This week has been so much fun, but today really was awesome. We brought out our Bee Bots and practiced our sight words. Not only were students reviewing their sight words, but they were also doing basic coding and programming with our robotics. It was so much fun. Even if it didn't work the first time, they quickly figured out what to change. Love these little ones!
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We were so excited when we found out that BDQ raised enough money for the entire school to celebrate at the main event on Friday. One of our friends in class, Emma, was actually in the top three sellers in the whole school and we had 5 students that sold 30 or more items allowing them to go on the Limo Lunch. It was an AWESOME day and we are so thankful at BDQ for the amazing families we have that help support our school in so many ways. So thank you families!!! Have I mentioned how amazing this class is??? Well, in case I haven't, they're AMAZING!!! We had such a fun, hands-on week this week. We are preparing for our first engineering project of the year and what a better way to get started than reading The Three Little Pigs. Before we read our story, our first day this week was learning all about materials engineering, sorting materials, and learning about properties of materials. Sounds pretty advanced for kindergarten doesn't it? Well, it's right up there alley. Day 1 was all about exploration and discovery. They had some pretty awesome conversations and healthy debates. I love hearing how their brains process information. It is so inspiring hearing the thoughts they share. Days 2 - 4 were all about the three little pigs and the choices of materials they selected for their homes. The version we read had 2 boy pigs and 1 girl pig. Now don't get me wrong I love the original version, but it's so important for girls to be excited about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) so any time I get an opportunity to share a text with a girl defeating the odds in a situation that could be STEM related, I'm jumping all over it. We read a small portion of the book each day, stopping at the point where the wolf has blown one house down. Students then went back to their seats, examined the materials in their boxes, and chose which ones they thought were similar to the ones the pig of the day chose. At the end of each lesson students then shared and debated their selections. It was pretty interesting to hear their arguments. An amazing part of this week was the amount of respect that had for one another. They listened to each other, waited their turn, and defended their choices. Below is a slideshow of our week. You will see our class anchor chart (my way of reviewing our daily lessons and their sharing of learning), the class investigating, and their results. Friday they were able to imagine a material they would use, received their engineering challenge for the upcoming week, and began the Engineering Design Process. More on that next week!!! We have spent the past couple of weeks learning all about subtraction and addition. Even though kindergarteners are not required to write equations, I try to encourage this in our room. They have done so amazing with addition and subtraction that our students have been doing some of the teaching. We came up with number story problems as a group. One student at a time would go to the SMART Board and solve the problem on the board. They were using drawings to solve their problem, explaining to the class why they solved it this way, and practiced writing out the equation. What was so AWESOME to me is that I didn't even ask them to write out the equation. Our first friend up wrote his out and then everyone else followed his lead. Such a great class of little mathematicians!!! Love them bunches. Below are a few pictures from their "I'm the Teacher" session. Did I already say I love them????
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Christy Wilson"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" - Dr. Seuss CategoriesArchives
April 2015
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