It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like.. Autumn!

It's hard to believe that we're onto month two of Kindergarten already! Today felt like a super productive day. It was great seeing the K's after not seeing them for nearly a week! When I was away on Friday, the substitute teacher read Miss Nelson is Missing. Here is the latest Kindergarten book, where students shared their ideas of where I was that day...

 

Students also read a great book The Rainbow Fish, in which rainbow fish shares his special, shiny scales with his fish friends. On Friday, students coloured their own rainbow fish and got a shiny sequin for each one. Today, we discussed how rainbow fish felt very happy when he shared his scales. Just like bucket filling, when rainbow fish filled their buckets- it filled his bucket too! I got the students to help me paint a large rainbow fish this morning and they each made a scale that shared an idea of how we can make others feel happy. Here is our bulletin board:

 

 

We also read a poem about Fall Leaves and worked on our first individual painting project: painting fall trees using our handprints and Q-tips as brushes to paint the leaves! I think they turned out wonderful and they're a very colourful, creative edition to our main bulletin board:

 

My intention is to add to this bulletin board in the next week as we discuss the importance of giving thanks.

Another sign of October: the students noticed right away that our behavior tree was different! It was time to make it look like a fall tree. Hopefully we don't have to switch it to a winter tree very soon!

 

 

We also completed our Week 3 Pumpkin Observations, worked on "This is Me in October" pictures, and did a pre-assessment on patterns. One of the most exciting parts of the day may have been our newest addition~ a goldfish!

 

 

With the hustle bustle of the day, we didn't get around to naming our fish today!

So, stay tuned for that announcement.

Meet you back here on Thursday for more of our Kindergarten Adventures :)