The Mitten

Hello blog readers!

Our class had a treat this morning~ Mr. P. came to visit us with his I-pad! It was perfect timing too as we were just talking about the /r/ sound. He showed the students some apps where they could do some related activities, such as practice printing the letter r and play matching games with words with the /r/ sound.

 

We also read The Mitten this morning. This story generated a lot of good conversation, ranging from predictions to hibernation to what talons on an owl would be helpful for.

After the reading of the original story by Jan Brett, I introduced an emergent reader that is a simpler version of the story. (ex: Baba made mittens. Nikki lost his mitten. A mole climbed in. etc...) Each students were given a picture of each animal. As their animal came into the story, they placed their animal into the paper bag mitten. The second time we retold the story, students (acting as the animals) climbed into a giant mitten shape that was taped onto our carpet as their part in the story came along. It was great fun!

 

To round of the lesson, students drew a picture of an animal that could crawl into the mitten. Then they completed the sentence, "A _________ crawled into the mitten because ______________."

 

In the afternoon, students engaged in their free choice time. We had puppet shows, mansion building, lego building, role playing, and story reading.

 

We rounded off the day with some Go Noodle dancing and sports related body breaks, as well as our talking circle. It was a busy day and we were treated to some warmer weather, too!

 

We'll be back in Kindergarten on Friday, which is also pajama day! Yay!