Countdown to Summer

My students LOVE using paper chains to countdown significant events. They helped to make a paper chain in December as we counted down to Christmas (great way to practice counting backwards too).This month we created a paper chain to countdown to the last day of school. The helper of the day will take a link off each morning during calendar. Currently, we only have 2 left!! 

To prepare for summer break, we completed an ice cream science experiment last week. We made Ice Cream in a Bag from Deana Jump's Simple Science packet. It was fun, tasty and a great hands- on experiment to show the change of liquid to solid. Check out her Simple Science packets on TPT for more!

2011-2012 Calendars

Looking for calendars for next school year? I have been looking for a monthly calendar for next school year that I can edit-- finally found one! Mrs. Meacham has posted an updated calendar on her website. The calendar can be downloaded as PDF or Word. The Word file can be edited so I was able to type in our school's schedule for the year and now I'm able to plan my monthly themes. I'll use the same calendar for my Calendar Folders and will be able to change the font, size etc. Check it out!

Ocean Unit

 Our school psychologist is a former art teacher and wanted to co-teach a lesson together. She read "Mister Seahorse" by Eric Carle and then did a little Art History as she explained Eric Carle's illustration technique. Then the students painted 3 sheets of paper and used different tools (combs, forks, Q-tips) to add texture to the paper. She came back a few days later and we worked the students through the steps to create a tropical fish using the three pieces of paper. We had so much fun and the final product turned out so cute!

We made seahorses using tissue paper pieces. We also made jellyfish and created a math journal using sea shells. 

Great literature to accompany an Ocean unit: 

Getting Started

This is my first post! I'm a newbie, but thought I would join the blog world as I have a " Teaching Blog Addiction"! I started my Kindergarten blog as a final project for a Master's class that I am taking. I hope to connect and collaborate with all of you in order to share, learn and grow! Thanks for checking out my blog-- now start following me! 
I will post the latest photos from our Ocean Unit soon!