Unit 3 Family Matters

This week we finished unit 3 and the students have grown so much in their fine motor skills.  We learned about the letter H as well as how to paint at the painting easels. 

Here I am demonstrating how we use the painting easels. Students loved painting.

Here our their painted H.

We learned about homes for people and all objects. Here are students pictures of homes for all objects. A favorite from the story is cookies live in a cookie jar.

This week we learned about squares- objects that are squares as well as drawing squares. Here is an open art project where students created their own design with just squares. I learned about this project and art threory from a TK conference I attended this summer.

Unit 2 Week 2

We learned about our senses and how we like to use our senses.

This week we learned about the letter S.

During Plan & Play students have begun to incorporate shapes to depict their plan.

Construction Zone worked together to create this large tower. It is taller than Mrs. Folger.

Last Friday was Native American Day and students decorated baskets and bows with the substitute teacher.

Marvelous Me!

With SFA students have been practicing working with partners and in small groups. This week we are learning about our bodies and senses. Students worked in small groups to put together puzzle pieces without knowing what they were building.

Welcome to TK

I am so excited to be starting another year of TK.  On our blog/webpage I will be posting student work as well as other classroom information. 

Happy Memorial Day

Here in TK/K we have been so busy. We wanted to wish our families a relaxing fun weekend as we celebrate Memorial Day.

Dr. Seuss Week

"The Foot Book" we measured our feet with cubes, paper clips, and a ruler with our big buddies from South Bay.

"The Cat in the Hat"

TK used thier fine motor skills to create paint mosaic renditions of The Cat in the Hat. Kindergarten sorted rhyming words, wrote rhyming words, and created an ABAB pattern with the words. Kindergarten also using listening and number knowledge using a hundreds chart to read The Cat in the Hat.

"Horton Hears a Who"

TK used thier fine motor skills to cut out Hortons trunk to hold the speck of Whos.

We ended outer week with science exploration of Oobleck from "Bartholomew and the Oobleck." TK and Kindergarten made a chart of how Oobleck looked, felt, and smelled. Kindergarten wrote about thier observations and drew a picture.

"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" using painting technique of how paint does not stick to crayon-magic.

The theme of Read Across America was "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" All students decided what they wanted to be when they grow up.

Read Across America

  In our classroom we have been preparing for Dr. Seuss' birthday this coming Monday.

We have read several books written by Dr.Seuss and activities. This past Friday our big budgies from South Bay cane and we did an art project of the Cat in the Hat. You can see them displayed in the office. We also did a math activity measuring our feet.

Stay tuned for more of our Dr. Seuss Read Across America activities.