Presidents Day

Click here to learn about the 1st President

Presidents Day was a great time to begin learning all about 2 famous Presidents of the United States of America.  The children read nonfiction texts to discover interesting things about our first President, George Washington.

Click here to learn about the 16th President

As well as, our 16th President Abraham Lincoln.

We were able to make a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting details about their lives. 

We learned many interesting facts about these great Presidents. Ask your children these questions and hear what they say!  Perhaps they might teach you an interesting fact!

Why was George Washington voted to be the first President?

What made Abraham Lincoln one of the most famous Presidents?

What  did both Presidents have in common?

Please watch our ChatterPix movie about all the interesting facts we learned in Room 121.

CCSS: RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

RI.K.1 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

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100th Day of School

After 2 snow days, the children were finally able to celebrate the 100th Day of Kindergarten!
It was a great day of fun filled activities!  The day began with making 100th Day crowns to wear all day.  Next,  the children made a self portrait of what they will look like at 100 years of age.  There were many laughs all around during this project!.
Then, the children made ice cream cones counting by 10's to 100.  They looked delicious!  Kindergarteners made great text to text connections with the story Sneezy the Snowman when he had an ice cream cone with only 7 scoops of ice cream.





The children also had the opportunity to write about what they would do with $100.  We brainstormed very creative answers, such as an Orbeez foot spa, a new bed, legos, a guinea pig, and  new clothes.  They also, responded to the prompt "100 days ago I didn't know_____________but now I do!"

Finally we got to enjoy all of the wonderful projects the children brought in.

Click on my picture to sing along counting to 100

Happy 100th Day of Kindergarten!

A Snowman Should Not

We had been working with our first grade buddies in Miss Klipfel's class over the past few weeks.  We have been working together brainstorming ideas what snowmen should not do.  First, we began by reading, Snowmen At Work, written by Carolyn Buehner and watching Olaf sing "Summer". 

Click on book to hear Olaf sing "Summer"!

The students began thinking about what things snowmen should not do!  Together they worked on creating pieces of art on paper illustrating snowmen in some hot places.
We then used our favorite app, Chatterpix, to make our snowmen come to life!

 

Snowy Day

Winter is underway in Kindergarten. The children have been reading The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. 

Click here to watch a reading of the story.

We have been learning different reading strategies such as visualizing, making connections, and opinion.  The children have been working hard.

Next, the students have continued to sequence and retelling the story events.  Ask your child to retell the story!

The children had fun sequencing the events of the stories using these picture cards as a whole group!

CCSS

RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. 

RL.K.2. With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. .

RL.K.3. With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

W.K11. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book.

Science Tellers

On Thursday, the children had the opportunity to enjoy a learning experience from Justin, the Science Teller. We were able to see lots of different experiments with dry ice and its effects with water. Justin, the Science Teller, was very careful to explain the safety measures needed for each experiment. It was great fun!

Happy Holidays

From all of us to all of you, we want to wish you  Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Enjoy each and every moment with your loved ones!

New England Percussion Ensemble

The children had a wonderful time today with a visit from the New England Percussion Ensemble (click that link to hear more about them!) This is the 10th year they have come to Fuller Meadow.  It is always such a treat at this time of year!

 Our friend was chosen to hold up the resonating chamber during the assembly and did a fantastic job!

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