We are unique!

It was great to be back today after having been away for the last few Kindergarten days. I was excited to see the work that the students had accomplished while I was away!

 

Here is one of our new bulletin boards, displaying some "All About Me" artwork:

 They have also started working on brainstorming ways that we are the same and ways that we are different. We will continue to add to these charts in the next couple of weeks.

 

 

 Here's some more artwork on display!

During today's math class, we did some number review. We viewed a picture of farm animals and counted to see how many of each animal was showing in the picture. We also experimented with different ways to show each number 1-5 on one hand and using both hands.

For Health, we continued our All About Me unit. Students demonstrated that they could talk about themselves through interviewing one another. This is one of my favourite All About Me activities! Students are given questions (what is your favourite ice cream, what do you want to be when you grow up, who is in your family, etc..), a clipboard, and a pencil. The interviewer and interviewee sat in chairs while everyone else acted as the audience during the interview. I recorded the interviews and hopefully can upload the videos onto their e-portfolios.

We were treated with a surprise today~ new toys! We greatly appreciate it when people donate their used toys to our classroom. It's very exciting having new items to explore! Everything was a hit.

The rice table saw some action today too~ construction work and baking!

 

 

Since our students have been so interested in the farm toys and have requested that combines be added to our collection, today they found 2 new combines in their farm set. There were some challenges with sharing them peacefully, so they were also put away today! This prompted a request to write the following letter to Santa:

 

 During our morning meeting, I brought in some crystals to show the class. We had received a small amethyst in our Little Passports package from Brazil, so I brought in a much larger piece. They were very intrigued and chose the amethyst for our talking circle at the end of the day.

 

 

A colourful new addition to our talking rock collection!

 

We also visited the library at the end of the day. Students listened to the story A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon, which explores the possibility of what can happen if we aren't true to ourselves! When I chose the story, I didn't even realize at the time how well it fits with our All About Me/We're All Unique theme we have going on right now. :) Students then chose books to sign out, we had our talking circle, and we were at the end of the day!

 

 

Another week of Kindergarten 'in the books'. Have a great weekend everyone! There is a no school on Monday, so we will meet back here again on Tuesday. :)