What Is Summer?

Mrs. Buck's update for May 28th 2010

We had a super day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Do you like watermelon?  (14 of us do; 1 of us does not.)  After our morning meeting, we had Writers’ Worskhop.  We wrote two things we’ve learned this year in Kindergarten.  Recess and snack followed.  In language arts, we read a story.  Then, we wrote poems about what summer is.  These really had us thinking about what we do in the summer.  Next, we used letter cards to make words and practiced our weekly poem.  We finished our morning with a Time for Kids.  Have a terrific weekend!

Do Like To Go On Trips?

Mrs. Buck's update for May 27th 2010

We had a super-dee-duper day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Do you like to go on trips?  (All of us said yes!) During our morning meeting, we shared our vacation photos for V Day.  We really enjoyed telling our classmates about our special trips.  After recess and snack, we had Math Centers.  In language arts, we read a book called The Whales Song.  Then, we read our weekly poem.  It was fun writing some advice for next year’s Kindergarten class.  Miss Sharon is saving our helpful hints and sharing them with next year’s class during the first week of school.  Next, we practiced our pattern skills by coloring and naming patterns.  After our afternoon recess and lunch, we had a read-aloud and Quiet Time.  In art, we created cute photo frames for our vacation photos or photos we have at home.  They look very colorful with all the buttons!  Miss Sharon nearly finished all of the end-of-the-year assessments this afternoon.  We ended our day with Activity Time, classroom jobs, and Junie B. Jones.

Ducks Make For A Dazzling Journal Topic!

Mrs. Buck's update for May 26th 2010

We had a great day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Would you rather wear play clothes or dress-up clothes?  (All eight boys chose play clothes; all eight girls chose dress-up clothes.)  We had Chapel Time with Pastor Chad.  He talked to us about how Pentecost is the birthday of the church.  At morning meeting, we had fun sharing about our T-Shirts for T-Shirt Day.  We liked telling our classmates about why the shirts we wore today are our favorites.  After recess and snack, we had Math Centers.  In language arts, we read a book called The Three Questions.  It was a deep book about our goals in life.  We also explored story elements.  After listening to a book called Farfallina and Marcel, we had to re-tell the story and recall key information.  We talked about who the characters are in a book and also discussed setting.  Afternoon recess and lunch followed.  We then had a read-aloud and Quiet Time.  In P.E., we stretched, ran relay races, and jumped rope.  Our journal topic today was ducks.  We ended the day with Activity Time, jobs, and our chapter book.

We Look Stylish In Our Sunglasses!

Mrs. Buck's update for May 25th 2010

We had a marvelous day today!  Our Question of the Day today was:  Have you ever lost your sunglasses?  (15 of us said no; 1 of us said yes.)  After our morning meeting, we worked in small groups for Math Centers.  One group rolled a coin dice and had to match cent amounts with coins.  Another group drew illustrations for number stories and wrote out the coordinating number sentences.  The last group rolled three dice and practiced three addend addition.  Recess and snack followed.  In language arts, we read a book about being nice to spiders.  Then, we re-read our A to Z books from yesterday.  Practicing our handwriting and spelling skills came next.  This was followed by our weekly poem.  After our afternoon recess and lunch, we had Quiet Time and Music.  Our journal topic today was tadpoles.  We finished our day with Activity Time, jobs, and Junie B.  We can’t wait to find out what will happen with Junie B. and that meanie Jim.