Catch Up

I have been slacking majorly on posting. I told myself that I would post at least once a week even though I knew there would be weeks here and there that I would miss, well it has been a month and here I am. I know I know I need to pick it up but life happens which also makes it hard.

Anyways, In the past month we have been working hard at learning our letters and sounds, as the end of the first quarter approaches we are testing them to see how much they have leaned and I am very pleased at the progress we have made.

When it comes to Science and Social Studies we have been doing a lot and working hard. The last two weeks of September was apple and Johnny Appleseed. On Friday the 26^th we did an apple rotation with three other classes. The kids first got to make an apple out of paper, which was in my class. We tore red paper and glued it to a small paper plate. The they went to another class and did sequencing with Johnny Appleseed, next they got to hear the apple star story and cut into an apple and see the star it made inside. Lastly, and one of my favorites they got to make headbands that looked like Johnny’s Pot. I think it was safe to say they enjoyed it and are ready to do it again.

                             

                         

Later that day we did an apple tasting to see what kind of apple flavor things they liked the most. Our parents were so nice enough to donate items so each child could experience in the fun. Some of the things we tried were, applesauce, juice, pie, cider and applejacks.

 

Now that October is here we just finished Fire Safety. They learned lots of fun things about staying safe if there is a fire and what to do if we had fire on us. They had so much fun practicing and laughing doing Stop, Droll, and Roll. After it was all said and done I have them an award.

 

In their homework they had to create a Fire Safety Plan and where their family would meet if there every was a fire. 

Now are moving onto Christopher Columbus and Pumpkins. Catch back soon to see what we have done!

Hello Monday

Welcome to Monday! 

This week we are talking about “Who is in your family?” so this afternoon I had the children draw me a picture of their family (who they lived with) and I went around and labeled them.

Here is a sneak peek at two of the families that were drawn:

Tomorrow we will put them on construction paper and I will hang them up in the hallway for everyone to see as they walk by.

We also started literacy centers last week and one of the centers is a reading comprehension center. I have 5 pairs of headphones hooked up to an old school boom-box (who remembers those as a kid?) and the kids sit around a cart listening to the book of the week. When they are done they go back to their seat and work on a comprehension activity. Since they can't write yet it is very simple, write the title of the book and draw their favorite part.


You can get this worksheet FREE from my TPT store HERE.

Mrs. Lewis

First Week

Well the first week is over and I think it is safe to say we survived. Not going to say that it wasn’t crazy but I think we managed.

For the first week of school we talked about Chester Raccoon from “The Kissing Hand” by Audrey Penn. Since Kindergarten can be a very scary time for most students this helps them feel better about school. During open house we sent home a letter that asked parents to kiss their child’s hand on the first day of school so that when we read the story they would feel comfortable knowing that their parents loved them just like Mrs. Raccoon loves Chester.

At the end of the week we colored, cut, and glued our very own Chester. Ok Ok my sister cut Chester out for the kids because we didn’t want our first cutting project to be a disaster. We like to keep cutting simple at first.

Here are some of the completed raccoons. 

Now this week we are onto learning about the 7 habits. So far we have learned 1) be proactive, 2) begin with the end in mind, & 3) put first things first.

We are reading the stories out of the 7 Habits of Happy Kids picture book. They seem to love the stories and I think they are super cute as well.

Each morning when we come in we are coloring the habit from the day before and by the end of the week we will put them together to make a book.

Next week starts our reading series and the “real” learning begins.  

-Mrs. Lewis