Hi Parents! I'm so sorry it has been such a long time since I posted a blog. It has been a busy few weeks and from now until summer it is going to stay busy!
Soil Sensory Table
Our sensory table is a favorite for choice time, but it has been extra popular this week as I added soil, fake plants and gardening tools the wrap up our plants unit. Students are able to get dirty, practicing planting and make some beautiful potted creations! They have become so invested they asked for popsicle sticks to make a fence (which I suggested could be planter boxes) and then they decided we should get some rocks to decorate with too.
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| Students digging in the soil. |
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| A potted plant creation that a student made. |
Ducks Are Coming!
We have 7 days until our ducks are supposed to hatch! With that being said we have been learning and discovering all about ducks and preparing for when they hatch. In class we have looked inside of the eggs through candling to see the ducks moving and growing. Now we have changed the conversation to what will the ducks need when they hatch for us to take care of them. Here is some student writing about what the ducks will need. Their writing blows me away every time! We wrote the beginning "Our ducks are hatching in 8 days" together and the students did the rest! With some help of course ;) but they are becoming authors and it is wonderful to see!
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| Our ducks are hatching in 8 days. I think the ducks will need food and water. |
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| Our ducks are hatching in 8 days. I think the ducks will need a heat lamp and a pond. |
Shapes!
We are finishing off our math this year with shapes and measurement. First with students we talked about how shapes are a part of everything! Every object has a shape and we name those shapes to notice things that look the same and different. We did a hunt for shapes on our playground, you wouldn't believe how many shapes we found! Then in small groups students were assigned a shape and had to hunt for objects in magazines. This was a great team building exercise that made my heart melt. Students from one group would say "Hey I have a square for the square group." or "Here I cut out a circle for your group!" They were helping each other out and did some great work. Here are some pictures:
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| A student draws the circles and squares she found on the playground. |
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| A student draws the half circle and triangles that she sees on the swing. |
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| A student cuts out the bottom of a sink for a cylinder. |
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| Students cut out a circle. |
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| Two of the finished posters. |
The next blog will probably have a few pictures of baby ducks! Or maybe a lot of pictures... no promises :)
Thanks for keeping up with all our fun in Kindergarten!
Smiles,
Miss Adams
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