Happy 100th Day!

Today we celebrated our 100th day of kindergarten! Instead of our normal routine, we took turns participating in various centers focused on the number 100. We built together with 100 cups, made creations using 100 pattern blocks, used dot markers to make gumball machines with 100 gumballs, hole punched the number 100, and crafted crazy 100th Day hats with 100 stamps. It was a very fun day! I hope you enjoy these photos of your 100 days smarter kids. 😊

Math Workshop & Tablet Exploration

We have been very busy learning all about addition during math. Part of our independent work time during our daily math curriculum time is called Math Workshop. During Math Workshop, kids are engaged in many different kinds of learning. Some children may be practicing a skill by playing a math game (independently or with a partner/group), while others may be extending their learning in Dreambox on a Chromebook, and other children may be working with me in a small group. Using a workshop model allows each child to work on skills that appropriately challenge him/her. The other bonus is that the kids love workshop time! Make sure to ask your child about a game we used this week during workshop, Shake 10. 

Today our class started our new science unit, Pushes and Pulls. We will be using Android tablets to support our learning throughout this unit, so today we practiced navigating and using them. We used the camera app to take photos of our classmates, as we will be using a camera to document our learning throughout the unit. Stay tuned for lots more work from this fun science unit!

A Very Snowy Day!

The kids were so excited yesterday about the snow coming down that we just had to build some snowpeople. If we couldn't build them outside we had to build them inside. Enjoy all these fun and creative snowpeople! ⛄❆

Enjoy your snowy weekend!