Kindhearted Kinders: January 2023

January 23rd - 26th

It was an exciting couple of days when both classes stumbled upon an interesting provocation in our Learning Commons during our library book exchange!

Two very large green boxes...

but what were they for?...what was inside?...where did they come from?!?!

Learning Intention: The child...

- demonstrates awareness of the properties of objects in their environment

- generates ideas to make personal sense of objects, events and relationships

I Can:

- demonstrate awareness of colours, shapes, patterns and textures in the environment

- identify familiar shapes shapes and symbols in my environment and community

We used the thinking routine - 'I see, I think, I wonder...' to start the conversation.

I See...

- "Two green bins" - G

- "Some clipboards" - W

- "locks on there" - E

- "One is shorter and one is taller" - N

- "There are arrows" - H

I Think...

- "I think the arrows mean that's the way they should go because that arrow points up like the box and the other one is sideways." - M

- "The words are explaining what they are" - I

- "There's a crocodile bone or a turtle bone inside!" - O

- "There are books inside because it's in the library" - M

I Wonder...

- "If we are allowed to open one?" - M

- "If there's a turtle inside because it says Turtle Island?" - W

- "If there is class pets in there?" - F

- "If maybe there are dinosaur fossils inside?" - L

This week we will have the chance to discover what these green boxes are all about!

January 16th - 19th

! Happy Lunar New Year !

It was another wonderful week in Kindergarten!

This week the T/Th group was lucky to have our amazing Learning Leader and grade 6 teacher - Mrs. Gordon - come work on a math problem with us. The poor M/W class got stuck doing it with me! 😂

Learning Intention: Children interpret...

- compositions of quantities within 10

- quantity can be arranged in various ways

- a quantity remains the same no matter how the objects are grouped/arranged

I can:

- identify a quantity in various groups or arrangements

- compose quantities within 10

- recognize various ways to make 10

The Math Story Hook...

The Fairytale King wants us to build him some new castle towers. He has enough materials for 10 storeys/levels. He gives us some rules to follow for making the towers: Rule #1 - We must use ALL of the materials. Rule #2 -Towers can NOT be the same height. The Fairytale King wants us to build as many different tower arrangements as possible!

Students were given 10 blocks and the choice to either work with a partner or independently, to try building different arrangements of towers.

Here are the solutions the classes came up with...

TG decided that he wanted to keep finding solutions so he
continued to work on this problem through centre time!

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!!! Clay For Kids !!!

The students LOVED working with clay this week! We learned all about where it comes from, what it is made of and how it gets fired in a giant kiln. We will have to wait 3 weeks for our masterpieces to be ready to share!

January 9th - 13th

This week we worked on getting back into routine and on schedule! Students were excited to see their classmates and share all about their holiday adventures. We reviewed the expectations of our Talk Time sharing circle and made sure that we were speaking in full sentences as well as being good listeners while our friends were sharing with the group.

Learning Intention:

- Children explore listening and speaking skills through a variety of literacy experiences

- Listening is an active process that involves - focusing on the speaker, taking turns and using appropriate body postures and gestures

I Can:

- Practise listening and speaking skills through sharing oral stories

- Share personal experiences and stories through listening and speaking with others

- Participate in group discussions

- Demonstrate a variety of listening behaviours

We know that we need to be good listeners and follow the 'Show Me 5' listening expectations during our Talk Time sharing circles, when we are listening to stories and having group discussions.

After having the chance to orally share about all of the things we did during our winter break, students then had the opportunity to draw about what they shared in their journals.