KA Adventures

Fall is in the air!

This year is flying by! We have been taking advantage of the sunshine and trying to enjoy outside recess while we still can. Although I have found that playing "Freeze Tag" really warms you up;)

This week I've added a couple of different literacy stations to our Reading time. We have a....

Mitten match station, where the students match words from the same word families. (Rhyming words)

There is also a station where the kids stamp the words into playdough as they sound them out.

In Math we are learning about different forms of measurement. We talked about how long an inch is and the kids had fun using rulers to measure things around our classroom.

During our Learning Centers we have been practicing spelling and writing our last names....

Our final project of the week was to collect fall leaves from outside and use them to create a work of art! Our class is full of creative children! (Look for our work to be displayed in the hall.)

Spirit Week!

We've had a lot of excitement this week in class! It has been fun seeing how all of our friends dress up for spirit week!

Apparently Crazy Hair Day means Crazy Kid Day!

Silly Princess Pals!

Cool Camo Buddies!

We have managed to learn a few things, even with all the excitement....

We played "Musical Word" with our sight words.

In Social Studies we learned about Doctors and Veterinarians.

In our learning centers we worked with geo-shapes to create different animals.

Susan came to visit again!

One of the best parts of our week was making our project for the auction on Saturday. We made a string art sign to hang on a wall. The kids worked hard and it turned out great!!!

Have a great week! I hope to see you all at the auction!

Pumpkins, pumpkins, and more pumpkins!

You can tell fall is here when everywhere you look you see pumpkins! (My personal favorite is the Pumpkin Latte;) This week we have spent a lot of time learning about pumpkins, reading about pumpkins, and even visiting a pumpkin farm. So, once again, pardon my picture obsession.....

They listened to a lesson about how pumpkins grow and were able to hold baby chicks!

They also got to feed the goats and a donkey some corn and played a few bean bag toss games!

HAYRIDE!

Popcorn and apple cider for a snack:)

In Science we carved a pumpkin and talked about being like the pumpkin and letting our lights shine for Jesus!

Unrelated to pumpkins but also a part of our week....

We missed Mrs. Tonner for music class, but filled in the time by singing around the piano and playing musical chairs...as a side note...IT'S A BOY! CONGRATS Mrs. Tonner and Clayton!

We had some special guests for show and tell...Shiloh's kittens!

Lastly, the entire school was invited down to the cafeteria to watch the Middle School Science Fair!

They did a great job and I think the Kindergartners really enjoyed watching!

Restaurants and worms:)

I have been slowly incorporating learning "stations" into our Reading everyday. This involves one-on-reading time with me along with working as partners in "stations" that focus on phonics and reading skills.

This is a word family station that uses mailboxes for sorting words and below is a word building station.

The kids are doing a wonderful job staying on task with this new independence!

We spent some time this week making fall decorations for our classroom! These newspaper leaves will be made into garland and hung up all around the room.

In Social Studies we discussed restaurant workers. Mrs Girod was kind enough to let us use her classroom for our "restaurant". The Kindergartners took turns playing the different roles of restaurant workers...waiter, cook, and costumer were the most popular!

Finally, and in my opinion, the highlight the week...we painted with worms! Our topic in Science was Alive vs. Not Alive, so I chose to use earthworms vs. gummy worms for our project.

SO MUCH FUN! (and a little gross)