Cleaning pennies with vinegar is popular in PreK classrooms. Knowing this, I broadened the children's experience by providing ketchup and toothpaste for our penny shining experiment.
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| It worked!! |
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Our First President
We began last week by exploring George Washington's life. I led the children on a guided-drawing lesson, with amazing results!  |
| My finished drawing....he resembles Mona Lisa , don't you think?! |
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| The complete set of portraits is impressive! |
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| I think George would approve! |
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| We listed things we knew about being a United States President. I like the last sentence! |
Monday, February 21, 2011
Celebrity Of The Week
The Kindergarten Stars, Celebrity Line-Up:
- Feb. 28-Mar. 4 Vanessa Miller
- Mar. 7-11 Tanner Dawkins
- Mar. 14-18 Joshua Fisher
- Mar. 28-Apr. 1 Jeremy Sheffield
- Apr. 4-8 Hutton Trout
- Apr. 11-14 Gavin Cortina
- Apr. 18-22 Cecelia Vedvig
- May 2-6 Ava Weldy
- May 9-13 Alyssa White
- May 16-20 Alicia Holloway
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Valentine Math
The table discussions were filled with observations! The children noticed other graphs that had the same number of a certain color, and the many ways to add numbers for a sum of sixteen.
Word Detectives
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| Alicia found a pink heart. |
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| Tanner and Gavin find my name on their search for proper names. |
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| Vanessa chooses four names for her list. |
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| Ava and Alyssa find an _op word on a hidden heart. |
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Outer Space Work
The kindergarten stars are ready to explore outer space!
We practiced lift-off position as we went through the countdown!
We each chose a planet to visit and wrote a complete sentence about our rockets!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Weekly News 1/31-2/4 & back a bit
Bible: Unit 10—God’s Son
1/24-28
We will launch into our study of space on Tuesday. This unit will extend into next week, as we learn about the moon’s relation to Earth, the sun as our nearest star, the seasons and passing of time, and space exploration!
1/17-21
* The Kingdom of Kindergarten *
We will be going back in time as we experience life in the 16th century! This topic will provide several opportunities for writing and story comprehension.
Literacy: review of service words (see list attached); using letter-sound association for the blends cl, mp;
word families=_ump, practicing proper spacing between words when writing a sentence
word families=_ump, practicing proper spacing between words when writing a sentence
Math: counting by fives and marking tallies, counting on from ten, using a number line to illustrate addition
Social Studies/Science: *Sun, Moon, and Stars*
This week, we will be focusing on the Moon in relation to the Earth, the job components for astronauts, the science of thrust and velocity with rockets.
This week, we will be focusing on the Moon in relation to the Earth, the job components for astronauts, the science of thrust and velocity with rockets.
1/24-28
Bible: Daniel and the lions, Jonah
Literacy: service words=was, off; use letter-sounds for the blends st, gr, sp, br, cl, mp; word families=_est, _ust, _ump,
using a “?” at the end of a sentence
using a “?” at the end of a sentence
Math: Activities this week will focus on “100” skills: numbers, counting, patterning, and graphing.
Social Studies/Science: *Sun, Moon, and Stars*We will launch into our study of space on Tuesday. This unit will extend into next week, as we learn about the moon’s relation to Earth, the sun as our nearest star, the seasons and passing of time, and space exploration!
1/17-21
Bible: Daniel and the lions
Literacy: We begin Part 2 of our reading series! service word=was;
use letter-sound associations for the blends st, gr, sp, br; vocab=”lavish”
use letter-sound associations for the blends st, gr, sp, br; vocab=”lavish”
Math: identifying and writing numbers to 100, recognizing ordinal numbers, writing number words
Social Studies/Science: * The Kingdom of Kindergarten *
We will be going back in time as we experience life in the 16th century! This topic will provide several opportunities for writing and story comprehension.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The Ice Is Raining Down
We seem to be experiencing an epic storm! I have fond childhood memories of sliding down a foot of frozen snow and ice with my daddy; stay safe, and make a memory!
Here are a few activities for snowy days:
Download and print a door hanger from Reading Rockets.
Check out a few yucky, but fun, recipes at Discovery Kids' site The Yuckiest Site On The Internet!
MANY family projects and online games can be found at ActivityTV.
Measure yourself and see how your measurements compare to those of other animals.
See some of the illustrations from our newest fav book "Moon Plane". Write your own text!
Looking for math and language worksheets? TLSBooks has a selection; you can also search other grade levels, to meet your child's ability.
Starfall has interactive books for our growing readers!
Here are a few activities for snowy days:
Download and print a door hanger from Reading Rockets.
Check out a few yucky, but fun, recipes at Discovery Kids' site The Yuckiest Site On The Internet!
MANY family projects and online games can be found at ActivityTV.
Measure yourself and see how your measurements compare to those of other animals.
See some of the illustrations from our newest fav book "Moon Plane". Write your own text!
Looking for math and language worksheets? TLSBooks has a selection; you can also search other grade levels, to meet your child's ability.
Starfall has interactive books for our growing readers!
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