Wrapping up 2009!

A few highlights of our last week of Kindergarten in 2009:

We read the book IF YOU TAKE A MOUSE TO THE MOVIES and followed up on it by having a popcorn snack. MMMM! Students also brought a favorite stuffed animal from home. They wrote a journal entry about their stuffed buddy.

Mrs. Price brought in REAL sleigh bells for us to see! They were heavy, but we are STRONG! The sleigh bells sound beautiful!

POLAR EXPRESS and Pajama day:

We were able to go to the cafeteria in our PJs and slippers to join in on the trombone music of Mr.Rassier.

Finishing touches for special gifts!

MR. WILLOWBY project: No glue needed; we licked the marshmallows and they stuck!

Deck the Halls!

We read many versions of the Gingerbread Boy story last week. We even read THE GINGERBREAD GIRL and THE GINGERBREAD BABY! After comparing and contrasting the various books, students designed tasty gingerbread people of their own. They were asked to tell what each treat they drew was (i.e. My buttons are Skittles, or my eyes are gumdrops, etc.). We also made a "First Bite Graph". Each student was given a gingerbread cookie and told to take only ONE bite. They then tore a paper gingerbread cut-out to represent their first bite. So...if they bit off a leg, they tore off the leg, etc. As you see from the photo, most bit off the gingerbread head first. A few bit off the legs so they couldn't run away! They are always thinking!

We also painted Santas using our hands as the Santa's beard.

Students quickly figured out how to make a paper chain. In about 15 minutes, look what they did! Lots of the kids placed their links in a pattern, like we've been practicing in math.

Hoping you are having as much fun as we are while we learn together in Kindergarten!

Computer Lab

Typically we visit the computer lab once each week. Students are becoming proficient at logging in and navigating to the designated game or site! We have been exploring the activities in "Starfall Reading".

Happy Thanksgiving!

All year during Kindergarten, we recite and illustrate poems for a "Poetry Book". This collection will come home with students at the end of the year.

Here is the poem we learned today:

The turkey is a funny bird,

his head goes bobble, bobble.

all he says is just one word:

gobble, gobble, gobble!