Halloween Festivities!

Friday, 10/30:

Parents may start setting up for the party at 2:30 while students are having their costume parade on the second floor. We will be back to start the party at 2:45.

-Centers should be 10-12min.

-Students will be in 5 groups rotating through and then we'll end with a treat and drink. 

-Party must end at 3:45 to be sure students are packed up/room is cleaned up in plenty of time for dismissal. 

-Costumes must go over students uniform as all students will change in the classroom. No masks,makeup or accessories please! 

They are very excited! Thanks for helping us make it a fun day for the Crew!

                        

Spiders!

This was one of my favorites! They did some great opinion writing this week, supporting their thoughts with details. We even got out paint and glitter for our spiders! Woohoo! I'm hanging these gems in the hall so they will come home in a few weeks. Be sure to ask your kinder about their opinion!

Bats..Is It a Fact or Opinion?

We had a batastic week exploring and learning about bats!  We started by voting if they were "cute" or "creepy."  This led into our lesson on fact and opinion.  We have defined facts as: something that can be proven true and opinions as: a thought or a feeling.  We did some research and answered the questions from our "we wonder web" and made a list of facts and opinions and color coded them after deciding which they were.  This year we will work a lot with opinion writing pieces and supporting their thinking.  

Going Batty!

Thursday we launched our next week's theme...bats!!! When I saw Felix walk in I knew just how I'd introduce it and he was the cutest bat I ever did see! We started by graphing if we thought bats are cute or creepy. From there we analyzed our data in math into a bar graph, tallies, more/less. Last, we did a following directions bat craftivity. They are excited to continue our learning fun next week!

Applelicious!

We ended our apple mini-unit by making applesauce in the classroom today! It was in the crockpot all day and we enjoyed it late afternoon. Throughout the day we observed the changes it went through and discussed the yummy smell and look of it. I'm not an applesauce fan, but it got rave reviews from the crew, Mr. Thomas and Ms. Eagan, so we'll call that a success! 

Apples

This week we'll have some fun with apples while we talk about their life cycle and Johnny Appleseed (and exaggerations)!