Kindergarten Thankfulness Drive

 With the help of Mrs. Pace, a Thrivent grant, and wonderful donations from all of you, kindergarten was able to give back to our community in a meaningful way. New clothing, socks, underwear, pillows, blankets, books, and toys, along with lots of gently used clothing, boots, and coats were collected to donate to Macomb Foster Closet. We had a massive pile in the classroom, and it barely fit in Mrs. Pace’s vehicle! The kindergarteners had fun and showed off their muscles while carrying the bags, boxes, and packages out.

Thank you and happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

Boom Card Games

 Hi Kindergarten families!

If you'd like some extra educational activities for your child to try, check out the Boom Card activities I've linked here. Links are good for 2-3 weeks, then I will renew links or add new activities. These are optional, and can be played as many times as you'd like!

Reading:

Beginning Sounds

Letter Matching - Capital Letters and Lowercase

Rhyming Picture Match

ABC Letter Order

Reading Short A words

Math:

Counting 1-10 - Watermelon

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Number ID

Telling Time to the Hour

Bear Patterns

Challenge:

Short Vowel Sentences

Short Vowel Fluency Practice

Sight Words Construction

Election Day

 Today, our class got to vote in Trinity’s mock election!

We attended a socially distanced election rally hosted by the 8th graders. There were 8th graders acting in the roles of the presidential and vice presidential candidates, their wives, secret service, news anchors, and even Uncle Sam! During the President’s speech, the Secret Service got to show their protective skills when a disgruntled voter ‘attacked’ the President (aka threw paper at him)

The rally was followed by our own chance to place our votes. 

In the end, Trump (represented by Finley’s big brother Aiden) was the declared victorious over Biden (represented by Jack McMahon)! The kids were very excited to be part of the whole process!

Timeline Project Presentations

 Our students have now completed and presented their timelines! I LOVED seeing all of the sweet photos and drawings, as well as hearing about the adventures they’ve taken in their 5/6 years!

Apple Art

 These sweet apple projects have been adorning our halls for a few weeks now! Tearing paper is a great fine motor activity, and this was great glue stick practice as well! 

Timeline Project - Homework!

Your child brought home a homework project earlier this week - a timeline of events from their own lives!

They may use photos or draw pictures.

This will be due next MONDAY, when they will share their timelines with the class, and then we will hang these in the hallway.

The projects will be returned to you, but I would not use priceless or irreplaceable photos!

Science Investigations

In our Materials and Motion science unit, we are investigating different materials. Last week, we investigated how to sink a wood block. We used rubber bands and paper clips!

This week, we investigated how to change the shape of wood. We know wood comes from trees, and we’ve found lots of items made of wood in our classrooms and home. How do people change it from trees to the objects we use? While I’m not planning on bringing saws or other machinery into the classroom, we did get to use sandpaper to change the shape of our wood blocks! Each student had their own block of balsam and a piece of sandpaper. We worked to smooth the edges with the rough sandpaper to see the difference!