The End of a Busy Week!

We have made it through the second week of Kindergarten Plus at Northview!  It has been a very busy week.  In the past few days, we have done some guided discoveries using pattern blocks, glue, white boards and white board markers.  We are doing such a good job at listening and learning the proper way to use and take care of all of these school tools!

   

  

   

We also had the opportunity to use our scissors.  Mrs. Kurt could not believe what a great job we did!

    

 Ms. Arboe read us another gingerbread story called "Gingerbread Friends" by Jan Brett.  Each day this week, after we read our gingerbread story, we helped the teachers make a list of the characters from each story.

 It was very interesting to see how the stories were alike and how they were different!

Then we had to think about which gingerbread story was our favorite.  We made a graph to see which ones we liked!  Did you know that a graph actually helps to organize information?  Looks like the most popular gingerbread story this week was "The Gingerbread Girl" by Lisa Ernst.

Our last gingerbread activity was trying to list some gingerbread adjectives.  We learned that adjectives are words that describe something.  We came up with some good adjectives for our gingerbread boy!

It really was a good week!  Have a great weekend.

Bus Safety and the Gingerbread Boy

Today we learned about bus safety.  We watched a video in Library yesterday with Mrs. Hemsey and then this morning, we got to practice on a real school bus!

   

Ms. Arboe read us the story "The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School" by Laura Murray.

   

 Then it was time to head to the lunchroom to pick up our delicious snack for the day.  However, there was one small problem...the gingerbread boy we made for our snack wasn't there!

 

 So we went back to our classroom to make a plan.  We decided to make a sign telling others that our gingerbread boy was lost!

  

We decided to look around the school for him.  He wasn't in the bathrooms, lunchroom, or the office.  But we did find him in Mr. Ball's office!  Thanks to the third graders in Mrs. Watters' class for the great hints!

 We decorated our gingerbread boy with frosting, blueberries and raspberries.  Then we ate him for our snack...YUM!

   

We were so glad we found our gingerbread boy.  

Gingerbread Boy

We are having a great week so far.  Every day the routines seem to get a little easier to follow.  We are working really hard, and although we still have lots to learn about being Northview All Stars, Mrs. Kurt says we are doing a really good job!

We are reading books this week about the gingerbread man.  We are learning that there are many different versions to the same story.  So far, we have read two different versions of "The Gingerbread Boy"

   

All this reading about the gingerbread boy made us hungry for some gingerbread.  So, we decided to make some for our snack on Wednesday!  First we came up with a list of groceries that Mrs. Kurt needed to shop for...

then we found the recipe...

 last, we gathered all of the supplies together that we would need to cook!

We had such a good time working together to make our special snack.  Mrs. Kurt said she was glad we could help her since she is not a very good cook!

   

We added the powdered ingredients.

   

 We added the eggs.

   

The last thing we added was the water.  Then came the fun part that everyone got to help with...the mixing!

Round and round...1,2,3.  A gingerbread boy I soon will be!

   

We shaped the dough in to a gingerbread boy and then took it to the kitchen and asked the nice kitchen ladies to bake it.  They said it would take a long time to bake, so we will pick it up tomorrow, decorate it and eat it for our snack.  YUM!  We can't wait!!!

Guided Discovery with Scissors and Unifix Cubes

Wow!  We have had a busy week.  And today was the best day of Kindergarten Plus so far!!  We have learned the Northview All Star Code and can say it all by ourselves!

Be sure to check our Friday Folders for information about the All Star Code.  We need to sign a paper and return it to school next week!

Here is our behavior chart:

It seems to be working well.  In fact, we have had a few students earn Shining Stars for their good behavior.  Mrs. Kurt says she hopes more kids earn them next week!

We did a guided discovery with scissors today.  Guided discovery means we learn how to use different tools in school safely.  We also learn how to properly clean up and store the tools we use.  We learned the correct way to hold a scissors.  We discussed that the ONLY thing we cut with a scissors is paper.  We practiced carrying a scissors in a safe manner, too.  

We also did a guided discovery with one of our Math tools this afternoon...unifix cubes.  We spent some time exploring things we could do with the cubes.  Boy, were we creative!  Just look at some of the things we did with the cubes:

   

   

Mrs. Kurt said it was a great day today...and it was!  Have a good weekend!