Letter I Week

  "I" week has been INCREDIBLE!

This week our main themes were
 inchworms, ice cream and iguanas.

We read the book, Inch by Inch.

We made inchworms in the art center using two different techniques.

We used inchworms at the math center.  We counted, measured and estimated.

Inchworms were everywhere!

(We even had inchworms in OUR DRINKS!)

We graphed our favorite!  

Inchworms or iguanas?

Speaking of iguanas.  We discussed INTERESTING facts about iguanas.

We used iguanas for non standard units of measuring.

(I found these at the Dollar Tree!)

We created iguanas in the art center.  The children loved

adding embossing powder to give the iguanas texture.

I think our finished product is INDESCRIBABLE!

We invented insects.

We made homemade ice cream by shaking the mixture in plastic bags.

They needed sprinkles!

Look what Casey brought for snack!

We described ice cream and made ice cream sundaes in the art center.

 

To top it all off one of our sweet Gingerbread Mommies brought her 

ice cream truck and treated the entire school to ice cream.

(She is available for parties or special events.)

We had some sad news this week.

We had a funeral for our class pet rat, Whitie.

We are really going to miss him!

and....

Our friend Shep broke his arm!

He was able to join us for a couple of hours at the end of the week.

(He is doing great!  He is a tough little guy!)

We love you Shep.

Next week we will talk about letter P and work on our pumpkin unit!

Don't forget to bring a pumpkin on Monday!

Letter T Week

What a TERRIFIC Week!

We talked about Tigers and Turtles.

We had a special visitor this week. 

He wandered all around our classroom.
He was very TAME!

(Thanks Dax for sharing this TURTLE with our class.)

We read, The Foolish Tortoise

and wrote non-fiction facts about turtles and tortoises.

We created TOTALLY cool turtles with bubble wrap painting!

Here's what they looked like when we were finished!

Our math center was busy!  

See our Pattern Block turtle,

probability activity

and estimation.

Our block area and literacy center featured puppets, flannel boards, books, tigers and turtles.

            

The children are working on sounding out and writing their own words.

(We encourage and praise "Kindergarten spelling"!)

Thank you for encouraging "Kindergarten spelling" at home as well!

Check out our tigers!

They were TREMENDOUS!!

(I had to include this little TRIO!)

By the way, we went to the zoo on TUESDAY and saw BABY TIGERS!

  We were TICKLED!

This is me!

(As I am posing with this goat there was another goat behind me....

eating my sweater...and I didn't feel a thing!)

The children THOUGHT it was hilarious!

It was another wonderful week in the Kindie class!

TIME for bed!

Next week letter I!

IT should be INTERESTING!