Puppets, Paint, and Popcorn

We had another fun and productive day in Room 2. We began our Friday by collecting homework folders and taking care of our morning business. Then we read "The Big Red Barn." At language arts rotations, students made farm animal puppets. We colored the animal shapes, cut them out and taped them to popsicle sticks. My groups wrote in their kindergarten journals about our field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific. The other groups had secret centers. After snack and recess, we recited "Jack Sprat" and had math. We reviewed the attributes of flat and solid shapes. Then we solved shape riddles by listening to the clues given. After this lesson, we have finished all of  chapters in the math series for the year. Yay!

After lunch, we practiced our kindergarten culmination song. Then we had art. We worked with light and dark colors. Students mixed light and dark colors (using white and black) to make an ocean picture. The class was excited to use ideas from our field trip to the aquarium on Wednesday to inform their pictures!  For Star of the Week, Yetunde had us estimate spheres. There were 70 spheres. Luke made the best guess of 70. We had a short P.E. out on the kindergarten yard before coming inside for a popcorn party. We earned it with our positive behavior for the week. Let's keep it up!  Then we packed up our Friday Folders, gave out prizes for 20 super star sticks, and passed out certificates for an all green week.  Enjoy your weekend!

Don't forget that Saturday is the 90th Anniversary celebration at Third Street. Festivities are from 11:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M.

Also, be sure to finish work on Animal Report and Diorama projects. They're due on Tuesday, May 20th.