What We've Been Up To...

We've been busy in kindergarten!  

First here's an updated whole class photo...

Last week we learned about bus safety and then students followed step-by-step instructions to create their own buses.

We also spent time last week discussing friendship.  We read both of the books below.  One showed us what to do to lose all our friends while the other showed gave tips for how to be a great friend.

After reading the books and doing a little bit of whole class brainstorming students each made a quilt square for our friendship quilt that showed something they can do with their friends.

Here's a closer look at a few of the quilt squares...

We have also recently read the book A My Name is Alice by Jane Bayer.  

Students practiced using scissors, markers, and glue to create these projects inspired by the book.

This week we've been learning all about colors.  We began the week by learning about mixing colors.  Then we spent time working on the activity below to practice reading and writing color words.

On Tuesday, students went on a color hunt in our classroom.  They searched around the room for objects that matched each color on their charts.

This morning students had a chance to do some free writing for the very first time.  They drew pictures to tell a story that had a beginning, middle, and end.