Field Day Inside...How did Mrs. Martin think of All those Games?

Hockey

The Tractor Pull

The Hamster Wheel

Turtle Egg Rescue

"Spare Time" Bowling with Marbles and Chalk

Ladybugs

Today we read a few books about ladybugs, both fiction and nonfiction.  We had a whole class discussion around what the author's message to the reader was.  Students did a fabulous job growing their ideas by using text evidence and building on what other classmates said.  


Later in the day we made a ladybug glyph.  See pictures below.

The Plus or Minus Game

Students are using a game to reinforce the meaning of addition and subtraction symbols.  

Key Concepts and Skills:

• add and subtract items from a gameboard
• explore the difference between addition and subtraction
• recognize and use the + and - symbols

A Violin Concert in Kindergarten

Mr. C and one of our own students played "Twinkle, Twinkle" to our class!  It was wonderful!!

What We are Doing in Kindergarten

"Seasons" Book Club, discussing what the authors are trying to teach us.

"Vehicles"  Book Club

"Ocean Animals" Book Club, using post-its to mark important parts to discuss.

Using dice to make double-digit numbers and finding the numbers on a 100 chart.

Exploring equivalent names for numbers.

Raising a Life-Long Reader

Click on the link below for a great article from PBS.org

http://www.pbs.org/parents/experts/archive/2012/05/raise-a-lifelong-reader-by-rea.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=pbs

The Portland Symphony Orchestra Visits WCS!

Some members of  Portland Symphony Orchestra's strings section visited us yesterday.  They performed The Legend of Abbie Burgess.  For more information, click the link:
http://www.portlandsymphony.org/content/?performance=kinderkonzerts-the-story-of-abbie-burgess

We also read the book: "Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie" by Peter and Connie Roop.

Look for the flags we made for the performance in Family Folders.  Students made flags to represent different wind speeds.  A Small Craft Advisory Flag for winds up to 38 mph, a Gale Flag for winds 39-54 mph, a Storm Flag for winds 55-73 mph, and a Hurricane Flag for winds 74 mph and higher.