Mrs. Roberts' and Mrs. Griffin's Super Kindergarten

Push & Pull!!!

2012-01-15T11:42:00.000-08:00

Each group had a tray with different objects on it. They were asked to find the similarities and differences with these objects.

We sorted our objects into three groups: things that can be pushed, things that can be pulled, and things that can be pushed and pulled.

After discussing our findings, the next day we created a Venn Diagram to sort the objects into: Push and Pull.

Final result!!!

Our Venn Diagram before we sorted the objects.

Pow Wow

2011-12-04T09:04:00.000-08:00

R enjoyed making art work with fruit and berries!

J and L loved painting with fruit, especially the blueberries!

We were starving after our Pow Wow ceremony! Dancing like Sioux Native Americans is hard work!

Mr. Dygan was awesome!

We got to taste yummy food.....dried fruit, popcorn, corn muffins, beef jerkey, and apples!

We loved listening to Mrs. KK tell a story in the tepee.

Cheese!!!!

We liked writing our Native Americans symbols on "bear skin."

Our first book reports!

2011-11-06T13:21:00.000-08:00

E. did his book report on: Humpty Dumpty. He enjoyed reciting the nursery rhyme and using his puppet!

D. did his report on: The Foot Book. He enjoyed taking objects out of his bag that represented things from his book. The class loved that he brought in acutal socks!

J. did her report on: Clifford's Animal Sounds. She loved using her finger puppets to retell her book!

R. did his report on: Green Eggs and Ham. He made his own green eggs and ham!

The class enjoyed retelling the poem: Five Little Pumpkins.

Pumpkin Fun!

2011-10-15T14:18:00.000-07:00

We liked sitting in our "share circle" to sort our pumpkins. We sorted by size, shape, and stem/no stem.

We sorted our pumpkins by smallest to largest.

Sneak Peak of our Literary Pumpkin:
Mary Had a Little Lamb

Boom Words

2011-10-15T14:05:00.000-07:00

We love playing "Show Down" with our sight words!
Directions to play "Show Down" at home:

1. call out a sight word: the, is, we, and, it, like.....
2. child will write the word on the board.
3. when you (parent) call out "show down",
your child will hold the board in the air.

This is an engaging game to get student's excited about learning and recoginzing sight words.

Vowel Bat!

2011-09-29T16:10:00.000-07:00

In skills block, we are learning about syllables and vowels. We have some great "vowel detectives" in our class! Here is a glimpse of our new favorite song: Vowel Bat.

Math Game Fun!

2011-09-29T15:36:00.000-07:00

Roll the dice
We love rolling dice and counting the dots!

10 frame game

Y and B had a deck of cards. They took turns flipping the cards over. If they flipped a 8, they had to show 8 counters on the ten frame!

We love rolling the dice and seeing how many times it lands on a certnain number!

A glimpse into our week!

2011-09-18T08:04:00.000-07:00

J completed his homework. He brought in items that
began with the the first letter of his name: J.....
Joker (from The Smurfs)

L loved completing her homework! She brought
in items that begin with the the first letter of her name.....
Lion and Leotard

Y loves to learn on the Smart Board.
Yzreal is sequencing the Nursery Rhyme: Hickory Dickory Dock.

We love reading our Star Books, especiall Caps For Sale!
E and N retelling Caps For Sale through the feltboard.

2011-09-05T16:42:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of our Star Students! The class had a great time

interviewing their classmates.

In math, we explored math manipulatives during math workshop. Here is a glimpse of some patterns the class made.

Sight word Poetry was introduced during Readers Workshop. The class enjoyed playing games with the sight words, practicing rhyme and rhythm, and getting their own poetry notebook. Here is our first sight word poem.

Our first week!

2011-08-27T18:57:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful first week in kindergarten!! Our days were filled with many exciting activites as well as practicing rules and procedures. We introduced our first "Star Student", Zachary! We explored the letters in Zachary's name, interviewed him, and wrote/drew pictures about Zachary. Each day I will pick at random a new star student. We also had our first fire drill, and I was very proud of how well each student stayed in line and followed directions. Here is what a few students had to say about their week:

Tyra: I liked being the second star student. It was fun talking in the microphone!
D.J.: I liked learning that we were each going to have a job. My job is magic soap (hand sanitizer). Yes!
Emmett: I liked reading Chika Chika Boom Boom.
Ryan: Recess is pretty fun!
Evelyn: I liked learning our calendar math song.