May Calendar Fun

With it being a new month, the class was so excited to switch seats for the month and make their May calendars. They had fun following my step-by-step directions to make their calendar with a flower pot and flower inside of it. I am so impressed with my kindergarten friends amazing fine motor skills and how well they my multiple step directions. Way to go, K-1!

In reading we are learning about biographies and what an author's purpose is. Did the author write the book we read in class to entertain the audience, persuade them or to inform them? With each book we finish reading together, we talk about what they think the author's purpose is and why they think that. They are doing a great job identifying the correct one and giving me wonderful ideas why. Yay, K-1! My kindergarten friends have grown so much as learners and I am so impressed with all they are learning! they are more than ready for first grade next year!

Fun Friday

What a fun Friday!!! It sure flew by!!! This morning, we had another visit from the Hersey seniors that came to our class a few months ago. This time, each Hersey student took a group of 4-6 kids to play two Building Fact Fluency games. These two games were great ways for my kidergarten friends to work on addition and subtraction within 10. They LOVED playing both games and I was so proud of how well they work with the Hersey seniors and their partners! Way to go, K-1!

This afternoonn during our literacy block, we read a story called Not a Box. A box is just a box...until it's not a box. This story was about a rabbit who turned a box into many different things such as a rocketship, a mountain, a racecar, etc. It was how you could take a shape and use your creativity to turn it into something amazing with your own imagination. In our HMH workbooks, the kids got to draw a box in the middle of the paper and use their own creativity to turn it into something. After they were done drawing, they colored it and wrote about what they turned the box into. I was so amazed with all their creations and I loved how detailed they made their drawings and how well they sounded out the words they wanted to write! Wow....amazing job, K-1!

Happy Earth Day!

 With it being Earth Day yesterday, we spent a lot of time in class today and yesterday learning all about what Earth Day is and why we celebrate it. We also learned about ways we help our Earth clean and healthy. My kinders learned A LOT and I was amazed with their writing both on the Earth Day project and in the mini-book we read. They have grown so much as learners and I am beyond proud of all of them! Their reading and writing is phenomenal!!!!! Way to go, K-1!

Today in social studies, I did a lesson about Earth Day through a Superhero family called the “Green Family.” They taught us about reducing,reusing,recycling and what is considered garbage. The students learned a lot and had fun showing what they discovered by creating their own Earth Day recycling trucks.Here are some pictures of the class with their trucks! They loved making them and are excited to bring them home to share what they learned with you. They of course asked if we could take a few "silly ones."

In math, we did an Earth Day color by number subtraction. I am so impressed with how quickly they are able to figure out the answer and in some problems, they don't even have to use their fingers. They just know it! WOW! Way to go, K-1!