My April Vacation

Kahoot

Today was an exciting day in Room 121! 

 Mrs. Baker, the Digital Specialist for Fuller Meadow and Howe-Manning, came into class today to share this exciting game with us! 

What is Kahoot?

"Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn – any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages!"

Source 

Since this week is Color Week and we have been learning and sharing about healthy snacks and foods, we decided to Kahoot! about Healthy Foods.  The children worked together on Ipads with a partner.  They have used QR codes before, but got to use them to link them on the Ipad.  Together with their partners, they choose a Team Name.  

Then, the game began! 

 On the SmartBoard, the question is asked and the children answer on the Ipad.  This game had a choice of "healthy" or "unhealthy".  

It was a super fun game that went along with this weeks Color Week!

Check out Mrs. Baker's blog post: http://digitallearninginmiddleton.blogspot.com/2017/04/kahoot-in-kindergarten.html

We cannot wait to Kahoot again with Mrs. Baker!

Read Across America Celebration

March was a fun filled month celebrating Read Across America!

 We celebrated reading with our classroom connection in Mrs. Mulligan's second grade classroom.  The children had turns showing off their reading skills to the second graders!  They were impressed!

 We got to read with our first grade classroom connections in Mrs. Scharffenberg's class.  The children were excited to visit another class and see a first grade classroom.

Then we got an exciting visit from the author, Maryann Cocca-Leffler.  She is a wonderful author who shares inspirational messages of kindness.  Check out her website! 

Click the picture for her website.

We got a chance to read many different Dr. Seuss books. During one week, we read one book each day and at the end we voted for our classroom favorite. 

First, we read Green Eggs and Ham.

Second, The Lorax.

Third, we read Oh, the Places You'll Go!

On the fourth day, we read Horton Hears a Who.

Finally, we read And To Think That I  Saw It on Mulberry Street.

 Click on each book title to watch a reading of each story. 

At the end of the week, the children in class got to vote for their favorite story.  

The winner was ... The Lorax!

In the comments below, please share your favorite Dr. Seuss book!

Look at our all of Things in Kindergarten!!!

Nonfiction Text

The children have completed a unit of study on Nonfiction Texts.  

We began by asking the question "What is nonfiction?"

We learned that nonfiction texts are books that teach us something new with true information and facts.

Using the anchor chart, the children began to understand about nonfiction authors and why they write these types of books. 

 In learning about what nonfiction authors do, we were able to look at different types of nonfiction texts to connect the information on the anchor charts.  It was exciting to see the connection the children were able to make between the Table of Contents and the headings, or the bold words to the glossary, and the special features authors use to highlight important information like captions with the photographs, fun facts, and cut-aways.

We even made Twitter when we were discovering and sharing in a turn and talk with our buddies.

 Then, the children used their new knowledge about nonfiction texts to compare the roles of authors and illustrators.  Together we made this chart describing the different roles.

Then the children got to make their own!

We used nonfiction texts to learn about polar bears.  

Please watch this adorable imovie we made using the app Explain Everything!

We hope you enjoy and learn some new facts about polar bears!