What is a fish?....

We have been learning about fish. We know the things that make a fish a fish! These are the things we know:

• All fish have gills.


• Fish are cold-blooded.


• They have a back bone or skeleton.
  
• Most fish have fins.
  
• Most fish have scales, but some don't
  
• Fish live in water. Some fish live in salt water, other fish live in fresh water. Salmon and eels can live in both types of water. Salmon have their babies in fresh water, but live in salt water. Eels have their babies in the salt water, but they live in fresh water.

Here are some fish we like:

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Learning to Count in Polish...

We have such wonderful diversity in our Kindergarten class. After seeing projects created at "Voices of the World" and at "Brain Waves we were inspired to create! There are several children who are Bi-lingual. We love to learn new things and to learn from each other. Our friends who speak Polish have helped put together a video to teach us how to count from 1 to 10 in Polish. Alexandra did a fantastic job of saying each word, first in English then in Polish. Adrian and Kamil helped gather the pictures we needed. Together we created this teaching video. Watch it and learn along with us:

Please check back soon for more Bi-Lingual lessons!

More Fun with Symmetry...

We watched a video from United Streaming about "Line Symmetry". The man in the video showed us how we can use our hands to make symmetrical designs. We thought it would be fun to give it a try. Cristina, Sunny, David and Giuliana, went around the class and took pictures of kids making designs with their hands. Some of us are pretty good at it, some of us still need a little practice. ;-) See what you can do with your hands. Maybe someone can take a picture and you can send it to us. We would love to add it to our show. Or maybe you can find other ways to show us what you know about symmetry.

Things That Come In 2's...

We read two books called "The Mitten". One was written by Jan Brett and the other was written by Alvin Tresselt. We talked about how the two books are the same and how they are different. Mrs. Blakely wrote our ideas down on cards and we sorted the cards by things that were in the Brett version vs. the Tresselt version and things that were in both versions. We use hula hoops to make a venn diagram.



From there we talked about things that come in TWOS. A lot of kids took pictures of things in our room that come in 2's. Take a look at the pictures we took.


(Note: Katlin and Stephanie assisted with the wording of this post.)

Carpet Games & Painting...

During "Carpet Games" kids like to do puzzles. We have a puzzle of the United States. We lost one piece. ;-(

The boys made a rocket ship out of "pattern blocks" that we use on the carpet.
The kids were painting faces for the "snowsuit" projects.

(Note: Photos & Dictation by Kara & Katelyn)

Music Makers...

Last week we played the xylophones in music class. We learned how to play in the middle of the bar. The sticks are called "MALLETS". We learned how to hold the mallets...you hold them in between your two fingers and then wrap the rest of your fingers around. The bars on the xylophones have letters on them. Miss Ellis told us which letters to play. We had so much fun playing them. We learned two new songs.
(Dictated by the P.M. class.)

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Samantha & Spencer...

Samantha and Spencer took good pictures of books on the book shelves in our classroom. Then Mrs. Blakely turned the pictures into a chart that we can read in our classroom. You can print out a copy for home and read along if you like: BOOKS CHANT.

(Dictated by Samantha)

Warm Wishes...

The A.M. and P.M. classes put together this Voicethread to share our wishes for the Holidays!

If you are unable to see our faces, try clicking here for a larger viewer:
Warm Wishes. Be safe and enjoy the Holidays!


(All images courtsey of: SpacePotato @ Flickr.com via FlickrStorm)