We took a short break from our ocean unit to celebrate SPRING this week! We joined up with the first graders and listened to Mrs. Sheehan read us a silly spring story on the first day of spring. She was so impressed with our pretzel legs, respectful lips, and inquisitive personalities! :) Mrs. Sheehan also had the great idea to go on a spring walk to look for signs of spring. We walked with our first grade buddies and found many flowering trees, new tree buds, green grass, and spring flowers growing around our school. We finished the fun afternoon by having an extra play time with the first graders at the park. It was a lovely time to spend with our soon-to-be first grade teacher!
In math this week, we worked on telling math story problems. The K-Kids told comparison math stories and drew pictures to represent the math problem. Some of the children were even challenged with trickier math stories that had too much information. They learned to eliminate the information they did not need and use only the information they needed to solve the problem. All of the K-Kids practiced setting up math sentences. Subtraction math sentences can be tricky because you have to really know which number comes first!
We finished our non-fiction ocean books in Writer's Workshop. Over the last month, the K-Kids have been creating pages to include in their books. They have explored different types of non-fiction writing - diagrams of ocean creatures' bodies, ocean facts, taking surveys and analyzing the results, and writing factual photo captions. We went to the Computer Lab and learned to use a program called Pixie. Using Pixie, the K-Kids created a cover for their non-fiction book. They learned to choose colors and paint and draw and to find the ocean stickers to include in their pictures. I was so impressed with not only their computer skills but also their respectful behavior in the computer lab. I hope you enjoyed the bound ocean books that went home on Friday!
We also had a great time at Kohl Children' Museum. The K-Kids explored the different rooms and areas in groups and really enjoyed practicing different types of jobs. They were scientists in the chick room, cashiers at Dominicks, sandwich makers at Potbellys, veterinarians at the vet office, and musicians. We also had a lot of fun in the water room exploring with gears, scooping and dumping and even playing with some fun "water guns"! Once again, I was so proud of their behavior, and we even received compliments from other museum goers.
We took a short break from our ocean unit to celebrate SPRING this week! We joined up with the first graders and listened to Mrs. Sheehan read us a silly spring story on the first day of spring. She was so impressed with our pretzel legs, respectful lips, and inquisitive personalities! :) Mrs. Sheehan also had the great idea to go on a spring walk to look for signs of spring. We walked with our first grade buddies and found many flowering trees, new tree buds, green grass, and spring flowers growing around our school. We finished the fun afternoon by having an extra play time with the first graders at the park. It was a lovely time to spend with our soon-to-be first grade teacher!
We finished our non-fiction ocean books in Writer's Workshop. Over the last month, the K-Kids have been creating pages to include in their books. They have explored different types of non-fiction writing - diagrams of ocean creatures' bodies, ocean facts, taking surveys and analyzing the results, and writing factual photo captions. We went to the Computer Lab and learned to use a program called Pixie. Using Pixie, the K-Kids created a cover for their non-fiction book. They learned to choose colors and paint and draw and to find the ocean stickers to include in their pictures. I was so impressed with not only their computer skills but also their respectful behavior in the computer lab. I hope you enjoyed the bound ocean books that went home on Friday!
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