Friday, January 31, 2014

Penguins and Snow!!!

Are you ready for a modge-podge of a post!?!?  Here are some pictures from this week...

On Monday, we began our penguin construction!  First, the design crew met to come up with a plan:
1.  gronup (we will make a grown-up penguin)
2.  papr (we will make it out of paper)
3.  3 and a haf fet tol (he will be 3 1/2 feet tall)
4.  paint blakc, wihite, yollow, orange (we will paint him black, white, yellow and orange)
5.  lef siz (we will make it life sized)
6.  weth and egg (we will make it with an egg)
7.  it is a boy

Here is his body.

Annelise and Lila Grace cutting out his flipper.

Ford cutting his beak.

Kaili cutting out his body.

The design crew.

The design crew worked SO hard!

Once we had the body, the painting crew could begin.
Jessica and Minha were our first two painters.


They did amazing!

Jesse and Lucas working on the habitat.

The iceberg!

Kyla and Anna Claire

Jayden and Diya painting

When we returned on Friday, there was still SNOW!!!!  During recess I had to take some pictures! :)










And, last, but not least...
Our WONDERFUL principal Mrs. Snyder, sent us an article that she recently discovered and shared with the faculty.  I found it so moving and profound to me as a teacher, I HAD to implement it!  I hope you take a moment to read the article and then see what we are doing in the classroom!

{Read the article HERE}

Each Friday we will complete this form independently!  I am so excited to have had the opportunity to read about and implement this wonderful idea!  

With my best,



Saturday, January 25, 2014

A few more things from our week...

Along with our 100th day of school activities, we did a few more things this week that I was fortunate enough to snap a picture of...

We started our week off working with our 3rd nine week's sight words.  We added them to the read the room center and we did a stamp and write activity!

Anna Claire and Diya

Jesse

Lucas

Johnson

Caden and Caitlyn

In honor of Bus Driver Appreciation coming up next week, we made thank you cards and a banner!
Minha is painting blue polka dots!

Diya is painting red polka dots!

They worked so hard! :)

In honor of MLK Jr. day on Monday, we read several books about his life and work!
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King

My First Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin's BIG Words

We ended our week with an egg experiment.  We took one white egg and one brown egg and discussed how they are similar and different.  
We came to the conclusion that the main difference is how they look on the outside.  We then made predictions on what they would look like on the inside.  Half of the class thought they would look different on the inside, and the other half thought they'd look the same.

When we cracked them open, we found out that they are EXACTLY the same on the inside!  We talked about how this is true of people too!  No matter what color we are, what we look like, we are all the SAME on the inside.  We should always be respectful and kind to everyone!

Last, but not least, during our penguin theme, we voted on which type of penguin we would like to construct!  

The EMPEROR penguin was the winner!  

We even signed up for construction jobs to make our penguin!
The DESIGN CREW will be responsible for creating the plan on how we will create our penguin, what materials, how big, etc.!
The TEAR & STUFF CREW will tear up strips of paper and stuff/staple our penguin together.
The PAINTING CREW will paint!
The HABITAT CREW will be responsible of constructing the penguin's habitat surroundings (ice, snow, etc.)
And the WRITING CREW will be responsible for writing facts/signs to hang with our display!

Also, we found the BEST penguin web cam!  We've been watching it throughout the day this week and I hope you've had a chance to visit.  Just in case you haven't, here is the link again! :)

I'm sure you know by now, after 100 days together, every time it is a short week, I seem to pack in the fun! :)
With my best,




The 100th Day of Kindergarten!

For the 100th Day of Kindergarten!  We had some fun activities...take a peak! :)


We started our day off by counting to 100 and doing 100 exercises in 100 seconds!

We also did rotations with the 4 other kindergarten classes on our hall!

In Mrs. Sander's class, we made a 100 piece trail mix snack!

In Mrs. Collins' class, we made 100th day crowns!

In Mrs. Jackson's class, we made 100 dots for our math journals!


In Mrs. Marshall's class, we made 100 fruit loop necklaces!

In our class, we made 100 gumballs in a gumball machine!

We've had a WONDERFUL 100 days of kindergarten!  We can't wait for the rest of our year!




Happy 100th Day of Kindergarten!!!

For the 100th day of kindergarten, we celebrated in style by decorating t-shirts with 100 objects on them!   They were AMAZING!  Thank you for your hard work at home!  Look at how great they all were...

Caden's 100 stickers!

Ryan's 100 balls!

Caitlyn's 100 dots!

Emma Sue's 100 collection!

Mileigh's 100 jingle bells!

Margo's 100 hearts!

John's 100 pictures of himself (baby-now)!

Lucas' 100 collection!

Kaili's 100 collection!

Jayden's 100 collection!

Lila Grace's 100 collection!

Johnson's 100 drawings!

Diya's 100 collection!

Nivelle's 100 collection!

Ford's 100 stickers!

Anna Claire's 100 bows!

Annelise's 100 A's!

Minha's 100 pretzels!

Kyla's 100 collection!

Thanks again for helping make our day so special! :)
Happy 100th!