Thursday, May 21, 2015

May 21 ~ Kindergarten ConnectionWe

Writing in Science
We are learning how to write to document our understanding and to teach others. 
Take a peek at our science journals to learn all about seeds and growing plants. 

We investigated to seeds to observed their parts before planting them in soil.

We can diagram, label and explain how to plant seeds.
We know that seeds need soil, sun, water and air to live.





We read Eric Carl's book The Tiny Seed and were inspired to paint textured paper to
help us represent the different parts of a flower.

We can make a word mean more than one by adding an s to the end of the word.
We know that sometimes the /z/ sound tries to trick us at the end of words,
but we can't be fooled anymore!
We are CVC word experts!
We know how to tap words and to listen closely for short vowel sounds.

We can compose shapes with pattern blocks.
We can name shapes and talk about how they are the same and different from other shapes.  
We can compose shapes on geo-boards with rubber bands.
The pegs help us organize our building plans and talk about our shapes.

We can play Capture the Number to practice naming numerals and
talk about numbers that come just before and just after.

We can read and match numerals 1-50!
We can count on to solve addition problems.
We love to write in kindergarten!
The writing center is filled with writing prompts to choose from.
As of late, we like to write about spring activities, family and pets.
 


We learned how to draw shapes to help us draw realistic self portraits. 





Building our Reading Stamina for First Grade
We love to read! We can read independently for 15 minutes! Yeah! 


Pajama Day 
Crazy Hair Day 
Spring Birds Cut Up Sentence 

Have a wonderful long weekend!

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

May 5th ~ Kindergarten Connection

We can play Shape Race to 20. This game teaches us how to count on, add and compare sums.
We can represent teen numbers as a group of ten and some more. We can write addition equations to match our work on double team frames.

We can count to 100 by 1's, 5, and 10's!
We had so much fun putting 100 chart puzzles together. We noticed that it's helpful to think about numbers that come before and after and to recognize number patterns in order to solve puzzles quickly.


We can play Coin Race to 10. This game taught us about coin names and values. It also  helped us grow our understanding of probability as we used different spinners to play the same game. 


We used iPads to construct shapes on grids.
This work helped us name shapes and compare and contrast different shape attributes.


Taste Test
We learned all about our sense of taste and identified the areas of our tongues that taste sweet, salty, bitter and sour.

Sour Lemon
Sour Lemon 
Bitter Grapefruit skin
Salty Cracker
Sour Lemon
Sweet Jelly Bean
Writing in our 5 Senses Journals


We learned how to sign our names. We agreed that this alphabet is a wonderful tool for people who can't hear or talk.
We took a close look at the braille alphabet and agreed that it's a wonderful tool for people who do not have their sense of sight.
Name Patters




8th Grade Buddies




May Calendars
We can for all of our numbers the kindergarten way!




Word Woman flew in to teach us the word and.
We discovered that knowing this word helps us read other words like: sand, hand, band, stand, land,
brand, grand, candy, handy, stand.


We wrote our own morning messages and focused on beginning sentences with uppercase letters
and ending with punctuation marks. 


We are feeling proud of our writing and very ready for first grade!
We are working on opinion and persuasive writing.
We learned that writers can write to make the world a better place.
1. Think about a problem. 2. Think about how this problem could be solved by writing. 3. Write! 
"Do not cut in line because you can make the person in front of you hurt."
"1. Do not leave markers without caps. 2. The markers will dry out. 3. Please share the markers."
Toys
"We have to share. If we don't share, nobody gets it." 
"Don't cut in line because we could get hurt in the hall if we don't have a teacher."
"Don't push in line because someone can get hurt." 
"Do not pull in music" 
Spring Outside Dance Party!