It was definitely a busy week in kindergarten! Take a peek below to see what we have been learning!
Math
This week in math the students explored the penny and the nickel. We talked about what each coin looks like, the value of each coin, and we even spent a few minutes taking a closer look at each coin using a magnifying glass. We also explored the concept of time this week and clapped out the number of beats it took to walk across the room, tiptoe across the room, and run across the room. We recorded and compared our results in our math journals. We learned about 3D shapes as well including the following shapes: sphere, cone, cube, rectangular prism, and cylinder. They did a great job sorting our class collection of shapes!
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| Cubes |
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| Rectangular Prisms |
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| Cones |
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| Spheres |
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| Cylinders |
During reading workshop this week, the students learned that readers are just like scientists. As we read our books, we wonder and ask questions along the way. Readers, just like scientists, learn by noticing details, asking questions, and looking for ways to answer their questions by identifying evidence. We also took a closer look at nonfiction texts and talked about how we can use the various features of nonfiction to help us learn about a topic. We looked at the table of contents and the glossary and learned about labels, diagrams, and captions. The students also had some time this week to "shop" for new books for their individual book bins. I was so impressed with how thoughtful they were when choosing new books to read during independent reading time!
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| Checking out our "Just Right" book collection |
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| "Shopping" for books in our classroom library! |
It's amazing to watch the students grow as writers. Every week they gain more and more confidence with their writing skills, and they are doing a great job communicating their ideas for others to read. I look forward to hearing about all the fun things they did over the weekend on Mondays when we write about our weekends during writing workshop time. The students also completed a sequencing and writing activity after they listened to a story about a duck wanting to play outside in the rain. They did an amazing job retelling the story in their own words! We spent some time sharing our writing with a buddy this week as well and practiced both our speaking and listening skills. Students chose an animal, wrote three clues about that animal, and then read their clues to a buddy who tried to guess their "Mystery Animal." They did a great job sharing their clues!
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| Sharing our writing |
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| Sharing our writing |
All About Me
We loved learning all about Dawid this week and some of his favorite things! We learned that Dawid loves to go camping and skiing. He enjoys playing with his Legos and his Pokeman cards. Dawid also enjoys swimming and reading. He loves spending time with his family, and he wants to be a police officer when he grows up, just like his dad!
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| The class loved the book Dawid's mom shared and donated to our classroom library called Freckleface Strawberry. Thank you so much! |
Art Appreciation
The class also enjoyed an art lesson on Spanish artist Joan Miro. A big thank you to Colin's mom for a great lesson!
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| Learning about the art of Joan Miro |
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| Creating our own masterpieces! |
Centers
Thanks so much for reading!
Have a great week!
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