We continued to reinforce counting by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's. We worked on writing and sequencing numbers, and we also played a new game called the Plus and Minus Game. Using a "ten-frame board" and a die labeled with the numbers 0, +1, +2, +3, -1, and -2, the students took turns rolling the die and adding or taking away chips to their boards. Before passing the die to the next player, the children would have to say how many chips they had and how many more they would need to get to 10. The first player to 10 was the winner! The children had a great time playing the game and reinforcing all the facts that add up to 10.
We continued to read and write about interesting sea creatures. We read a nonfiction book titled Fish Faces about many unique fish that live deep in the ocean. We also read two stories about a shark named Gilbert (Gilbert the Great and Gilbert in Deep) that the children just loved. After reading Gilbert in Deep, the children had to write a book review that explained why they liked or didn't like the story. I also met with all the children in reading groups.
Dirt, Sand, and Water
Our enthusiastic scientists continue to explore the different properties of dirt, sand, and water. We took a closer look at the properties of ice this week, and we even made our own sand by pretending we were an ocean crashing our waves down on the rocks at the bottom of the sea. Our ocean was actually a baby food jar with a rock inside, and we were the waves crashing the rock into the sides of the jar.
Kindergarten Musical
Thank you all so much for coming to see the children perform in our Kindergarten Musical. They did an AMAZING job!!
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