Sense of Smell, Computer Lab, & 6th Grade Buddies

This past week we wrapped up our unit on the five senses.  Students did a great job using their sense of smell to figure out what was instead twelve different smell jars.  The jars included: coffee, onion, orange peel, lemon, chocolate syrup, cinnamon, garlic, syrup, pencil shavings, pine needles, BBQ sauce, and pepper.

Friday morning we had a chance to go to the computer lab for the first time this school year.  Students enjoyed exploring the Starfall website.

Friday afternoon students met their 6th grade buddies from Mrs. Wendlandt/Ms. McCormick's class. Buddies spent time outside together doing a fall scavenger hunt.

Labeling & Five Senses

This week we learned all about labeling.  We learned that labels are words added to pictures to give information.  On Tuesday students had a chance to label me!

Students ended the week writing their own labels.  Everyone began by drawing a picture of anything they wanted to.  After that they worked hard to add labels to their pictures.

Here are a few examples of some of the work students did:

When finished students had a chance to share their drawings and labels with their classmates.

This week we began learning all about the five senses.  Students had a chance to go on a hearing walk, graph eye color, and used their sense of touch to guess what was inside special feely bags.

This week was the first time in a long time that our whole class was here!

Catching up

We have been busy the last few weeks!  During our study of colors students did a color search in the classroom.  They went looking for items in the classroom that were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, pink, and gray.

When learning about school helpers we started the week off with a tour of our school.  We got to see everything inside and outside of the building.

Throughout the week we had a chance to visit several different school helpers.  We began by visiting the school nurse, Mrs. Ward and then Dr. Bussman, our principal.  A highlight of the week was visiting our building engineer Mr. Weber.  He took us down to the basement of the school where we were able to see the boiler and the underground tunnel system.  Students thought this was very interesting!!

Students worked hard in small groups to create school safety posters.  Each group focused on a different area including: the classroom, cafeteria, bus, gym, hallway, and playground.  After creating their posters which included safety tips for their area groups had a chance to present their posters to the rest of the class.

Partner reading during literacy time.

This past week in science we learned about seasons and fall.  We started the week off by observing a big tree out on the playground and discussing the parts of a tree.

Later in the week students sorted things that had to do with fall/autumn from things that did not.  We ended the week by learning about why leaves change colors.

In literacy this week we learned all about syllables.  Students did an excellent job counting out syllables using our special clapper tools.

First Two Weeks

We had a fun & busy first two weeks in Mrs. Mohamed's kindergarten class.  Here's the whole class on the first day of school!

During our first week we learned about bus safety and students had a chance to make their own school bus.

We began a unit on Mother Goose nursery rhymes this past Monday.  The first rhyme we learned was Mary, Mary Quite Contrary and students had a chance to act out the rhyme.

We've been doing lots of activities with our names that have also helped us practice using our school tools.

Students have been having lots of fun playing and creating together during choice time.