Our Week this Week

This week we began our literacy curriculum.  The theme for the week is Faces and Places at School.  On Monday students we read our big book, Is This My Classroom?  Then students had a chance to partner read the story.

After reading each student drew the connections they could make with the story on a white board.

Then students shared their connections with their classmates.

This week we've also been able to visit several of the people who help us at school.  On Tuesday we visited our school nurse, Mrs. Matthews.  On Wednesday we had a chance to visit Mr. Weber, our building engineer.  We started by seeing what sorts of tools he had in his office.

Then we got to go into the basement of the school to see the boiler and the underground tunnels.  Students thought this was pretty exciting!

In math we've been learning about the words greater than, less than, and equal.  This week we got to play a fun card game that helped us practice these concepts.

In health we've been learning all about safety.  On Tuesday students worked with their table groups to create safety tip posters for different areas of the school including: the classroom, hallway, bus, gym, lunchroom, and playground.

We've been enjoying the beautiful weather the last few days by sneaking out for a little extra recess at the end of the day!

Color Week

This past week we learned all about colors.  To start out the week we learned about color mixing and  students had a chance to read color books with a partner.

 

 

 

On Tuesday we practiced reading color words and then students went on a color hunt around the classroom.  They had to look for things that were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, gray, brown, and black and then draw them on their charts.

 

 

After completing our color hunt students shared what they found with their table groups.

 

 

On Wednesday we read the book My Many Colored Days and talked about the connection between colors and feelings.  Students then had a chance to make their own paintings using watercolors that showed the color they associated with a specific feeling.

 

 

 

We ended the week by reading and singing about Pete the Cat and his colored shoes.    Students worked very hard on their Pete the Cat projects.

 

 

We'll have a chance to read a few more Pete books this upcoming week.  Check out the link below to hear and see some of Pete's stories online.

 

Pete the Cat Website

 

What We Were Up to This Week!

This week we read the story Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker by ChristieAnne Jones.  After we finished reading we had a class discussion about the importance of both talking and listening!

Students then had a chance to design their own Lacey Walker owls.  They all did a great job! 

Here are a few of the current displays we have outside of our classroom.  

These are the projects that went along with the book we read last week called A My Name is Alice.

We also made these last week while we were learning about bus safety.

 

And yesterday we talked about friendship and students made a quilt square that shared their favorite things to do with their friends.

 

This week was very, very hot -- but that didn't keep us from safely enjoying a little time outside on the playground! 

This morning we had our first whole school assembly.  Kindergarten students walked into the assembly with 6th grade students.  During the assembly we did our new school cheer and watched a game show that helped us learn our school rules! 

First Week of School

This past Wednesday was the first day of kindergarten!  It was a great day!



 

Students' favorite part of the day was getting to check out some of our class toys/activities during choice time.  During the first week of school students could choose to play with Legos, toy animals, pattern blocks, Mr. Potato Head, and Zoobs. They're all looking forward to this upcoming week when all activities will be open for use.

 

 

 

On Wednesday we practiced using glue.  We started by reading the book Too Much Glue by Jason Lefebvre.  Then students worked hard to use "dots not lots" to complete their gluing projects.

 

 

 

Later in the day we read the book A My Name is Alice by Jane Bayer.  Students then practiced using glue again to decorate the first later of their names.

 

 

 

After finishing their projects students had a chance to work on some of our classroom puzzles.