Objects in the Sky

We just finished up our Objects in the Sky unit for science. The students LOVED learning about the sun, moon, planets and stars. This is one of my favorite units to teach because the students get into the learning. On Tuesday, we had Star Lab come visit us. They gave us a little lesson about the planets and stars and then we got to go into the dome to view the stars and their constellations. The students enjoyed the experience and learned a lot about what is in our sky. Now it's time to take a little break from science and do some social studies. Our next big unit in Science will be plants.

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope you all had a great day. We had a busy day in Kindergarten. It was our first day back from our little winter break and it was a party day! A little crazy but we survived. Bedtime will be coming early for Miss Evans tonight. We didn't do a lot of special activities today but I do want to brag about something we did accomplish. I got this activity from a unit I bought at TPT. You take the word Valentines and the students have to see how many words they can get for the letters in the word Valentines. Boy, did my students do an awesome job with this. We came up with about 20 words. There was some adult help but it was all the kids. A few of the words: seat, lines, see, and nine. I'm thinking we will need to do this activity again with a different word. Sometimes I underestimate my students on what they can do. Way to go K friends! Here are some pictures from our party. Enjoy and have a great rest of the week.

Happy 100th Day!

Yesterday, we celebrated the 100th day of Kindergarten. It's hard to believe that we are half way through the school year. The students had fun decorating their 100th day hats. The story, Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten was read and the class did a following directions/learning activity. In writing, we wrote about what we would do with $100.00. Some of the responses were:

I would go on a train
I would give it to my mom :)
I would buy legos
I would buy a zoo.

The class also answered questions to what they would be doing in 100years. Here are some of those responses:

In 100 years, my favorite thing to do will be to watch TV.
In 100 years, my favorite thing will be to sleep.
In 100 years, my favorite thing will be to do nothing.
In 100 years, my favorite thing to do will be make sculptures.

In 100 years, I think my job will be a farmer.
In 100 years, I think my job will be a server at Pizza Ranch. :)

In 100 years, I will be living in a blue house
In 100 years, I will be living in a barn.
In 100 years, I will be living in a houseboat
In 100 years, I will be living in paradise. :)

In 100 years, my favorite food will be chicken
In 100 years, my favorite food will be pizza
In 100 years, my favorite food will be cake.

In 100 years, my favorite TV show will be America's Funniest Videos. (This friend started writing American's Funniest Videos by using her sound/phonic knowledge. When she was almost done, she erased the whole thing. I asked her why and she said there was a shorter way of writing it. Then she wrote AFV. I had to giggle to myself.)

So...as you can see we have a lot of prospective of what we have to look forward to in 100 years. We had a good day and now we are on the down hill slope. Can't wait to see what February has to offer.

Crazy Hair Day

Friday was Crazy Hair Day at school and boy was it crazy! Most of my students took part in this fun event. They all looked very cute with their hair all dolled up. Can't wait to see what we do in February!

Winter Fun

We are back in school after a nice two week break for the holidays. Students started back yesterday and we had a great day. Over the break, I found some awesome units from some outstanding Kindergarten teachers around the US. I didn't want to start our new math topic yet, so I pulled some math activities from these units. One of the activities was a math survey. The kids had to go around to 10 friends and ask the question, "Do you like marshmallows in your hot chocolate?" They loved this activity and am excited to try more. Today, I tried the other math activity which was a great introduction to our new math topic. The students had to see if they were taller than, shorter than, or same height as the snowman that I created. I loved this activity as well as the kids. They had fun making predictions and measuring themselves next to the snowman. It's fun being able to do something different then the curriculum. I'm hoping we can do more fun activities like this throughout the rest of the semester. Even though the weather here in Nebraska doesn't feel like January weather, we had to do something to get the feeling of winter.

Spotting Santa

Merry Christmas from our classroom to yours. We decided to get into the holiday spirit today and make some santa's. I love this art activity because santa comes out differently for everyone. Santa has many facial expressions! We are all looking forward to Christmas and the break from school. I hope all of you are enjoying the holiday season and I can't wait to share more from my classroom once the new year begins. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Jodi

Very Thankful

I will have to apologize that I haven't been posting much. It's been really busy and time seems to be flying by. Our classroom has been really busy learning many new things and trying to get some of our E.O.'s accomplished.
This past week, I have learned a new meaning of being thankful. My grandpa passed away on Saturday. My family and I were all there to see him take his last breath. I am thankful that I had him for a grandpa. He was the best and it's been hard realizing that he is gone. I am thankful for our many family and friends that have showed their kindness/generosity these past few days. Words can't express how much all of you mean to me. It's hard losing a loved one so close to the holidays but I know we have support from our family and friends that we will get through it. Now it's time to move on and get back to our daily routines. This year has had it's up and down moments but I'm looking forward to the holiday season. I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thank you for all your support and friendship.