Wednesday, Wednesday, What Adventures Did You Bring?

After the long weekend, it was good to get back into the swing of things in our K class! This morning we discovered some really awesome felt boards and felt pieces that we could create pictures and stories with. What a great discovery! Almost all of the students created a picture using the felt pieces.

We had to cut our free choice center time a little short today, as we were going on our first adventure outside of the classroom; a visit to the public library! The students were very excited. We went with the Grade One class and I was very proud of my students for how well they walked down the street together. At the library, we learnt about Remembrance Day and an upcoming poster contest. Then, we did a craft activity to make a poppy using construction paper, a pipe cleaner, and coffee filter.  We were also treated to a little snack!


When we returned to school we realized that we missed recess so the students got a bit of extra time outside (even though it felt very chilly today!). Our Phys. Ed class was also cut short today by a late snack and team sports group photos. However, we had a fun time back in our classroom with retelling the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Students were given a paper with a picture and the name of a character from the story. When it was their turn, they were to stand up. Students also practiced chiming in~ reading the story all together. We switched characters to do the activity a second time. Students were having such a fun time with it that we tried a third time, except we switched it up so that they had to create sounds and actions for their character. Here is a list of characters from a page in the book:

 

 

After lunch, we had a discussion about fire prevention and fire safety. Everyone shared ideas about what they've learnt or know already about the topic. Students each created a thank you note for the Fire Chief, who came to talk to us last week. After they finished, some students also coloured a picture to give to the Fire Chief or coloured a page from an upcoming class book about fire safety. 

 

In math, we talked more about the different types of patterns. We realized that patterns can have more than one colour and do not have to even be made of colours! Students then got to practice by creating patterns using either math manipulatives or drawing their pattern on paper.

 

It was a bit of a mixed up, but busy day. One more K day and it will be the weekend again! It feels like the weeks are flying by. :)