3D shapes and Blubber!

We wrapped up our 3D shape unit and walruses last Friday. The kids used marshmallows and toothpicks to create 3D shapes...it was SO MUCH FUN! They worked so hard and you wouldn't believe how quiet the kindergarten classroom was...AMAZING;) check out these kids hard at work...

After we build our shapes then we wrote about our hard work in our math journals.

 

 

The class did such a great job! Good Job Room 6!!!

 

We also did a quick little experiment last Friday to learn how Arctic animals stay warm in their COLD climate!

 

We started by putting our hands in a bowl of ice water...

 

Then we put our hands in the ice water with "blubber"

 

 

Then we wrote about our experiment...

 

 

"This is cold"             "This is so warm!"

 

LOVE this writing!!!! What a fun day in kindergarten;)

 

Kindergarten Writing!!

I wanted to share some of the kids' writing with you. Last week we wrote one thing we learned about the ocean, after reading a book called Atlantic. I was so impressed with their writing that I let many of them share their journal entries with the class ON. THE. ELMO! WOW!!!! They just LOVE doing this;) I know these are impossible to read...I should have taken another photo of all their journals separately, but I wanted to share. Enjoy;)

 

"I learned that all the waves move in and out."

 

"I learned the dolphin and the dolphins live in the ocean."

3D shapes and 100's day!!!

We are in the middle of our 3D shape unit right now! Thank you to all the parents who helped and sent in items for each shape. We started this unit with 2D shapes and talked about the different attributes of circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, and hexagons. The kindergartners did some really great thinking with their math journals and had to problem solve ways to make each shape. Check out what they did...

 

We learned that you cannot fill a circle with squares because a circle does not have any straight sides or corners!

 

But here are some things you can make with squares...

 

We practiced making shapes with other shapes -

 

Here are a few of our cones the kids brought for 3D shape sharing!

 

We also shared cubes, cylinders, and sphere!

Our 100th day of school was so much fun! First we made necklaces with froot loops. We had to count out 10 groups of 10 and string them on our necklaces! Check out these kids hard at work;)

 

 

We also made our 100's day snack. Thank you to all the parents who sent in part of this snack! We had to count our 10 groups of 10 snack foods.

 

 

Here we are after our fun filled 100's day!

 

 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!