Collaborative Learning in Math

In math we have worked on doing story problems with a group of peers. The students have done a wonderful job working with others, taking turns, and problem solving together. Here are some pictures of some of the students working together.

1st Trimester Assembly

We had our first trimester assembly on Thursday and it was a lot of fun! The Oxford Hills High School's basketball teams came over to show is their warmup routines.

 And we had awards for good citizen and perseverance.

 These are the students from Mrs. Gray's and Mrs. Fleming's class.

Today students will get their report cards and school pride award (for all 3 and 4 scores on their behaviors that support learning). Great job to everyone on working hard this first trimester. You have all learned so much!

December Fun!

During our first week in December we were learning all about gingerbread. We read a variety of gingerbread books and compared the characters, refrains, and endings. In science we did an experiment to find out if the gingerbread man would be able to cross the river on his own. We found out that the gingerbread man would sink, break apart, and turn to mush.

 We also had a blast making gingerbread houses. Mrs. Foster came in to help us, she typically reads to us every Wednesday, but she can in to help us make these instead!

And here is a picture of us right before our Kindergarten Concert, all ready to go and a little nervous too! They did such a great job!

And here is a video of our performance!! I had to break it into 2 parts so it could fit. ENJOY!

Nifty 50's

 We had a great time celebrating the 50th day of school here is a peak into our celebrating.

Some teachers dressed up, the students thought it was quite funny!

 Here are the students in our class that dressed up!!

 Making 50th day watches.

Patterning with records.

Measuring 50's items.

Finding the hidden 50.

Making paper records.

Doing our zero the hero page! Zero the Hero brought us a zero shaped cookie and a root beer float!!

 We all took a "no thank you sip" of the root beer float. Most of the students like them. Many of the students thought they tasted minty??

We took a survey to see who liked the root beer floats.

What a fun day!!

Pumpkin Jack

We read the book Pumpkin Jack

and learned all about how a pumpkin decomposes. So we have decided to decompose one in our classroom until Thanksgiving. We are also making comparisons between what is different about a real pumpkin and a plastic pumpkin after 20 days.  I will try and continue to do updates every few days so you can see the progress with us!

Here is what it looked like on day 2 (I forgot to take a picture on day 1).

There is mold growing in the eyes.

Day 3

more mold and a bit more wrinkly.

Day 4

 

Starting to cave in a little

 

 Day 7

 

Getting flatter

 

Day 9

Quite flat now and some white mold is starting to grow.

October Community Meeting

Our class was in charge of the community meeting for October. We taught our Kindergarten friends a poem called 5 Little Pumpkins. Then we made a craft together. We did a great job teaching everyone the poem. Hopefully your child taught you the poem when they came home.

Making the Craft

 Five Little Pumpkins

 Sitting on a gate...

 One rolled off and met its fate...

 Momma called the baker, and he said right then, it looks like pumpkin pie again!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins!!

Last week we learned all about pumpkins. We discussed what pumpkins are, need and have.  We carefully observed and measured pumpkins. We then had a chance to scoop out pumpkins. Some students loved scooping out the pumpkins while others were a bit more hesitant. Here are some pictures of our pumpkin fun.

These were taken of us making a pumpkin life cycle craft.

 Let the fun begin! Scooping Pumpkins...

 This is our treat from Halloween... one pumpkin muffin (that we made) and some roasted pumpkin seeds. Yum!