February

Wow! How is this Sunday February 1st already? The year is flying by and going way to FAST! With it being February in a few days, we made our calendars today where they got to create heart masterpieces on top of their February calendars. They turned out so cute! I reminded them all that when they got home they should hang it in a special spot so that they could check each day to see all the important things that are happening in our classroom or at Olive. We have a birthday on February 3rd in our class and the class can't wait to celebrate her birthday with her on her big day!

In math, we finished Chapter 6 learning all about teen numbers and how to take apart numbers to 20 too. We talke alot about how teen numbers are a group of 10 and a few more depending on the number given. Such as 17 is 1 group of 10 and 7 more ones. They did such a great job learning these math concepts and I am so thrilled with all they are learning.

In reading and writing, they are all conitinuing to grow as readers and writers. With each new sound we learn, they are becoming more and more confident in their reading and writing on their own! Their writing today was AMAZING! Way to go, K-1! My little owls are learning so much and they are doing wonderful!

Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!

Today was such a fun day in K-1! We learned all about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in honor of having the day off from school this coming Monday due to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We watched a Brainpop Jr. movie and I read them a book to learn all about him and why we have a "special' holiday in honor of him and all his hard work. To go along with all we learned, we made a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. TLC project. I am SO proud of what AMAZING listeners all my kindergarten friends were and their projects turned out absolutely amazing! Here are some pictures of some of my kindergarten friends with their adorable Martin Luther King, Jr. projects.

In math, we did a shape packet reviewing the 2D (flat) and 3D (solid) shapes. I noticed as I was assessing for conferences my kinders could use little more practice learning a few of the "tricky" shapes. This packet was wonderful review! We had a great day today! Have a wonderful long weekend everyone and enjoy the "extra" day off on Monday! I will look forward to seeing all my kindergarten friends on Tuesday and don't forget we have LMC on that day. Please make sure youc child brings their library book!

Polar Bears

Today we had so much fun learning all about Polar Bears and making the CUTEST project to go along with it. Before we made the project today we listened to a video that taught us all about Polar Bears. We learned so many "new" interesting facts! Did you know that Polar Bears fur looks white to humans but their fur is really made of translucent fur. We also learned that male polar bears can weigh up to 1,500 pounds and a female polar bear can weigh up to 1,000 pounds. They are beautiful, big, strong animals! To go along with what we learned, we painted a polar bear face by using white paint and forks. The class used the forks to spread the paint from the middle of the paper out to make it look like a face. Next, they cute out the polar bear face pieces and glued it on the face. After that, we sat as a class and I wrote on a piece of chart paper what polar bears CAN, HAVE, ARE. We wrote some facts in each catergory such as: Polar bears CAN swim, Polar Bears HAVE sharp claws, Polar Bears ARE heavy. Then I gave them writing paper and asked them to write down one or two facts they learned about polar bears today. They all did such a great job with their polar bear project and sharing what they learned! Yay, K-1!

In math, we finished up Chapter 5 and the class was so excited to bring home their finished math books today! They don't neeed to bring them back, we are done with the first math book and it is theirs to keep. I will be handing out the next math book to them next week as we begin Chapter 6. We are plugging right along in math and they are all doing such a great job learning all the new concepts! In HMH, we are learning more letters and sounds and I am so proud of what wonderful readers and writers they are becoming! This week, we learned possessive nouns and talked about identifying the central idea of a story. My kindegarten friends are learning so much and I am amazed with how much they have all grown as learners! Have a great weekend, everyone and GO BEARS!!!

Alphabet From The Sky

Today I read an informational text to the class for our HMH literacy lesson. This book was a really neat book that used satellite imagery to find accidental letters in landscapes created by buildings, roads, buildings, railroads. The class LOVED this book and finding the hidden letters on each page before they were revealed to us! One of the pages of the book had a satellite picture taken of a landscape in Inverness not far from Olive. They thought that was so neat! To go along with this informational text, I had them do an activity where I asked them to draw the first letter of their name hidden in a picture of a community like the book we just read. I was so proud of the creativity and hard work they put into this activity and I was amazed with their detailed drawings. They had so much fun with it. Way to go, K-1! Here are some pictures of them creating their drawings and some of them with their finished work.

We had a busy day today moving along in our routine from break and I am so amazed with how well they are all doing plugging right along with curriculum in reading, writing and math! They are having so much fun with all we are learning and I am amazed with how quickly they are learning new concepts. The past two days we have been learning about possessive nouns and they are doing great learning about this challenging new concept and having fun showing me what they learned. Way to go, K-1! Have a great night, everyone!