Happy Thanksgiving

Our class has really enjoyed learning about Thanksgiving.  We've been busy writing about what we are thankful for, learning about the Pilgrims and Native Americans and playing Thanksgiving math games.  We have also read many fiction and nonfiction books about Thanksgiving and discussed the difference between fiction and nonfiction writing. Today our class took the stage at the student showcase to lead our school in the Pledge of Allegiance and a poem we learned, The Turkey is a Funny Bird.  They did a fantastic job! We are close to getting the go ahead to make videos in the classroom again (thanks for returning the new video permission forms)...we can't wait to show you all that we are working on in our classroom.

Enjoy the time off! Happy Thanksgiving!

Lots and lots of feathers were a popular choice
for decorating our turkeys!

We worked together to make our turkeys.

The excitement was building all week.

Ready to paint!

We worked hard on our cards for our families...

Kindergartners can't wait to share their cards with you!

This bunch did a wonderful job at the student showcase today!

Busy Kindergarten Days

It was wonderful meeting with everyone during conferences. We have been unbelievably busy is kindergarten...time flies when you are having fun! Here's a peek into our last few weeks....

We've been working with Mrs. Alibrandi who is filling
in for our tech integrator, Mrs. Locke.  She has helped us
to create our own I See Book using the app Book Creator.
Each kindergartner created their own page by taking a picture
and typing their own sentence.

We have loved playing new math games during math centers.
Here we needed to count the number of dots on dominos and
put them on the corresponding number cards.

Anthony and Tyler work together at a math station.

An important part of our writing time is closing our lessons
with the author share chair.  Kindergartners have loved sharing
their writing with their peers.

Sharing their work is an important park of the writing process.
Everyone who would like to share gets a turn!

Thanks to Chief Mumford of the Hopkinton Fire Department
for teaching us all about fire safety.The rest of his crew
was called to an emergency so we had him all to ourselves.

Our class was able to explore the different parts of the fire truck.

We know how to keep ourselves safe if there is ever a fire!

Our librarians came to our class to introduce this
year's NH Lady Bug Book nominees. As always, they
performed a book from the list in costumes.  Here they are reading
Flight School by Lita Judge.   Check out a full list of the books up
 for the award here. Lady Bug books Once our class has read all
of the books, we will vote for our favorites in December.

All of our hard work with the Artist in Residence paid off when
we got to to see the beautiful mural we made together unveiled.
All HMS students were very proud of the mosaics that they helped to create.

We all enjoyed incorporating a lot of math into carving
our class pumpkin. Here students place their vote for what
type of face our class pumpkin should have by writing their name
in the graph.

We estimated our pumpkin's weight and circumference
before carving it.  It was lots of fun!

Our class has taken advantage of the beautiful weather.
Here we are collecting acorns for an upcoming Sink
 or Float experiment.

This bunch loves to explore and we are so lucky
to have the space to do just that!