Nancy Carlson's Big Ideas

Our author study on Nancy Carlson was one of our favorite studies this year. We loved getting to know the similar characters and making many connections with the problems and solutions in the stories. After drawing and coloring like Nancy, we shared the "big ideas" that Nancy taught us through her books.

Spring!?

Even though we started Thursday off with a SnOwY morning, we ended the day in a springy way. When we came back from book buddies, some cotton was left on our floor and our bunny bags were hidden! Check out some pics and videos below.

Another photo collage by Smilebox

Strong Readers and Writers

We are making strong reading and writing choices everyday in kindergarten. These smart choices are getting us ready for first grade!

Hawaii Day

Hawaii Day came at a perfect time when we were needing some sunshine and warm thoughts. We enjoyed a flight with a special guest pilot, beach literacy stations, and many books and songs with a Hawaiian theme. Our book buddies even met us in Hawaii and we traveled to another island to learn how to do the hula! Enjoy some of our memories below.

Our Bird Mental Images

In readers' workshop we have been learning that strong readers make mental images when they read. One of our favorite mental image books was Birds by Kevin Henkes.

Our favorite mental images (movies in our mind!) are below.

Go Cards!

What an exciting week in Annandale! One of the week's highlights was our send off for the boys basketball team on Wednesday afternoon. Instead of just waving to the bus, we were thrilled to see the entire team walking along the sidewalk giving high 5's to all the AES students. What a special Cardinal memory! Here are some pics from the day. Press play and you can click on a picture to zoom in.

Photo collage customized with Smilebox

Digital Writing Celebration

For our last writing celebration, Miss Martinez helped us publish our books online. We used an app called "Shadow Puppet" to take pictures of our writing and record the narration. In this unit we focused on ellipsis, comeback lines, "show not tell", "many moments" stories, and adding an About the Author page. Check them out by clicking the link below. They really are fantastic!!

http://kindergartenbeachbuddies.blogspot.com/p/writing.html