Gummy Bear Brain Break

After Writer's Workshop every day we do a "brain break" to get some wiggles out!  The kids love this one and insisted on having it added to our site. :) Nothing educational, just fun and works on coordination! Have fun!

100 Chart Number Recognition/Placement Game

                                           100 Chart Game

We had a few minutes to use before specials today and played this game as a group on the smartboard.  This is a great game to challenge the kids with number recognition and placement.  The kids really enjoyed it. Please click the link above to access the game!

Pebble Go!

Pebble Go is a super, super science and social studies site that is perfect for Kindergarteners.  We will be using it in library next month to do our animal research projects.  Your child is able to access this great site from home!

Click here to access Pebble Go

username:  indian
password: valley

Spring Break Activities!

Happy Spring Break!

Below is a link to the paper that went home yesterday with your child.  It has some great things for you to work on over the break! 

Other ideas:

• Read!!! I sent home an extra book in students' take home book bags who returned them Wednesday.
• Have your child check out the "Just for Kids" section of our site and play some games.
• Log-on to LEAD21 at home and have your child show you what he/she has been learning about these past few weeks.  Your child's login information was sent home along with the spring break paper.

See you soon!

Mrs. Coffey :)

Spring Break Activities

Free Books Online

Below are links to two great sites we use for storytime from time to time.  Both of these are accessible from home and are another great way to listen to stories outside of school!

The first is Storyline Online which is a program provided by the Screen Actor's Guild Foundation. 

The second is Tumble Books.  This one requires a username and password.  Click on the far left green area that says Tumblebook Library for Kids and then in the top righthand corner, use indianvalley as the username and books as the password. 

Happy reading!

Coins In My Hands!

In math today we started to learn about MONEY! :) This is a fun topic to teach, as it is super relevant and motivating to students.  Our next report card (will go home at the end of March) assesses students on identifying the penny, nickel, and dime.  We learn about the four major coins: penny, dime, nickel, and quarter.  Below is another one of our fun/silly songs to help us remember facts about the coins. 

Kick off to March!

We kicked off March today by reading There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover!  The kids love these books, as there is practically one for every major holiday. These books are wonderful for praticing retell, a very important Kindergarten skill.  These books are also great to work on sequencing, as you can see below:

The kids put the events in order and then we had a "teacher" help us read through them.  One student was the book checker to ensure that things were in the right order- anothe great skill we practice- referring back to the text to check for correctness.

The kids then practiced reading their own books and got to take them home. 

Students were able to practice reading by themselves or with a partner. 

We watched a short video from Discovery's United Streaming on the origins of St. Patrick's Day and what common symbols we will see this month. 

Can't believe that St. Patrick's Day will be here in a few short weeks!