Mrs. Payton's Precious Kindergarteners

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Emergency!

This week has been all about Fire Safety. We have talked about what causes fires, preventing them, what to do in case of a fire, and what to do if your clothes catch on fire. Yesterday we talked about who to call if there is an emergency and I was so pleased all of my sweet students knew to call 911! I asked them if anyone knew what their address was and all they could tell me was North Carolina, so we have some work to do there. I found a great website where all the students could practice calling 911. They enjoyed coming up to the SMART Board and dialing. Hopefully after this week, they will all be more aware of fire prevention. Here's a few pictures of them dialing 911.

Eli calling 911.

Messiah calling 911.

Meredith calling 911.

Tristan dialing 911.

If you want to practice calling 911 with your child, take a look at that website - they really enjoyed it!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The Birthday Cake

On Friday's we do a theme related English Language Arts activity where the students make a "make-n-take" book and an art activity. This past Friday we made a book called "The Birthday Cake" by Joy Cowley. The students used rectangles of construction paper to "illustrate" their book. They turned out super cute and after we practiced reading them as a class, I let them get with partners on the mats and practice reading them to each other. They are doing really well with partner reading and seem to enjoy it! Hopefully you have seen/heard them read the book, because I told them to take it home and read it to someone, a pet, or a stuffed animal. Reading familiar books helps with fluency! Here are a few pictures of partner reading!

Eli and friends reading their books.

Meredith and Kameryn reading to each other.

Messiah, Ray'shawn and Kevin reading together.

Messiah and Ray'shawn reading together.

Kameryn, Meredith, and Karma reading together.

They are doing a great job reading!

Shaving Cream Writing

Last week we started practicing the Kindergarten High Frequency words for homework. Everyday before dismissal, the students played a few games on the SMART Board to practice recognizing and writing them. (a, I, see, & like) On Thursday during reading groups, I put shaving cream on my reading table and called out words for them to write in the shaving cream using their pointer fingers. I have found this to be an awesome intervention in the past and a great tactile way for them to practice writing their sight words without feeling like it was "work." It was a little strange to them at first, but all in all they truly enjoyed it and I don't think my table has ever been so clean! Here are a few pictures of our fun lesson!

Joshua practicing the word "like."

Isaac got excited about shaving cream and it ended up in his and Emily's hair!

The blue group was excited about writing in shaving cream!

Amy showing Mrs. Edwards she can spell "see."

Isaac giving me a high five for writing the word "a."

Hannah starting to write "like."

Katelyn showing she can write her name correctly!

The green group in action!

Excited about learning!

High five with Kameryn - writing the word "am" from our book that day.

Engaged in learning.

We will revisit this activity soon with our other words!

Apple Tasting

The week of September 19-23, we studied all about apples! The students had the opportunity to taste red, green, and yellow apples on Thursday. We completed a class graph after tasting all three types and the most students liked red. On Friday, we had an apple tasting. The students tried Applesauce, Apple Jacks, Apple Jelly on a cracker, and Apple Juice. I was so proud of them for taking a "thank you" bite of each apple food. Many of them found out they liked apple foods that they thought they wouldn't like. Here are a few pictures from the tasting.