Kindergator Update 12.6.19


Kindergator Update 12.6.19

Wow have we had fun hearing about your Thanksgiving and your family’s traditions. We are picking out which houses we are planning to go to next year for dinner because all your food photos look amazing. I truly thought I did a good job on the slightly blackened turkey I made this year until I saw Daniel’s and how beautifully decorated it was.

Reading: We continued our discussion on main idea and details while learning about the Bald Eagle, an American symbol. We used photographs as our source for gathering information and tried to pull as much information from each source as we could. We played games in class where each child had a main idea or detail and had to link up with others who they connected to. It was really tough for them, at first, but is getting a bit easier each time we play.

Math: We continued with our measurement unit and studied capacity, temperature and began time. We found things in the classroom that had capacity and could fit a certain amount of things into them. We watched our thermometers go up and down with movement from hot water to cold water and used stopwatches to measure time. We used our stop watches to time how long it took Daniel to run, and do jumping jacks.

We sent home their measuring weight performance task. For the task the students had to pick two things they really want to get for Christmas and imagine which would weigh more and which would weigh less. Secretly we also wanted to give you a “head’s up” on which things they really wanted in case it helps.

Writing: We reviewed our punctuation marks (. ? and !) and began our discussion of how to write about setting. We examined new and unique settings we could explore and began working on how to describe the setting in a story. We even took time to describe Santa’s workshop, our favorite setting of all.

Vocabulary: thermometer, temperature, talons, eaglet, capacity, setting, marsh, factory

Big Things:
Jacob’s mom, Lori took a spill and broke her legs pretty badly. Please send her your well wishes and positive thoughts. It’s a tough time of year to be incapacitated.

Thank You To:
  • Daniel, who was voted our Camper of the Month for December
  • Lennox for sharing his photos of Peru and bringing back the adorable llama key chains for all of us
  • Mila, Eldabelle, Kendal and Harrison for bringing in multiple meaning words to help us learn
  • Lennox for sharing his Pikachu with our class.
  • Mrs. Crosby and Mrs. Hammond for helping to plan our upcoming holiday party.
  • Arielle, Mila Caitlin, and Avery for helping us sing, “Into the Unknown”
  • Avery for an amazing illustration and story about an “e” train.
  • Duncan for a super creative story about a pirate in cloud mountains hunting for his treasure.
  • Audrey who wrote about Santa, and his silly elves reading knock, knock books.
  • Sawyer who wrote about a castle in the middle of a gooey battle.
  • Ethan who turned his letter E into a numberline liek we use in class
  • Eldabelle who found all 16 words in our word search challenge
  • Mason who cracked us up with his silly dance this morning






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