September 30th

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Today we explored some questions we had about where trees come from and why they are where they are.

We think all trees need water, sun, soil, and seed to survive.

September 29th

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We are exploring the different parts of a tree. We are comparing ourselves and our body parts with that of a tree. We both need water, food, and oxygen to live and grow.

Today we explored the clouds. The story helped us think about the different types of clouds that are in the sky and the many shapes they can make.

Today we created different patterns using our bodies and we made sounds. We discovered that some patterns repeat. 

September 28th

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Today we started exploring trees outside and thought about the things trees need to grow. The children are working on scientific drawings of trees today.

September 27th

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Today we began our exploration of the forest. We read a wonderful story about trees that get to be really tall and how they provide habitats for other animals.

Today we explored the letters c and o. We are working on writing our first name with 1 capital letter too.

September 24th

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Today we created a video of our pledge to the world. We are connecting our pledges to the Global Goals and the 3 R's. Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle.

We created recordings of what we will do to help care for the world and create less waste.

Today we used Kiddle to help answer a question we were curious about. This is a safe way for you and your child to search for things you wonder about.

September 23rd

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Today Recycle Rhonda visited kindergarten. She shared her passion for sustainability and connected her passion with the Global Goals. 

Be sure to look at the live podcasts on our class blog where Recycle Rhonda and I share how we connect the Global Goals to learning and kindergarten life.

September 22nd

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Today is the first day of fall. Thanks to Mystery Science we explored the question: "Why do leaves change color in the fall?"

September 21st

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Today we read some wonderful stories. One story was about friendship and the other story helped us explore the joy of reading. Both stories capture some wonderful ideas that nature has to offer. Today we practiced reading a variety of books while outdoors. We connected letters, sounds, and even recognized some of our sight words.

September 20th

 

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We have been reading many books about kindness and how we can be kind. Some of our discussions have been opportunities to share ways that we can advocate for others who may not be feeling happy. We connected with 2 Global Goals after reading these beautiful stories by Jacqueline Woodson.

When we are kind we feel happy and others do too. At our school, we are kind, safe, and responsible.

September 17th

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Mrs. Scott visited kindergarten to help us explore how to be safe when online.

She shared 3 rules with us:

1. Always ask your teacher/parent 1st.

2. Only talk to people you know.

3. Stick to places that are just right for you.

Look here to see the video about online safety.

September 14th

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We read a wonderful story about the sky. Then we created beautiful drawings of all the colors we noticed in nature on our morning hike. 

 We are enjoying our daily BioBlitzs. Today we explored all the wonderful colors that we noticed above our heads, around us, and under our feet. We observed that the land is not always the same. Today we asked questions about what makes the land different.

We explored a new app called: PatternShapes. This App helps us learn about the names of the different, shapes, their features, and we even explored tesselation. Go here to get it for free.

September 13th

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In kindergarten, we explore rhyming daily. We listen to rhymes, produce rhymes, and make connections through the many stories we read. Below are a couple of great books that explore rhyming.

Celebrating International Dot Day!  Today we celebrate along with others across the world in celebrating creativity.  We read Peter Reynolds's story The Dot and created many ways we can make our mark and share our creativity with others.

September 10th

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Today we read a wonderful story about the Earth. The story helped us reflect on all the wonderful things the Earth provides for us. We continue to think of ways we can help care for the Earth too.

September 9th

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Today we practiced counting orally.  This is a fun activity to do anywhere, anytime. We are using our math hands to help us subitize numbers to 10 and explore odd and even numbers too.

We read a wonderful story about ideas. We talked about how everyone has ideas and how wonderful it is that our ideas are different and alike.

We learned a lot about bats this morning from Scientist Kate. Bats are nocturnal and scientists put backpacks on them to record their travel.

September 8th

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We read 2 wonderful stories with Pete the Cat. We connected the stories to Global Goal #4 Quality Education. The children shared that all children all over the world need to have shoes because that way they can keep their feet warm and safe. The children also shared how shoes help protect our feet from insects and from stepping on things that could hurt us.

September 7th

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We read a wonderful story about kindness. We are thinking about ways we can be kind to each other and the world.

We added the caterpillars we made to our map of the world. We put caterpillars on the continents where they live and can be found. We noticed that Antarctica does not have any caterpillars. We thought about why this might be and shared our ideas. Caterpillars live on land so we connected our ideas to Global Goal #15 Life On Land.

September 3rd

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The children enjoyed this story. We shared what kind of dreamer we were too. Some of the children discovered that they were more than just 1 kind of dreamer.  This is a wonderful story with so many beautiful illustrations.

We are exploring how we can use the word because when we share our mathematical ideas. When we have math conversations we use different Math Habits of Mind(MHOM). We are exploring a few. Your child may come home with smaller cards when they use 1 or more of these MHOM.

September 2nd

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Today we explored numbers 0-5. We counted forwards, backward and used our math hands to subitize numbers too.

We are thinking about numbers that come before and after. 

Today we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and created our own.

September 1st

 Today we experienced our first BioBlitz!  It was so fun and we used our skill of observation to help us explore 1 specific area. We drew and colored what we noticed in our spots. Our magnifying glasses helped us get close-ups of what was under our feet.

The story is about children who welcome everybody into their school. The story was about accepting others and kindness. We talked about ways we can welcome others into kindergarten too. 

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