Ice-Skating Fun!

Christmas Musical

Make a joyful noise!

We are modeling our gorgeous shoes!

To You

Gingerbread Fun Links

Decorate a house or a cookie, and explore other games, at Linda'sLearningLinks!

Gingerbread!

We had great fun with our 

gingerbread-centered lessons!  

The unit was completed today as we followed the trail of clues left by the Gingerbread Man--yes, he ran away from our classroom!  Thankfully, he ultimately decided that kindergarten is the place to be!  :-)

Ten seconds in a water bath will cause a cookie to crumble!

The gingerbread glyphs tell stories about each of us.

Teen numbers line up with the help of a few gingerbread friends.

We used buttons to measure the area and perimeter of the gingerbread template.

We rolled the cube and added that number of "gifts" until we filled the grid.

We added descriptive words to a character chart.

We built word families with bottle caps.

In Art class, we built houses with basic shapes and added details.

This video and song was a favorite!

Speech and Word Festival Info

(2012:  The Speech and Word Festival is held on the campus of Christian Outreach School in Hillsboro, Missouri. The K-3 grade students of WCCA will be competing on February 22.
2012 will be the first year that WCCA kindergartners have competed!)

In 2013, the Festival will take place at Living Word Academy, in February.
Each participating school is allowed to bring 2 students per grade level for each category.

The kindergartners will compete in Bible Memorization and Poetry; each selection must be 0.5-1 minute in length.  Your child may choose to memorize a selection for one categories.

General Rules:

• Each participant must announce her/his name, grade, and title of selection.  If suitable, the author of the selection may be announced.
• Bible memory selections should not have any gestures.
• Limited gestures in good taste for other selections are encouraged.  Body movement and facial expression help to communicate the message.  However, this is a speech competition, not a drama competition!
• Participants are permitted a ten-second over time leeway for the conclusion of their presentations.  NO leeway is permitted for times less than listed limits.  A deduction of one point per second, up to ten points, will be given for any presentation under time required or over the given ten-second leeway.  Time begins with the first word of the selection.  Introductions are not included in the time limits.
• All selections must be memorized.
• Parents and guests are welcome at the competition.

The WCCA staff will be pre-judging in the month of January, to select the two representatives for each category, from each grade.  


Please select your piece/s by our return to school on (Jan. 3, 2012.)  JAN. 11, 2013.  
I will provide a list of possible selections, but you are welcome to do your own search!  As you are perusing choices with your child, set a timer to check the designated time limit.

A new page link will be added under the blog header, dedicated to possible selections for the Speech and Word Festival.  I will be working on this over the weekend!

Splat the Cat!

Splat has embarked on his round of 
holiday home visits!
He will arrive in his little red backpack, book in hand.
Please read the book with your child--and Splat--
and return the kit to school on the following day.

Splat has a large selection of books;
you'll see him again in February and April!

November Fun

Building A Poem

I Have, I Need...Addition Game

Making CVC Words

Happiness!

The USA Map Puzzle

Mayflower Movement

Schema

Turkey Snoods

Matching Time Cards

More Time Cards

Turkey Bride

Reading Word Families

KNews for Nov. 14

Due to a computer meltdown, I am currently without Word, templates, documents, photos, etc.  For the next two weeks, a hard copy of the newsletter will be in the binder AND here, in a post.  Thank you for your understanding!


Memory Verse:  Psalm 100:4  "Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise."
Bible:  Joshua and the Wall
Writing:  Vv and Ff, putting proper spaces between words in a sentence
Reading and Phonics:  word families for _ock, _ob; service word "to"; identifying specific words in a sentence; choosing the beginning and ending sounds in a word/picture
Math:  AAB and ABB patterns, measuring with nonstandard units (paperclips and unifix cubes), sequencing numbers 1-20, identifying numbers 0-70
Theme:  ~Thanksgiving~  We will discuss aspects of life then and now, what the Mayflower voyage was like, how the pilgrims survived the first year and why they moved to a new country.
Favorite Books:  "One Is A Feast For A Mouse", "Turkey Trouble"

50 Days Plus

Life Saver Gummies make perfect zeroes!

Every piece of the puzzle is in place!

We voted for our favorite candy.  We like everything!

Stacking.... we are making cakes!

"You are a hoot!"

Owl Babies

Pumpkins and More

Counting under the pumpkin wall.

Guessing the weight of our pumpkin.

Doing the "thump" test, checking the sound of
the pumpkin before it is cut.

Examining the stem.

The pumpkin is heavier than it looks!

The reporter reads word families during Morning Circle.
The assistant is ready with the pointer!

A rocking chair, a book, and a friend..... pure joy!

Paper Shapes Cityscape
Art Lesson 10/24