100th DAY OF SCHOOL!!

ASK ME ABOUT...

...what the sign at our classroom door said.

...how many days we've been in school.

...the story we read about the 100th day of school.

...the 100 things we could eat for snack.

...Free Choice time and if I did any "have-tos".

...what I did in P.E.

...stacking 100 pennies.

...counting my bag of 100 things.

...making a paper chain with a partner.

...building with 100 plastic cups in the Construction Zone.

...the 100th Day crown I colored.

We had an incredibly BUSY, but exciting 100th day of school!  There are plenty of photos below to prove it! 

HIP, HIP, HOORAY!  IT'S THE 100TH DAY!

 CALENDAR~

We added the #100 today to our number of days in school.

 

 We learned that 10 groups of 10 (or 10 ten-rods) makes 100.  So, we traded the 10-rods in for 1 blue "flat".  Be sure to ask your child how many squares are on the flat!

ESTIMATION~

Children were asked to guess which jar had 100 objects.  Everyone wrote down their guess.  We will count the objects in the jars tomorrow.  We ran out of time today!

 There is even a book about the 100th day of school!

 SNACK~

Today's snack involved the children counting out 10 pieces of 10 different foods to make 100!  Be sure to ask your child if he/she ate all 100 pieces!

 

 100th DAY ACTIVITIES~

We did some special activities today to celebrate the 100th day!  With a partner, children attempted to stack 100 pennies!

 

 
 In partners, children taped together 10 strips of paper to make a 10-link chain.  There are 10 sets of partners.  So, when we hook the chains together, there will be 100 links!

 

 

 

 Children decorated their own 100th day crown!

 

 Using the objects they brought in, children counted them making 10 groups of 10 to see how it makes 100.  We will display the bags of 100 objects in our classroom and will then return them!

We think it's safe to say that......

EXTENDED DAY~

Today was a Technology Day!  We did a special activity on the SMARTBoard to help us celebrate the 100th day!

 

TERRIFIC TUESDAY 2-3-15

ASK ME ABOUT...

...any "have-to" activities I did during Free Choice.

...what we did during Drama.

...how many more days until the 100th day of school!

...what book Mrs. Arner read to us in the library.

...what book I checked out from the library.

...getting my 100th Day Homework ready for tomorrow!

BOOK DONATIONS~ 

Anna brought in a book from home to donate to Children's Hospital.

CALENDAR~

 Our new February calendar.  It's a busy month!

 FREE CHOICE~

Yesterday, we introduced a new way that we will be doing Work Stations and Free Choice time.  With the use of the chart pictured below, we are guiding children in choosing activities from all  stations during Free Choice time.  Certain stations will have "have to" tasks (a.k.a. what we did during Work Stations).  If a station has a "have to", it is indicated on the chart with a frog.

At the beginning of the week, each child has his/her own Free Choice chart.   During Free Choice time (Monday through Thursday), children circle stations on their chart as they visit a station and complete an activity (a "have-to" task or one of their choosing).  At the end of the morning on Thursday,  children should have visited most or all of the stations during Free Choice time and completed all of the "have-to" tasks.  Then, on Friday, Free Choice time is done without the chart.  At the end of the week, your child will bring home his/her chart so you can discuss what he/she did at the different stations. We explained to the children that we are doing Free Choice this way to get them ready for Kindergarten! 

Below are photos and descriptions of the "have-to" tasks children will do this week...

 At the Fine Motor Station, children cut out the 6 pictures in the photo below and then glue them in the correct sequential order.

 

 At the Creation Station, children draw the other 1/2 of the snowman.

 At Math Magic, children exercise their spatial reasoning skills using tangrams.

Pictured below are the tangram pieces.

Children fit the pieces into the appropriate places on the card.

 The cards get progressively more difficult as less clues are given as to which shape goes where.

 At the Alphabet Station, children are asked to hear and identify either the beginning, middle or ending sounds of words.

  

 Another work station at the Writing Station is children rainbow writing their first and last names using appropriate upper and lower case letters.

OUTER SPACE~

As we begin our study of Outer Space, we documented what the children shared about their current knowledge about Outer Space.

 EXTENDED DAY PRE-K~

Yesterday (Monday) was Discovery!  We did an experiment with acceleration using blocks, boards and balls of various sizes.

Today we did an empathy lesson.  We discussed the difference between doing something on purpose and doing something on accident.  We used the photo below during our discussion.

We also played rhyming bingo!

MARVELOUS MONDAY 2-2-15

**DUE TO SOME CAMERA PROBLEMS, THERE ARE NO PHOTOS FROM TODAY'S CLASS. **

ASK ME ABOUT...

...the question on the Morning Message.

...what is on our classroom calendar for the month of February.

...what I did in Music.

...the book, My Place In Space.

...the new password.

...my new Book In A Bag.