Stockings

We got ourselves in the holiday spirit today by making stockings for our "Happy Holidays" bulletin board. They chose their stocking and cut it out. Then, they decorated their stocking with cotton balls, foam stickers, glitter glue, stickers, and stamps. The stockings turn out really great and we have a very festive bulletin board. We also got our Christmas tree set up. We will be making special ornaments for our tree this week too.

Decorating their stockings


Posing with their stockings



The finished holiday bulletin board

Stone Soup

Today, we made our stone soup. We had read the story, "Stone Soup" last week. In the story, a village of people who were very greedy helped make a soup together. The villagers realized they would have to share their own ingredients to make a great soup. We discussed how the soup would have been awful if nobody had put any other ingredients in the soup besides the stones. So I had each student bring an ingredient to go in our soup (i.e. beef broth, corn, carrots, tomatoes, etc). Today, I had the students put the ingredient they brought into the soup. Then, everybody got the chance to stir the soup. Later in the afternoon, we put out the place mats we had made with our study buddies and enjoyed soup, goldfish crackers, and juice. It was a wonderful meal. :-)

Making the stone soup



Enjoying the stone soup

Turtle Racers in P.E.

Today, they were using turtle racers in P.E. This is the 2nd time they have used them. I decided to go to the gym and take a picture of them riding the racers. Also, I decided to try one myself! They are a lot of fun and are great for improving coordination. :-) Today, we also watched "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" and ate popcorn and jelly beans just like they did in the movie. Tomorrow, we will be making the stone soup!

Riding the turtle racers in P.E.

School is Cool!

Another big day in kindergarten. We are starting a unit on the 5 senses, and today we talked about taste. I brought in 4 different types of food: marshmallows, dill pickles, unsweetened chocolate, and pretzels. We determined through a taste test which foods were salty, sweet, bitter, and sour. Then, we looked through a magazine and glued pictures that would use our sense of taste to a piece of paper. It made us hungry for lunch.
In the afternoon, we had our study buddies come and make place mats with us. Next week, we will be making a soup, and they will need place mats for the soups. Also, this was a great way to learn about weaving.
We also had another big surprise in the afternoon: Popsicles!! To celebrate the end of American Education Week, the whole school was treated to a Popsicle. After all, school is cool!

Taste testing


Cutting out pictures that had to do with our sense of taste


Weaving our place mats with our study buddies


Enjoying the popsicles

When I grow up.......

For American Education Week, we have been discussing what we want to be when we grow up. Today, I read a book all about different kinds of jobs. They learned in detail about what certain jobs entail. Then, they picked the job they thought was most interesting. They wrote what they wanted to be and drew a picture of themselves doing the job. They are proudly displayed in our hallway. We had students who wanted to be doctors, soldiers, veterinarians, nurses, policemen, zookeepers, judges, chefs, and firemen.
In math, we created a favorite color graph. The favorite color ended up being blue and no one liked yellow.
Later, we sang the song, "Five Little Turkeys" and used the finger puppets we made a few days ago. We have been singing it all week. Hopefully, they came home and performed it for you. Lastly, we had two parents come and each read a story to us this morning. I want to give a special thanks to them.

Mrs. B. reading to our class







A student proudly displaying his turkey puppets

Pajama Day!

Today was pajama day, so we stayed all warm and cozy in our jammies. We also had another guest reader come to our class and read the story, "Bear Wants More."

A Guest Reader and University Day!

Today, the students were supposed to wear their favorite university shirt. KU seemed to be a favorite in our room. Also, we had a parent come in this morning and read 2 books to us. Tomorrow, we will be having another guest reader for American Education Week. We will also have something else special to wear to school (think of bedtime).

The students who wore their favorite university shirts


Mrs. P reading a story to us

American Education Week!

This week is American Education Week, and we will be discussing what we would do if we we were the teacher in our journals. We have a lot of fun things coming up this week. Also, the whole school is celebrating by wearing a different theme everyday. Today, was crazy hair day. We only had one person have the crazy hair today, and it sure was crazy. :-)

A Birthday and More Thanksgiving Fun!

We had another birthday today. She brought us Blow Pops that we enjoyed after school. We also did another Thanksgiving art project. First, they cut out the turkey's body. Then, they colored it. We discussed the waddle and the turkey's beak, and determined what color they should be. Then, we had to make the turkey's feathers. We used yellow, brown, orange, and red strips of paper to make the feathers. They glued the strips to the back of the turkey and then folded and glued them again to the back of the turkey. They turned out really great! Later in the day, we had study buddies with the 3rd graders. They played the game, "Roll a Turkey." The students rolled a numbered dice. Then, the 3rd graders looked on the instructions, and read what the number indicated they draw. For example, if they rolled a 4 that mean they should draw a feather or if they rolled a 6 that meant they should draw a foot. The first, person to complete the whole turkey won.

Happy Birthday A!

Making the turkeys

Holding up their feathered turkeys


A set of study buddies playing "Roll a Turkey"