This week, we have been working on measurement and length in math.
On Wednesday morning, we went outside to measure different things on our playground.
The kids had to measure the length of our sidewalk,
our picnic tables,
our slides,
and even our gazebo!
We had a fun morning practicing these new skills!
To end our unit studying pets, we hosted a Pet Day in Kindergarten!
Everyone brought in their favorite stuffed pet!
I loved seeing all the pets and hearing why they are so special to the kids!
Then, Mr. Davis brought in my real life ‘pet!’
Baby Addison came to visit K2!
She was so loved! We had a ‘baby center’ for about 15 minutes!
Addison got so much love and attention she didn’t want to leave!
Happy Pet Day!
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!
This week, we worked on our addition skills!
We had two teams – boys versus girls!
I rolled the dice, the first person from their team to correctly join the two sets and mark the answer gets a point!
This time, the boys won! But last time, the girls won!
I think the boys and girls love playing this game as much as I do!
These past few weeks, we have been talking and learning all about seeds and plants.
We learned about a seed’s lifecycle, how it becomes a plant.
We learned about the four main parts of a plant – the roots, stem, leaves and flower.
We finished up our unit with a Plant Tasting Party!
We tasted the roots of a plant (a carrot),
the stem of a plant (the celery),
(Colleen didn’t really like the celery)
the leaves of a plant (spinach), the flower (broccoli) and the seed (sunflower seeds)!
This was such a great way to end our unit! I know all the kids had a great time!
As a follow up to our “Go Texas” week and our Kindergarten Rodeo, one of our second grade teachers, Mrs. Hughes, was nice enough to bring her horses to Galatas!
She told us all about the horses! We learned about the different equipment needed to take care of the horse.
We learned there are two different types of riding styles – western and English.
The horses walked, trotted and cantered for us!
Then, we even got to pet the horse!
This was a great conclusion to our Texas week!
