Saturday, January 5, 2013

This week in KC!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable vacation! It was great to get back in the swing of things this week!

Writing Workshop
This week in writing we went back to our unit on map making. This week students had to make a choice. They could make a map to the nurse's office or the main office.
 We took a walk taking notes.

We had to write the title to our maps, draw the  picture, add symbols and write the directions. We will be rereading our maps next week with a partner, checking to make sure our information is accurate.
This week we learned to list the directions with numbers.



Shared Reading Time
We learned a new poem called Chip Chop
Word Study
We have been working on vowel books. We started our books before vacation. We have been learning the different sound vowels make.


We made a Thinking Map of words with the short and long vowel A sound.
Patterns
This week we solved some story word problems that have to do with patterns. 




Saturday, December 22, 2012

This Week In KC

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Can you believe the Queen of Ten came for a visit! We have been in school for 70 Days!She had us do different patterns with our bodies. We did 70 movements altogether!
Our Favorite December Book
We have been reading many of the books from the Henry and Mudge series. KC is
falling in love with Henry and his BIG dog Mudge.  


Wow Words This Week
  Writing Workshop
We are learning about maps in KC. Our class project this week focused on making a map to help someone get from KC to the front playground. Each child in the class worked on their own map. You will see below what we learned about the features of a great map and directions. 
 We voted on our map route. Students were encouraged to take notes while we walked the map route.
 Taking notes while walking the route. We noticed lots of EXIT signs in the building.

 The next step, was to make a map.

We will return to map making when we get back from vacation!


A...is for Alexandra!
Alexandra was the special person this week! Click on the Voice Thread below to hear her book!  

 

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

It Snowed A Heap

It Snowed A Heap! We made illustrations to go with the song It Snowed A Heap. Our pages are on display in the hallway. If you click on the Voice Thread below you can hear students singing this song!

Friday, December 14, 2012

This Week in Kc

We read the Sultan Snake and made pattern snakes!




Making Different kinds of Patterns

 What comes next in the pattern?

 Growing Patterns




We have been reading lots of pattern stories and writing pattern stories!

Some of our pattern stories


 Below are some examples of pattern stories students are making in kindergarten. I just shared the first page or two.
 Happy News 
The bunny found a friend. 

Sad News
The Bunny lost his friend.


This train goes curvy. This train goes strait.
This train is big. This train is small.
My big brother Christian likes little Lego's. My little brother Mark likes big Lego's.
Nonfiction  Topics Have Been Very POPULAR


Somewhere today a Water Snake it swimming.

Somewhere today a snake is laying 100 eggs

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