100 Day!

This week we celebrated our 100th day of school. 

We all felt very proud of how much we have learned in 100 days of Kindergarten!

To celebrate, we attempted to build a tower with 100 cups. It was awesome to see the teamwork and determination that the students demonstrated. When their tower crashed the just laughed and started building again.

We also timed how long it would take us to count to 100 by ones. It took 1:42. When we counted by 10's it only took 12 seconds! We practiced counting by 10's when we made a special snack with 100 items. Students were very focused moving or touching each item as they counted it. This helps the to keep track and not lose the count.

We had fun using the "Olderster" app to see what we might look like when we are 100 years old. The students did some amazing writing about what they might be like.

Here's what some of the students wrote about:

"I will use a walking stick" - Dante

"I will have lines on my face" - Gabriel

"I will knit" - Leah

"I will eat slow" - Chase

"I will not run and play" - Elryck

"I will be mad" - Mia

"I will have no good looks" - Tayna

"I will wear hats a lot" - Cassie

Our writing and photos are on display in the hallway outside of our classroom, if you would like to come and see them!

Kindergarten Around the World

Over the past few months our class has participating in a program called Kindergarten Around the World.

Teachers are able to sign up their kindergarten classes to be matched with another class, somewhere else in the world.

The goals are to:

• Compare and contrast their own daily lives with those of other students around the world.
• See themselves as a part of a larger, international community of Kindergarten-aged children.
• Develop an awareness of and appreciation for other cultures.
• Reflect of their own school lives and daily experiences.
• Explore the use of technology as a tool to communicate and build relationships.

Taken from http://kindergartenaroundtheworld.blogspot.ca

We were matched with Mrs. Mac's class in North Carolina!

At the beginning of the year, we exchanged books about all of the things that we can see around our schools.  Students from both classes had a lot of questions so we each sent videos with 3 questions for the other class.  Then we sent our video answers back.






The students had a lot of questions about what each others classrooms looked like, so we decided to create videos to exchange.




We can't wait to see where this connection will lead us next!