Star student is Michael.
Monday - We learned about bees and wasps today. Ask your kinder what the wasp nests in our classroom are made of and who made them. We also worked in writer's workshop and had a discussion of our character word of the month, trustworthiness.
Tuesday - Today the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito Control and Vector. Agency paid us a visit to teach us about mosquitoes. Eric gave a fascinating talk to the kinders and also gave them a cool cup and tattoo. He also left us with a mosquito kit to keep fo a week. We will be able to observe our mosquito larva go through metamorphosis, feed larva to our mosquito fish and look at dead mosquitoes under a magnifying glass. Some of the kinders are convinced they are still alive! We also put together a packet of worksheets for the kinders to write down their observations and extend their learning.
Wednesday - We started working in our mosquito packets today. The kinders are basically reading the packet themselves! I'm so proud of their reading abilities!
Thursday - It is so exciting to watch the kinders work on their mosquito packets. I'm really impressed with their reading skills. It is so rewarding to see how much they have learned. This
is one of the many reasons I love my job! In PE we worked with agility ladders. Ask your kinder.
Friday - We had two extra helpers in kdg. today. Two high school seniors, Cecilia and Jenee, came and helped us prep, played soccer and ate snack with the kinders. We also made hand flowers and watched a Reading Rainbow video on the life cycle of a honeybee.
Have a super weekend!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
K-2 AM April 19 - 23
Star student is Nathan.
Monday - We had a slow start to the day. I think everyone including me had a very relaxing week off! We started a new unit in science today about insects. We learned about metamorphosis of a butterfly. Ask your kinder what are the four stages.
Tuesday - Today we were all back into the swing of things. We learned a new song about the body parts of an insect. Have your kinder sing it to you. We also started learning how to tell time on an analog clock. We learned about the minute hand and the hour hand. We also discussed how many seconds in a minute and how many minutes in an hour. We then practiced hands on with mini clocks telling time to the hour. I was impressed! They caught on so quickly that I taught them time to the half hour. Again, they caught on quickly. I told them next time when we work on this I will teach them time to quarter after the hour and forty five minutes after the hour. I have never had a class that as a whole caught on to time so quickly! Great job!
Wednesday - This week we also started working on 4-step writing. The kinders pick a subject to write about. They then tell me three facts or interesting ideas about their subject. They wite one in each box. In the last box they write how they feel about their subject, why they like it etc.
They don't know it, but 4-step writing is a precursor to writing a paragraph.
Thursday - Today we continued to learn more about moths and butterflies. One fact we learned is butterflies taste with their feet. We also worked with Making Words. The words included the digraphs sh, th and ch. The kinders did very well.
Friday - In Writer's Workshop the kinders learned how to write a letter. Each of them has started to write a letter to a parent, friend, grandparent etc. I told them that you would help them mail it when they bring it home. We also watched a video about butterflies. As a special treat they also had popcorn with their video.
Wish list - The usual- baby wipes and glue sticks!
Enjoy the sunshine this weekend. I hope to see you at the Spring Fling. I will be there. Be sure to check out the beautiful jewelry made from the kinders drawings. Thank you again Stephanie!
Monday - We had a slow start to the day. I think everyone including me had a very relaxing week off! We started a new unit in science today about insects. We learned about metamorphosis of a butterfly. Ask your kinder what are the four stages.
Tuesday - Today we were all back into the swing of things. We learned a new song about the body parts of an insect. Have your kinder sing it to you. We also started learning how to tell time on an analog clock. We learned about the minute hand and the hour hand. We also discussed how many seconds in a minute and how many minutes in an hour. We then practiced hands on with mini clocks telling time to the hour. I was impressed! They caught on so quickly that I taught them time to the half hour. Again, they caught on quickly. I told them next time when we work on this I will teach them time to quarter after the hour and forty five minutes after the hour. I have never had a class that as a whole caught on to time so quickly! Great job!
Wednesday - This week we also started working on 4-step writing. The kinders pick a subject to write about. They then tell me three facts or interesting ideas about their subject. They wite one in each box. In the last box they write how they feel about their subject, why they like it etc.
They don't know it, but 4-step writing is a precursor to writing a paragraph.
Thursday - Today we continued to learn more about moths and butterflies. One fact we learned is butterflies taste with their feet. We also worked with Making Words. The words included the digraphs sh, th and ch. The kinders did very well.
Friday - In Writer's Workshop the kinders learned how to write a letter. Each of them has started to write a letter to a parent, friend, grandparent etc. I told them that you would help them mail it when they bring it home. We also watched a video about butterflies. As a special treat they also had popcorn with their video.
Wish list - The usual- baby wipes and glue sticks!
Enjoy the sunshine this weekend. I hope to see you at the Spring Fling. I will be there. Be sure to check out the beautiful jewelry made from the kinders drawings. Thank you again Stephanie!
Monday, April 5, 2010
K-2 AM April 5 - 9
Star student is Ella!
Monday - Today instead of Writer's Workshop we worked on writing a complete sentence. They picked pictures from three different groups, "Who", "Did what", "Where". They had to use helping words to make the sentence make sense. Everyone did a great job!
Tuesday - Today was our last day of music with Dave Fromer. He brought in his son Reed today to sing with the kinders also. Reed plays a mean keyboard and the kinders loved singing with both of them today. Be sure to ask your kinder what song they liked best. We also worked on Writer's Workshop today, centers and math.
Wednesday - We worked on Making Words.
Thursday - Mrs. Comfort is a grandma for the first time! She has a new little grandson named Gideon. We did not have PE with her today, but I gave the kinders extra playtime and they got to run on the big playground!
Friday - It was an absolutely beautiful day to be by the bay in Tiburon! We had a great field trip to the Audubon Center. We went on a five senses hike with two great naturalist, Pam Pelican and Lisa Ladybug. Ask your kinder what we saw, heard, tasted, touched and smelled. While Mrs. Pack's class was on their hike we ate lunch. We had a beautiful view of the city and the blimp. Go Giants! We them explored and played on the small private beach. The kinders found crabs, built a bug castle, crumbled churt, made designs in the sand etc. It was FUN! Ask your kinder what they liked best.
Have a fabulous Spring Break!
Monday - Today instead of Writer's Workshop we worked on writing a complete sentence. They picked pictures from three different groups, "Who", "Did what", "Where". They had to use helping words to make the sentence make sense. Everyone did a great job!
Tuesday - Today was our last day of music with Dave Fromer. He brought in his son Reed today to sing with the kinders also. Reed plays a mean keyboard and the kinders loved singing with both of them today. Be sure to ask your kinder what song they liked best. We also worked on Writer's Workshop today, centers and math.
Wednesday - We worked on Making Words.
Thursday - Mrs. Comfort is a grandma for the first time! She has a new little grandson named Gideon. We did not have PE with her today, but I gave the kinders extra playtime and they got to run on the big playground!
Friday - It was an absolutely beautiful day to be by the bay in Tiburon! We had a great field trip to the Audubon Center. We went on a five senses hike with two great naturalist, Pam Pelican and Lisa Ladybug. Ask your kinder what we saw, heard, tasted, touched and smelled. While Mrs. Pack's class was on their hike we ate lunch. We had a beautiful view of the city and the blimp. Go Giants! We them explored and played on the small private beach. The kinders found crabs, built a bug castle, crumbled churt, made designs in the sand etc. It was FUN! Ask your kinder what they liked best.
Have a fabulous Spring Break!
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