Brrr

Hello! It was a chilly Spring day that felt like Friday, since the Kindergarten students aren't back at school now until Monday. We had a fun, busy day as usual.

 

During free choice center time the two main activities were drawing pictures and playing with cars.

We also had some building of structures later in the day:

 

We have finished all of our Jolly Stories so we reviewed the /e/ sound and the letter g. We also reviewed our sight words: it, is, and the.

In math, we read the poem 6 Little Ducks. It worked out perfectly today, as there were only six students in class! So, we pretended that our large matt was a pond and the students were ducks. We acted out a story where a certain number of ducks were in the pond and the rest were on shore. In this way, we discussed the different sets that can make up the number six. Next, students drew their own pond on a piece of paper and counted out 6 pre-drawn ducks. They had to place the ducks in their picture, deciding how many would be in the water and how many would be out. They also had to pick out the numeral six from a set of numbers and glue that onto their page. We finished off with putting the sentences "____ ducks in the pond. ____ out" on their paper, filling in the blanks with their numbers. This activity took a lot longer than I had anticipated, so we didn't get into our Science lesson today.

 

 

We did some number recognition practice today with a game where students pulled a letter out of the bag and then we found it on the sheet. We also discussed each letter sound and some words that start with that letter.

 

We read about the third habit: Put First Things First, which basically teaches to work first and play second. In the story, Pokey Porcupine procrastinates studying for his spelling test all week. He plays with all of his friends each night instead. So, when his spelling test comes around, he only got one out of six words right. His teacher gives him a re-write, his friend helps him study, and then he does much better.

 

Today, we also checked out two new books that I purchased. They come with videos that have the animated version of the song/book. The pirate one was a bit tricky to follow but it's very catchy!

 

Hopefully every stays warm and safe over the weekend! Take care.