Materials in Our World

We launched our new Unit of Study…Materials in Our World.  We discussed things that we think we know about materials and added them to the research chart in our classroom.  We have been reading lots of nonfiction information and have begun to dig deeper and learn more about wood.  We have been  observing, comparing and reporting on five different types of wood…red cedar, pine, basswood, plywood and particle board.  Some of these types of wood come from trees…red cedar comes from a cedar tree; pine comes from a pine tree and basswood comes from a linden tree.  Particleboard and plywood are manmade materials.

We are focusing first on plywood.  We watched a video about how plywood is made and made a chart with the facts we learned.

Then we got busy and actually made a small sample of plywood.  We glued three thin pieces of wood together.  Since it took a while to dry, we also reported on the process of making plywood by writing about it just like a scientist would do!

   

   

   

   

We did our writing on white boards to get our ideas in order.  Then we will write the process for making plywood in our Research Journals.  

So Much Fun in Physical Education with Mr. Nelson!

Have we told you how much we LOVE going to P.E. with Mr. Nelson???  This week we did parachute activities, learned about Jump Rope for Heart and worked on our upper body strength.  We go to P.E. on Cycle Day 2 and it is definitely one of our favorite classes every week!

   

   

   

   

All Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Erica and Noah, this week's P.E. All Stars of the Week.  Thanks for being your best selves in P.E. and for being role models for your fellow students.  We are proud of you!

   

The 100th Day of School

On Monday, February 22, we celebrated the 100th day of school.  It is hard to believe we have been together as kindergartners for 100 days already.  We had a great day!

HI - HO

HI - HO

100 days ago.

We came to school,

and we're so cool!

HI - HO

HI - HO!

Enjoy some photos from our fun day!

   

   

   

   

   

   

The Tiny Seed

When the students arrived at school on Thursday, instead of the normal seat sheet that is usually on the tables, they found a copy of Eric Carle's The Tiny Seed at their spot.  This seemed a bit strange, but the students started exploring.

   

      

We read The Tiny Seed  during our interactive read aloud time on Thursday.  During our Writer's Workshop, we wrote what we thought the author's message was for this story.  Be sure to ask your kindergartner what the message was!

On Friday, we each got a copy of the book again and had to choose our favorite part of the story.  We marked it with a post it note.  Then we participated in a table share.  A table share is when each person at the table takes a turn to share with the other table members about their favorite part.  The table members are expected to be good listeners and when every one has had a turn, we take time for questions and comments.

   

   

Our friends at the green table were kind enough to model the procedure for the entire class first.  Then the rest of the tables had a chance to share.  There were many great parts that the students liked and excellent conversations about the story!  It was a great Reader's Workshop activity.

   

All Stars of the Week

Congratulations to our P.E. All Stars of the Week this week…Akemi and Wesley.  Way to go, All Stars!  Thanks for being great role models!