Happy Saturday!! Did this week seem to drag on for anyone else?! And on top of that, the ‘staches were a little bonkers this week. But we made it! We learned a lot…we had a lot of fun..we even painted with the very special glitter watercolor paint! Mr. Greg only gets that paint out for very special occasions…So here’s a wrap up of our week…
Pilgrim-palooza!
This week we learned all about the pilgrims. I am always impressed at how the little ‘staches get so into learning about a topic. We compared ourselves to the pilgrims, we made paper plate pilgrims and a hand-print mayflower. We ended our Pilgrim study with a tree map of what we learned!
The ‘staches love the Draw Write Now books! When I told them we were going to draw pilgrims, they literally cheered!!! The pilgrims were tricky to do but they turned out cute!
I have to admit that these little guys are just too cute for words! You can’t beat an angry paper plate Pilgrim lady!!
This was a powerful learning experience. It’s one thing for 5 year olds to learn about a group of people who lived a long time ago, but when you compare the Pilgrims to us, they get a better understanding. They were very upset about no electricity, no toys and the fact that kids had to do a lot of work. And wearing the same clothes?! Forget it…they were done!
This week we read There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly and ended our week with a pie graphing Foodie Fun Friday! We tasted cherry pie, apple pie and a homemade peanut butter pie! The homemade pie was created by the mister! The winner? A store bought apple pie. The mister was devastated that his pie came in third! hehe
We also enjoyed our Mad Scientist Friday! We did some magic and made colors vanish! It’s so much fun doing this experiments with the ‘staches. Hearing them oooohhh and aaaahhh is priceless. I also love hearing them discuss with each other as the experiment unfolds before their eyes! If you’re not doing science with your kids, give it a shot! You will be amazed!
We worked on addition story problems this week! We learned to draw pictures to help us add. And i am a very proud teacher because we did so well on this. 99% of the class GETS IT! I think the dinosaurs and unicorns were a little engaging! We will be doing more of this next week!! Can’t wait to see them grow even more!
This week was all about letter H so we did our word circle maps. Seriously, someone needs to host a professional development class for teachers on how to draw. Monday we brainstorm words and I draw them (draw is a term I use loosely!) and Tuesday we spell the words. This week we added in counting syllables as a quick way to keep practicing this skill!
And since it was H and Veteran’s Day on Monday, we honored our military with HERO HATS!
We also honored our military with two art projects and a thank you note writing activity! These are currently en route to Afghanistan where I hope they bring a smile to some soldiers!
Click the picture to see Monday’s post about our Veteran’s Day activities!
This week we also learned a new review game called DUELING CHARTS! We had a blast playing the game. I didn’t realize how much of a blast until the ‘staches were BEGGING to play on Friday. Like jumping up and down begging! This will definitely become a staple in the Kindergarten Smorgasboard for sure! To learn more, click the picture to read my post about how to play!
And finally, how about some Common Core learning in the bathroom?! I finally put up our Common Core Math Vocabulary cards in the bathroom. Hey, I figure they spend so much time in there, why not give them something to study!!
And how was your week?!
I put my Thanksgiving Common Core Creations on sale for 50% off! Check them out if you need ideas and activities! And quite honestly, next week we do our “I Am Thankful For The Words I Can Read” turkey…which excites me to no end. You just have no idea how much I love that project!!!
And the winner of Trotting Turkeys and Gobble Gobble is:
Kim Tran! You have mail!
And stay tuned for my next giveaway of this guy: OMG I CANNOT WAIT TO FINISH THIS AND USE IT!!!
