Kindergarten Swimming Under the Sea!!!

Our door decor for fall!!!

We made some candy corn bats to get ready for Halloween week!

This week the Kindergartners read stories about ocean life in reading.  We learned about how ocean water is different from fresh water by tasting salt water!  I had quite a few funny faces when they drank the water.  I wished I had enough hands to take pictures and give them their water. 

One of the ocean animals we learned about were crabs.  Here is our crab poem that we learned and put in our journals this week. 

Making our crab craft to go with our handwriting later on. 

We reviewed what a noun is and then were introduced to having more than one.  We learned that when having more than one we add the letter 's' at the end.  

Our ocean song we sang each day during the week. 

One of our sight words this week was: is.  Here is our poem.  

They had to choose one fruit or vegetable from the poem.  They then had to write the sight word is and the color the item was.  Here are the journal entries we did. 

Our shark anchor fact chart.  Sharks were another ocean animal that we learned about. 

Our crab anchor chart. 

Our finished crab crafts with handwriting.  They had to write one sentence they learned about crabs. 

This week the Kindergartners helped set a world record for reading one book.  Jackie Steffen from the Extension office came to our classroom and read us a story that is being read to schools all over to help set a world record.  The story was: Not Norman: A Goldfish Story. 

Here they are doing an activity to go along with the story. 

We also had a birthday this week in our classroom.  We have a senior who is our aide and it was his birthday.  We gave him some birthday goodies and of course a Kindergarten birthday crown! 

Our shark crafts with some handwriting.  They had to write one sentence about sharks. 

Columbus Day & Field Trip Week!!!

This week was a crazy and fun week for the Kindergartners!  It was finally the week of their field trip!  We have been counting down the days until Friday finally approached.  During all the excitement we somehow managed to get our work done. :)

Our letter of the week was the letter Tt.  Our reading story this week focused around things that go.  We learned about things that go as well as how they move about and help us.  Here are our letter Tt tractors (one of the items that we listed on things that go) :). 

Our color sight word was blue this week.  They are cutting out blue items to place in their journals. 

Monday was Columbus Day and yes we did have school.  In the afternoon we learned about who Columbus was, what he did and all about his journey.  We read a short story about him and then discussed what we all learned.  We wrote some of the things that we learned in a character map and then made a craft.  We made one of his boats the; Nina.  

While learning about things that go they all brought something that goes to school to play with during center/free time.  

On one of our days we learned about trains and how they move.  We read a story about going on a train ride and then made our classroom train.  On their trains they had to draw something they would take with them, draw them on the train, and then what they would see on their trip. 

I apologize I didn't take more pictures of the week.  I kept forgetting to charge my camera battery but I made sure it was charged for the field trip.  We first went to a play "No Room on the Broom".  I didn't take any pictures there because it wasn't allowed so I apologize.  We then went to a park to eat our packed lunches and play for a very short time and then we were off to the pumpkin patch!  This was the main event that they all were waiting for.  I only got a few pictures because I also joined in on the fun with them.  :)

In with the goats! 

Petting the pigs!

Going down a silo slide.  We were here for a very long time!  It was actually a fun and VERY FAST slide! 

3 silly boys in one of the house bins. 

A group picture on tire mountain!