Mmmm Applesauce!

Today we made applesauce.  First thing this morning we peeled our apples, sliced them and put them in a crockpot with some cinnamon and made some homemade applesauce.  We talked about how apples taste, feel, smell, look and what we hear when we bite into an apple.  This afternoon we all tasted it.  Most of them liked it. 

Spin a Number

Today in math we played the spin a number game.  We did a life size game in class and they have their own in their folder to keep at home.  We used the Smart board for the spinner.  It was fun! 

Measuring and Directional Words

Today we started our discussion about Apples.  In Math, we took three apples and kept one whole, peeled one and peeled and sliced another.  Then we weighed each one with our pan balance and bear counters.  We will weigh the same apples each day to see how their weight changes throughout the week.  

We also talked about spatial concepts and directional words.  We listened to Rosie's Walk which has lots of directional words, did a Smart Board activity using directional words, placed a color tile on different places when asked and did the cool bear hunt.  It was a busy day in Math. 

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Rusty's tile was on his shoulder

Counselor Visit

Mrs. Mueller the school counselor came for a visit today.  She will come throughout the year and do lessons with the kids on behavior, manners, etc. 

Have a great weekend!  Next week we will be exploring Apples.  We will have lots of weighing, graphing, comparing, contrasting and tasting apples. 

Rainbows of Fun

As we are coming to the end of our color review week we did some art using colors.  What better way then to make rainbows. 

20 Days of School

Wow I can't believe we have already been in school for twenty days!  Zero the hero came for another visit and brought another special treat!  Ask your child what he brought and how many? 

Bible

Today we had Bible with Mrs. Mayhan.  We are learning about respect.  Ask your child what it means and if they can tell you the memory verse. 

We Taste With Our Tongue

Today we talked about the sense of taste and we got to taste something salty, sweet and sour. 

"I don't like pretzels"

"Mmm M&M's  Yummy! 

"That is sour!"

Our Five Senses

Today we each got feely bags and we got to feel for different textures and think about what they were.  Most of them wanted to take theirs home so you will probably find a brown sack in their bags today.  Ask them about the different textures. 



Math

In Math today we sorted pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.  We will work this year to become familiar with the names and amounts of the various coins and eventually learn to count them.  This is a great activity you can do at home with your child. 

Writing Workshop

Today we worked hard on our writing in Writer's Workshop.  Mrs. Sneed, our Language Arts Specialist is coming to do another lesson with us tomorrow.  We can't wait to show off our work. 

Scholastic Book Orders

Book orders due this Thursday 16th.  There are lots of great books to choose from. 

Free Centers

This is one of the favorites at free center time.  The marble slide, it is a big hit. 

Family Glyph

Today we made our first glyph in Math.  The kids did a great job following directions.  We also visited computer lab. 

Zero the Hero

It is the 10th day of school and we had a visit from Zero the Hero.  He brought us a special treat!  Ask your child what it was and how many. 

Watercoloring our Family Trees

Today we broke out the watercolors and painted our family trees.  We added apples later for all of our immediate family members. 

Parent Night

Parent Night is this Thursday, Sept. 9th from 6:30-7:15.  Hope to see you! 

Our Smart Board is Here!

Our Smart board was installed this week and is now working.  We are so excited!  We did some math on it today and then at free centers we got to explore with it. 

Working Hard in Kindergarten!

We got a lot accomplished today.  Our first day of Chapel, our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom trees, practicing the "at" word family and beginning our math journals.  Whew!  And we did it without any tears, yay! 

Andrew stamping his name on his tree. 

Kendalyn doing her "at" family.