Valentine's Day Fun!

 

I always forget but quickly remember how tired I am after Valentine's Day!!  Phew!  What a fun day we had, but I am wiped out!  I think the kids had a great time and our fun isn't even over yet!!  I did not send their Valentine's home today because we are going to to sort them and complete the Scrapbook Deanna Jump has in her Valentine's Unit!  Fun!!

Here are some of the things we did today!

The February Family Project is for them to decorate a box for the Valentine's Exchange.  This project is fantabulous  because I love seeing the creativity of each of the families!  They turned out adorable as always!!  Here are some more!

We did a Valentine Rotation this morning again while my co-teacher was with us.  One group sorted and graphed candy hearts, one group estimated and one group made Valentine's and passes out their Valentine cards.

After lunch we completed the "How many letters do you have on your conversation heart?" graph.  I found this idea on Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog.

Tomorrow morning for morning work they are going to complete this page about our graph.  They are so much better at analyzing our data and recording it!!

You can find this <HERE> :)

And last but not least we ended our day with a little celebration!  Cupcakes, cookies and juice are a perfect way to end a wonderful day!! :)

Happy Vatentine's Day!!

 

Snowmen at Night

This is one of my all time favorite books!!  We have read it everyday this week!!  Today we brainstormed what else snowmen could do at night.  They alway surprise me at how creative they can be!!

Remember those super cute snowmen the children made on Tuesday???   Well, they used them today to write and illustrate what their snowman would do at night!  I used the writing prompt from Deanna Jumps Snowman Unit.  Again, it is amazing what they can do when they are given a little creative freedom!!

My snowman eats pizza at night.

My snowman colors the color books at night.

My snowman makes snow angels at night.

My snowman jumps rope at night.

My snowman plays hopscotch at night.

My snowman throws snowballs at night.

(Recognize that snowman?? )  :)

 

This week we have also worked on a How to Build a Snowman Book.  This idea came from Deanna Jumps Snowman Unit but I tweaked it just a little to differentiate it for my students and also created a rubric for the different levels.  I will try and post it tomorrow.

Night to all - TGIF...almost!! :)

Yay for Snowmen!

We have had a great time this week reading and writing about snowmen!!

To start off our unit, I wanted to find out what they already knew about snowmen and what they look like! What better way to find out then to have them make one!  So, each child was given a baggie filled with various pieces that could be used to make a snowman.

The only instructions that were given were simply...make a snowman.  I think the hardest part of this for me was to keep my mouth shut when I was asked questions about how to do it!  The finished products made me smile and I still do when I look back at the pictures.  Each one is sooo different and unique.

Enjoy!

Planning

Working Hard!!

Finished Snowmen!

This one made me smile.

Not quite sure how this one ended up with 3 bodies??? Hmmm....

I don't think the creator of this one  ever saw the hat as a hat - it was a shirt to him when he took it out of the bag because he specifically pointed out the hat that he made! :) So cute!

I can't wait to show you what we turned these snowmen into!!  :)