This week the K-Kids had a blast celebrating the 100^th day of school and we dove in to our new unit- American Symbols.

100s Day Celebration!

The K-Kids dressed the part of a 100-year-old person by wearing bow ties, suspenders, glasses, and even grey hair! It was fun to see their creativity shine. Also, they collected or created a piece with 100 things. This ranged from a birthday cake with 100 candles, a porcupine with 100 quills and 100 ninja stickers. They enjoyed sharing their projects and they are currently displayed in the 100s Day Museum.

Where would we end up 100 steps from the classroom? The children shared and then wrote their predications. Their answers ranged from the gym, the roof, Mrs. Orzoff’s office and many more. In partners they traced each other’s footprints. Next, as a class, we tested our predictions to see where 100 steps would take us!

Fruit loop necklaces

Social Studies – American Symbols

This week we focused on the American Flag, The Statue of Liberty and The Bald Eagle.  We watched a few videos to highlight the importance of these American symbols. Ask your child to share a fun fact about each one!  Each student created a USA book and made an American Flag.  These are displayed in the classroom for you to take a look.

Math

Many of the 100s day projects and centers focused around a variety of math concepts.  We discussed place value, counting by 5s and 10s, and are gaining a better grasp on number sense to 100. 

Language Arts

We began a new rotation of literacy stations this week.  The activities included building sentences, stamping sight words, and a go fish game where the children had to identify blends.  The listening station story was, Dear Tyrannosaurus Rex by Lisa McClatchy, and the children had to independently identify details from the story using picture clues. At the writing center, the children had a choice between labeling their picture, creating a story or writing a letter all using the February vocabulary cards.