Out of This World!

We are fascinated as we  learn about our Solar System. We are learning many fun facts and love to hear about space. We have learned that all of the planets orbit or move around the sun. We also learned that our planet Earth is spinning in space.  Yesterday we talked about the astronauts and their life as they travel to the moon.  We learned about gravity and saw how the astronauts in space live without gravity. It would be fun to "float" like an astronaut! We can't wait to eat astronaut food on Friday!

 Today we floated like an astronaut as we moved to the music and played an addition game.

 This is fun!

 When the music stopped we picked up our "moon crater" and solved the problem.

These smart astronauts can add!

We loved creating our own Solar System !

Kindergarten learning fun is out of this world!

Winter Learning Fun!

We have had some exciting WINTER lessons this week.  We have learned that Winter is a season of the year that is usually the coldest.  We know that liquids freeze at 32 degrees and we are wishing that it would snow in Lockhart.

We have had Winter fun in math this week.
We played a Pass the Snowball game and counted as we added snowballs 'round and 'round!

 We passed that snowball very carefully so we wouldn't drop it.

 Pass that snowball 'round and 'round.

 Pass that snowball.

 Then we let it SNOW!

 And had a snowball fight!

Friendly Fun!

We also practiced addition with "snowballs" one day and "penguin food" another.

Learning addition is fun, but eating "snowballs" and "penguin food" is even better.

Dogs for Dd!

 Today we had a dandy time being dogs!  We loved hearing the books "Good Boy, Fergus" and "The Digging-est Dog." We also had a chance to tell about our own dogs.

We love DOGS and the letter Dd!

Hungry dogs,

digging dogs,

happy dogs,

friendly dogs,

and even well-trained dogs!

Thanks Lizzie!

Thank you to Lizzie's family for sending us a delicious treat for Kk!  Lizzie took home our Monkey Mystery Backpack.  It is always exciting to see what our friends bring in the backpack for the letter we are learning.  Today was extra exciting and delicious.  Thank you for the Kit Kats and Kisses.

We love you Lizzie!

Our Sight Word Video!

We created a SIGHT WORD video today to share with you.  We can't wait to show you our friends and read our sight words to you!

Now we have the chance to practice our sight words at home with our friends! Have your child go through the video and tell you the names of their friends and then have them view it again as they say the sight word their friend is sharing.  

How fun!

Freezing Temperatures!

We have had fun learning about and experimenting with freezing temperatures!  Yesterday we learned that the "magic number" on the thermometer to make things freeze is 32.  We talked about the temperature of our body  and the temperature of the air outside.  We learned that high numbers usually mean hotter temperatures and lower numbers mean colder temperatures. We experimented with the freezing temperatures Monday night!

Before we went home on Monday, we each chose a container to put water in and take outside. Some of us even added objects to the container to see what would happen.

Then we came to school on Tuesday morning and could not wait to see what had happened overnight! The temperature said it was 16 degrees when we came to school.  Did that mean our containers would be frozen?

 "Hey, they are frozen!"

We even learned that we could form "clouds" with our warm breath.  The warm air from our mouths mixed with the cold air and created water vapor that we could see.

We brought our containers inside to observe and then predicted what would happen!

We were right....................it melted.

We learned that the temperature in our room was above the magic freezing number (32) so our ice melted.

We love experimenting and learning!

Happy New Year 2014!

It was great to come back to school, see all of our friends and begin our New Year!  We first took time to share news about our holiday and then we spent time reviewing and focusing on our skills.  We are off to a fantastic start.

 Check out our New Year resolutions:

Joseph D. ...Listen more at home and clean my room.
Marissa...Be nicer to my sister 'cause sometimes she is mean to me and so I am mean to her.
Emy...Care for someone. I will read a book to them.
Jace...Eat a "good food" dinner like strawberries.
Kaylee...Pop fireworks.
Junior...Be nice to my mom. I'm gonna listen to her.
Jon...Play with all my toys I got for Christmas.
Joseph J. ...I'm gonna clean up my backyard. I will rake the leaves and pick up my toys.
Paul...Be good and don't fight with my baby brother.
Audrina...Be good. Listen to my mom.
Esther...Go to the park and be nice to people.
Isaac... Help people out. I would help them cross the road.
Lizzie...Help my mom pick out stuff for the new house.
Leandra...Behave.  Be good. Don't pinch and bite my sister.
Kryslyn...Have a picnic and pray for my grandpa all the time.
Sashya... Feed the monkey.
CJ...Play more with my sister.
Zander...Be nice to my mom and clean my room.
Cash....Happy New Year.

Happy New Year to all!  We look forward to a terrific second half of Kindergarten.  Please continue to help your child with homework and listen to them read in their reader each night.