Language Arts and Our Kindergarten Store

Mrs. McMahon's class read Mrs. Wishy-Washy and acted the story out. Afterwards, they made predictions as to what would happen if the author wrote one more page. The girls had such great ideas that they decided to add two more pages.

Mrs. Martin's girls took time to write abut their favorite parts of spring in their storybooks.

In math, the girls finally got to shop in the store they created!  Be sure to ask your daughter what she purchased.

Kindergarten Store

The kindergarten girls created their own grocery store today.  We divided the girls into two groups and each group created a sign for the store.  Then the girls were partnered up, chose five items from our collection, and determined a price for each item.  Next week, the girls will start shopping!

Popcorn Words and Shadows

The kindergarten girls worked on their popcorn words this morning.

During science, they learned a riddle about our new science unit.  Have your daughter read the riddle to you tonight and see if you can solve it!

The girls are having so much fun learning all about shadows!

Spirit Animals

During Morning Meeting, the girls shared which animal they would be and why.  They came up with such creative answers that we decided to make a language arts lesson out of it!  The girls watched short videos of their animals and acted them out. Then they created their animals using Model Magic and painted their finished product.  Afterwards, the girls wrote complete sentences about their animals.  

Mrs. Martin's class started learning about shadows today.  Be sure to ask your daughter what shadow puppet she made!

Operation Save the Worms took place during Mrs. McMahon's lunch recess.  The girls made sure that all the worms they found were placed back into their natural habitat.

Making Lists and Cherry Trees

During Writer's Workshop, the girls learned how to make a list.  First, we brainstormed all of the different lists they have heard of and then we made our own grocery list.

Afterwards, the girls made a list of their favorite things about spring and shared their list with a partner.

Mrs. Martin's class worked on their Weeping Cherry Tree paintings.

Earth Day and Spring Picnic

This morning, the girls glued their coffee filter Earths into their Song and Poetry Books and worked on their word tracking by locating and highlighting several different words.

We celebrated this beautiful spring day by having a special lunch picnic.

Earth Day

With Earth Day approaching, the girls learned a new song from our Song and Poetry Book about our world.  Then they watercolored coffee filters which they will use as part of their illustrations to the new song.

Art: Edges and Connecting Lines

Kindergarteners are waiting for their ceramic islands to come out of the kiln so they can draw maps. Meanwhile, they are using some everyday office supplies (tape, sticky notes, binder reinforcement stickers, highlighters) mixed with paint and sharpie to create abstract paintings exploring edges and connecting lines. They had the additional challenge of choosing part of their painting where the white paper could still shine through.

Dissecting Tulips

The kindergarteners put on their scientist/botanist hats this week.  The girls have been learning all about spring flowers: their characteristics (petals, stems, etc), similarities, and differences.  They were extremely excited to let their green thumbs shine as they got the chance to dissect a tulip and recorded their findings on their iPads.  Be sure to ask your daughters what they discovered!

Spanish: Fun with Sock Puppets

The girls have been learning fruits and vegetables in Spanish.  They love feeding them to Lucia, and they are learning how to talk about which ones they like and which ones they do not like.  Yesterday we made puppet shows with the app Sock Puppets.  Here is a peek at a few of the girls.

Daffodils, Time, and L.A.

During language arts, Mrs. McMahon's class sang and practiced tracking the words in our latest spring song from our Poetry Book. Afterwards, we highlighted several popcorn words as well as words that are difficult to decode, such as "celebrate."  Then the girls illustrated the poem with their special friend.

Mrs. Martin's class got a chance to explore their surprise sack and then went on a vowel hunt.

In science, Mrs. Martin's class began exploring daffodils and noticed the differences between the species.

In math, both classes listened to The Grouch Ladybug and broke apart to complete different activities.  Mrs. Martin's girls colored in the characters, while Mrs. McMahon's class filled in the numbers on a large clock.  Tomorrow the girls will match the characters to their correct time from the story.

Gilman Playday

The girls had a fabulous time over at Gilman today.  They met some new friends from both Gilman and Roland Park while playing with math manipulatives,  creating a sculpture that had to fit inside a small container in their Maker Space lab, and playing cooperative games in their multi-purpose room.  Afterwards, we all ate pizza together.  It was an awesome Friday!

Time

The kindergarteners have been working on telling time to the hour on an analog clock.  Yesterday, Mrs. McMahon's girls also practiced writing the digital time as well. 

Today, both classes made ladybug clocks and read The Grouch Ladybug.  As the girls listened to the story, they moved the hands on their clocks to coincide with the grouchy ladybug's journey.

Exciting Eggs

This morning, the girls went on an egg hunt around our classroom today.  Each egg they found had a either a popcorn word or CVC word. They then recorded the words and read them to a teacher.

Mrs. Martin's girls played charades with their new word families.

Mrs. McMahon's girls learned what sound the short i vowel makes--be sure to ask your daughter!  The girls made pigs filled with with their short i words.