Scientific Observation

On Thursday, May 7 we spent time outside our school investigating part of the school yard.  Each partner team observed their plot of land carefully.  They sketched and labeled the plant and animal life they discovered.  We also began a discussion of living and nonliving things.  This science work connects to our unit on organisms.

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Beach Day

The weather cooperated and we had a lovely "Beach Day".  Students enjoyed stretching out their beach towels during reading time and using their towels all day long in the circle area.   Kindergarten students wore beach hats and sunglasses throughout the day.  We even had snack outside today.
We love all the celebrations we have at school to recognize our positive behaviors (respecting yourself, respecting others and respecting the environment).

Opinion Writing Part 3

Here is our last installment of videos featuring kindergarten scholars sharing their opinion writing.  Everyone did an amazing job sharing their opinions and reasons.  Students even shared many "fix-it" solutions.  Great job kindergarten writers!

Opinion Writing Part 2

Here is another group of writers from our class sharing their Opinion pieces.

Opinion Writing Presentation Part 1

We just finished our Opinion Writing unit and wanted to share our work.
We hope you enjoy it!

Clean Up, Green Up

Our class has been talking and writing about ways we can make the world better.  One topic that has come up often is that picking up trash would help the world.  Children have mentioned that trash can be dangerous for animals and people.  They said that plants may not be able to grow if trash is covering the ground.  Kindergarten scholars also don't like the way trash looks on the ground.  We knew that Earth Day was April 22 and that Green Up Day in Vermont is Saturday, May 2.  Today we put on gloves and picked up trash around our school and playground.  We were surprised at how much we found.  Tomorrow we plan on sorting our trash to see if some of what we collected can be recycled.

Africa

We want to thank everyone who has made it possible for us to learn about music and dance from different countries in Africa.  We love dancing with Jeh Kulu.  The movement and drumming were wonderful!  We are excited to dance with them again tomorrow.  Our companion workshop to prepare for our Flynn trip to hear the African Children's Choir was also an engaging experience.  We were very quick to learn our part in the "call and response" activities.  It was amazing that we could learn an entire song with movements in such a short time.  We are looking forward to our trip to the Flynn on Friday.