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.