Celery Stalk Experiment

Last week, we did a celery stalk experiment! This experiment showed us how the plant drinks and absorbs the water. As you can tell our celery stalk drank plenty of water since the first day, we had marked the level of the cup. We also chose to use red and blue water to show how the water travels from the roots up to the leaves. By the end of the experiment we were shocked to see the color of our celery stalk!

My Little Sprout House: Lima Beans

In class, we have been observing growth in our sprout houses. In each house we are growing lima beans. This is a simple project that can be done at home by putting a wet paper towel and lima bean in a ziplock bag. We have enjoyed watching our seeds change from day to day!

Days of the Week Activity

This week in phonics we worked with the days of the week. We work with the days of the week each day in class, but this was to review the order. Our class read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and made a flip chart of what the caterpillar ate each day!

Library Field Trip

Kindergarten had a wonderful time at the library! Our walk over was beautiful! While at the library we met the librarian Mr.Tony. Mr. Tony read us a book and taught us about how a library is used. He also told us about the summer reading program that the library will be offering!

Student of the Week: Jeffrey Bridges

Student of the Week: Jeffrey Bridges

Favorite Book: Hot Wheels

Favorite Toy: Action Figures

Favorite Snack: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Student of the Week: Zoi Zervos

Student of the Week: Zoi Zervos

Favorite Toy: Beanie Baby

Favorite Book: Mouse Soup

Favorite Snack: Kit Kats

Fun Fact: Zoi LOVES drawing!

Kindergarten Zoo Field Trip

Kindergarten is taking a field trip to the St.Louis Zoo! We are scheduled to visit Friday, May 2nd. The cost per student is $8.00. This price includes visiting the children's petting zoo, carousel, train ride, and bus fee. Everyone attending is required to bring a sack lunch and drink! Please turn in all permission slips and payment before Friday, April 25th.

Kindergarten Library Trip

Kindergarten will be taking a spring trip to the Machacek Library! We are scheduled to visit Thursday, April 24th.

Dissolving Peep Experiment

This week we did a dissolving Peep experiment. We put Peeps in 5 different liquids and observed which liquid would dissolve it the fastest!

 We put the Peeps in laundry detergent, apple juice, vinegar, water, and soda. After the first 3 hours, we already saw a small difference in the Peeps. The Peep in the soda had turned completely brown, which was a great opportunity to touch on again how unhealthy soda is for us. The 2nd day of the experiment the Peep in the vinegar had already started dissolving.

 We were a little grossed out with the smell and the feeling of the results, but we loved observing the peeps everyday. The vinegar dissolved so much we barely could get it out of the cup!

2nd Grade Wax Museum

Today, we went upstairs to visit Ms.Golubski's 2nd grade class. The students had put on a Wax Museum presentation. Each child was responsible to portray a famous American and share a little bit about themselves and their history. K-C was starstruck by all the famous people we saw today!

Albert Einstein

Georgia O' Keefe

Steve Jobs

Johnny Appleseed

Thomas Edison

Shirley Temple

MAP Testing- We Can Do IT!

 

This week we cheered on the upper grades and made posters to help them with their MAP Test!

A Bad Case of the Stripes

This week we read "A Bad Case of the Stripes

By: Isabella Mashburn

By: Joe Kestler

By: Lincoln Bender

Kindergarten Graduation Shirt

Guess My Shape

We made shape riddles in math! Read our riddles to discover our secret shapes!

                                    

Answer: Square                                                       Answer: Circle

Answer: Triangle

                                 

Answer: Rectangle                                                Answer: Rhombus

Student of the Week: Joseph Kestler

Student of the Week: Joseph Kestler

Favorite Toy: Wrestler Action Figure

Favorite Book: Frozen

Favorite Snack: Skinny Pop

Fun Fact: Joe has 2 brothers

Math & Literacy Centers

Here's a peak at some of our Math & Literacy centers we worked on this week:

Word Wall Center: At our Word Wall Center we built our word wall words with paper clips and then used a magnet to move around and pick them up!

Journal Center: We wrote about force and motion experiments we observed throughout the week.

Read to a Friend Center: We used our "Chunky Monkey" to highlight chunks in our shared reading of the week and then practiced it with our friends!

 Math Center: We went on a 3-D shape hunt around the room and noticed that 3-D & 2-D shapes are all around us!

 Craft Center: We made a caterpillar out of 3-D shapes!

Phonics Center- We made -ake word family bracelets!