On Thursday we took advantage of the warm weather and went for a walk around the school. We used 4 of our 5 senses to observe the world around us. Some of the kids were shocked to find out that we have nerves in our bodies and that the nerves can send messages to our brains!
Using our ears to hear an airplane coming in to land.
We felt that the snow was rough, crunchy and even sharp!
We could feel the warm sun on our faces.
We saw a jet stream getting wider and wider.
We could feel the wind and see it moving the Canada flag.
We spent a couple minutes checking out our shadows.
We also gathered some treasures so that we could look at them more closely when we got inside.
We wrote down our observations like real scientists!
This week our sign in question has been, "Would you rather sing or dance?" All of the students have their own reasons for liking one or the other better and some have a hard time deciding. Today some of the students wanted to show their skills so we had a little talent show.
In the afternoon, during our Math Challenge time, we were talking about patterns. The students are really great at drawing patterns but today we talked about other ways we could make patterns. We realized that we can find patterns in dancing and music! Of course the students wanted to do a little show of that too!
Tonight was also the Family Read-In. Many students came to the library to read with their families. We were very surprised when Elsa walked in. She read some stories and then even sang with the kids. At the end everyone got their pictures take and got to bring a book home to keep! It was a pretty magical night.
If you missed it today, the kindergarten students performed their sound stories at the assembly. Room 7 did an excellent job of playing their instruments in front of the whole school and our class showed the video of the sound story that the students made with Ms. Remple.
Today was the first time I had seen the video and I was so proud of their storytelling and instrument playing. Well done kiddos!
Thanks again to Ms. Remple for all of her hard work on this project, it looks and sounds fantastic!
Don't forget, tomorrow evening is the Family Read-In from 6:30-7:30 in the school library. There will be a stories, a small snack, and some very special guests!
