Measuring Mouse Tails

When we were learning about the letter "Mm" the class created mice in order to measure their tails. The children cut different length tails, which they seriated from shortest to longest. Then using a non-standard form of measurement - cubes - they measured each tail and wrote the length on the end.

Measurement Close-Ups

Look at my accomplishment!

3 cubes... that's the ticket!

Hard at work!

Future Mathemetician

Measurement is fun!!

Lining up cubes on her mouse tail.

Estimating the length in cubes

Counting cubes

Journaling

The kids had a great time getting and putting together their very own journals. They ask me daily when it's time to write in their journal. Journaling daily helps increase both their writing and reading skills. Creating a journal at home and having your child write each evening or on the weekends would be a great way to watch your child's skills improve. :)

Goofy Glasses

Well, it has been a while since I have posted, so this will be the beginning of many in a row. :) After we worked on the letter "G" the kids made "Goofy Grandma and Grandpa Glasses." I wish that I had some video to post of them using their grandma and grandpa voices and walking with a pretend cane. They cracked me up! Once they had their glasses on, they went on a search for "g's" around the room. I was surprised at some of the places that they found the letter.

COCONUTS!

WOW did we have an exciting day today in science. We have been reading the book, "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" which is about the alphabet climbing up the coconut tree. Today we did our first science experiment with a coconut. The kids passed the coconut around and used their senses to explore it. They then took turns guessing what was inside of the coconut... some of my favorite guesses were, "a pecan," "Coke," and "Apple Juice." We hammered nails into the 3 holes in the coconut and drained out the coconut milk. The kids thought that was really cool. We then wrapped the coconut in a towel and used a hammer to crack it open. It took 5 smacks. They children loved passing around and smelling the freshly opened coconut. We had a great time!

Doing Our Seat Work

Hi and welcome to the first posting of the Tomme Tigers Blog for 2008-2009. The past couple of weeks have been filled with lots of learning, laughter and good times. We have worked and are still working really hard on learning our classroom procedures...each day we are getting better and better. The kids in my classroom are SUPER smart and pick up on things very quickly. Please enjoy the pictures of the kids working hard on their seat work. I love taking pictures of the kids, so please check back often. :)

Journaling

We write in our journal almost everyday. This is a very imporant part of the day and the kids are sure to let me know if we didn't get to it. This is the first year that many (7 or 8 ... in years past maybe 1 or 2) of my kids have done, what I call, a 4-part plan. A 4 part plan is when they draw 4 parts to their story ... i.e. a beginning, two middles, and an ending picture. They then write their story based on those pictures. It is a very tough thing to do at a kindergarten age, yet I have MANY kids doing it. WOW! They ROCK!!!

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