K Blog 2017-2018, February 15th

   We recently celebrated 100 days of school at Black Pine Circle! The day started with a Monday Community Gathering, where the fifth grade shared collections of 100 items that they gathered from around the school. Their collections included books, pencils, and other classroom supplies. They ended the gathering by performing 100 jumps on stage (20 fifth graders X 5 jumps each = 100 jumps!)

We continued our exploration in the K classroom by creating 100 day crowns and reading the story "100 Day Worries."

Whats Happening In K?

Reading
Popcorn words: want, has, it, why

• We learned a new reading strategy: sounding out CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant)
•  Partner reading began and we practiced asking our partners for help with difficult words.
• The K's were read books about Chinese New Year

Writers Workshop

• The kindergarteners practiced letter writing skills by making valentines for their buddies

Math

• We began exploring measurement with a lesson on length
• Continued our lesson on measurement by measuring things in our classroom with popsicle sticks
• We measured using many different tools: Popsicle sticks, dominoes, Unifix Cubes, our hand span
• They learned what an estimation is

Social Studies

• We learned about Lunar New Year- The year of the dog
• Created Chinese Lanterns
• We celebrated Black History Month by discussing some African American people from our countries history. We discussed MLK, Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, Elizabeth Coleman and Jesse Owens

Art

In art class we have been exploring with painting different textures in preparation for an upcoming collage project. It has a been messy and joyful experience.