Indian Spirit in Kindergarten!

It was homecoming week at Spirit Lake and we enjoyed all of the dress up days and activities this week!

Here are our pictures from our dress up days :)

Pajama Day:

Red, White and Blue Day:

 

Jersey Day:

Hat Day:

 

Red and Black Day:

 

There were many exciting activities this week! We had a special visit from the Spirit Lake volleyball players! They were great role models and the students enjoyed listening to them read their favorite books!

We enjoyed the pep rally and parade on Friday!

Daily Five reading has been going very well! The students have done a great job of choosing their own stations! We have been working on building our stamina and have already started read to self, word work and work on writing!

The kindergarteners love reading their poetry books and their favorite picture books during read to self:

During word work we practice making letters and words using Play Dou, Wiki Sticks and whiteboards:

Work on writing this week we have been working on our all about me books:

 In math we learned about AB patterns this week. We also learned how to play some new math games with a partner!

We had another great week in kindergarten!

Another Great Week in Kindergarten!

We had another awesome week of kindergarten! This week our Discovery unit was All About Me! We had fun creating an all about me book, learning about what makes us special, creating a self portrait and using chalk to practice writing our names outside!

In math, we learned a new math game to play with a partner! The kindergarteners were so excited to be able to do math with a friend!

Show and Share started this week! We learned how to ask and answer good questions! All of the kindergarteners cannot wait to bring in their show and share this month!

We love to learn and explore using the SMART Board!

Just a reminder! Our homecoming dress up days start on Monday! This year we are doing an Olympic theme! Here are the dress up days:

Monday: Pajama Day

Tuesday: Red, White, and Blue Day

Wednesday: Jersey Day

Thursday: Hat Day

Friday: Red and Black Day

First Week Fun!

The first week of school was very successful! We had so much fun meeting and getting to know all of our new classmates! 

I took the kindergarteners on a tour of the building in search for Pete the Cat after reading the book "Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes". After searching the school I found him back in our room! They thought he was one sneaky cat! Then we made our very own Pete the Cat!

We played many get to know you games, explored with the Ipods and learned some new dances:

Writing and math were two of our favorite subjects this week! In math we explored with manipulatives and in writing we learned that writing is just telling on paper!

We even filled up part of our class bucket and we learned what it means to be a bucket filler. Now we can fill buckets at home and at school!

One of our favorite times of the day when the students have a chance to play and interact with each other is center time! 

It has been such an exciting and fun week :) It is going to be a great year in kindergarten!!