Merry Christmas 2018

Merry Christmas from the Beach Buddies!

Our Three Pigs Lego Creations

Last week we became experts on The Three Little Pigs. We made book to book connections and compared and contrasted the different versions. We ended our study by creating with Legos to share our thinking about the texts. You can view our projects in the video below. 

Tricky Turkeys

Wow! We sure had some tricky turkeys disguised in our hallway! We use the app Chatterpix Kid to make our turkeys talk.

Fruit Feast 2018

Fruit Feast, Fruit Feast
Yum, yum, yum!
Which fruit is your favorite one?

50th Day of Kindergarten

50 days of Learning

50 days of Fun

50 days to work and play

Aren't I the lucky one?

Whoooo is learning about owls?

We have been examining the features of nonfiction and have become owl experts along the way. This week we made owls and shared our owl facts with a green screen video. We loved choosing real owl pictures for our background. Enjoy!

Our Owl Facts from Katherine Zuehlke on Vimeo.

Pumpkin Stem Challenge

After reading the poem Five Little Pumpkins Sitting on the Gate, we took on the STEM challenge of making a gate for our pumpkins. We worked with partners to use different manipulatives for our creations. We kept trying, even when our ideas didn’t work the first time.

Our Strong Schema

In readers' workshop we have been learning about our schema. Schema is the prior knowledge we have about a topic. Everyone's schema is different because our experiences are different. We thought about some topics that was have a STRONG schema for and wrote and drew about them in the video below.

Schema 2018 from Katherine Zuehlke on Vimeo.

Fair Haven Farms 2018

Fair Haven Farms is the PERFECT fall field trip for kindergarten. Enjoy some highlights in the video below.

Signs of Fall 2018

New signs of fall seem to be popping up every day! We used shared writing to make a chart about fall and then drew about our thinking on our iPads.

Our Day in K 2018

Our kindergarten days are filled with learning, fun, and friendship. This video shares many parts of our typical kindergarten day.

Our Forever Books

This week we enjoyed reading our special Forever Books from home. Learning about new books and authors is one of the best parts of kindergarten! We talked about how strong readers THINK while reading and then did some drawing about what WE think about when we read our Forever Book. Our books are below and you can see our drawings at Explore Kindergarten Night.

Playground Friends

We have been learning about how to be a good friend and how to make new friends. We practice this both in and out of our classroom. Ask your kindergartner what they know about the special friends in this slideshow. Click the link below to view.
Playground Friends

Bubbles and Watermelon

In our first days together we explored watermelon and bubbles. It was a perfect way to start kindergarten! We used poems, books, songs, shared writing, and outside play to explore in a fun, hands-on way.

First Day of K

First Day Smiles are the Best! Meet the 2018-2019 Beach Buddies. It's going to be a great year!
Click on the link below:
First Day of K

Kindergarten Advice

Our incoming kindergartners will greatly benefit from this advice. These almost first graders definitely know the ropes of kindergarten!
Kindergarten Advice

Then and Now

Look how we have grown! Check our self-portraits from September and May.

Starburst Designs and a NEWS REPORT from K

Mrs. Pawelski helps us make many fantastic projects in art. Here is a video of our Starburst designs focusing on symmetry.

We used our green screen to share a kindergartner led NEWS REPORT. (We should have used our ipad stand...it looks like we are reporting from a bumpy boat!)

Inventions Day 2018

Earth Day is the perfect day to take care of the earth and have a Recycling Inventions Party! You will be impressed with our fabulous inventions. Check out our ideas in the video below.

We are Experts

Click on the link below to hear about our "All About" nonfiction book topics.
Expert Ideas

Compound Word Boogie

Who knew compound words could be so much fun? You will love our sweet singing voices as you learn about compound words.

Kindergarten Book Reviews

Looking for a great book to read? These kindergartners have some excellent ideas for you!

Leprechaun Traps 2018

Here we are putting your awesome JUNK to good use again! We showed great problem solving skills, teamwork, and persistence as we created our traps. We are very tricky!

Snowy Star Words

The calendar might say spring, but we know MN thinks differently! Earlier this month we used the green screen to show off our favorite WINTER activity and share the sight word snowmen we made. Watch this video at home with your kindergartner to practice sight words. *Note: We are amateur green screen producers...it's not perfect, but we had fun making it!

Read with Expression

A favorite song in kindergarten is "Read with Expression...don't Read Like a Robot". Ask your kindergartner to sing it for you! We practiced our fluency as we recorded ourselves reading our poem books on the Flipgrid app. Check out our fluency grid at the link below.

Read with Expression

Our Habitat Research

HABITAT and ADAPT were new vocabulary words for us this week. We researched online and in books to find out about a variety of habitats. On Thursday we worked in groups to make posters about a particular habitat. On Friday we used our summarizing skills to share our thinking about each habitat. Check out our thinking in the video below.

At School: Our Readers' Theater

Ms. Gersch helped us with our fluency as we read a Readers' Theater book about school. We practiced our parts and performed in front of our green screen to make it look like we were in different parts of the school performing.

100th Day Fashion Show

Check out the Kindergarten Red Carpet- we are looking good! Thanks for your help with this special project.

Our 100th Day Wishes

We are 100 days smarter! Last Friday was an awesome 100th Day celebration. Click the link below for our 100th day wishes. Look for our red carpet fashion show coming soon!
Our 100th Day Wishes

Our Penguin Facts

We are penguin experts! Check out our penguin facts.

Snowballs

The book Snowballs by Lois Ehlert was a kindergarten favorite. We loved seeing all the neat "junk" that Lois used to create the snow creatures in her book. We, of course, had to give some snow creatures a try as well! We are proud of our awesome snow creatures.

Jungle Drawings

Thank you to our art teacher, Mrs. Pawelski, for helping us create these awesome jungle drawings. You can find your child's artwork on www.artsonia.com. Information about your personal login was sent home earlier this month. Artsonia allows you to purchase cool products with your child's artwork on them. Enjoy our class artwork below!

Delightful December

Kindergarten is a great place to be in December. Some highlights were cookie baking, caroling, the 5th graders' play, and eating our cookies! Watching the video below will get you right back into the Christmas spirit.