Our Kindergarten Blog
2022-2023 KM
2023-04-28
The Candy Store
Today we made a bus with our "an" words. We can practice reading these words with you. We had fun making words on the smart board. Today we learned about the second Grandfather teaching. We learned how the eagle represented love. we drew our own eagles. We spent lots of time adding detail to our birds. Mrs. Kitson read us the book, Interrupting Chicken, Cookies for Breakfast. It was really funny. Ask me about the book. She sometimes calls us interrupting chickens. We had lots of fun playing in Kindertown today. We wonder what will be in Kindertown next week. We had a fun day in Kindergarten.
Go Oilers Go!
2023-04-26
Kinder Town
Today we set up our own town in the classroom. We have an airport, a pet shop, a candy store and a coffee shop. It was so much fun setting up our stores. In the morning we met Cloud. He is moody. We talked about how we can mad but we can't be mean. We talked about how we all have lots of feelings. We talked about talking about our feelings. Ask me about Cloud. We are working on our vowel sounds. We played a fun game on the Smartboard where we took turns revealing letters in a three letter word. We are practicing blending our sounds. We also practiced writing our snap words. Mrs. Kitson read us a funny book. It was called Interrupting Chicken. Ask me about the story. We talked about measurement. We talked about measuring the weight of things. We talked about when it is important to know the weight of something. We had lots of good ideas. It was a busy and fun day in Kindergarten.
2023-04-24
Easter Egg Hunt
Today we went into the forest and looked for yellow eggs. We found lots and lots of eggs, but we couldn't find the golden one. In the morning we drew rainbow crow. Ask me about the story of Rainbow Crow. We leaned about being friendly with Lovey Dove. We talked about what friendly looked like. We said we could wave, or smile to show someone that we are friendly. We talked about words with the vowel O in them. We are taking home a book today. Help me read my little books everyday. We played a fun game called Bump It. We are practicing our subitizing skills. It was an eggy day in Kindergarten.
2023-04-17
Learning about Area
Today we talked about measurement. We learned a new word. The word is area. It is the space inside a shape. We guessed which of our tables had the biggest area. It was very close. We are starting to learn about birds. Today we learned about crows. We learned that they are very smart. We drew a crow in our lifebook and wrote a sentence about the crow. We are reading our snap words every day. We took a sheet of snap words home. We can practice them at home too. We talked about the"et" family. We made words with et. We are bringing home a book with "et" words. We circled the snap words. Help me read my new book. We had fun playing Captain's Court in gym class. It was a fun day in KIndergarten.
2023-04-14
A Fun Find
In the morning we looked closely at an insect one of the teachers found. We learned that it is called a Predaceous Diving Beetle. We took it back outside and watched it swim in the big water puddle. Today we practiced listening for sounds at the beginning of words. We are practicing taking apart words and putting them back together. We are practicing making words with the sounds we know. We circled the snap books in our book, My Cat. In the book there are words we can sound out also. We practice reading our snap words every day. I can practice at home with the purple sheet I brought home. I love reading my little books at home. Mrs. Kitson read us the book. There was an Old Astronnaut that Swallowed the Moon. It was very funny! In Music we had lots of fun making big and little movements. We had fun playing with badminton rackets and balloons in the gym. It was a fun day in Kindergarten.
2023-04-12
Investigating Measurement
Today we started to talk about measurement. We talked about the word length. We compared our shoes and our pet snakes. We talked about which one is longer and which one is shorter. We talked about when it was important to measure the length of things. In the afternoon we pretended we were measuring things on a construction site. We made words with the at family and the am family. We practiced writing words. It was a messy day in Kindergarten.