Pigeons, Pitch In and Swimming!

On Tuesday, we read The Pigeon Needs a Bath and worked on drawing a pigeon picture like Mo Willems. The students had to draw their favorite part of the book and tell an adult about it. They drew some fantastic pigeons and added small details to show motion and that the pigeon was dirty. We have discussed how the pigeon is a good and bad character, how he always has a problem, over reacts to his problem and then finds a solution. When the pigeon over reacts, the author shows this by; capital letters in the speech bubble, bigger font, lots of motion lines, changes in the pigeon's face and eyes, he yells and kind of throws a temper tantrum. The students have done a great job listening to all the stories and are beginning to make comparisons between the stories. 

On Thursday, we read The Pigeon Finds A Hotdog! This is another great book where the pigeon learns about sharing. This led to a discussion about having a hotdog party and the students came up with a list of things we will need. This hot dog party will take place in May as a celebration to end our author study! The list included; hot dogs, buns, mustard, ketchup, ice cream, balloons, potato chips and a dance! Sounds like a great way to celebrate. 

Here are some pictures from our week!

L was so proud of her high climbing!

Lots of water fun with bubbles, funnels and tubes!

T made a great sand cake!

Interesting conversations going on at the castle between the boys. They  had many different characters taking part in their story. 

Building and sharing of ideas between C and H. 

The girls had a great farm story going on the flannel boards. So creative and funny!

Morning centers focusing on communication, collaboration, sharing and fine motor skills! All through play. 

Building with loose parts... T was finding all the spiders.

Exploring capacity and sensory with the seed tub.

Exploring mass... shells, pinecones, rocks and seeds. 

Helping out in the classroom means getting a sticker from Mrs. Pickett for taking library books to the library! Thanks, T!

T made me a holder from ribbon and paper. 

Pitching in to clean up!

Swim time!! So much fun in the pool. Great daily physical activity. 

Lots of jumping off the edge!

Diving for rings!

Playing ball

Jumping with friends

I love the way C is ready to go!

Getting a ride with dad!

Ending with a soak in the hot tub!

Thanks again to our volunteers!!! You are the best.

Again, here is a look at some of the photos that the students took throughout the week.

Thanks for a fun week, Kinder Kids! See you on Tuesday!

The K team...

Learning About Mo Willems!

Last week we wrapped up our research/zoo unit and moved onto an Author Study of Mo Willems. We have read and discussed Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late, The Pigeon Wants a Puppy and a variety of Gerald and Piggie books. During the discussions we have reviewed characters, setting, story events and have been learning about speech bubbles, showing emotion through movement and drawings, all which Mo Willems' books are famous for! Next week we will begin "Work on Writing" time. We will learn how to be like an author, where to get ideas from, what tools do we need and continue to work on adding detail to our pictures and labelling our work. 

Here is a glimpse into our Kindergarten world....

T made an alien.

M made a vacuum cleaner.

Working on numbers to 20.

Figuring out what letter goes before and after.

Creating at the craft table.

 
Comparing objects to determine length.

Making shapes with the geoboards.

Working on patterns.

Reading with a friend.

Eyeballs on our nose! The sillies have to come out!

Creating at morning centers.

This car has a pillow for the passenger in the back.

Working on tracking left to right while reading. 

Fishing while camping.

Taking pictures while on safari.

The costumes are always a big hit and even more fun when the animals can sleep in the tent!

The queen and her crown!

This trailer has an extra part for when it breaks down. 

Practicing our reading, building our stamina, looking for sight words and having fun with a friend!

Writing pops up everywhere!

On our spring walk! We didn't find too many signs of spring but we sure had a lot of fun rolling down the hill and looking in the lake!

 

Outdoor activity time really helps us with our gross motor skills. Climbing, swinging, running, sliding and crawling!

New funnels and tubing in the water table to explore. As J and L said, "we are doing science and water."

Working on fine motor skills through our elephant art project. 

 

L's hands were so wrinkly after being at the water table for so long!

A birthday cake for me??? 

The loose animals in the class can be frightening for the teachers.

B found a frog with his grandpa and brought it in for sharing! It was so fun to watch. 

Selfies with Mrs. Maris!

Our writing project to follow up the story, The Pigeon Wants a Puppy but I want a.... check out the students' writing in the hall! 

The following pictures are from the student IPOD... they are always fun to look at and see what they document.

 

 

Don't forget swimming is next Thursday.

Have a great weekend and see you on Tuesday!

The K team