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We stamped letters into the snow to spell our names and other words. They loved being able to use something else to practice letters with!!

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Our kids have been working all week on writing about what they want to be when they grow up. We had them tell us what type of community helper they thought they may want to be when they grew up and wrote these down. They were able to look at these and copy the words down on a piece of paper, then draw a picture of themselves as that person. We had many choose doctors, nurses, construction workers. and teachers! We then attached a photo of the child in a cap and gown and posted it on our wall. They love sharing with their parents that they first were able to write a sentence by copying it on their own and what they may want to be!

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Writing center is the most popular! everybody wants to participate. They have to choose a Christmas card, write "Feliz Navidad" and to: from: They also get to decorate with stickers. They are so proud of their creations and can make connections with what they see at home and stores.

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Students work together to use a variety of building materials (Squigz are a favorite) to build a safe haven from the Grinch. Students must work together to discuss and solve problems that arrive while engineering a safe place. Students love the idea of helping their favorite story book characters.

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While learning about community helpers our class was able to Skype with Dayna Hilton and Molly the Fire Safety Dog. Students learned about testing smoke alarms, emergency procedures and a firefighters job while watching Dayna and Molly perform tricks. S

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To study how animals and people stay warm in the winter, we filled a bowl with ice water, then had kids put their hands into gallon ziploc bags into the water, one bag insulated with cotton balls, and one bag not insulated and discovered which was warmer in the water. This helped us discuss why animals need warm fur, and people need to wear coats.

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To study how animals and people stay warm in the winter, we filled a bowl with ice water, then had kids put their hands into gallon ziploc bags into the water, one bag insulated with cotton balls, and one bag not insulated and discovered which was warmer in the water. This helped us discuss why animals need warm fur, and people need to wear coats.

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The kids love our home/playdough centers. They are learning how to bake cookies and how to effectively decorate and clean up their messes. We give them some decorations and they will decorate it two or three times before the plan/do/review is over. They love to make large batches of cookies and get into baking for the correct time.

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After a shared reading of Go Away Big Green Monster, the children painted the body of their monster green, then cut out shapes for the eyes, nose, mouth, and glued on pre-cut teeth. We had a great discussion about facial body parts and where on our face they belonged. This activity has helped the children understand about adding details to their drawings and creations.

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We read the story "Not A Box" that morning. I brought in a bunch of old Amazon boxes that I had accumulated over a few weeks. Part of the story was having them imagine what they could make the box into. I let them do the imagining and see what they can turn their boxes into (safely!)
After we had dramatic play time at centers, each child wrote about what they did during that center. The students were engaged and sometimes looked in the book for ideas. The kids reviewed what they did at that center later on by reflecting in their journals.

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We have been practicing addition and subtraction using number bond cards. This activity aligns with the pre-kindergarten guidelines and my goals for the year. Our class is using the language that will help them succeed going forward. Their enthusiasm towards this activity has prompted us to do it at least twice a week.

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Block Area-During work time students created a building with environmental print. The students were engaged in pretend play 

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Block Area-During work time students created a building with environmental print. The students were engaged in pretend play 

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We have been reading and comparing  different versions of the Gingerbread man. Some sticky activities have been graphing our first bite and decorating our own gingerbread men. Of course the cookies ran off and we had to hunt for them around the school!

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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything

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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything

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We read the story, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything back in October. We created an interactive storyboard of the parts of the scarecrow to help us understand the sequence of events that took place to create the scarecrow. We opened the interactive storyboard in our library for students to read the story and act out creating the scarecrow, by recalling which part came first, second, third, etc.

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We had our field trip to Market Street this past week, and in the produce section they focused heavily on apples since they are in season (They have 22 different kinds of apples right now). The day before we had gone we made an anchor chart on the students favorite way to eat an apple (apple slices, whole apple, apple sauce, caramel apple, apple juice). This was to activate their prior knowledge of apples. I started the experience at stations by talking about what our experiment would be (will an apple sink or float), the materials we would be using (whole apple, sliced apples) and what it meant for something to sink or float. After I felt like they had a clear idea of the concept, they got to write their name twice on an anchor chart. They voted for if it would sink or float as a whole apple and as apple slices. After everyone had made their predictions for the experiment, we tested it during whole group. It was really fun to see their faces and learn whether their predictions were right. We then tallied the votes and made a graph out of it!

