Sssssuper day!!

Happy Thursday everyone! We had many things going on at our school today.

 

During our calendar meeting, I explained why we have a new yes/no question to answer as a part of their morning jobs. For the last three months, they had to answer, "Do you have the letter ____ in your name?" and place their name under the yes or the no. Today, the question was, "Do you like snakes?" This was because we were going to be introduced to Stretchy Snake and the ssss sound! Even before I got started introducing the snake story, someone said "S is for snake!". 

We read the first page in the book Jolly Stories, practiced making the action to go with the sss sound (waving your hand in the air like an S or snake shape), and then students took turns tracing the s shape with their finger. There is texture to the S in the story book, so that makes it even more exciting. We discussed some words with the ssss sound and then sang the Jolly song to go with this sound:

The snake is in the grass

The snake is in the grass

Ssssss, ssssss

The snake is in the grass

(Sang to the tune of The Farmer In the Dell)

 

For math, students were given 5 small pieces of paper. They were to write one number on each paper so that they would have the numbers one to five. Then they had to represent that number by placing the correct amount of objects underneath each number. So, under the number one they put one object, under number two they put two objects etc...

 

 

After finishing up our math, we were called to the gym to be a part of the celebration of Dustin Tokarsky, a goalie for the Montreal Canadiens who attended our school up until Grade 8. A news crew was in the building today and, amongst other footage, recorded the entire school cheering "Go Dustin Go!" We also wore red, white, and blue to show our support.

 

When we returned back to class, we reviewed some of our "All About Me" activities and what it means to be unique. I told the students that we would be talking about what is the same and what is different between us and other children around the world.

We started off by reading Around the World We Go! It's interesting that some of them already recognize some landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower. We also had a discussion about compasses as well. After going through the book, we read and discussed two short videos. The first video showed us how other children around the world get to school. We were also able to compare the way our school looks with how some other schools in the world look. The second video showed photographs of children from all around the world and what their bedrooms look like. This one seemed to really get across the idea that not everyone has all of the luxuries that we do! They started to spontaneously discuss how they could donate their clothing and toys. We didn't get to discuss this topic any further, because then it was lunch time. The SRC had set up a hot lunch option for today~ Subway! Yum yum.

 

I had intended to set up some new items in our classroom for our upcoming unit~ including a variety of maps. As the perfect introduction, during their free choice center time, one of the students exclaimed, "I'll make a treasure map!" So, out came the maps and atlases! 

 

Some students were pretty excited about how huge the map of Saskatchewan was.

 

Treasure maps were a hit! I heard that there were three hidden treasures. :)

 

After our last recess, our eventful day continued. The elementary students who chose to dress up took part in an Elf Contest. The winners get to spend the day with Santa at the town's annual Santa Clause Day. The contest went right into our Raider of the Month Assembly. The 3/4 class had organized a relay race where students had to put together a large snow man. There was a runner for each group (4 groups) for each grade, so three of our K's got to put their running shoes to the test! There was a lot of cheering and it looked like a lot of fun.

 

By the time we returned back to our classroom, it was time to bundle up to head home. Today was our last day of Kindergarten in November! The countdown to Christmas holidays will soon begin. It feels like we have a lot to accomplish before then! I'm looking forward to some exciting lessons on the seasons, spatial relationships, and holiday related art activities. :)

 

Meet you back here in December!