February Fun

February Fun!

February is such a fun month full of holidays and special celebrations! Check out the photo video below for some of our fun February activities!

https://animoto.com/play/jFi8Xke2d0XlCRhv7t1OiQ

Nursery Rhyme Parade

Kindergarten had a fabulous time at the Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Parade! Thank you for all of your hard work at home creating a costume for your child, and working on their rhyme. We took time to record each group reciting their rhyme on stage for your viewing pleasure. Click on the link below to view the video! 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/drj2d9q6se33xug/Kindergarten%20Nursery%20Rhymes%202014-15.mp4?dl=0

Spring Projects

Good Afternoon Parents!
I apologize for long break between posts! My intention was to post monthly, and I last posted in November and it is now April!
The children have come so far since November and I am proud to share some of the group projects they have been working on.

In Social Studies we have been studying different land forms. Each table group was assigned a different land form to create using manipulatives and here are the results:

The Blue Horses created an ocean. 

 The Green Frogs created a lake.

 The Yellow Ducks created snow - capped mountains.

The Red Birds created a river.

In Reader's Workshop, we have been learning how to research. I love this unit because it ties together all the reading strategies we have been learning, and allows them to practice synthesizing information. The students worked in groups to read nonfiction text about their chosen topic, listen for specific information, record and illustrate facts about the animals on their research poster. 

                            Katelyn, Aubree, Daniel, and Alexander researching ladybugs.

 Brooke, Evan and Adam researching geckos.

 Savannah, Asa, Nima and Jack researching frogs.

 Yousef, Ava, Ridhi and Savi researching butterflies.

 Stella, Srikaran, and Caitlin researching butterflies.

Clara and Bailey researching turtles. 

Finally, each group presented their poster to the class. 

Visit the Dropbox link below to view their presentation!

Katelyn, Aubree, Daniel Alexander -Ladybug Presentation

Bailey and Clara - Turtle Presentation

Brooke, Evan and Adam - Geckos Presentation

Saivi, Ridhi, Yousef, Ava - Butterflies 1 Presentation

Caitlin, Srikaran, Stella - Butterflies 2 Presentation

Savannah, Jack, Nima, Asa - Frogs Presentation

We've Gone Batty!

Welcome Back! Last week our class learned all about bats. We read many nonfiction and fiction books about bats and recorded facts we learned about bats. We also spent some time comparing and contrasting bats and birds using a Venn Diagram:

Another thing we did was think about something that drives us "batty". Then we wrote this chart together as a class. It is very entertaining to find out what bothers or annoys five and six year olds!

What drives you batty?

It drives me batty when my sister doesn’t clean up. (Mrs. Khan)
It drives me batty when I had to stay at the store until night because there
was a storm. (Yousef)
It drives me batty when my brother pulls my t-shirt. (Srikaran)
It drives me batty when my mom forgets to put soap in the soap dispenser.
(Savi)
It drives me batty when my brother breaks my markers. (Stella)
It drives me batty when my sister doesn’t dress up with me. (Savannah)
It drives me batty when my brother doesn’t ever play Barbies with me.
(Sophia)
It drives me batty when my brother cries. (Prabhav)
It drives me batty when someone hits me. (Nima)
It drives me batty when my big sister won’t let me wake her up. (Katelyn)
It drives me batty when my dad wrestles me. (Jack)
It drives me batty when I can’t catch up with my dog. (Evan)
It drives me batty when my dad giggles.(Daniel)
It drives me batty when my dad tickles me. (Caitlin)
IT drives me batty when my big sister won’t play with me. (Clara)
It drives me batty when my dogs wrestle. (Brooke)
It drives me batty when my big brother will never play with me. (Bailey)
It drives me batty when my baby sister breaks my crayons. (Aubree)
It drives when my baby sister pulls on me. (Ava)
It drives me batty when my dad makes up jokes.
(Adam)
It drives me batty when I can’t catch up with my dad
on my bicycle. (Alexander)
It drives me batty when my brother teases me.(Asa)

Pumpkin Life Cycle Technology Project

Welcome to my classroom blog! My goal with this blog is to post at least once a month highlighting something special we are learning in class.
I wanted to share with you a project the students worked on last Friday. For science last week, we learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin.  The kids were so EXCITED to share their pumpkin project with you all that we worked on Thursday and Friday! We also checked out the iPads for the students to draw out the life cycle with partners. It was so much fun to see the students working cooperatively, and also showing their understanding of the pumpkin life cycle. Check it out!

