More from Last Week

Snowman cvc word match.  Some children were challenged to put the words in ABC order!  I was impressed that a couple of them were able to do it given there were words beginning with the same letter.  Way to work kids!

 Word endings ~ am, an, ap & at.  The children had to sort the 

marshmallow pictures to the correct hot chocolate  mug.  

 Way to go Lily!  You did it in ABC order! 

 Practicing writing a good sentence including a capital 

at the beginning, spaces and punctuation.

 The favorite activity of the week!  Marshmallow Challenge!

The children were given 10 marshmallows, 10 tooth picks and 1 Hershey kiss.  The object was to make the tallest snowman that could hold a Hershey kiss on top.  

 Some friends chose to work alone and others wanted to work with a partner.  

First step was to make a plan!

 Second step start to build! 

 Third step was to measure their snowman.

 Final steps included writing or dictating their responses for the questions: Did your snowman stand? What did you discover?  We also stood around a table and made some observations about our friends different snowman structures.  One student commented "Oh, the fatter the bottom the sturdier it is." As he pointed to one of his classmates structures.  

 Gung Hay Fat Choy!  I hope you all had a Happy Chinese New Year!  I had a meeting at the end of the year and didn't get a chance to snap a picture of all our Fire Roosters but I caught Sophia on her way out!  The hats came out super cute!!

Another great week!  The children earned a marble party this week and were very excited about it! 

Below you will find some pictures of some of our weekly activities.  

 Sami is using snowmen and buttons to solve some subtraction problems.  Then some of the children showed their work on a piece of paper. I was impressed that some of them used words to describe how they solved it.  Others used pictures and numbers

 States of Matter sorts ~ We cut and sorted pictures into solids, liquids and gases.  We learned about states of matter last week and will continue to do some experiments and discuss them in upcoming enrichment activities.  

 Practicing word problems using chips and markers.  The children listened to stories and used the white board to show how they would solve the problems.

 Another station was working as partners using dice and recording our math equations.

 Sami, Sophia and Owen were proud of their building and wanted to show it off!  They made a castle with a moat and wall protecting it.  Nice job working together!

 T-shirt Tuesday!  The cafeteria looked pretty cool with red, orange and yellow shirts! Don't forget your t-shirts next Tuesday!

Jump for Heart ~ On Friday you should receive some information about "Jump Rope for Heart'. We will be participating in the awesome program on February 15th.  

Engineers in Action

Here are some pictures from Friday.  We finished creating our vehicles and raced with one another.  We used a fan and started with a low force, moved on to a medium, then a high force.  The children were so excited and can't wait to go back and make some changes to their vehicles and try it again!

Sami made a snowman.

 The kids built a puzzle and were measuring each other to see what number they reached. 

 Experiments with Ms. Hainey. Making a light bulb light with a little static electricity. 

 

A Lot of Science Happening in Kindergarten

We had a wonderful week exploring science!

We took advantage of the snowfall on Tuesday night to talk about States of Matter.  We discussed snow and the changes it makes from a solid to a liquid.  I brought in some snow so the children had a chance to explore and build small snowmen.  They were very excited about this activity and also made model magic snowmen.  Today they wrote about their snowman using adjectives to describe how their snow person looked.  

 Some children opted for bare hands and then quickly changed 

their mind and wore their gloves while exploring.  

 Working on model magic snow people. 

 We measured our snow person and measured them again once we noticed some melting.  It was a little messy but a lot of fun!  The children enjoyed the hands on experience while learning about solids and liquids. 

 Building CVC words

 Fine motor strengthening with pennies 

 Oh boy!  More science with our 3rd grade buddies!  We explored force. 

   Mrs. Donahoe and I had a PD in the Maker Space and were very inspired to try it with the children.  It is taking a little longer than planned but we hope to continue and finish our project tomorrow.  The children are building a vehicle, such as a wind racer, using K'Nex. Once all the vehicles are built we will be using fans to have a race!  The kids are very excited about the final outcome.  I will post pictures once our project is completed!