Happy Saturday!! It’s time for the weekly roundup of all things Common Core in The Kindergarten Smorgasboard!
This week was fire week…plus picture day…field trip…guidance…guest reader…and a 2 hour planning period…and library and computer. I don’t feel like I saw the ‘staches much at all! But we did accomplish a lot and had a blast on our field trip!
This week we learned all about firefighters and fire safety! We mad these adorable firefighters from Julie Lee! We practiced stop, drop and roll! We also wrote about firefighters!
For Foodie Fun Friday we made firetruck cookies!!! They are a bit pink, but you get the idea! Judging by the icing on his face, these were delicious! Mr. Greg didn’t partake because he is still in the midst of this crazy 24 day challenge…5 more days!
And of course, no learning is complete without silly hats! We made fire-dog hats this week!!! Ruff Ruff!
This week we worked on the /f/ sound. Here is our F words circle map! This week we added in counting syllables as part of our word circles!
This week was also a huge week for us! We started our independent word study! We’ve been practicing our procedures for word study whole group and this was the first week we did it on our own! SUCCESS! And they love it! After a few more weeks of practice, we’ll do the assessment and form groups! I love how much this improves their writing!
This week we also worked on different ways to make the number 5! We had so much fun with our counting ropes, number bonds, Legos and doggies! Yep, doggies!
For a how to video on the counting ropes, click the picture!
click the picture to download the recording sheet
This is one of my favorite making numbers activity! We spill red and yellow counters and color and write equations. They did so well with this activity! I mean, there is something about spilling stuff that just makes learning fun! And now it’s a new math center!!! BAM!
This was also a huge huge hit! The ‘staches loved the doggies so they were so engaged! We did a great job understanding number bonds! I can’t wait to use these more and more! (You can click the picture to see the Common Core creation that this activity came from!)
This week was also another first! We broke out some Quiz Quiz Trade to review numbers and counting! It was a huge success! We did a great job playing this game. This is going to be a huge part of our class from now on. This is perfect for morning meeting or as a quick brain break! I love watching the ‘staches work together and learn together! (Click the picture to learn more!)
Our newest tradition is Mad Scientist Friday! We are now doing a science experiment every Friday!!! The ‘staches are loving it and their questions, predictions and learning are amazing! We have some seriously good discussions about what might happen and what happened!
This week was dancing colors! A little milk, some food coloring and soap equals a mesmerizing science lesson for the ‘staches!
We finally got to take our pumpkin patch trip on Friday. It was a little cool but we had so much fun. There were hardly any people at the farm so we had the place to ourselves! We learned about pumpkins and bees. We picked pumpkins. We jumped and climbed and went down the slides. But the highlight for the little ones?!? The donkey doo-doo. Seriously. There obsessed with the shear amount of it. City kids….lol!
And that was our week of fire fun!
