Plants

The kids had a wonderful week studying plants, thanks to Mrs. Tracy, who shared her wonderful plans, and Mrs. Kelly who subbed for me.  They were able to finish up student of the day,

Do many fun plant crafts and activities,

And they even did a science experiment to see how a plant's stem transports the water up the stem and to the leaves!

Thank you all for all the love and support through these tough times, I really do appreciate all the kind words and can't wait to see you all on Monday!

Insects

The kids had a blast with our new class pets this week!  They were constantly checking in on them, and they inspired A LOT of our art work this week!  They loved watching them get bigger and bigger each day, we even had one that was hanging upside down on Tuesday.  We predicted that by next week we will have chrysalises in the container!

 

 

 We made a couple different books that talked about a butterfly's life cycle, and even learned a big Kindergarten word, metamorphosis!

We learned that butterfly's wings are exactly the same on each side and played with symmetry by painting one side of a butterfly and folding it in half to make a beautifully symmetrical butterfly!

 We measured a ton of things around the room with caterpillars,

Wrote several different bug names on many different crafts,

 

explored insects with magnifying glasses in the sensory tub,

 

and dotted ladybugs with the correct number of dots at an independent center this week!

 

These kids are getting so big and smart, I am so impressed!  Just check out these little smarties in their new morning centers!

 



Space

We really blasted off into learning this week.  The kids are getting so big and so smart, it's hard believe in just a few short months they will be Kindergartners. 

We finished up another set of morning centers this week.  The kids are doing so well on them, writing words, doing puzzles, reading books, I am so impressed.

The kids made 2 different books this week.  One book had them practicing writing their name and the other had them writing many of their new space vocabulary words.

We began doing some word work.  I typed the sentence, "I can see the sun."  The kids then traced the sentence and cut out the words to make the sentence.  This is a great activity to show the kids that words have meaning and that they need to be in the correct order to make sense.

We made space words and objects out of play-doh.

We made rocket ships out of pattern blocks and our big cardboard blocks.

 Made some really cool space pictures that had pictures of us blasting off into space and floating around as an astronaut.

Listened to the story Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

Made a graph of our favorite object out in space (check out the invented spelling, the kids helped me write the words!)

And, we even had time to check out our new playground and enjoy the fresh air!

It was truly a week that was out of this world!