of How-To teaching books:

Our display in the hallway of all the dinosaur drawings!

Math Club!

Sorting teens and twenties.

Thank you Lyndsay for volunteering!

Stamping out teens and twenties.

Working on locating twenties.

Teens and twenties practice on the SMART Board!

Playing in groups of 2 or 3 Build a Snowman!

What do I earn if I spin a 24?

Celebrating our 6th birthday!

Morning Meeting: Leader Share

Messages to the birthday girl.

Add caption

Writing: How to Draw a Dinosaur.

Passing out a treat to peers to celebrate!