Presenting Mrs. Kelly's Kindergarten Class Blog!



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Sunday 28 October 2012

Our Marching Band
 
Many of our students have been enjoying using various materials in our classroom (boxes, paper towel rolls, rice and beans) to create their own musical instruments.


Some of the students have enjoyed building their own stage so that they could use their instruments to put on a musical concert for the class.

Miss Lee introduced the students to some real musical instruments in our classroom to see if that would encourage them to try to make different types of instruments.  As you can see, they were more interested in a musical marching band!

They sounded so great, so we decided to get all the students together to have our very own marching band outside.







We are happy to take your empty boxes and paper towel rolls.  The students always come up with creative ways of using them.

Busy Builders
 








 


 Baking
 
The students had a great time making rice krispie treats in the kitchen.  We worked together to read and follow the recipe, measure out the ingredients,  stir the pot, and press them into the pan.
 






 




 DELICIOUS!!!


Sunday 14 October 2012

Look at What We've Been Doing

Exploring Nature

We have really appreciated all the interesting items the students have brought in for us to investigate at our nature centre.  We've had a pumpkin, leaves, rocks, pinecones, insects, and seed pods. 
After investigating these, the students noticed something very interesting inside. One student told us "They are seeds, and they can fly!" This got all the students very interested as they began to blow them around our room.



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Miss Lee and I are waiting for the perfect windy day so we can learn more about weather and why these seeds are designed this way.
 
Colour Inquiry
 
The students are still very interested in colour and have been exploring colours around our room.





Students enjoyed sorting materials from the art studio to make colour posters to hang in our classroom.


 
 

Exploring colour and light on the light table.


 
Story Retelling
Here students are demonstrating their understanding of stories we shared in class by using props to retell and act out the stories.
 







 




Making Connections
We have begun learning how to make connections to texts that we are reading.  Making connections means that we are able explain how books relate to something in the world, something in our own personal history or to other texts.  These girls pointed out to the class that these books are similar because they are both about mice that are trying not to be eaten by predators.  




Thursday 4 October 2012

Snail Hunt









After collecting snails, the students brainstormed a list of things they thought the snails would need in order to survive.  Children drew pictures and said that they would need "eggs, leaves, flowers, and roots".


We then researched on the internet to find out if we were correct.





Students were invited to create a new list to demonstrate what we learned from our research.  We found out that snails need air to breathe and that the like to eat salad vegetables.  We also learned that they need to be kept moist.


We then shared this new information with the class.