Spanish: Churros

The girls had a blast today making Churros with chocolate.  Here is the recipe if you would like to try it at home.

Special Science Guest

Today we had a special science teacher!  Many thanks to Brent Hilpert for coming in and teaching our girls about different states of matter.

Poems and Bubble Wand Challenge

Last week, the girls wrote poems with friends from the other kindergarten class.  We turned these poems into a book which will be sent home in their Thursday folders.  Be on the lookout!

Mrs. McMahon's class participated in a Bubble Wand STEM Challenge.  They had to design three different bubble wands with their partner, then predict and test the wands to see which made the biggest bubble.  Be sure to ask your daughter which wand won.  Mrs. Martin's girls will do the challenge later on this week. Stay tuned for their results!

Spanish: Visit from Upper School Spanish class

Hola.  Today the Upper School Spanish 1 class came down to visit the Kindergarten and Pre-first girls.  The big girls brought books in Spanish that they had written and read them to the little girls.  Then the little girls showed the big girls a book we read in class earlier this week.  Each girl is bringing a copy of this book home today.  Here is a recording if your daughter would like to listen to the story as she looks through the book.

Catching Up with Kindergarten

We have been so busy in our classroom this past week, that we thought we needed to catch everyone up! Be sure to ask your daughters for more information about our activities.

Mrs. Martin's class has been reading a poem called, "What Animals Say".  They have found rhyming words, illustrated different parts, and even acted it out.

Mrs. McMahon's class was introduced to inferencing and used clues to make an educated guess of what was in our Mystery Box.  Ask your daughter what was in it!

They were introduced to the "sh" digraph.  We have sorted pictures and started a class poster full of "sh" words.  The girls also listened to Old Shell, New Shell, where they had to signal when they heard a "sh" digraph and then made inferences about how the main character felt.

Lastly, both classes have been working on many different language arts projects: Mrs. Martin's class has been working with verbs and adjectives, Mrs. McMahon's class was working on their reading strategies, and both classes have been LOVING our final read aloud, Charlotte's Web.

Spanish: Songs

The girls have had lots of fun learning Spanish songs this year.  Some of the girls asked if I could put links to some of the songs up on the blog so that they watch them at home so here they are.  

Billy la Bufanda story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cjV3gbex1E&t=23s

Billy la Bufanda song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBTGxLc-lv0

Somos como las flores: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNS2uloUydQ

A Mi Burro:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKkrMgGzN7E

Salta Salta:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBiFqDyAZGA

Top Secret Gift and Shadows

The kindergarten girls are working on a top secret gift for someone special....can you use the following clues to guess who?

Mrs. McMahon's girls went outside today to have some fun with our shadows.  Ask your daughter, "if they are facing the sun, their shadow is _________."