Language Arts
The kindergartners wrote their first persuasive writing piece! They first researched ocean animals by looking through all our ocean themed books. They then chose an animal to focus on. They drew a picture of this animal and then drafted an advertising sentence. The sentence is meant to entice people, like a billboard, to come see their animal. Pictures were meant to be as realistic as possible. (And these kindergartners did a great job!) These can be viewed on our class bulletin board.
The students did a great job with their dictation this week. They then did a fantastic job in their weekly writing journal. Typically we write something together and then they add on to it. This week we brainstormed a class word bank and then the students wrote their own sentences. I am very proud of their progress!
Math
We used the number line for counting on and counting backward. We also worked on adding three numbers. Games, counters, dice, and the number lines were great practice this week.
Science
This week we continued learning about magnets. We had several days of stations with magnets, geography, and literacy that the kids enjoyed. We learned about compasses and how they work. We explored how you can make a magnet and we made our own compass. See if your student can tell you about some of the exciting g things we have learned about. We continued working in our lap books which will come home next week.
Art
“Me and My Shadow” was the theme for art this week. We had already looked at our shadows on a sunny day a few weeks ago, so we looked at some photos of shadows, and discussed the poem “My Shadow” by Robert Louis Stevenson. The students used oil pastel to draw a picture of themselves, and then they cut it out. They traced their figure onto black paper and cut out a “shadow.” Finally, they glued both pieces to construction paper, and added a sun. We were very busy and all the students did a great job!
Music
We learned to sing and dance to “Pajaritos a bailar,” a Swiss polka known in English as “The chicken dance.” Each student also tried his/her hand at plucking out a short melody on Sr. Kit‘s harp.