Loving K4! : January 2012

Tuesday, January 31

Marshmallow Math!

To extend our learning with measuring, today we used mini marshmallows to measure different sized lines!

Monday, January 30

Magazine Sells!

Keep selling those magazines to help raise money for our CCE Library! You can win prizes like this...

Round- Up always makes for a GREAT way to start a week, here at Cottonwood! This morning during our Round-Up assembly we had the privilege of watching our CCE Colt Coral perform two songs! We also watched the Dr. Penny show live and participated in the audience, cheering on some of the older kids who got drawn for the game! We had a blast!

Friday, January 27

Let's Get Ready to.... Measure!

Who knew measuring could be so much fun? As we have been learning about measuring in math, we have been discussing all the different objects you can measure with. This week we used popsicle sticks! We measured: our table, shoe, journal, our partner, and the computer monitor!

Thursday, January 26

Penguins, Penguins, and more Penguins...

We have had blast learning about penguins in K4, this week! Today we went to the computer lab and created a document. K4 blew Ms. Lukert away with their ability to: log on to the computer, open Microsoft word, type the title and fact, and then search, copy, and paste a picture! Wow, wow, wow! Oh and not to mention print the document!

Tuesday, January 24

Cool new things at word work station!

Crack the Code!

Today for word work we learned how to do something new, challenging, and exciting! With use of the i-touch we had to scan a bar code, read the decoded question, and lastly write down the answer. This activity was extremely engaging and offered many learning opportunities including: hands on learning, team work, writing and reading practice!

Monday, January 23

Chinese New Year

Today is the first day of the New Year on the Chinese lunar calendar! We learned all about Chinese culture and how they celebrate their New Year. We alaso learned a poem about dragons! You get to watch!

Friday, January 20

We love Zero the Hero!

Today was Zero's 9th day to leave his mark in our classroom! He must have known we were hungry because he brought us some yummy cookies! Thank you Zero!

If you would like to watch the real reactions when Zero comes please click on the link below:

http://youtu.be/qLclI8IVejo?hd=1

Wednesday, January 18

Let it snow!

This week in K4, we have been learning and reading all about snow and smowmen!

This was our activity at the art table today! Too cute!

" We dream too!"

K4 honored Martin Luther King Jr. by discovering our own dreams! We learned all about Mr. King and why he is important to us!

Tuesday, January 10

"Hedgie Blasts Off"

Today our story focus was, "Hedgie Blasts Off" by, Jan Brett! In this story more than anything Hedgie wants to be an astronaut and travel into space. He gets his chance the day the geyser, Big Sparkler stops sparkeling. Hedgie is chosen because he is the only one that will fit in the sapceship.

Friday, January 6

Hedgie Visits K4!

For the past 2 days a little, pokey friend from Ms. Police's 2nd grade class has been visiting! The reason for his visit is because in every one of Jan Brett's stories there is mention of a hedgehog, so of course we had to see one! The children got to observe Hedgie and most absolutely loved it, while others were a little on the scared side. :)

Mystery Reader

A big, "Thank you!" goes out to Victoria's dad, Mr. Osmond for coming to read to us today! Mr. Osmond is from Australia and read two Australian books to us! He not only read, but also showed us some Australian money and gave each child a pencil with a koala bear on the top. The pencil came straight from a recent trip made to Australia over the holidays by Victoria and her family!

"The Mitten"

Our story focus the past couple days has been, "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. Today the students acted out the story while Miss Lukert read! They loved it so much, they wanted to do it again and agian!