Sunday, April 24, 2011

Sight Word Egg Hunt!

Happy Easter!

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To celebrate in Kindergarten, we had our annual Egg Hunt!

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For the second year in a row, we had a ‘Sight Word” Egg Hunt!

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Everyone had a limit of twelve eggs, each with a different sight word to find…

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Once the right egg was found, it had to be crossed off the list!

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This was a gorgeous morning, with tons of fun!!

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

How Many Feet??

This week, we have been working on measurement and length in math.

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On Wednesday morning, we went outside to measure different things on our playground.

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The kids had to measure the length of our sidewalk,

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our picnic tables,

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our slides,

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and even our gazebo!

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We had a fun morning practicing these new skills!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Pet Day!

To end our unit studying pets, we hosted a Pet Day in Kindergarten!

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Everyone brought in their favorite stuffed pet!

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I loved seeing all the pets and hearing why they are so special to the kids!

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Then, Mr. Davis brought in my real life ‘pet!’

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Baby Addison came to visit K2!

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She was so loved!  We had a ‘baby center’ for about 15 minutes!

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Addison got so much love and attention she didn’t want to leave!

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Happy Pet Day!

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Math Marks the Spot!

I love to find new ways to teach the kids in K2, without using worksheets!  I bought a math game called Math Marks the Spot last fall and we are finally using it as much as we can!

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This week, we  worked on our addition skills!

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We had two teams – boys versus girls!

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I rolled the dice, the first person from their team to correctly join the two sets and mark the answer gets a point!

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This time, the boys won!  But last time, the girls won!

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I think the boys and girls love playing this game as much as I do!

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Monday, April 11, 2011

All About Seeds and Plants

These past few weeks, we have been talking and learning all about seeds and plants.

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We learned about a seed’s lifecycle, how it becomes a plant.

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We learned about the four main parts of a plant – the roots, stem, leaves and flower.

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We finished up our unit with a Plant Tasting Party!

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We tasted the roots of a plant (a carrot),

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the stem of a plant (the celery),

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(Colleen didn’t really like the celery)

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the leaves of a plant (spinach), the flower (broccoli) and the seed (sunflower seeds)!

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This was such a great way to end our unit!  I know all the kids had a great time!