Here are a few of the students actually working on the iPads: 

Savannah and Saivi

Caitlin and Bailey

 Alexander and Evan

Sophia and Srikaran

And here are the projects the kids created: 

 Asa and Adam

 Aubree and Daniel

 Ava and Brooke

 Bailey and Caitlin

 Evan and Alex

 Jack and Yousef

 Katelyn and Stella

 Saivi and Savannah

Sophia and Srikaran

What Drives You Battty?

As we were learning about bats this week, we talked about what the expression "drives me batty" means. I asked each student to think about what drives them batty and we created this chart together!

Here is the list for you to see:

It drives me batty when my sister throws a fit. (Avery)

It drives me batty when I have to leave school. (Faris)

It drives me batty when my sister doesn't share with me. (Yasmine)

It drives me batty when my dog chases me. (Nicky)

It drives me batty when my sister takes away the tablet. (Nick)

It drives me batty when my sister plays the zombie game. (Synthany)

It drives me batty when my brother takes away my XBox. (Diego)

It drives me batty when my dad tickles my neck. (Blake B.)
It drives me batty when my mom yells at me. (Mariam)

It drives me batty when it's hot outside. (Marcus)

It drives me batty when my dad makes me practice basketball. (Ryan)

It drives me batty when my brother eats all the cake. (Kendrew)

It drives me batty when my brother doesn't share. (Blake S.)

It drives me batty when my brother doesn't give me my stuff. (Navvya)

It drives me batty when my brother takes my stuff. (Nayo)

It drives me batty when my dog barks. (Nikolas)

It drives me batty when my sister talks when I am playing football with my brother. (Omar)

It drives me batty when my brother chases me. (Conner)

It drives me batty when my brother runs around. (Taylor)

It drives me batty when someone talks while I am writing. (Supash)

It drives me batty when pumpkins roll. (Thomas)

It drives me batty when rocket ships roll. (D.J.)

September - A Peek Into Our Day

Welcome to our classroom blog for 2012-2013! This is a place to check out all the fun and exciting things we do in kindergarten. Please check back regularly as I will attempt to post about once a month!
Take a look at these cuties dressed up as their future career options. We had this theme day during our College Week Celebration at Bledsoe.

 Nick - baseball player, Conner - soccer player, Blake B. - football player

 Nicky - astronaut, Marcus - cowboy, Nikolas - zookeeper, Blake S. - police officer

 Avery - Sea World marine biologist, Taylor - veteranarian, Yasmine - doctor

We also got to have a class PJ day because we got so many compliments as a class. Each time another teacher or staff member notices that our class is quiet, straight, good listeners, etc. we earn a link on our link chain in the classroom. The first time we were working towards 10 link, and the class chose a PJ day as their reward!

You might hear your child talk about Daily 5 time. We have been hard at work, practicing all 5 components of Daily 5 - Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading, Work on Writing, and Word Work, and we now spend about 45 minutes a day working on the Daily 5. The students get to spread all around the classroom, and practice reading and writing in different ways. Check out these fun pics of the students during our Daily 5 Time:

 Listen to Reading - books on tape or CD

 Read to Someone - sitting EEKK (elbow to elbow, knee to knee with a partner)

 Retelling the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

 Work on Writing - making  the letter D wtih wood pieces

 Word Work - matching beginning sound picture cards

 More Word Work - matching letter tiles to alphabet chart

 Work on Writing - stamping letters in the Writing Station

 Read to Self - reading books on each student's levels

More Read to Self - finding a nice quiet spot to read by himself