A Fun 7 days!!

We started out last week putting the finishing touches on our EXPO projects!  Partners worked together to put their patterned design together!  They did an amazing job!  And for those of you that came to the EXPO they also did a good job talking about their projects and their writing.

WE also.... had our first Awards Ceremony.... everyone received either a JiJi Math Award or a Reading STEP AWARD.  

Then  we had some of our first grade friends come to visit us last week and ask us to help them with their project of collecting plastic to be recycled into the making of a bench.  So please look at the items on the magnet the kids brought home to see all the types of plastic you can bring in!  :)  We will be collecting this until April!

Then this week we had our EXPO Monday night...

Here is a close-up of their finished projects.  I can't wait to see them all on the wall in the lobby.  

We also tried our hand at Native American pictographs....

And we had a very fun 50th Day of School...

 WE danced ....

 And counted....

 And had a treat at the end of the day... yummy!  Thank you to all those that donated :)

Happy Veteran's Day!

Happy Veteran's Day!  Here we were at the parade cheering on our Veteran's ...Our class wrote messages to share with the Veteran's and we handed them these messages during the parade.

During Reading this week....  we read Doreen Cronin books and talking about the importance of "Asking Questions" when we read, this helps us understand what we are reading.

 As we dive into our Zoology unit this week. First, we discussed the difference between wild vs. domestic animals.  Then we looked at the difference between zoo animals, farm animals, and pets.

During Math this week...we have been talking about shapes... this friend was making a circle with keys :)

 Working on our project...EXPO is coming soon..  wait til you see what we have been working on :)

2 Months Complete!

Here we are in November!  The end of the first quarter of your child's Kindergarten Year!  
This week we discussed the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts.  

In Math..this week...
in some groups we worked on matching sets and numerals to 10

We also practiced counting out sets using candy corn.. then of course we ate some!!

 IN some groups we were working on the teen numbers ... we played a game and competed with other members of the group to see who could fill their board first

 We also began talking about shapes...

 On our Field Experience...
First we had a little talk to get us started thinking about farms and what they provide us :)

 Then we took a hayride, so much fun!!

 Then we picked out pumpkins but their favorite part was finding decomposing pumpkins that we decided were no longer living but now considered non-living.

 Here we are...

 Then we got to play.....

Some special visitors this week...

Our Guidance Counselor .. Mrs. Dale came to talk with us about Kindness and Conflict Resolution..

 And on Friday we had a student nurse come in to talk with us about the importance of hand-washing,  ask the kids to tell you about the song that they learned :)