100th Day of School!

Today, the students brought in their 100th day of school projects. Their project had to have 100 items. Each student had the chance to present their projects to the class. They did awesome! We also made cool crowns that said,"I survived 100 days of Kindergarten." Later, we made a special art project. Each students was given 100 circle stickers. They used these stickers to make a special picture. They were very creative. :-) Here are some other special things we did to celebrate the 100th day of school:
1. We made 100 fingerprints.
2. We made a special class book.
3. We wrote our numbers all the way to 100!
3. We enjoyed a special 100th day of school snack. (our cookies made the number 100)

A picture of our class wearing our special crowns

Making our 100 circle sticker project






Two pages from our class book


Making 100 fingerprints


Enjoying our 100th day of school snack

A few friends holding up their 100th day of school projects:
100 pieces of macaroni

100 pipe cleaners made into cool shapes

100 fruit loops made into Wall E

100 pieces of paper

100 foam stickers spelling out our school rules (the names of his family are spelled out on the back with a few more rocket ships)

Our 1st Field Trip!

Today, we went on our first field trip to the Kansas History Museum. We had a great time looking at all things Kansas. The students even went on a scavenger hunt to find the Kansas symbols that we have been learning about. Also, the Wizard of Oz characters were all there in honor of Kansas' 150th birthday. The kids loved meeting them and getting their autographs!
We also finished making our Kansas fans in reading groups. We made them because we are "fans" of Kansas. :-) On one side of the fan, we drew our favorite state symbol. On the other side was a picture of Kansas' state capital, and we wrote "I love Kansas."
Lastly, V celebrated her 6th birthday today. She brought in delicious cupcakes and fruit punch. It was a great ending to our day.
Bouncing on the spring bed inside of the train at the Kansas History Museum

Sitting inside the train

Posing with Dorothy

Posing with Glenda

They made hats at the museum

A video of two friends at the museum

Four friends holding up their fans




Happy 6th birthday V!

All Things Kansas!

As some of you may know, the state of Kansas is getting ready to celebrate the big 1-5-0. As you can imagine, we have been learning a lot about Kansas lately. We have been working on a book in reading groups called, "Kansas, Kansas, What do you See?" It reads just like the Brown Bear book but uses Kansas state symbols instead of animals. After 7 days of hard work, we finally finished the book. Today, we invited our principal, Mrs. Cooney to come listen to us read the book. I got it on video, so you could see just what a great job they did. :-)

We also made Kansas state flags today. First, we colored in our state seal. They were great at following directions, considering that it is a very detailed seal. Then, we cut out the seal and glued it to a big, blue piece of a construction paper. Lastly, we glued the word Kansas to the bottom of the flag. Check out the awesome work we did:

Popsicle Party!

We filled another spirit stick with lassos! We had a popsicle party to celebrate. We enjoyed the popsicles and watched an Alvin and the Chipmunks Valentine's Day DVD. We had a great time! :-)

Each table enjoying their popsicles during the party

Snow Person Glyph

Today, we made a snow person glyph. All of the questions on the glyph were about snow. I included a picture of the directions from the glyph. As usual, they did a great job following the directions. :-)






Also, I read the book "The Snowy Day" to them again. It was a perfect book to read with the weather we've had. Then, I gave them picture cards with pictures from the story. We put them in order. These kids have great memories!

I also included a picture of the graph we did on Wednesday. We made a favorite ice cream graph. I did not anticipate so many students would like chocolate, but we figured out a solution.

Lastly, we celebrated another 1/2 birthday today.
Happy 1/2 Birthday Y!

Living and Non-Living Things

Today, we did another science lesson on living and non-living things. We reviewed that living things are things that grow and need food and water. We talked about how non-living things do not need these things. Next, I gave them a piece of paper that had the words "living things" written on one side and "non-living things" written on the other. Then, I gave the students magazines. They looked through the magazines and cut out living and non-living things, and they glued them to the appropriate side. They did awesome! They even remembered that trees, plants, fruits, and vegetables are living because they grow and need water. I was very proud. :-) We also celebrated C's 6th birthday today.

Cutting out and gluing living and non-living things


A few of their finished papers



Happy 6th Birthday C!