Thanksgiving and Graphing

Mrs. McMahon's class learned how to appropriately form the lowercase letter a.  We also began talking about Thanksgiving and read Thanksgiving Day by Gail Gibbons. We discussed how many people make lists to remember things and decided to make a list ourselves of words that remind us of Thanksgiving.  During this interactive writing activity, the girls sounded out different words on their own, then returned to their seats to make their own Thanksgiving lists.

Mrs. Martin's class began graphing during their math period.  The girls learned how to take data and use that information to form a graph. Each child had an opportunity to graph 3 leaves on the class graph--be sure to ask your daughter which colors she had.

Mrs. McMahon's class took a nature walk through the woods, taking time to observe the different colors we see in November.  While on our walk, the girls collected 6 leaves. Then we came back to our classroom and created our own fall art from our leaves.

Finally, we had a parent reader.  What a busy Wednesday!

Vowels and Making Words

Mrs. Martin's class continued to focus on the beginning, middle, and ending sounds of words.  The girls are loving this activity!

Mrs. McMahon's girls learned about the vowels in the alphabet using a familiar tune from when they were younger.  Be sure to ask your daughters if they can remember it!

They also focused on the sound a makes by using a hand gesture...we will give you a hint; it deals with an 🍎 .

Candy experiments and language arts

During science, the girls used leftover Halloween candy for an experiment.  They had to estimate if a certain candy would float or sink, then record their observations.

In our language arts period, Mrs. Martin's girls worked in centers focusing on beginning, middle, and ending sounds...

...while Mrs. McMahon's girls learned about the setting of a story.

Today, the girls pulled a setting card from a bag and had to draw that setting with their special friend. Afterwards, they had to create and tell a short story involving the setting they drew.  Be sure to ask your daughter which setting she had today!

Pumpkin Experiment

We carved our class pumpkin today.  During morning meeting, the girls voted on "Jack's" eyes, nose, and mouth shape.  During our science period, the girls met Jack and conducted an experiment on him. The girls had to predict what would happen to Jack after we put baking soda, vinegar, and blue food dye inside his head.  Some predictions were explode, turn blue, and melt. 

Here is our experiment:

The girls then recorded their observations on their sheets.  Be sure to check out their recordings in their Thursday folders.

Pumpkin Math and Parent Reader

For the past two days, both classes have been measuring and exploring pumpkins.  The girls have estimated the number of seeds inside our class pumpkin and taken a guess if our pumpkin will float or sink.

Mrs. McMahon's class has been reading Henny Penny.  Yesterday, the girls partnered up and had to sequence the story using the main characters.

We had a parent reader this afternoon.

Joining Numbers

Both classes have been hard at work, using math manipulatives to show one-to-one correspondence and creating addition sentences.

Butterflies in Computer Science

As Kindergarteners continue to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly, they are documenting the events using the app My Story.  We are also using a 3Doodler to create butterflies!