Dreydl

We played dreydl. Come on shin!!!!

Shin is the symbol that means we get to have all the buttons in the middle.

 Dvimon, Danay and Zan Mehm

 Jordan, Scemore, Thin Myat and Kaylyn

 Aubrey, Eris, Dvimon

Nathan, Jordan, Scemore, Thin Myat, Kaylyn, Magdiel, and Caleb

Hanukkah Menorah's

We are learning about holiday's celebrated in December.

 Alexandra and Paramoi Chan making their Menorah's

Magdiel and Kaylyn working on their Menorah's

Danay, Nathan and Gao Sue working on their Menorah's 

Finished Menorah's 

Math Centers

We have been doing fun and exciting activities during our afternoon math centers and we wanted to share some pictures with all of you.

 Eris is making growing patterns and what a wonderful color pattern too.

 Jia'Aunna and Aubrey are doing some great sorting!

 Shawn covered a penguin picture with pattern blocks.

 Danay and Janoi  Marn Oo counting out sets and matching them to numbers.  Nice ordering of those numbers 0-10!

Layehmarn Ai doing a number puzzle.

Pumpkin decomposing update

We have been watching our pumpkin decompose for about 4 weeks now.  We wanted to share a couple of new photos and let you know that it stinks.

Pumpkin after 2 weeks - It is starting to break down some.  When we swish the jar the water gets a little cloudy.

Pumpkin after 4 weeks - The pumpkin is almost totally broken down,  there are a couple of pieces of rind left, it is mostly liquid and the water is very cloudy.  We noticed last week it is starting to get stinky.  We can smell it even with the lid on tight (but you have to get close).

We are wondering if the smell will get worse or if it will change to a different color?  We will keep you posted with our findings.

Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins!!!!

We have been exploring pumpkins for that last couple of weeks.  We have seen many different sizes, shapes and colors.  We have ordered them according to size, measured them, carved them, counted and planted seeds (in paper towels) and are watching them decompose.

White pumpkins of different sizes

Measuring pumpkins

Exploring pumpkins

Exploring pumpkins

Decomposing pumpkin Day 1

This is our list of words we used to describe pumpkins while exploring:

Slimy
Gooey
Wet
Slobbery
Yucky
Icky
Gross

Introduction

  A note from the teacher -  We are a kindergarten class that would like to share what we are learning about and doing in school with our families near and far.  We are a very diverse group with family members all over the world.  We hope our loved ones enjoy seeing what is happening in our busy kindergarten days.

The class's first blog.

We are learning about pumpkins, apples and Fall.  In Math we are learning about numbers and counting and shapes.  We draw pictures, play on computers, go to dolls and legos during center time.  We read books, write our names and our alphabet during learning time.  We sing color word songs.  We want to learn about snow, Spring, snakes, reading, giraffes, building stuff, crocodiles, tigers and Summer.  We have 6 goldfish and an African water frog as class pets.