Today in class, we did a owl project that was another "listening and following directions" activity. Both classes saw what we were making and they couldn't wait to make their own in class with me! Before doing the activity together, I explained that this was a BIG project that required a lot of their best listening so that they could follow my step-by-step directions to complete it on their own.  I asked them if they brought their best listening ears to school today? They all laughed and said they were ready! :) Next, I did the activity with them going slowly step-by-step so that they could see how to cut all the construction paper pieces into creating their owls. When they were done, they were so excited and they had so much fun showing them off to one another! They added some fun detail to their owl backgrounds to make them even more unique. I LOVED all the detail they added! I was SO proud of how well they all did listening and ensuring that they were watching me so that they cut their pieces the same way I did. All of their owls turned out GREAT! Here are some pictures of both classes making their owls today:

It was another fun day in kindergarten! I can't believe we only 6 days left. It is going by so fast! :)

 In kindergarten, my kinders have been working very hard learning addition and subtraction up to 10 and taking that skill one step further into learning how to solve addition and subtraction stories as well. They have LOVED practicing this newly learned skill by doing some color by number activities. I am amazed with how quickly they learned these new math concepts and how much joy they are all finding in math! Way to go, K-1 and K-3 friends!

In reader's workshop, we have been studying the genre of poems. With this unit, they have even wrote some poems of their own. This past week we did a rainbow poem activity where they got to be poets and finish the poem in their own words. Then they got to finish the project with watercolor painting their rainbows. They were so excited about this fun activity and they couldn't wait to bring it home to share with all of you!

In writing, we have been working hard in our journals to stretch our creative thoughts into writing 3 complete sentences on their own. I am amazed with how well they are implementing known sight words into their writing along with using their best brave spelling to write the words they want to write. They are ALL doing a wonderful job and I am so proud of how far they have all come as writers!

In reading, I have been meeting with my kinders each week in their small reading groups to work on reading strategies to help them all grow to their fullest potential as readers! I am blown away with how well they are all reading and how far they have jumped in reading levels. They have ALL really taken off as strong, fluent readers! Many times I meet with my groups, I find myself tearing up because I am so proud of how well they are all reading! Wow!!!!

We have been busy little owls and I am so impressed with how much they have all grown as learners this year! They are all going to do wonderful next year in first grade and it is so hard to believe that we only have 11 days left of kindergarten! It has really flown by! I am going to enjoy every last second with my kinders before they leave the nest as first graders!