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4/25-4/29

4/29/2016

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In literacy this week we continued with our weather center. We added mini centers within our big experience that included writing a script with a focus on using sight words, spelling and creating weather words, reading weather themed books on Raz Kids, and using the clothes to dress as a season and then write about it. As a whole class, we wrote a weather report for the Sahara Desert. We then practiced reporting it with voice and excitement. 

The literacy concept we focused on this week was problem and solution. We related it back to The Lorax, and then read Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and the students identified the problem and solution in that story as well. After reading, the students wrote and drew about what they would want it to rain! They were so creative and came up with things such as emojis, candy, puppies, and friends. 

This week we also started reading My Father's Dragon during snack time. We are reading about a chapter a day. We are practicing visualizing while reading (since there are no pictures) and drew the dragon that was described. We also will be applying all out concept skills such as character traits, retelling, and problem/solution.  
In math this week we continued working on subtraction. The students practiced listening to a word problem such as "there were 6 clouds in the sky. The sun came on and 4 went away. How many were left?" They used the unifix cubes to help them solve the problems. We also continued bowling to explore the concept and practice writing equations. We also started new centers that include Dreambox on the ipad, bowling, and practicing subtraction with dice. Lastly, we read a story problem about a candy shop and having 5 cents to shop. The students had to decide what to buy, and then subtract it from the total. This really got them thinking about subtraction and the concept on taking away on a higher level.
We also had our special Story Bus field trip in Monday! This is a bus run through the Kohl's Children's Museum that comes to schools free of charge. The students listened to "Little Red Hen" and then had time to explore and play in the bus. It was so fun! ​
On our silly morning Friday, we had a TON of surprise boxes delivered. It looked like a toy story exploded in our classroom :) The students had THE BEST time and played amazingly together. We also wrote birthday cards to a little boy who is sick. It was a great way to connect meaning to our writing. 
Next week we will be exploring living vs. non-living things, finishing up subtraction, and doing a special art project!
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4/18-4/22

4/22/2016

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This week in Kindergarten... 

The highlight of literacy this week was our experiential weather center! Really, the center ended up being literacy, math, and science. The students decided what materials THEY wanted to be in the center and settled on the clothes, thermometers, supplies to build sets and backgrounds, ipads to research the weather, and all of our makerspace supplies. The favorite activity definitely was dressing up a friend for different seasons. We practiced discussing what you need to wear for certain weather and why. Some students wrote out scripts for weather reports, many created different weather settings or types of weather, and we all got very into making kites to fly in the wind. We even borrowed a wind tunnel from Green Bay School and talked about what properties make things fly in the wind (weight).  We will be continuing this theme next week and hopefully filming our weather reports!

We read a lot of weather/earth themed texts this week as well. We read Little Cloud by Eric Carle, and for Earth Day, we read one of my very favorite books, The Lorax, and wrote how we would help the earth. And of course we had to wear Lorax mustaches too!
In math this week we practiced addition, handwriting, and introduced subtraction. On Monday we reviewed the correct way to write all of our numbers through Handwriting WIthout Tears, and wrote them on our tables with dry erase markers. We then practiced writing 1-30. We practiced adding the pips on the two sides of the dominoes, and introduced subtraction through bowling! Lastly, we compared addition and subtraction and talked about how in addition we are adding or staying the same, and with subtraction we will be taking away. ​
Tuesday was an author visit with Mike Thaler! Some of my AM class stayed for it. It was so fun having them all together. 

We went outside many days this week to enjoy the Spring weather, and on Friday had indoor recess. Eliana' Aunt was also our mystery reader. 

It was a great week :)
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4/11-4/15

4/16/2016

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This week in Room 124... 

In literacy this week we reviewed our Jolly Phonics sounds, journaled about our weekends, continued talking about weather and signs of Spring, and did centers. To learn about signs of Spring, the students paired off and went outside to identify what they saw as signs of Spring. They took pictures on the ipads and made beautiful collages out of them! We then made a list of what we saw and why that means Spring is here. They then wrote about what they saw. Our centers this week were a continuation of last week's. I also met with the students one on one during this time to read with them and see the growth they have been making! So exciting to see :) 
In math we continued practicing our addition skills. During centers some students played a "sum swamp" board game,  and we continued with our equation matching eggs game. We also worked as a whole group adding numbers together that are in picture form. For example, one card has 5 flowers on it, and the other has 3. Add them together and write the equation. We practiced explaining why and how we write equations. The students took a little addition assessment on Friday and ROCKED it! ​

The best part of our week was hands down our "surprise boxes". You may have heard your student talking about this. The district has ordered all kindergarten classes brand new toys and materials and they are being delivered almost daily. We are starting our day off by opening the boxes and getting to play with whatever is inside. It has been SO fun! We have gotten wooden blocks, a ramp kit, costumes, and a sand sifter. This has been a great opportunity to practice our collaboration and creativity skills. ​
This week we also had our Erin's Law health lesson with our Social Worker Mrs. DeMarco, and with our buddies practiced graphing by making kite glyphs. Lots of special activities. 

Last but not least, Friday we played outside, Alistair's dad was our mystery reader, we read in a tent (a prop for the music concert), and we saw the awesome 4th grade music concert! It was the perfect Friday. 

Next week we will be doing our weather reporting center. The students will be writing the reports, drawing the backgrounds, and working together to be the reporters. I can't wait to see what they do! 
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3/21-4/8

4/9/2016

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We have been busy in Kinder this week and the week before break! 

In literacy, we have been reviewing ALL our jolly phonics sounds, doing new centers, and writing a ton! On Wednesday, we had Young Author's Day at Indian Trail. Toma the mime came and challenged all the classes to write our own story for him to act out in the afternoon assembly. Our class wrote a story about driving in the car, getting in an accident, and having to call the police. We loved seeing the stories the other class wrote and having Toma act out. He was hilarious. 
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Our new centers include Raz kids, a reading app, read to self, spelling magnetic sight words, blending puzzles (and writing the words), and practicing our addition facts by matching them on eggs. We also started preparing for our upcoming weather unit/exploration by talking about all the weather words we know! 
In math we have continued working on addition. Before break, we played domino memory with a partner, and also did a write the room with addition facts. This week, we did 2 tasks. The first, was our "shake and spill" game, this time with a sum of 10. This helped the students practice write their numbers, compose equations, and understand combinations of 10. We also did a task called "Little Bo Peep". I told the students that Little Bo Peep had a domino in her pocket, and that the sum was 5. We practiced making different domino combinations that equal 5. We we will do this again with 10. We will also continue to spend a little more time working on addition and understanding "part-part whole", and writing numbers before moving on the subtraction. ​
Friday we enjoyed indoor recess and Rebecca's brother was our mystery reader. 
We have continued our "afternoon tub" play time and it has really evolved into something awesome. The students collaborate and play together, and often choose to write or read together during this time which is so sweet! 
See you next week! 
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