Happy Saturday! Can you believe there will only be 2 more Saturday Kindergarten Posts for this school year?!?! HOLY COW! 9.5 more days for us!
Here is a peek into our classroom this week. It was a crazy busy week. Field day, alphabet countdown, practice for our kindergarten program, a program by our 2-4 graders…assessments…wowza!
Friday was I for ice cream as part of our big end of the year alphabet countdown! We got to make ice cream sundaes with chocolate, sprinkles and gummy worms. Mr. Greg even bought us waffle bowls! MMMM ice cream!
Tuesday was L for our alphabet countdown. We celebrated with a luau. We learned the hula dance. We listened to Hawaiian music and we made this super fun luau beach snack! We used vanilla pudding, vanilla wafers and a fun umbrella to make a beach scene. YUM!
I try to keep our schedule as close to normal as possible right up until the end. The structure helps us contain our excitement for summer. This week we headed outside for playground subtraction. We threw a bean bag onto numbers and subtracted! SUPER FUN! I’ll be doing a detailed post about this later! If you want the recording sheet, just click the picture!
This week we had to complete our science fair project. We had a blast with this one. We identified our problem (we are too slow on the slide) and we came up with some items that might make us go faster. We tested our hypothesis and found out we were partly right. Seriously…epic stuff. I’m not giving away all the details…I have a post planned for next week with details of this super fun science project!
We also celebrated K for King day! We were all crowned the KINGS OF KINDERGARTEN! And Mr. Greg was proclaimed THE KING OF ALL THINGS KINDERGARTEN! We had a coronation ceremony and everything. We played the royal fanfare music. Each ‘stache got to ascend the throne (our stage) and be crowned. When each ‘stache was crowned the king, we cheered: “ALL HAIL KING ALEX!” Of course we changed the names for each child! Not only did we review K but we now know what it means to have a coronation! Fun and learning….
And finally, we had field day this week. Our original day got postponed due to rain. And let me tell you, the second day should have been postponed. WE WERE FROZEN! It was about48 degrees, windy and misty. We were miserable. By the end (and we came in early…) the little ‘staches had chattering teeth. Miserable, people. But we made the most of it. We hit the events. We bounced in the bounce house. AND WE ARE THE TUG OF WAR CHAMPIONS OF KINDERGARTEN!!!!!!!!!!! It was an epic battle that went on and on. Both sides were even. The rope would move a little their way. And then a little our way. And finally (probably due to my screaming PULL! PULL!PULL!….allegedly….) we gave a final tug and pulled that other team down! CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!
I mean, all in all, it was a great week. We are the kings of kindergarten and tug of war champions. What more could you ask for?
And I finally my finished my newest Common Core creation!
100 pages of math and literacy centers (13 different centers with options to use the centers in a variety of ways=lots of choices and lots of learning for the last weeks of school!)
Let’s have a give away! Leave a comment with a favorite end of the year activity! I’ll choose a winner tomorrow!
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16 comments
Our favorite activity is our walking field trip to the fire station. The kids love to climb into the fire trucks, watch the fire fighters squirt water from the trucks, and listen to the sirens!
Hi Mr. Greg, My favorite end of the year activity is doing your Alphabet Countdown. The kinders love it. They are even coming up with some of their own things for the alphabet days. Really helps keep the end of the year fun and exciting.
I also like to iron on a poem to pillowcases that says, Now I lay me down to sleep, I'll read these names instead of count sheep. etc. It was originally suppose to say I'll count these hands instead of sheep, but I have too many K's hands to paint. On the last day they all sign each other's pillowcase and get to take them home:)
My favorite end of the year activity is fun activities to count down the last 10 days.
My favorite activity is having this year's class make a book for next year's class. They tell about all of the fun things they did throughout the year and sometimes add some funny things about me!
Looks like your kinders are having a great end of the year!
My favorite activity is having my kiddos make a memory book about their year. It's reLly neat and rewarding to hear what my kinders remember about their year. You know…”I learned to read.” Or “your the best teacher ever!” They just light up my day!!
Your new creation looks awesome!!
Christin
Shifting Teacher K-2
Love your blog! Our favorite is to draw/write a letter to the new K's telling them what to expect and the fun we had. But this year our school is closing… 🙁 so I'm thinking I need to come up with something different!!! Like the countdown idea!!!
My favorite activity is the program we plan for our parents. Lots of singing and plenty of memories!
Tonyalambert13@yahoo.com
Our favorite end of the year activity is Water Day! We've had to postpone it due to the weather, but hopefully we are up for Monday!
my favorite end of year activity is a book the students write to the rising kindergarteners telling them about kindergarten. so cute!! Love hear their favorite things!
We play Minute to Win It games. The kids and staff has a great time!
We love our ice cream social. The kids choose their favorite ice cream and toppings. It's great!
This is my first year with K so I am not sure what our favorite activity will be yet. I am guessing either our end of year memory book or the water day. Love your blog. Thanks for always being willing to share such fantastic ideas!
~Laura
Luv My Kinders
Oh wow! Your kids had so much fun! I'm sure they will miss you when the year so over! We don't do much for the end of the year…just and end of the year picnic at the playground!
cheriemae@gmail.com
Mr. Greg, can I just say I LOVE your posts. I look forward to reading what fun things you are doing each day. Thanks for your great and inspirational ideas. When our kinders end the year we take a trip to the zoo. 100 kinders on a bus for 4 hours to the closest zoo with 100 parents caravaning behind us. It is an awesome trip that is perfect to end our year.
I think my favorite is field day. Or our trip to the National Zoo.
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