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We have an incredibly sweet new crew of raccoons here in room B4!! We are 18 strong and have friends from all over the world (Egypt, El Salvador, South America, China, Mexico). Our classroom is filled with different languages, personalities, and experience level. It has been so much fun learning from each other these past few days and beginning our journey in Kindergarten. Last week, we began our Alphabet Boot Camp. So far, we have learned A is for Ambulance and B is for Bear. Have you seen the super cute hats we have made? Free Centers, rest time, and recess seem to be the favorite activities so far however, we all love a good story. Some of us got to meet Coach T in PE while others met Mrs. Davis in Music. We have all checked out a library book in the media center and learned about what our guidance counselor can do to help us. Please check back in for update and reminders. It is going to be a great year! I promise I will upload pictures as soon as they are downloaded to my computer.
I sincerely apologize for my lack of communication via this website lately. Prepare yourselves for the massive amounts of photos I am about to post. We have been very busy in the last few weeks. Field trips to the museum, Thanksgiving feasts, gingerbread cookies, free centers, learning about the many different winter holidays- SO MUCH FUN! Please enjoy the pictures and thanks again for your patience. I promise I take pictures, it just takes a bit for them to get to you :)
We got to spend the day with so many wonderful book characters today! I have included a picture just for you to get a taste of how exciting our day was. In addition to spending the day in our awesome outfits, we won the "Playground Peacemakers" award! Such an awesome honor and it is hanging up in the hallway for all to see.
In Math, we have begun studying measurement and the different things you can measure. Some people use inches, feet, centimeters, yards…here in room B4, we use unifix cubes, paper clips, and many other non-standards units of measurement. This past week, we made a tracing of our shoes and had to determine how many unifix cubes long our shoe was. We then placed them in a graph above a number line and got to see what the smallest and biggest shoe size was. On average, our class shoes are about 10 unifix cubes long!
Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who came with us on our trip across the road to Waller Farm! We had a great time and each got our very own pumping. While we were there, we learned all about farm life. Did you know that the back tires on those big tractors are full of water so that they don't get stuck or turn over? We also got to meet some chickens, goats, adorable miniature donkeys, turkeys, and the famous Purdy Girl! It turns out she is going to have a baby in December! Miss Rogers sees another field trip happening some time in December if we are still in school. Check out some wonderful pictures that Weyland's mom took. It was a fantastic day and we were all struggling to carry our pumpkins back to school.
This quarter in science, we have been working on sorting objects based on physical properties. We decided to have a little fun and sort things based on if we could pick them up with a magnet. Excellent collaboration and team work were seen from every group!
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December 2017
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