Today we had a fun Disney day! We began the day with a pancake breakfast in the gym. We sang our song "Fill My Cup" and we are reminded that God not only fills us up with food for our bodies, but especially food for our soul. Our Shepherd Lutheran School is such a special place because every school day the kids are filled with God's love and then the kids can go and share His love with others. What a blessing!
Later we learned how to carefully discriminate words that look very close to one another. If only one letter is different, that can change the whole word. Good readers look for those differences. Examples are: bag, bug bog, dog cap, cab We continued with another rotation of literacy centers. Following literacy centers we had a new set of thematic centers. The kids are learning how to cut paper snowflakes which will be glued on paper squares and arranged into a paper quilt design. At another table the students are using pattern blocks to design quilt patterns. Once the design is planned the students use pattern block stamps to copy the block design. These will be arranged into a paper quilt pattern as well. The green table is working on a sight word book on patterns. Quilters often look at nature to come up with their designs. Finally at the red table students are practicing the formation of Qq, its sound, and are writing stories about such things as queens, quilts, quarters, etc. In the afternoon the students practiced jumping. We tried to launch off in different ways and land in a variety of ways as well. We tried to take off from two feet and land on just one and then do the opposite. We tried to do a pencil jump. We tried to do a star jump. We measured our length and then tried to jump our length to see our distance. We tried to jump for height as well. In Math we are learning that numbers in the teens are a set of ten and so many extra ones. It is important to count the group of ten. Look for more papers to come. Many did quite well at this abstract concept which is a standard for kindergarten in Indiana. I read a story to the kids about the nickel. We learned that Jefferson is on the nickel and we compared his picture to Washington which is on the quarter. We learned that if something costs five cents in the store, you can pay with one nickel or five pennies. Then we made an example of a nickel to save in our money bag. Finally we learned a bit more about the country of Germany. Tomorrow kindergarten should dress in the flag colors of Germany: black, red, and gold. Then the kids made German flags which we will wave in a parade tomorrow. It was fun to end the day learning some German words and seeing some photos of Germany. Comments are closed.
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