Go Fish!

Kids love to go fishing, and this cute little game will let them practice naming their shapes (otherwise referred to as two-dimensional geometric figures in my school district!), numbers to 35, and also subitizing sets of numbers to 10.  I love this game because my little ones love to use my magnetic fishing pole. It's like practicing with flash cards, only more fun!  Here are a couple of pics from the free game I created.

 

If you'd like to download this game, just click on the link below:

 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Go-Fish-Workstation-FREEBIE

 

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever

Last week, we did a super fun literacy activity.  First, we read the book, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll.  I love this book!  After we read it, we made a Venn diagram.  This book is great for compare/contrast, so it really lends itself well to a Venn diagram.  We have really been focusing a lot on vocabulary at our school this year, and I was amazed at how many of our vocabulary words we used just in this one activity (infer, evaluate, analyze, character, plot, and summarize--just to name a few!) 

 

In this book, there are two characters, Clayton and Desmond.  One is a house mouse and one is a field mouse.  They both "fall in love" with the same pumpkin, but because one cares for it by day, and one cares for it by night, it takes a while for them to discover what's been going on.  My students really did well at comparing and contrasting the characters and events in this story. 

 

Below are a couple of pictures of the completed Venn diagram.

 

 

 

 

Happy Fall Y'all!

Happy fall everyone!  I just love this season--the weather is getting cooler but not too cold, it's football season, the colors are beautiful, and in kindergarten, all my little kinder friends are adjusting nicely to life in "big school." 

 I am so blessed to have the best parents in the world to help me.  I asked for some moms to help me decorate my door and wall, and several moms came and spent the entire day working on it!  I just LOVE my Rock Star Scarecrow!
Check out the pics:

 

On my team, we also decorate our wall going down the kinder hallway.  We sent home an "at-home parent child project" for our friends to work on.  They got a shape of a person on cardstock, and they were asked to use various materials to turn their person into a scarecrow.  We got back some of the cutest scarecrows--a Ninja scarecrow, a princess scarecrow, even a scarecrow with real lights that light up!  I was so impressed with each and every one we got back this year!  Check out our wall:

 

 

I can't believe that next week is the end of the first nine weeks.  The year is just zooming by!  Until next time...