Buckaroo of the Week
On Tuesday Abby wanted to read her story to us!!! She did a great job...Sorry you can't really hear her! We are still working on our "teacher voices"!
Today we got to see a power point...We got to see some special pictures set to "You Are My Sunshine", one of Abby's favorite songs!
This week we are working on making predictions using picture and textual clues!
During this time today we also worked on the Kagan Strategy Pair/Share. The littles are AMAZING. Mr. I was in watching us and very impressed with everyone! When you are reading to your child be sure to stop at places and talk to them about predictions. "I think..., I bet..., I predict... BECAUSE (what in the picture helps them, what did you read that helps them or what in their schema helps them make that prediction)". Then keep reading!!! Discuss if their prediction was correct or not! There can't be a BAD prediction if they are using clues given in the story! Always, always, always praise your child for their thinking! We do!!!
Over the last few days we have had to go back and talk about what our "work" should look like. Some littles like to be the FIRST one done...then say, "I'm done what do I do now." The STAR picture sheet that came home is not just about coloring...it's about details and doing our best. After we practiced what a STAR picture should look like we talked about how our story pictures (writing) should look. The more detail we have in our pictures the easier it is for us to write and for our audience to read!
In math we are using different problem solving strategies (tools) to help us add and subtract within 5. If you haven't already guessed FIVE is an important number this nine weeks for kinder! We act problems out using real objects. We can act the problem out using a math manipulative that represents the real object and today we used a 10's frame to help us solve our problems. Keeping our math concrete is very important at this stage!!! Sorry, I don't have pictures...the camera is hard to find it seems!
Science is all about PROPERTIES of objects. This week we are talking about properties of a pumpkin. We have discovered that our senses help us with properties. The properties are how the object looks and feels. We said our pumpkin is orange and brown, it is small and short, bumpy and hard as well as round!
Yesterday, we got to SMELL the inside of the pumpkin. Some thought it smelled good and some thought it smelled like APPLES! Some did NOT like the smell.
Today...yep you guessed it...we got to TOUCH the inside and collect the seeds. First we made some predictions (estimated) how many seeds we thought were inside our pumpkin...
Once we started picking the seeds out...our schema changed as did our estimates! Everyone thought there were MORE seeds than they estimated at first! GREAT job littles!!!
And during HERO time today we worked on making numbers...we practiced writing them all right...but not on paper!!!! A little Kinder FUN!
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