Stone Soup Activity

This morning we brought the rest of our vegetables to the cafeteria for our Stone Soup.
Ms. Chapman-Renaud and Ms. Redmond from the Farm to School Program talked with us about many of the vegetables.  We learned where they grew and which parts we could eat (roots, leaves, stems, etc.)  They even helped us sort vegetables.  We tasted a few of the raw vegetables and herbs. We are so excited to try the Stone Soup tomorrow.

Crazy Hair Day

Friday, October 3 our entire school celebrated student's positive behavior with Crazy Hair Day. Students, teachers and staff had fun sharing their craziest hairstyles and decorations.
Here are a few from our class.

Audubon Field Trip- Autumn Inquiry

Kindergarten scholars went to the Audubon today, Wednesday, Oct. 1, to observe how plants and animals get ready for winter.  The Audubon guide helped children discover signs of fall in the fields and woods  Students pretended to be monarch butterflies migrating to Mexico and squirrels burying acorns for food during the winter.  This field trip touches upon three of our kindergarten science units; organisms, weather, and five senses.  It is more meaningful to kindergarten students when they are able to engage in hands-on learning like this.  The weather was cool and overcast.  Just the type of weather we would expect in Vermont in October.  Thank you to the parent chaperones who volunteered on this trip and helped students be observant scientists.
If you would like to walk the Audubon trails on your own they are free and open to the public.  The Audubon is a wonderful place to visit anytime of the year.

                                                

Kindergarten Scientists

Kindergarten scientists spent an hour outside on Friday observing and sketching nature.  They began by sketching a crab apple tree.  Students will be sketching the tree throughout the year making note of the changes that take place.  Then students observed a small plot of land.  They sketched many of the things they saw including insects, grass, clover, sticks and leaves.  The information will be used for a special project we are working on this fall.  We will sort the things we observed into plants and animals as well as living and nonliving.  Then we will share our discoveries on line and compare what we found to what other students have found in different parts of the country.

Open House

What a great turn out for Open House on Thursday evening!  Thank you all for attending.  Students were so excited to show you their school, classroom and work.  They loved being your tour guides and were so proud of all they could share with you.

                                               

       

Kindergarten Gingerbread Hunt

On Thursday we rolled out, decorated and baked our gingerbread cookies to have for snack on Friday.  When we went to the kitchen to pick them up they had disappeared.  We found notes and clues that said they had run away.  We chased them throughout the school.  We asked all the grown ups if they had seen our cookies.  Finally Mr. Arthur, our music teacher, searched and found our cookies.  He delivered them to us.  Thank you Mr. Arthur for returning our gingerbread cookies to us. They were delicious!
                       

Week 3 in Kindergarten

We are busy at work in our kindergarten classroom.  Last week we began our Geology unit and our Gingerbread unit.  Our first lessons in Geology involve encouraging students to share what they already know about rocks and what they would like to learn about rocks.  Then we examine rocks closely and describe our observations.  In our Gingerbread unit students are listening to different versions of the Gingerbread Man story.  They are learning and retelling the patterned text in the stories and comparing the characters and events.  Scholars are also enjoying the many projects and activities surrounding our units.