Hello all!
It has been awhile since our last blog...so sorry. We have been very busy!
We have officially started our PBL...Problem Based Learning unit. Our unit is all about life cycles! We are learning about the life cycles of a plant, frog, and butterfly.
During our plant week, we used the four essentials; water, sun, air, and food to grow grass and wild flowers. They were slow to grow, but the students will get to take their plants home this Friday!
The next two weeks consisted of frogs! We learned about the parts of a frog, what frog needs to live; water, sun, air, and food, and we made frogs and read frog poems. We had fun with frogs!
This week, we began our butterfly life cycle! Yesterday we wrote down and drew pictures of everything we know about caterpillars and butterflies. Thanks to our order form www.Butterfly-Gifts.com, our caterpillars came in time for use to begin observing and we have already learned so much from them. The tiny caterpillars have already grown into healthy big caterpillars, we got to see them crawl us to hang on the lid and form the letter J during our J week, and now they are chysalis'!! We cannot wait for them to emerge as beautiful butterflies!
Last we year, we also used www.Butterfly-Gifts.com, and got wonderful monarch butterflies that we were able to see be released into the wild! The students are all very excited to see what will become of our little caterpillars.
When the caterpillars arrived one week after they were ordered from www.Butterfly-Gifts.com, they were very easy to transfer form the big cups into the little cups. The directions were very explicit and easy to follow. Our grade level ordered the class set so we could share the caterpillars among our grade level. The package prices were amazing!
I would encourage parents to order these caterpillars from www.Butterfly-Gifts.com for a simple summer project. The students are learning so much with this hands-on experience in the classroom.
We will post pictures soon!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Our New AverPens!!
Today, we got our new AverPens! After using them for awhile, we talked about what we like about the pens. Here are some of our sentences.
I like to use the pens on the board!
I like to write with the pens a lot.
I like to write with them.
I like the pens to write.
I like to play with the pens.
I play with the pens.
I like to play with the pens.
I like to draw shapes.
I like to make shapes with the pens.
I like to use the pens on the board!
I like to write with the pens a lot.
I like to write with them.
I like the pens to write.
I like to play with the pens.
I play with the pens.
I like to play with the pens.
I like to draw shapes.
I like to make shapes with the pens.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Our field trip
We had a lot fo fun on our field trip to the desert Botanical Gardens! Not only did we have fun seeing cool things in the desert, but we got to learn in a really fun way.
Did you know roots are like straws?
And you can make a paintbrushout of an agaveplant?! It is so neat.
Roots not only drink water, but they help keep the tree from falling over.
The guide, Mr. Tim, read us a story about an owl and then he read us a story about animals in the desert, it was a counting book!
We are very thankful to have been able to go onthe trip! What a great day!!
Did you know roots are like straws?
And you can make a paintbrushout of an agaveplant?! It is so neat.
Roots not only drink water, but they help keep the tree from falling over.
The guide, Mr. Tim, read us a story about an owl and then he read us a story about animals in the desert, it was a counting book!
We are very thankful to have been able to go onthe trip! What a great day!!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Our Field Trip
Dear Friends,
Tomorrow, we are going on a field trip. Guess where we are going?
On our field trip, there will be animals.
These animals live in a garden.
These animals fly around.
Other animals we will see live in the desert.
These animals are native to Arizona.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Deal's Kool Kindergarteners
Tomorrow, we are going on a field trip. Guess where we are going?
On our field trip, there will be animals.
These animals live in a garden.
These animals fly around.
Other animals we will see live in the desert.
These animals are native to Arizona.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Deal's Kool Kindergarteners
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Harvest Time!!
Hello out there!
This week is our second week working on pumpkins. We know that pumkins are orange, they have seend, a stem, leaves, they grow on a vine, they are green before they are orange, and they are stinky!!
We are growing our very own pumpkin plants, too!! It is so neat. Mrs. Deal bought us our own pumpkins. I got to make observations and draw a picture of it. Some were orange, some were green. Some of the pumpkins even had stripes and bumps!!
Some adjectives we are learning are tiny, small, medium, large, huge, gigantic. We are using our observation skills every day and keeping a journal.
We continue, also, to learn about our family and use our "family" nouns to write sentences.
Thank you for following,
Kool Kindergarteners
This week is our second week working on pumpkins. We know that pumkins are orange, they have seend, a stem, leaves, they grow on a vine, they are green before they are orange, and they are stinky!!
We are growing our very own pumpkin plants, too!! It is so neat. Mrs. Deal bought us our own pumpkins. I got to make observations and draw a picture of it. Some were orange, some were green. Some of the pumpkins even had stripes and bumps!!
Some adjectives we are learning are tiny, small, medium, large, huge, gigantic. We are using our observation skills every day and keeping a journal.
We continue, also, to learn about our family and use our "family" nouns to write sentences.
Thank you for following,
Kool Kindergarteners
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Our Technology in Class
Hi, all!
WOW! We really liked reading your posts. Thank you for all of your comments!!
Tomorrow we will be using Google Earth to look at those neat places you have told us about. We will let you know what we thought of it tomorrow afternoon.
Also, we are using these really cool "computer pens" called AverPens. They are really neat! Mrs. Deal says we are the only ones in our school using them right now. They can write on the front board without even touching it. Kind of like the Smart Board, but better. Mrs. Deal is always her hand as a table! hee hee
Thank you for giving us some ideas. Check out our blog tomorrow afternoon!!
Sincerely,
Deal's Kool Kindergarteners
WOW! We really liked reading your posts. Thank you for all of your comments!!
Tomorrow we will be using Google Earth to look at those neat places you have told us about. We will let you know what we thought of it tomorrow afternoon.
Also, we are using these really cool "computer pens" called AverPens. They are really neat! Mrs. Deal says we are the only ones in our school using them right now. They can write on the front board without even touching it. Kind of like the Smart Board, but better. Mrs. Deal is always her hand as a table! hee hee
Thank you for giving us some ideas. Check out our blog tomorrow afternoon!!
Sincerely,
Deal's Kool Kindergarteners
Monday, September 21, 2009
Newbies
Hi.
Today we started a new theme. We will be learning about colors, where we live, and position words.
If you live somewhere really neat, please tell us about it!! We are also using googlemaps tolook up many different places...we would love to see where other people live.
We are always looking for kid friendly websites to use, also. If you know any cool ones, send them our way so our teacher can check them out!
Thank you,
Our Class
Today we started a new theme. We will be learning about colors, where we live, and position words.
If you live somewhere really neat, please tell us about it!! We are also using googlemaps tolook up many different places...we would love to see where other people live.
We are always looking for kid friendly websites to use, also. If you know any cool ones, send them our way so our teacher can check them out!
Thank you,
Our Class
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