Rain Rain Go Away!

Rain Rain Go Away! Lots of inside play today. 

In an effort to keep the sprit of winter going spite the rain, we read one of the oldest versions of Frosty the Snow Man, copyright 1950. Which, according to the book is the year when Frosty was born.  Just because it is old, doesn't mean it isn't good. We then discussed what our snowman would be made of when we get the chance to build our "Frosty."

INSIDE RECESS.... at its best.

Bodhi - "Look at my jumping stick."

West - "My spy glass." 

Making music. 

Eva - "Looking through my telescope." 

Max had a long day at the office.  

 Grady and Max - "We are lost boys in the woods."

Kam - "I'm making a tower bigger than me!"  

Grady and Max - "Maybe we are police mans and rescuers instead." 

Earl - "A fishing rod for ice fishing."

Willis - "My rocket!"

3D Shapes

We started today with another "what's the news?" morning greeting. It was great to hear so many kids excited to talk about their Thanksgiving break with family and friends and good food.

Language arts we continue to work with Qq and Zz.  Reviewing our letters and sounds. As well as learning to "read to self".  We've done a lot with partner reading, but now we are transitioning into reading alone. Today a few kids, began sounding out words and found they could "READ".

In math we introduced three dimensional shapes.  And today during free choice we had a new activity with Toobeez which are building tubes and spheres. 

TOOBEEZ!

 West - "I made a wand and a castle." Evan enjoyed the castle. 

Earl  - "I made a sun magical and a vacuum cleaner but better than the regular ones." 

Bodhi - "I made a staff." 

Other free choice activities.....

 Eli, Max and Willis using their imaginations with the building shapes.

Kamden working on his block castle.

Happy Thanksgiving

"Good morning ________, what's the news?" Was our morning greeting today. Everyone has a

chance to go around and tell us something they would like to share. Mostly today everyone shared something about what they were going to do over this Thanksgiving break. Many excited kids for their thanksgiving dinners and spending time with family and friends near and far.




In Language Arts we have worked on the last two letters of the alphabet, Zz and Qq. We have been practicing writing  the letters and saying their sounds. Kids have learned that there are 26 letters in the alphabet.                       

We played Simon Says with shapes in Math today. We also did a cutting and pasting activity with a duck. Practicing directionality where you have to put the shape in front of, beside, behind, etc. Finding a shape that had a certain number of sides and glue the shape where asked.  Lots of direction following today. 

We had our buddie time with Heidi Hill's the 3rd and 4th grade class. First, we read the book A Plump and Perky Turkey by, Teresa Bateman. Then we made a cool turkey decoration to bring home today. 

 

 

 

Computer Lab Monday! Kids are really enjoying their time on Lexia and improving every minute they work on it. 

Library Tuesday! Please check for books at home that need to be returned. Bring them back please so others can check them out.  Thank you. 

We also had P.E. and kids started learning about gymnastics!

Free choice is such a great time. So much time spent developing new relationships and exploring their imagination. 

Earl, Kamden, Mazie and Bohdi working well together making their imaginary homes.  

 Grady, Max, Ryder, trucking in blocks to build their structures. 

 Fiona just can't get enough Lexia. "It's so much fun!"

Snack...yumm! Refueling our brains.

Have a fabulous time of food and thankful times with family and friends this Thanksgiving Break. 

Our Royal Reader today was....Jake! Jake talked to the kindergarteners about our imagination and how important it is to keep our imagination alive like Max in the story, Where the Wild Things Are by, Maurice Sendak . Jake also shared what his role is in our school community and how he went to school at Warren. Thanks Jake!! 

 

On your marks, get set, gooooooooo!

This week has turned into the Kindergarten running races during recess. Kids have been running a race the whole length of the pavement along the building. 

Free choice activities.....