Using Different Non-Standard Tools to Measure!

We LOVE to measure!!!

Measurement Fun!

We are learning how to measure!!!

We learned two important words:

-Measure

-Length-How long or short something is?

We talked about why we need to know how to measure.

-It helps us to know how long or short something is.

-Measurement helps us to know if something will find or not.

Since we are in Kindergarten, we don't typically use rulers yet.

However, we can use different non-standard items, 

like cubes, links, or paperclips, to help us measure.

Check out our measurement activities.

We had to find things around the room that were longer and shorter
than our popsicle sticks.

We recorded our findings.


Next, we ordered different objects by their length.
Shortest to Longest

Measuring Our Feet

We applied it to our shoes...

 How do we find out if they will fit our feet?

We have to measure! 

So, we practiced measuring our shoes and comparing

our shoe measurements to a friend's.

We used cubes as our measuring tool.

Stars of the Week--Ojas and Onie!

We are pleased to announce our TWO friends, Ojas and Onie as our

Stars of the Week  for March 30th-April 3rd.

Here are a few of Ojas' favorite things:

Color: silver

Friend: Nate

Specials: P.E.

Number: 100

Candy: cupcake

Restaurant: McDonald's

Toy: Spider Man

Food: pizza

Letter: Aa

Ojas is such a respectful and responsible friend.

He likes to problem solve and 

write stories about his family.

Ojas is a great friend too! 

We have loved learning more

about our special friend. 

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We are pleased to announce our friend, Onie is our

Star of the Week.

Here are a few of Onie's favorite things:

Color: blue

Friend: Sydney
Sport: football
Number: 88
Food: Sesame Chicken
Candy: Kit-Kats
Restaurant: CiCi Pizza
Team: Dallas Cowboys
Movie: Big Six Hero
Shape: rhombus

Onie keeps us smiling and laughing!
He is such a pleasure to be around each day.
Onie loves to dance and write stories.
He has such a good attitude! 
We have loved learning more
about our special friend. 

Magnets

We explored MAGNETS this week!!!

Is it magnetic or non-magnetic???

Each table had a group of items to "test." 

We grabbed our magnets and began! 

Then, we took our magnets around the classroom 

and tested other objects to see if they were magnetic or not.

So fun! Magnets are so cool! 

Poetry

We are learning so much about POETRY!

We learned about what poems always have and what poems sometimes have. 

We started discussing and reading all kinds of poetry. 

Check out our anchor chart and some of the poems we read:

In Writer's Workshop, we are preparing to write some poems.

We brainstormed different topics for our poems.

Star of the Week--Nathan!

We are pleased to announce our friend, Nathan is our

Star of the Week  for March 16th-20th.

Here are a few of Nathan's favorite things:

Color: orange

Friend: Collin
Specials: P.E.
Number: 100
Holiday: Christmas
Candy: chocolate
Restaurant: McDonald's
Toy: cars

Nathan is such a sweet friend.
He likes to work in math stations
and read with his buddy.
Nathan has great handwriting too!
We have loved learning more
about our special friend. 

Character Traits

In Reader's Workshop, 

We learned that character traits can describe a character in a story

and their actions. 

We read Tacky the Penguin and discussed
 his character traits too.

We read Goldilocks and The Three Bears.

We discussed Goldilocks' character traits and actions.

What a fun activity!
We played round table writing.
Each student had a circle map with their name on it.
We took turns going around the table and writing different
character trait words for each friend at our table.
They did fabulous! :)
Take a look at our circle maps: