Snowballs

The book Snowballs by Lois Elhert was filled with awesome ideas for making snow creatures. After reading Snowballs we were inspired used our own "junk" to make group snowman. We painted, measured, glued, taped, and used lots of cooperation!

Windblown

This week read the book Windblown by Edouard Manceau.

This book was filled with creativity as pieces "blow around" making different creations on every page. We used our imagination and made something out of the pieces too. We shared our thinking below.

StoryMaker

This week we used the app StoryMaker to create and write a story on the iPad. We we are learning how to use the space bar....I was impressed how quickly the kindergartners made this a habit while typing.  The link to this app is in our digital newsletter this week. Enjoy!

Christmas Memories

Our last few days before break were busy and fun! Between play performances, cookie baking, caroling, gift making, and cookie eating,....we still found time for lots of reading, writing, and math thinking about the holidays. Enjoy!

Grinch Day

Grinch Day is always a fun-filled one in kindergarten. This year it was extra special with our recess "dance party" addition. We enjoyed Grinch stations as well as a green Grinchy snack.

Text to Self Connections with ChatterPix Kids

In Readers' Workshop we have been focusing on Text to Self connections. This week we used the app ChatterPix Kids to share our connections. After learning how to use this app, the kindergartners did this very independently...I was impressed! Look for the "mouths" we added to make our books come alive!

Fruit Feast

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

Wednesday's Fruit Feast was a perfect way to celebrate Thanksgiving in kindergarten. The video below includes some feast highlights as well as pics of our awesome family turkeys. Thanks for your help with both of these special kindergarten activities!