Christopher Columbus Day!

Today we celebrated Christopher Columbus day by watching a short video clip of him, reading a book about his adventures, and created a Christopher Columbus Mask!

IPADS

Today we learned how to use the IPADS. The students had 15 minutes to play an educational game on them. We will be using them Thursday & Friday. Ask your child what the rules are for the IPADS!

1.        No walking around with them.

2.       Follow directions

3.       Play the game the teacher said too!

4.       Have fun and learn!

We did it!

Today we challenged ourselves to read for 10 minutes independently. We have been working on this goal for 1 week and today we accomplished our goal and earned a popcorn party! Here are some pictures of us “earning” our party.

 

Helping Each Other Learn

On Thursday we spent ten minutes working in partners helping each other learn the alphabet! The students took turns being the teacher and flashing the cards to their partner. If someone didn’t know a letter, we talked about ways we can give them “clues” to figure it out in a positive way!

Box Top and Kemp Milk Cap Contest

Box Top  & Kemps Mile Cap Collection Contest Begins – please send in those Box Tops and Milk Caps!

We  will  be  holding  a  Box  Tops  Drive  from  Sept.  24-Oct.  12.. Students  are  encouraged  to bring  in  any  clipped  Box  Tops  and Kemp Milk Caps from  various  products.  Although  Box  Tops  are  accepted all  year  long, our  main collection will  take  place  over  the  next  few  weeks.              

The winning grade will win a popsicle treat!!

Reading to Self!

On Wednesday I introduced “read to self” and the kids had a chance to practice it. Reading to self is an important skill in developing a passion for reading! I asked the kids how they can read a book (some said mom or dad can read or that they can learn to read).   As a class we came up with these three ways to read a book…

1. Read the Pictures
2. Read the Words
3. Retell the Story

Yesterday, we had our first practice reading to ourselves. We are going to practice reading each day, trying to build up our stamina. Stamina is our ability to do something for a long period of time without getting bored or giving up. Today, we met our goal of one minute! We've recorded that on our stamina graph. Once we read our classroom goal of 10 minutes we will have a popcorn party! Check out our photos of great kindergarten readers below.

Hoot Hoot

Monday and Tuesday, we spent some time in the afternoon creating owls for our classroom. Here are some pictures of the students making their owls and then the finish product on the wall!