All About Wind

Today, I taught another fun science lesson with the class about wind. We watched a video about wind and then they made a pinwheel. They got to try it out on the fan in our classroom to see if it worked and they also got to try it out outside too. When we were out testing our homemade pinwheels, I also brought out some real pinwheels that they got to try as well. They LOVED using the pinwheels to see if it was windy along with seeing the difference between the paper one we made and the "real" pinwheels. Their faces lit up with excitement because they had so much fun trying out their pinwheels in the wind this afternoon! Way to go, K-1!

In math, we finished up Chapter 3 learning about measurement. I gave the class the end of the chapter assessment and they did great! They LOVED this chapter in math and I am so proud of how well they learned all the concepts I taught them.

In reading, we have been using the story Snail and Worm to help us learn many different concepts in reading. We did a brochure activity with it where it helped my kindergarten friends to identify the characters in the story and answer some comprehension queestions. They did such a wonderful job on the brochure on the story and they had fun talking about the story in great detail. Way to go, K-1!

Fall Clouds

In science today, I taught my kindergarten friends all about clouds and I think that after today my kinder friends may officially be cloud experts! We learned about the three different clouds (cirrus,cumulus and stratus) and how you can tell they are a specific kind. We learned how clouds are made of of water and some are made of ice. We learned that clouds can make the temperature cooler and we also learned some cool facts about clouds. Did you know that some clouds can travel as fast as 100 mph? We had so much fun learning about clouds today! To go along with this lesson, I asked them to draw a fall cloud picture and label it. THey had so much fun drawing their pictures and learning about the weather today!

In math this week, we hace begun learning about measurement and why it is so important. In kindergarten, we don't learn to measure with rulers. We are learning how to measure using non-standard objects such as paper clips, wooden popsicle sticks, and unifix cubes. They are learning that when they measure an object to see how tall or wide something is they need to ensure they take what they are measuring with and line it up at the start of the object and measure the length or width all the way to the end. They also learned that when they measure, they need to make sure they are measuring the object in a straight line and putting what they are measuring with touching eachother in a row. This helps to ensure they get the right measurement. To help them get some more hands-on experience with measuring, I printed out some Halloween measurement activities where they got to measure various size things with unifix cubes. They ALL did a wonderful job measuring today!

In HMH literacy and reading, we are continuing to learn more letters and sounds to blend them together to read and write words. I am so proud of the growth they are making as readers and writers. We are also learning about complete sentences and how to identify the noun and predicate in sentences. Yesterday we learned about synonyms and antonyms. My kindegarten friends are learning so much! It's been a busy week in K-1 and with each day, they are growing more and more as learners!

Science Fun!

My kinders have loved kicking off our science unit last week learning all about weather! Today we learned how we can use our five senses to help us determine what the weather. With this lesson, we also talked about what fall weather looks like and feels like and they had fun drawing a fall picture in their weather journals today! I was so proud of their detailed pictures and how well they added things in their drawings from our science lesson. Great job, K-1!