![]() During our short week, we focused our theme around Fire Safety. Our kindergarteners had already been to a Fire Prevention Assembly, so we had brought a lot of schema (prior knowledge) to our week. We read a lot of text featured on fire and fire safety! One of our texts was titled, "Fire Truck." We read the book, and discussed the items that we could find in a fire truck. We talked about how fire trucks have wheels, ladders, drivers, and many tools used to help people who are in danger. We used our knowledge to create our own fire trucks out paper shapes. After we created out firetrucks, I modeled to students the components of a sentence. We have been writing sentences, so the kindergarteners knew that sentences started with a capital letter and ended with a period. We also worked on using finger spaces to make sure all words are separated. We wrote an opinion piece: "I like fire trucks." The kids used their word wall for their sight words, and then segmented the sounds in "fire truck" in order to spell. The kindergarteners were also given the option to write their own sentence as well. We also had a fun time in math with fire dogs! We have had math talks talking about numbers and groups that are "more" and "less." I took counters and placed them for all the kids to see. I asked them what they noticed, and was told that the counters were all the same! We found that "equal" means the same. I practiced using counters with "more," "less," and "equal," and then had students practice on their own. Students worked in partners and one person rolled a die. That person then created the number by writing on the dog's hat, and placing dots on the dog's body to represent the number. The other student created an equal group with the other dog, and then switched each time. The kids had a blast making them! We ended our short, but fabulous week with a field trip! We walked down to the fire station, and learned about what the fireman do to help our community! The kindergarteners were fascinated about how the station was like a small home for the firemen. They were also in love with the firetrucks, and how many tools could fit inside them!
One of the firemen demonstrated how he put his gear on. Here are a few pictures for your viewing! Thank you to all the parents who could make it to walk with us! The kindergarteners had such a fun time!
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![]() Last week, we focused our Reading and Math on the theme of spiders. We read fiction and nonfiction books on the topic, and then decided which books gave us true information, or facts. We learned many things about spiders. Spiders can:
I was so impressed by the amount of work that the kindergarteners and their parents did on the spiders! We asked students to create a spider from common household objects, so we could hang them in our kindergarten showcase for the month of October! I encourage you to come and look at these beautiful creations! We also did a math activity with spiders and their legs. We had spiders with legs of different lengths, and handed them to students. I asked, "What do you notice about the legs?" Students quickly found that the legs were different lengths, but that there will still eight of them! I modeled to students how to find the length using cubes. We then got into partners and measured the spiders legs. Each leg was different, so the number of cubes changed. Students counted the cubes one by one, and verbally explained to their partners the numbers counted. We then gathered and talked about which group was the most, and which group was the least. I had so much fun with this counting activity, as it strengthened 1-1 correspondence with students, and introduced the concept of measuring and gathering data! I am always impressed by the knowledge and growth that comes from my kindergarteners each week. They are so AWESOME! Tune in next week to see our learning on leaves! |
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