The majority of today's learning was focused on learning the four seasons. We watched a video of a song about the four seasons and read two stories: Zoe's Year and Old Bear.
The first activity combined science and art. Students had to paint a tree for each season so that they could show how trees change over time.
Next, we had a combination of math, science, and social studies! I introduced the Medicine Wheel, which incorporates the number four and the circle shape. We discussed how there are four seasons, as well as four directions. We also talked about the things that we do for fun in each season. Then, students worked on two pages from the circle book that is included in the Kindergarten book from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner:
The last activity had students thinking about what season is their favourite and why. On yet another frosty, indoor recess type day, I was not surprised that nobody chose winter as their favourite! Students were to draw a scene that they would see if they were looking out the window during their favourite season.
Something that drew immediate attention today was our new PWIM picture and books that will help us learn about cows and other farm animals. Soon we will be "shaking out" PWIM words; a process where students each share a word that they see in the picture. Those words then become our PWIM vocabulary that we used to focus on alphabet and sight word recognition.
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