Creativity, Imagination, Oh My!

What a fun week of creativity and imagination we had!

To wrap up our pattern unit in Math, we did a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) activity using Ozobots.  Mrs. Fitch and Mrs. Cooney, from the media center, and Craig Adams, head of the CPS STEAM bus, co-taught this lesson with me.  The kids had a blast and can't wait for Mr. Adams to come back in January to help wrap up a measurement math unit.  He will bring the STEAM bus for that activity!  Watch the video below with your child and have them tell you all about the Ozobots and creating patterns.  For more information on the STEAM bus go to STEAM BUS

A look at the rest of our week...

Fundations: we learned the letters/letter sounds v, w.

Shared Reading/Health-this week and next we are incorporating a Health lesson into our Shared Reading time.  Due to this, we did not learn a new spelling word and won't next week either.  Please continue to review the old word wall words, as we will have a review spelling test on Thursday.  

Our Health unit focuses on bones and muscles.  

A few things we have learned:

(statements from your kiddos)

"we have 206 bones"

"our bones are called skeletons"

"we need milk and vegetables to make our bones strong"

"bones protect our squishy parts"

"exercise makes us strong"

Ask your child what they have learned about bones and muscles.

Daily 5-a few conversation starters for Daily 5 to use with your child:

*tell me what you did with the Osmo's at Daily 5

*what word wall words did you practice at sight word center with your pencil, crayons, markers and highlighters?

*did you do Starfall or Myon during computer choice?

*what story did you write about during writing choice?

*what is your favorite Daily 5 choice and why?

Math-pattern and Ozobot fun!!

Writing-we are learning how to stretch out words and write the sounds we hear.  Check out how they spelled "watermelon" and "basketball" on the chart below.  Great phonetic spelling!  We will work on finishing this chart next week.  Please encourage them at home to "say their words slowly and write as many sounds as they can hear" when writing! 

Creativity Lesson with Mrs. Cardetti-this week we had our first of three creativity lessons with Mrs. Cardetti.  She works with the Gifted Center of CPS.  She goes around to every Kindergarten classroom in the district and does 3 lessons (fall, winter, spring).  Today your child used their creativity to "turn a nothing into a something."  Look for it in their take home folder and have them tell you all about it!  

Have a great weekend!  I look forward to visiting with all of you at parent-teacher conferences next week!

Remember, NO SCHOOL on Tuesday or Friday!