Taking Care of Our World

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Today we were invited to create posters that represent the importance of the 3 r's.  We have explored recycling, reducing and reusing all year in our classroom.  Recycle Rhonda has been a great teacher and resource for us.  We are excited to share our excitement with others so more people can help take care of our beautiful world.

Creating CVC Words!

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Today we created lots of new words using our Smartboard and our "Echo Tool Kits"  CVC=consonant, vowel, consonant!

Creating 3D "Gingerbread" Houses

We had a wonderful time creating our own 3D Gingerbread Houses.  The children created their own house while thinking about the different shapes they needed and their features.  The houses are both beautiful and yummy!  Thanks again to everyone for your continued support and cooperation.

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A Celebration of Learning

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What a wonderful way to begin our day!  Thanks so much everyone for supporting our learning.  We appreciate you and all that you do for Kindergarten. 

The Williston Food Shelf

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Thanks so very, very much for your support with our trip to the food shelf today.  We had a beautiful day for a walk and the children did a wonderful job.  We learned that the food shelf helps lots of people in Chittenden County.  Some items of need are; toilet paper, soup, cereal, tooth paste, tooth brushes, and dinners.  Here is a link to the food shelf in Williston.

Yellowstone National Park

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This morning we had an opportunity to connect with a forest ranger in Yellowstone National Park.  He showed us some animals furs of animals that live in the park.  We asked some great questions and learned a lot about the life of a forest ranger.  We used @skypeclassroom to connect.

Flexible Thinking

Today we explored flexible thinking.  When we are flexible with our thinking we are happier and can do lots of things that we thought we could not do.  On Friday we will be bringing home our own "flexible" straw to remind us how fun and easy it is to be flexible.

Keslo's Choice

This afternoon Ms. S. visited Kindergarten to help us explore "how to" make choices to solve problems. We have this poster in our classroom to help us make a choice about what strategy we want to try.  
Also click here to see a great video that shares what the choices are, like Kelso that we will be exploring when we have a problem to solve.

Measuring Rain!

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This morning the children had an opportunity to measure the rain.  They explored 10 different containers of rain and measured the amount of rain with unifix cubes.  The children have also been exploring the different types of clouds and what they represent in regards to the weather.

A Wet Wednesday in the Woods

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Today the children enjoyed exploring the woods in the rain.  They discovered different types of trees, saw patterns, noticed the sky, clouds and created things with sticks.  Thanks for your support with this experience...

Creating a Forest

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Today in Kindergarten we began painting what we think a forest looks like. Later we created book covers for our forest writing.
Forests are important because they help us breath oxygen and it is healthy.

Exploring the Forest

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Today we began exploring the forest.  We started by looking at books and images we found on Kiddle.com which is a safe way to search for information.  We noticed many things about trees and also shared why forests are important.
This is what we know about forests.....
*They are something you can explore.
*a bunch of trees together
*home for animals
*has dirt in it
*animals have their habitat and can climb trees to escape from predators.
*where worms live, under the grass
*where animals live
*a place where it can be dark
*bears live, animals climb trees to escape bears
*a lot of leaves
*lots of trees
*some trees grow bigger, coniferous and deciduous
*where animals grow
*a place where animals live.

Ballet

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This morning we had a real professional ballet dancer come to Kindergarten.   She talked to us about what ballet is and some of the moves.  We learned that ballet is an art, not a sport.
We learned:
1. Danseur is what a male ballet dancer is called.  A woman is a ballerina. 
2. They use a needle and thread to tie their ribbons before they perform.
3.  Pointe shoes are made of canvas and glue.
4.  We learned some stretches.  We enjoyed the butterfly stretch.
5.  We also learned new positions that the dancers do also.
6.  Dancers wrap their toes with tape so they don't get blisters.

Our Promises To The World: @vermontkkids123

Today we created our first voicethread.  We have been exploring ways that we can make a difference in the world.  So we decided to create this as a way to share our promise.  What are yours?

Worms, Worms, Worms!

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This afternoon Recycle Rhonda visited Kindergarten today.  We were able to observe worms and talk about how they help keep our compost healthy!  We now have worms that we are taking care of in Kindergarten.  We are feeding them once a week, keeping their bedding wet with water and using shredded newspaper to keep them comfortable.

Korean Drummers

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This afternoon we had a wonderful performance by some very talented drummers.  We even had an opportunity to play a drum too!

Composting with Recycle Rhonda

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Today we learned about composting. We also talked about how worms are great decomposers of the soil because they eat the compost which makes the soil rich and great for planting. Next week we will all be bringing home a special card to keep in the kitchen so we can put stickers on it that come on our fruits and vegetables. This way we are making less waste that would go in the landfill.

Recycle Rhonda!

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This morning Recycle Rhonda visited Kindergarten.  We were able to learn about a landfill and what it is and how it impacts land.  We learned a lot about the 3 R's too!  
We learned that: 
Vermont has 1 landfill.
We need to reduce the amount of trash we produce to help keep our world healthy.
Each person can produce 1 trash bag of trash a day.  We are thinking about how we can reduce that.

A Celebration of Learning

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Thanks so much everyone for coming this morning to help us celebrate Kindergarten.  We enjoyed seeing everyone and meeting new friends.  Thanks so much for all the donations of food and supplies for our breakfast buffet.

Thanks Williston Fire Department

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ternoon we walked over to the Williston Fire Station in recognition of Fire Safety Week. We learned about what a fire fighter wears and how important they are in a community. We each created a paper thanking the fire fighters for their service.

The Land of Pumpkins

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Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes

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Today Ms. Katherine read us another wonderful Pete the Cat story.  It was about missing cupcakes!  We had fun making connections and predictions about who we thought stole the cupcakes.  Afterwards we were all able to decorate our very own cupcake for snack.

Wednesday in the Woods

Exploring Color in Nature

This afternoon we had a wonderful time exploring nature.  We began by playing a game called; I Gotta Go, I Gotta Go To Mexico", then we explored all of the colors that we noticed outside. We created scientific drawings and shared our observations.

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Making Connections with Mrs. Huntington

This morning Mrs. Huntington, our literacy coordinator read us a story about pumpkins!  It was a great story.  We were able to come up with different words that describe big.  Some words were gigantic, enormous, huge and many others.

A Special Treat From Korea!

This afternoon we had an opportunity to try a new tea called; "Citron Tea".  We met the owner of the company in Korea.  He traveled all the way to Vermont to meet us and share his tea.  It tasted like lemon.  We also enjoyed a special Korean snack too.  

Creating, Designing Books and Patterns!

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