Welcome to Kindergarten!! - Kindergarten 2022-2023

Welcome to Kindergarten!!

Vowel Surgery

3/12/2023

The Kindergartners have become masters of reading. They are able to identify beginning and ending sounds like the pros that they are! In order to celebrate how far they have come, they were sent on a task. They entered the Kindergarten Hospital and needed to fix some words!
There were CVC words all over the classroom and each one was sick and missing something important...their vowel! With their doctor coats on and their patient charts in hand, the Kindergartners spent the afternoon fixing each word and celebrating when the patient was healed!
By the end of the experience, each Kindergartner proved to be an excellent vowel surgeon and all patients were fixed! This was a great way for the Kindergartners to practice their phonics, use their imaginations, hone their fine motor skills, and have a little bit of fun in the process!
Look below at our slideshow of pictures to see us in action!

Star Qualities

3/8/2023

We have been spending a lot of time talking about how God made us all different, unique, and full of talents that are our own...our star qualities...the things that make us shine.
To celebrate this, we brainstormed a list of adjectives that describe ourselves along with creating self portraits. We have some true illustrators and writers in this class!

Our 100th Day!

2/28/2023

So much celebration had to happen this year! We've made it through 100 days of learning. The 100th day is a big deal in Kindergarten! We are beyond blessed to have been able to be in school during this season of life when others are learning from home. 100 days of memories, laughter, Kindergarten stories, books, and so much learning!
On our 100th day, we counted to 100 all day, we talked about 100 things that make Kindergartners happy, we wrote all about the number 100, we created a picture using the numbers 1, 0, and 0. We also tried to see how tall of a tower we could build with 100 cups and even searched around our rooms for 100 Hershey kisses (all with a number from 1-100 on them.) We then matched the number on the bottom to the number on our 100's chart. It was such a special day! Look below for so many pictures from our amazing celebration!

Snowmen at Night

2/17/2023

One of the Kinders big projects each year includes writing our very own version of the book "Snowmen at Night!" After reading the book, the Kinders brainstormed, wrote and illustrated their very own version of the book.
Below is a video of the Kinders sharing their favorite page of their story!
Enjoy!

Place Value Detectives

2/10/2023

The Kinders have been working hard on place value, learning about tens and ones! It might not seem like the most exciting of topics, but if your add some pink panther background music and magnifying glasses…instant engagement! The Kinders spent time hunting for teen numbers and then they had to write the number sentence for each one they found. The squeals and giggles from them seeing their giant eyes and magnified features was a pure delight!

All Aboard the Polar Express!

1/6/2023

A highlight of Kindergarten is our time spent traveling the world on the Polar Express! Every December, we pack our suitcases, make our passports, grab our tickets and adventure around the world, learning about how other countries celebrate Christmas and comparing their traditions to ours!
Throughout this adventure, we learn how to say "Merry Christmas" in the language spoken in each country, discover a few special foods, toys, or traditions that they have, and read several books from each of the countries. It is such a magical time, full of exploring new things and opening our eyes to the world around us! This year, we were able to travel to countries like Mexico, Sweden, Australia, and England to name a few!

Take a look a a few pictures from our adventure around the world!

Gingerbread Jar Journals

12/12/2022

This week was one of my favorite weeks in Kindergarten! This week, the Kindergartners read SO many gingerbread character books and we compare/contrasted all the story elements in them! The Kinders compared the setting, characters, the main character, and the repeated words together. Then, the Kinders compared the endings of the story in their very own journals!
We would talk about the ending and the the Kindergartners would create and write a sentence all of their own! After they wrote their sentence, they drew their picture, which showed the ending and what happened. We discovered that gingerbread books have SO many similar qualities but they all are just a little bit different from one another!

Kindergarten Kindness

12/4/2022

If you attended the Santa's Workshop event, I hope that the Kinders shared with you the story of our Kindness tree! Over the past week, the Kinders spent time creating ornaments of all kinds. Then, we decided to spread kindness by sharing them with everyone who attended the event!
This is one of the ways that we are trying to show others how important they are, that they matter, and boost their spirits (also know as being a trampoline!) The Kinders are quickly discovering that it can be so exciting to give to others.

Below is a picture of just some of our ornaments and the lovely Kinders that created them!

Kindergarten Pizzeria!

11/14/2022

Welcome to the Kindergarten Pizzeria!
The Kindergartners took one day to celebrate all of our hard work with number sense, number recognition, counting, and finishing the first module of math! When we walked into our classroom, we discovered that it had transformed into a pizzeria!
This was no normal pizzeria! At this pizzeria, it was the Kindergartners' job to add all of the toppings- no more and no less than the order stated.
Using our recipe cards, the Kindergartners spent an afternoon creating pizzas galore. Mama mia! What a fun time we had practicing our numbers and exploring our imaginations!

I am...

10/7/2022

Have you heard of star qualities?
They are the characteristics that we have that help make us who we are! To celebrate our star qualities and what makes us wonderful...we created keychains, celebrating one thing that we are.
I am kind.
I am an artist.
I am helpful.
I am silly.

Just a glimpse of a few of the qualities that our Kinders possess!!