Wonderful Writing Samples

Well, it has been a year of writing, writing and more writing. Take a peek at a few of our samples after we read the story Russell the Sheep. Everyone's work was great!

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Field Trip

Last week all parents should have received information plus a permission slip for our Kindergarten field trip to the zoo in May. Please make sure that all of these documents are signed and returned asap so we can gather the correct number of children planning to attend. Thanks.

Adding to and Taking Away

Our focus in Math has been adding and subtracting. What happens when we add? subtract? Do we get more or less? What happens when we add zero to any number? subtract zero from any number? What happens when we add 1 or subtract one from a number? We have been exploring these concepts and checking our answers with number lines. We have also been playing lots of board games with partners along with smart board and ipad games.

Math Fight.

How fast can you add or subtract a number before your partner can?

Adding and subtracting.

Checking our answers with a number line.

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                                   Racing Bears. How many buttons can you collect at the top?

When you roll a number, how many different ways can you move your bear to reach the top?

Graphing your roll.

Which number will make it to the top first?

Author Visit

Yesterday we were visited by our own Medfield resident author David Biedrzycki. It was an entertaining presentation! He showed us how he comes up with his ideas and creates his stories. His illustrations are now done on the computer using various drawing programs.

Who is this? Max of course wearing the skull of a river dolphin!

Mr. Biedrzycki using his computer to create a bug.

How about a family of bugs!

Math Update

In Math and for many weeks to come we will be exploring addition and subtraction. Recently we have been working on making combinations of numbers that add up to ten. We have also been listening to and reading story problems and learning how to talk math and explain solutions to problems. Below are some photos of children creating combinations using unifix cubes.

How Cloudy is the Weather?

Thanks to the Moms who kindly came in and helped with Science Day. The children learned about weather through experiments and understanding the water cycle. Here are a few pics.