Shapes, Forces, Dances and more!

Welcome to our Kindergarten adventures for Tuesday, February 10th.

 

In math today, we discussed 2D and 3D shapes, watched two videos about both, and went on a shape hunt around our classroom. This was a neat find- a large rectangle with smaller rectangles inside of it:

Students also worked on a colour, trace, and draw shape sheet that had squares, triangles, and circles on it.

 

Our small group learning centers today included computers, the writing center, and the art center.

 

In Science, we began our unit about the forces of energy. We discussed the forces of push and pull.

Some pages from the book that we looked at today.

We discussed various examples of movements and decided if it was a push or pull force. Then students worked on a sheet individually to show what they learnt today.

 

We also learned the jolly sounds /ai/ and /j/.

 

To get geared up for the upcoming holiday, we read the story, The Day It Rained Hearts and watched Franklin's Valentines.

 

We also learnt about some First Nations and Metis dancing by watching videos of hoop dancing, jingle dress dancing, and jigging. Students gave the footwork a try and wanted to see how they could do with hoop dancing, so in gym we experimented with hula hoops.

 

It was a busy, fun day. :) We have one more day of Kindergarten on Thursday and then it will be our Winter Break! I have a substitute teacher in for me on Thursday so I will try my best to update the blog as to what was planned for that day. :)