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Engaging experience- read Hungry Thing emphasizing rhyming words and writing 

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Engaging experience- read Hungry Thing emphasizing rhyming words and writing 

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With reading "The Hungry Thing", the students interacted with noticing rhyming words, created their own rhyming words (with help) debated if the words they had in their hands were rhyming or not, and if not, figured out what word would rhyme. The students loved "becoming" the Hungry Thing and making the necklace!

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We try to make our experiences relate to our unit or what is going on in our school/home lives.  We related our experience with Thanksgiving and the children enjoyed because it involved turkeys.  They were learning and having fun at the same time.  They got to take the game home to play with their family and continue the learning at home. 

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We try to make our experiences relate to our unit or what is going on in our school/home lives.  We related our experience with Thanksgiving and the children enjoyed because it involved turkeys.  They were learning and having fun at the same time.  They got to take the game home to play with their family and continue the learning at home. 

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Students took turns drawing a pip card and telling how many pips it had. Student then flew their airplane around then landed on the runway and taxied to the correct number hanger.

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Students are using osmos to learn initial sounds in their classmate names

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I recently created name puzzles for my 3 year olds. They LOVE them! It is personal because it is a picture of them and it's their name. They are very engaged when working on their puzzle. Later in the year we might try putting together a friends name puzzle.
Norton-Alderson

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Blocks/Community - During work time, students created a town with roads & stores using blocks with environmental print.  They were reading the environmental print, & driving on the roads.  The students were engaged in pretend play, problem solving as the road would get messed up, or they were trying to get to a certain place & they had to figure out what road to take to get there.

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Blocks/Community - During work time, students created a town with roads & stores using blocks with environmental print.  They were reading the environmental print, & driving on the roads.  The students were engaged in pretend play, problem solving as the road would get messed up, or they were trying to get to a certain place & they had to figure out what road to take to get there.

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We used the book Clothesline Clues to learn about different community helpers. Then we dressed up as community helpers and acted out doing different jobs like putting out a house fire or taking care of a sick pet.

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Students work at their own pace and at their level.

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Students were burning off energy due to coldness outside. They loved it.It did Fast then a slow down to catch their breath!

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Students used magnet letters to build sight words. Then they wrote the words.

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we took the kids to Coronado High School

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We read several books about butterflies and their life cycles. We then used a mesh tunnel, a mesh cube, and some wings to act out the different stages of the life cycle. They began outside the tunnel as an egg, once they hatched they had to crawl through the tunnel (eating) as a caterpillar, that led them to the mesh cube which was the cocoon, and once the exited they put on their wings which showed that they were now a butterfly.

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My class carved a pumpkin today and each one got to stick their hands inside of the pumpkin and pull out the "guts".
They then separated the seeds from the pulp. Tomorrow we will saute the seeds.

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Students were making a plan on how to make a big bus with the legos. "How tall will the bus be?"
Upon completion both students said good job we did it.

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Students were working together on a puzzle. They were asking each other questions--what piece goes here? etc. Upon completion, they all congratulated each other for doing a good job!

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Students were given various shapes of different colors. Students then created different color groups and glued them on a piece of card stock. At the end of their creation they had to verbalize how they sorted.

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Students create a city made of all rectangles. Tall building, windows and doors!

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Write recipe on paper:
2 cups of flour (draw flour bag with word on it)
1 cup of salt (draw salt with word)
2 tablespoon of oil (with image/word)
1 cup of water (with image/word
bowl
food coloring
large spoon (for friends who do not like to get dirty)

Take turns reading and measuring, pouring the ingredients and mixing the playdough.  When finished, can sequence the activity with the recipe, play with the dough, making letters, numbers, add seasonal cookie cutters, make other creations according to theme or interest.

Alter the recipe according to season (add pumpkin pie spice in the fall, peppermint extract at Christmas time, etc).

PKG:  number recognition, counting, number operations (we put in 1 cup of flour, how many more do we need?), early reading skills, fine motor, measurement, creative self-expression, and so much more!

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Students use tiles to add and match the number on the game.

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Students were working in groups to create structures with 3D builders. They made a "doctors office with a cool playground!"

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Paper had pictures of different modes of transportation glued on. Each student took turns rolling a vehicle down a ramp. Which ever picture the vehicle lands on you count the number of syllables. My kids LOVED it! Kuddos to my team for creating this. They played a game, debated on syllables with each other, and concluded using cooperation and respectful words.