Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

In science, we have been learning about the life cycle of a pumpkin.  Above is the short clip we watched on how pumpkins for Libby's are grown. Below is sequencing activity we did with the pumpkin life cycle.  

Pumpkin Math With Our 5th Grade Buddies!

We love our 5th grade buddies!

They came in to help us out with our pumpkin observation math books.  We measured our pumpkins' height, weight, and circumference. We also did an experiment to see if our pumpkins would sink or float.  

Ordinal Numbers

In EnVision math yesterday and today, we worked on ordinal numbers.  I showed the kids a couple of online games to play at home to work on this skill.  Please see links below!

Video and Game

Vegetable Order Game

Mrs. Coffey's Kindergarten Walk

In library lesson on Friday, Mrs. Guinn worked with our class to read Rosie's Walk which has a focus on positional words (over, under, around, etc.).  Then our class got to make their own class book!  It is in the library for everyone to read and I am working on making it into a take home book for our class to share.  Be watching for it! Feel free to print at home to make your own personal copy or save to your computer.  Thanks for reading!

Mrs Coffey's Kindergarten Walk Book 2013 

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!