It's official - the year is halfway over. I am very proud of these hard working kindergarteners.
The children enjoyed having their bear friend at school last week. Each child introduced their bear to the class and everyone needed to listen carefully because afterwards, the bears were matched to their owners. We learned some bear poems, heard bear stories and sorted bears by looking at different attributes. After listening to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, we put our bears into three groups; wee little bears, medium sized bears and great big bears. Next we completed a graph to see how many there were in each group. The children found the length of their bear using blocks to measure and compared the weight of their bear with a friend's bear. Finally, the children wrote a sentence or two describing their bear.
This week some time was spent learning about the importance of Martin Luther King Jr. As a social experiment, only blue-eyed children were given a candy with no further explanation from me. Then after a few minutes, (and some teary-eyed brown eyed children), we discussed the fairness of this situation. This lesson was followed up by a story about the life of MLK – and candy for all.
Enjoy the photos from Bear Week!
The children enjoyed having their bear friend at school last week. Each child introduced their bear to the class and everyone needed to listen carefully because afterwards, the bears were matched to their owners. We learned some bear poems, heard bear stories and sorted bears by looking at different attributes. After listening to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, we put our bears into three groups; wee little bears, medium sized bears and great big bears. Next we completed a graph to see how many there were in each group. The children found the length of their bear using blocks to measure and compared the weight of their bear with a friend's bear. Finally, the children wrote a sentence or two describing their bear.
This week some time was spent learning about the importance of Martin Luther King Jr. As a social experiment, only blue-eyed children were given a candy with no further explanation from me. Then after a few minutes, (and some teary-eyed brown eyed children), we discussed the fairness of this situation. This lesson was followed up by a story about the life of MLK – and candy for all.
Enjoy the photos from Bear Week!
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