Apples! Patterns! Apples! Patterns!

Riley colored and laced her favorite apple; golden delicious

We continued learning about fall this week with apples as our theme.  The students got to taste a yellow, green, and red apple and we made a graph to show which was their favorite.  We used yarn and laced apples to show each student's favorite asw well. These are on display in our hallway. We wrapped up the week by creating an Apple Dapple cereal necklace, using the 2 colors to create an AB pattern. Some of these necklaces never made it home, it seems the cereal was too scrumptious to resist.  So I made sure to take some pictures before they were devoured. 

Carleigh shows the PM class Apple Taste Test results.

Joe, Sierra, Sabrina, and Keydon are proud of their AB pattern necklaces.

Sara shows off her superstar chart

We finished up our superstar unit this week.  Starting next week, we will begin writing in our journals during the time we used to do superstar.  These journals will remain at the school and at the end of the year, you will get to see just how much your child's writing skills have improved throughout kindergarten.

The PM doing the chair pose with Mr. Marc

We found a new way to have fun during indoor recess this week. We used the website www. adventuretofitness.com and followed along on missions with Mr. Marc. The students follow their guide through fun and active adventures around the world. Their bodies are always in motion and they're learning cool information about the places their 'exploring.'

 Centers were quite fun this week (of course they always are).  In the word work center, students used letter beads to string sight words together.  In the math games center, students played "Race You to 20" with a spinner and unifix cubes. In number work, we practiced number recognition, counting, and our fine motor skills as the students had to clip the right amount of clothespins on number cards. 

Levi makes the sightword 'THE" in the word work center.

Carleigh and Julia race to 20 at the Math Games center.

Allison clips clothespins in the number work center

 

Kaydence and Chelsie listen to stories at the computer center.

Every week the students also go to the computer to listen to children's books.  They get to choose from several categories and some stories are put to song and the illustrations are animated.  Some of their favorites are Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Chicka Chicka 123. We will soon have 2 more student computers in our room so students won't have to share their computer time anymore. 

Next week will bring lots of new activities so be sure to check back to the blog this Friday!