On Monday and Thursday for P.E. we got up on the rock wall in the gym. First we practiced falling... and the kids conquered their fears, helped each other, and had some great moments of accomplishment!
We revisited our concept of Growth Mindset this week... the idea that when we make a mistake, our brain grows. We wrote down three things we can do now, that we couldn't before, and one thing that we can't do. YET. We talked about the Power of Yet. If you put a "YET" at the end of your I Can't statement, it becomes a goal! Try it!!!
In science and reading we explored why we are having longer and longer nights now. This will be the intro to our new science unit about space!!!
We did Night Art... making our own versions of Starry Starry Night by Van Gogh.
We also extended our study of night into math, studying spheres like the earth and the moon, and other 3D shapes, and beginning to learn about time zones and telling time!
Here the kids are on a scavenger hunt to find spheres in our room!
In reading we also read the wonderful book, Snowflake Bentley, about a man named Wilson Bentley who was taking amazing photographs of snowflakes around 1900. Here is a short movie if you want to watch it with your Kinder to learn more about him!
So, inspired by Snowflake Bentley, we got out magnifying glasses and looked at the beautiful fluffy snowflakes we've had lately! We looked at EVERYTHING under the magnifying glasses, including snack and each other!
The Book Buddies Thanksgiving Party was one of the highlights of our week. We read a Thanksgiving story, and the 5th grade buddies did a great job of helping the Kinders do a Thanksgiving word search. Their kind and patient teaching to help them find words and letters was really wonderful to see. We also got to make Oreo Turkeys, and play games!!!
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