LabRats come to Owen!

On Wednesdsay the Lab Rats from the Children's Museum came to Owen for an inschool field trip for all kindergarten classes.  During this time students had the chance to explore magnets.  Here are some pictures below of KD in action. 

KD learns about different countries

Yesterday KD participated in World Kaleidoscope at Owen.  We learned about two different countries Costa Rica and Nigeria.  The volunteers came to the classroom and talked about their country.  KD learned a lot of new facts.  This event fit perfectly with our map skills unit we are currently doing in Social Studies!

        

Leprechauns!

Last week we read a story about a leprechaun and practiced retelling the beginning, middle, and end of the story.  Then we created a "how to" list of how to catch a leprechaun.  Students helped me sound out the words and write the letters onto the sentence strips.  Then, they created their own leprechauns and wrote a sentence describing their leprechaun. Some examples included, "______________'s leprechaun loves gold." "___________'s leprechaun likes to share his gold with friends."

Valentines

KD will pass out valentines. Please have your child write his/her name on their valentine. We have 24 students in our class. Please no candy. Thank you!

100 Days of School!

KD had a fun time celebrating 100 days of school. We shared our 100 collections, wrote 100 words, searched for 100 on a number grid, sang Zero the Hero, read 100 day books.  It was a fun day!Thank you for all the help during the party!

Check Your Work!

During writing we have been talking about how important it is to check your work.  I created this poster to help them see a checklist they can refer to as they are writing.  At this point I am looking for uppercase to start, finger spaces, and punctuation marks at the end of a sentence.  When we do share chair I ask students who are sharing if they have these three components in their writing.  I want them to get into the habit of checking their work before they move on to the next activity.

* graphics from D.J. Inkers