We had a lot of opportunity for hands on learning this week!
One of our standards in kindergarten is knowing that weather changes are long term and short term. We spent the week learning about weather changes for the season fall!
On Monday, we went on a short walk around the school looking for signs of fall. Students noticed leaves on the ground, leaves changing colors, and trees that have lost a lot of leaves. Students choose a couple leaves for observations.
Another standard in kindergarten is that scientists can sort objects by their properties. Properties include things like size, shape, color, and texture. Students came up with different ways to sort our leaves in the pavilion on the playground.
We've been learning that scientists record what they learn through drawing or writing, so students drew detailed pictures of their leaf when we returned to the classroom.
To continue with the same focus, I brought gourds I had grown in my garden on Wednesday.
We were able to head back outside where students looked closely at the gourds. We sorted again using properties the students suggested. They came up with size, texture, color, and stem length.
Next week, we will do some similar activities with pumpkins!
In Math, we are continuing to focus on numbers 6-10. Students have been very successful with counting and show groups on tens frames. We used 10 sided dice to build fluency with recognizing numbers and counting.
We took a quiz on Friday and grades have been put in the online parent portal. Graded quizzes will come home early next week. We will finish up our focus on numbers 6-10 next week.
The end of the quarter is just a few weeks away and I am going to be starting assessments for grade cards soon. Most of the assessments are one on one with me where they are asked to do a specific task so I know what they know. I'm very proud of how far we've come already and I hope your child is feeling comfortable and confident!
Have a great weekend.
:) Mrs. Steinman
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