Painting with marshmallows

Today we found that the marshmallows that we used for s'mores had gone hard. So, why not paint with them!

Big box fun!

Today Mrs. Shepley brought us in a HUGE box! During our 'talking ball' circle we talked about things we could make out of the box. Some suggestions were: spaceship, boat, ninja hideout, haunted house, tree fort, castle, and so many more. After lunch we decided to take a vote.

Haunted house won, but not by much! Here are some friends working hard on creating the Haunted House!

We've gone survey crazy!!

Students in our class have decided to create their surveys. Some even decided to graph their results. This is a math skill that we will continue to work on throughout the year.

Patterning

Today we worked on patterning using the Smartboard. The students loved finishing the pattern of the dinosaur tracks. The game can be found on pbskids.org. Here is the link: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7661/preview/

Letter's Everywhere!

Today in phys ed. the students created letters using their bodies. They had to work together to create some letters!

letter 't'

letter 'x'

 

letter 'h'

letter 'y'

letter 'j'

letter 'p'

letter 'f'

letter 'p'

Monday November 26th 2012

First, Next ( then) & Finally ( Last)

These are words we are working on in our classroom.
When we read a story we ask the children questions about the story.
We are encouraging the childen to use the words, first, then, next and finally or last.
This encourages the children to reflect back on  what they have just heard( the story)
 and retell the story.

Tattling vs Telling

In Kindergarten we all know that "tattling" happens A LOT.
Today at circle we discussed the difference between "telling"  & "tattling".
We learned a new song that teaches us the difference.
We then made a chart that the children got to choose which category these scenario should belong in.
For example:
" My friend fell and her knee is bleeding" belongs in the telling catagory.
" Mrs.Kidd she cut me in line"- Tattle tale, you can talk to your friend and tell the child using your own words to solve the problem.

Here is the link to our new song!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f44zb2aoB1s

Have a fantastic weekend!

Mrs.Kidd & Mrs.Nicholls