We took pictures of some strange looking reindeer that showed up at our school this week! Pretty cute reindeer, I must say!
We learned about biographies in reading, and discovered many facts about the artist Vincent Van Gogh! Ask your child what they remember about his life... you might get some very interesting answers! We will continue to study how to write biographies as the year goes on.
We learned about how Van Gogh's style evolved, and then worked on our own copy cat masterpiece mural of Starry Starry Night. Alexa was a great art teacher as she guided the kids on colors and strokes. It took us all week, and they were all SO proud of what they had made at the end, and were happy to point out the parts that they had painted!
This will be displayed on the Kinder Art wall!
As we were painting the night sky, we took some time to be curious about space. The kids had SO many great questions! We will address these during our Space unit! We began with Earth, and are reading books about the planets in our solar system in reading.
We wrote some very important letters in writing this week. The kids worked really hard on letters to Santa, doing a rough draft, and then a final draft to make sure he could read everything really well.
They really wanted to make Santa some cookies to send with their letters, so the kids read and followed the recipe for Santa's Favorite Cookies. Of course we had to sample some, too!
We took our Very Important Package down to the office to have the office staff take it to the Post Office. This is why I love being a Kindergarten teacher. It was SO fun!
Last but not least, the kids worked on patterning and counting with Christmas chains in math. They hung them above their desks at school, and will take them home for the break to finish counting down to Christmas!
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