It was a fun week in Kindergarten exploring winter! Here are some of the highlights...
We started off our week with a science centers! We had so much fun exploring the different experiments.
We started off our week with a science centers! We had so much fun exploring the different experiments.
On Tuesday we had ALO with Mrs. Belkind. We presented the students with the question, "How many feet are underneath the table?" The students had to work together to figure out how many feet there were under the table, and then explain how they got their answer. The students used paper and unifix cubes to help show their work. Once they solved that problem, we then asked them "How many fingers are at the table?" This was great practice working with 10. It was amazing to watch the students collaborate and solve the problems.
The rest of our week centered around answering the student's winter-related questions such as "how is snow made in the clouds?" and "how are igloos made?". We learned about these topics through books, videos, and inquiry.
To investigate igloos, we watched this video on Inuits building an igloo:
To investigate igloos, we watched this video on Inuits building an igloo:
I then put the students into teams and challenged them to make an igloo out of sugar cubes. They had to work together, make it circular, and then measure the width and height.
Our other big math task this week involved our study of teen numbers. The students each made a white paper chain with 10 links on it. Then, they worked in a group to turn those chains of 10 into 11-19 by adding on with blue paper. For example, 13 would be 10 white links with 3 blue links added
We extended and elaborated on our centers from last week and they were so much fun! They included:
1. building a winter setting in the block corner and then writing labels with post-it notes
2. exploring igloos by making structures out of sugar cubes and mini marshmallows
3. making symmetrical snowflakes and snowmen with loose parts, and then counting the parts
4. building a snowman with play-doh, and then explaining "how to" on Seesaw
5. Exploring ice in the sensory table, and sorting/patterning the objects frozen inside the ice
1. building a winter setting in the block corner and then writing labels with post-it notes
2. exploring igloos by making structures out of sugar cubes and mini marshmallows
3. making symmetrical snowflakes and snowmen with loose parts, and then counting the parts
4. building a snowman with play-doh, and then explaining "how to" on Seesaw
5. Exploring ice in the sensory table, and sorting/patterning the objects frozen inside the ice
Next week, we will become researchers and start learning about animals in preparation for our polar bears and penguins unit! The students are already so excited :)