Tuesday 4 April 2017

Global Learning

We have been learning all about the world with our Flat Students coming back from all over the world. We have had Flat Students from France, Belize, Oregon, Michigan, and almost anywhere else you can imagine. I have thoroughly enjoyed learning along with the students and enjoying all of the special treats too.



This week we have been researching the Big Five from Africa and learning how many African Animals are endangered. We completed our research by using computers, videos, and non fiction books. While learning this the students decided they again wanted to adopt an animal. We voted and decided on an elephant. The total amount of money we will need to raise is $55.00. We will do this by the students working at home to earn money at home, we are going to try to make something to sell to help earn money and we will donate any money left over we need from our Spring Fling.







Today we had a special visit from a friend and former VIF (visiting international faculty) teacher at CFIE from England. She taught us that it takes 8 hours to fly to NC from England, that sidewalk is called pavement, a cookie is called a biscuit, trash is called rubbish, a trash can is called a rubbish bin and pants are called trousers. The students thought her accent was wonderful and she was beautiful. A big shout out to Lizzie Dedman for the visit all the way from London, England.


Sunday 19 March 2017

Awesome week

We have had an awesome week in Kindergarten.We finished up our learning on insects and pair
shared with each other what we learned. 




We supported Juvenile Diabetes by purchasing "tennis shoes", popcorn and wore hats. I am so proud of each students for the donations made to such a good cause.



On Friday, the leprechaun came and visited our classroom. While we tried to trap him he made it in while we were at lunch and messed up our classroom pretty bad. Here are a few pictures of the damage he did.



Thursday 9 March 2017

Slacker!

Ok so I have been a slacker when it comes to posting on the blog. That does not mean we have not done some amazing things in Kindergarten. 

Since I left off we have been learning about our heritage and have had a wonderful learning experience from all of our posters. I am willing to try any of the food you all posted. :) 






We had a few Flat students come in and have been sharing all about their travels across the United States and other countries. 



We celebrated Dr. Seuss' Birthday by dressing as twins, book characters and doing our silent reading with flashlights. 






We painted and labeled each of our seven continents. Ask your child what they are and where they are located. They should be able to tell you or at least sing you a song about them. 






Finally bringing you up to date this week. We had an amazing Drum Day sponsored by PTO and all of the Box Tops you have been sending in. Buster the Bus came today and taught us all about bus safety. We completed our first STEAM rotation on insects and the students really enjoyed it and held some meal worms. At the end of the day we finished it with a bang and had a tornado drill.  







Sunday 12 February 2017

What an awesome week!

We have had a few busy weeks since last I posted.

We learned all about the groundhog and shadows by experimenting with the sun (flashlights) and little bears. We learned that the direction of the sun affects the size, shape and direction of the shadow.



Shadows...

and more shadows. 
We attended our first field trip at Northside High School and watch a rendition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Excited about the Show!


Waiting for the show to begin

We celebrated the 100th Day of School! Can you believe there are only 80 left?

Coloring our 100 Day hats

Counting 100 Fruit Loops and making a necklace.

Showing off my hat

We have also learned all about out 16th President Abraham Lincoln and made log cabins.



Tuesday 24 January 2017

Mrs. Justus

We are so excited and blessed to have a student teacher in our classroom this year. I would like for you to give a big welcome to Jennifer Justus. She will begin taking over subject by subject under my direction until she is teaching full time. I hope you are all as excited as I am to have this extra help in our class. 



Monday 16 January 2017

Blubber...

This week we learned all about the polar bear. Part of our learning was to find out how they stayed warm in the cold arctic. Did you know that polar bears have a layer of fat called blubber? This blubber is what helps them to stay warm. We used ice, Ziploc bags, and fat :) to see how blubber works. The ice was very cold on our hand that did not go inside the package of blubber but the hand that was inside stayed nice and warm. So those of you that freeze all the time might need a little more blubber. ha ha








We also celebrated Janice for winning our Global Character Award Knowledgeable for the month of January.