Dr. Seuss & Missing Addends

This week did an author's study of Dr. Seuss.  Here's the class with their Cat in the Hat hats and whiskers!

 

 

 

We started the week off reading The Cat in the Hat.

 

 

Students then brainstormed ideas of what they would like to do if the Cat in the Hat came to their houses.

 

 

Afterwards they shared their ideas with their classmates.

 

 

Next we created lists of the top three things they would do with the Cat in the Hat.  Students also followed step by step directions to draw their own Cat in the Hat.

 

 

We also read Green Eggs and Ham. 

 

 

Students then wrote their own ideas of where they would eat green eggs and ham.

 

 

On Friday students read Dr. Seuss books with a partner.

 

 

We then graphed our favorite Dr. Seuss books and analyzed the data.

 

 

In math this past week we circled back around to addition.  On Monday students used pipe cleaners and beads to create different addition combinations of numbers 3-20.

 

 

On Tuesday we solved math mysteries by using a 10 large ten frame.

 

 

On Wednesday students worked independently to solve 10 frame missing addend problems.  They used dobbers to select the correct answers to 10 different problems.

 

100th Day of Kindergarten & "I Moustache You a Question"

Thursday was the 100th day of kindergarten!  Students were greeted in the morning by some special door decorations! 

 

 

A class photo celebrating 100 days of hard work!

 

 

Students spent time on Thursday morning reflecting on everything they have learned in our first 100 days of school.

 

 

 

They also had a chance to share their collections of 100 things.  Some of the collections included: Legos, beans, Cheerios, crayons, pencils, marshmallows, marbles, macaroni, M&Ms, beads, popcorn, and popsicle sticks.

 

 

We spent the afternoon celebrating with all of Brimhall kindergarten.  Students rotated through all five kindergarten classrooms.  In Mrs. Albert's classroom students had a chance to use a water dropper guess how full a cup would get with 100 drops in it.  In Mrs. Kong's room they made 100th day hats.  In Ms. Tyrer's classroom students rolled dice to make 100 tallies.

 

In our classroom students used 100 stickers to make 100 glasses.

 

 

And in Mrs. Showalter's classroom students built using 100 of many different materials, including: Legos, blocks, tiles, dominoes, cups, and cubes.

 

 

On Friday we learned all about question words including: who, what, where, when, and why.  In the morning we did a fun activity using paper moustaches.  Students walked around the classroom with their moustaches saying to each other, "I Moustache You a Question," and then practiced asking each other questions.

 

 

Friday after we then practiced writing questions using each of our new question words.

 

 

 

 

 

All about Communties

February is I Love to Read Month!  Every day this past week an all school D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything & Read) time happened at some point throughout the day.

 

 

This week we began a two week unit on community.  On Monday we read the book Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney and discussed our global location in the world.

 

 

On Tuesday students practiced writing their own addresses and then drew maps of their bedrooms.

 

 

On Wednesday we discussed that communities are places where people work, play, and live together.  We also learned about different types of communities including: urban communities, suburban communities, and rural communities.

 

We ended the week with students working in small groups to plan and create their own communities.