Oh my goodness, I can't believe it is the new year! Yesterday was officially my year anniversary of teaching! Wahoo! It is also a start of having to teach a full year, versus the had year I taught before. I feel so exhausted after a day of teaching anymore! Winter break must have been too relaxing! ;) I feel like I have been lacking in my blog posts, but my goal is to pick back up and continue with posts every other week. Before the break, we created projects that were related to the holiday season. We read many books; including one of my new favorites, "Santa's Stuck." The story is about Santa and his inability to resist treats that are left for him on Christmas Eve. We all know Santa loves his cookies and milk! Well, as the story goes on Santa eats too many of his treats, and gets stuck in a chimney! With the help of his reindeer, Santa safely gets out and continues on delivering presents to the little boys and girls of the world. The writing assignment for the kindergartners was to write about what they would do if Santa was stuck in their chimney. We talked about the things we could do, and I wrote the examples down. After writing, I modeled how to make a chimney with Santa sticking out! These turned out so cute! We also read a book about Santa not being able to fly his sleigh because his reindeer were sick. The kids made a prediction before the end of the story about who would fly. The predictions included:
In math, we reviewed making addition sentences with pictures. We talked whole group about using circles to create the number sentence 2 + 3. After we drew circles, we used the circles to make our sentence match. I then talked about how we sometimes put marshmallows in hot chocolate. kids love hot chocolate, so it was a fun activity for them! The kindergarteners decorated their mugs the way they liked. They then cut up paper marshmallows and glued how every many they decided. The only requirement was that they make a true number sentence that matched. Judging by the pictures, I say that it was a success! The holiday season has become my favorite season to teach, because we do so much, and have so much fun! I am so thankful for all the support each of you put in to making your kids successful. i also want to thank for the time and volunteering you put in to centers, parties, and celebrations. YOU ARE ALL AWESOME! Tune in next week to see our learning about winter and snow related things!
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