This was an exciting week in Kindergarten!
On Wednesday Mrs. Polito surprised the class as our mystery reader and read Farra and Luca's favorite book: The Day the Crayons Quit
Thank you Mrs. Polito for taking time to read to us. We loved it!
On Tuesday we held our very own election at Fuller Meadow. Using the books Duck For President by Doreen Cronin and My Teacher For President by Kay Winters we learned a bit about the election process. It was a lot of fun.
We read a poem titled Our Presidents and made a chart of what we already know about the President's job.
by Deanna Jump
The students knew that the President:
* takes care of our country
* takes care of the American people
* takes care of schools
* makes the rules
* helps the world
* prays for people
Next, we read the story Duck For President and made our own paper Duck.
Then we read the book My Teacher for President and we talked some more about what it means to have an election and the importance of voting for a candidate you believe would make the best president.
We talked about the two candidates in our election and we created a chart listing the positive qualities of each: Duck and Farmer Brown.
After that, the students created posters encouraging others to vote for the candidate of their choice. The students presented their posters and told why they chose that candidate.
Finally, it was time to vote. Farra checked off each voter and handed them their ballot. They entered the voting booth to make their selection and then put their ballot in the ballot box.
Once all of the votes had been cast, we counted the ballots and the winner was..........
Duck!
Kindergarten Standards:
SL.K.5 Speaking & Listening: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
Sl.K.6 Speaking & Listening: Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
Last week, Mrs. Baker read Twenty Yawns by Jane Smiley and Lauren Castillo, to our class as part of Global Read Aloud. This is a wonderful story about a little girl on vacation with her family and how her special stuffed animals help her fall back to sleep when she wakes up in the middle of the night. This was something that many of the children could relate to. In addition, Mrs. Marshall taught our class some strategies for calming the body and mind. We were so lucky to have them teach us. As a follow-up each student brought in a favorite stuffed animal. They took turns telling about their stuffed animal and why it was special to them. With guidance they took a picture of their stuffed animal and created a Chatterpix which I then turned into an IMovie.
Enjoy!
Happy Halloween!
The students had so much fun dressing up and showing off their amazing costumes as well as enjoying some yummy treats, games, and activities during our classroom party. Thank you so much to the parents who donated paper goods and goodies for the party. Thank you to to Mrs. Miyazaki for helping prior to the parade get everyone in costume and thank you to Mrs. Florentino, Mrs. Polito, and Mrs. Young for helping during the party. Everyone had a great time.
