Unit 1 Inquiry Project: All About Me!

With each unit in our LEAD21 reading curriculum, we complete a class inquiry project (question based- student driven).  Our question for this project was "What makes our class special?" Special was one of our vocabulary words.  Each child completed part of our class "quilt" to illustrate ways that make us special and different from other people.  Each child shared out loud one item he/she drew that makes them special and then added it to our quilt.  They did a great job! Check it out outside our room in the hallway! 

Hallway Displays

Pete the Cat: sentence structure, fine motor, color words

(it wouldn't let me upload this going the right direction- sorry!) The kids wrote "I have ___ of a certain item or thing."  They colored in a corresponding miniature graph to show the number. This went with Topic 1 of EnVision- Numbers 1-5

Another sideways one- this is a beautifully done Owl About Me poster from Eileen!

 Our awesome class! IVE's themed this year is "Watch Us Grow!"

Rhyming

We have been working on hard on two skills in regards to rhyming:

1. Identifying rhymes when we hear them:  in books, "Do these two words rhyme?"
2. Making rhymes ourselves:  "What rhymes with cat?"  "What's another word that rhymes with _____?"

We played a game on Scholastic today that the kids really enjoyed.  Click on the following link to play the rhyming game from home:  click here!

Apple Science: Labeling

September is apple month in Kindergarten! We have been busy in the afternoons learning about different types of apples (taste testing next week!) and labeling apple parts.  Enjoy a few pictures from one of our latest projects.  They are now hanging around our room making it beautiful!

We watched a short claymation clip of apple trees changing through the seasons. Click on the video below!

Number Writing

We have started writing numbers this week in math!  Important things to remember with handwriting:

• All numbers and letter start from the top (we don't make numbers/letters bottom up).  If your child already has a habit of doing this, encourage them to start from the top but it is a hard one to fix! :) 
• Practice, practice, practice!  

Below is a fun song we learned for making numbers.  Today we just learned 0-3.  We say these chants as we practice making them in the air/on our papers. 

Click here to download a great number writing printable to practice at home!   I will send one home with each child tonight for extra practice.  Students who complete it and return it will earn a sticker for their chart! :) Thank you for your support at home!