Here are a few snapshots of the very BUSY week we had in kindergarten! We have also been reading and talking a lot about apples, and have been really enjoying Number Corner and some new math games, which will be featured in next week's blog. The children have also been interested in practicing writing letters in FUNdations. So far, we have learned these letters in FUNdations: m, t, f, b, i, u, n.
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| We started this week off with a great Four Winds lesson on habitats and ecosystems. We watched a play that introduced some big ideas about these topics. |
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| Listening intently to these characters! |
Four Winds
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| We learned that ecosystems are all the living and non living things in a place and how they work together. Producers and consumers make and eat food. Herbivores and carnivores and omnivores are parts of ecosystems. |
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| The children looked at images of leaves and sorted them based on certain similarities... |
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| ...both of these leaves looked like they were munched on.... |
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| ...both of these leaves showed "leave mining".... |
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| We enjoyed some time in the outdoor classroom... |
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| where we saw firsthand how a leave can serve as an ecosystem and habitat. If you look VERY closely, you can see some teeny bugs underneath these leaves. |
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| The children were given this sheet of paper and searched for examples of these leaves. |
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| Eggs were found on this leaf. |
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| Looking at leaves that were "skeletonized". |
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Folded leaves protect insects
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| We have been reading a ton about apples. This was a follow up 'mosaic' activity that the children loved. This project took lots of concentration, and also fostered some careful fine motor work. |
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| We read the book, Have You Seen My Cat?. The sight word "my" was introduced. The children traced a cat, colored it in, and then completed the sentence strip by adding the words "my cat". |
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| Hard at work. |
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Mrs. Nelson taught an important lesson this week during You Skiils. She showed the children a picture and asked, "What do you notice about this student listening to his teacher?" The students recognized the traits of the boy paying attention to his teacher. The focus on this lesson was "Paying attention" and why it is an important "skill" to have in kindergarten.
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We listened and danced to the Listening Song.
As you focus use your eyes, ears and brain.
Focused and ready to listen :)
We also visited Mrs. Nelson's room and explored....
...puppets....
...and Legos.....
...comfy chairs....
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