KC Kindergarten Times

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Writing Workshop


We read the story Henry's Show and Tell by Nancy Carlson. In this story Henry is feeling very nervous about sharing in front of his kindergarten class. We noticed that Nancy Carlson used many feeling words and feeling pictures.

We are learning that good writers tell how they are feeling in their stories . We made a Strong Feelings Chart. At writing time this week many children added how they felt.

Working with our third grade buddies we read a very silly book about a little girl describing herself and her family. We created posters describing ourselves! We had to incorporate things we said about ourselves in our illustration similar to the style of the book.

New Author Study Nancy Carlson

About Nancy Carlson's Books

Nancy believes that life should be fun for everyone, but especially for children. This optimistic message permeates her picture books and provides a positive counterpoint to much of what children are influenced by in today's society. Her characters aren't always perfect. They often have fears, anxieties, and disabilities. Through her books, kids learn to cope with different challenges. They can learn that they don't have to be perfect to be a good person. Her characters also convey positive messages without being "preachy". They gently remind children what is right.

Reading Response: Write and draw something special about you! What do you like best about you?

We are making a story called How To Win Many Friends

Reading Response: If we had Show In Tell in KC what important item would you bring in? A few children really want to have a Show In Tell Day !

Saturday, March 10, 2012

A...is for Ashley

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Spanish This Week

We had a great time learning head, shoulders, knees and toes in Spanish!!!

cabeza=head

hombros=sholders

piernas=knees

pies=toes

ojos=eyes

orejas=ears

boca=mouth

nariz=nose

We labeled a self-portrait

We love learning this game!

Mold Gardens

We have started our science investigation

We will be making and recording observations in our Mold Garden Journal

We can't wait to see what will happen!

Writing Workshop Reflection

Reflecting on Our Writing Workshop Stories

At large group time we created a list of things we used to do at writing workshop and what we do now! You can see the list above.

On stay days this week we worked on picking writing workshop stories to put in our Portfolio's. We talked a lot about selecting pieces that show growth. We filled in the sheet I used to ________but now I _________. Many children were surprised at how much they have grown!