Giving Thanks!

Kindergartners got ready for Thanksgiving by reading several books together and brainstorming about what we are thankful for in our lives. Students used these ideas to make gifts for the people we're very thankful for: our families! Students made Trees of Thanks to record the many things they are thankful for, and then made a handprint turkey for our parents too.

Thank you to all of our kindergarten families who help our teachers and students feel so supported and cared for!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Living and Nonliving Thing Collages

Our kindergartners began their study of animals by looking at the similarities and differences between living and nonliving things. We watched videos, read books, went on scavenger hunts outside, and wrote in our science journals about these two categories. This week in science centers, students made collages of living things on green paper, and non-living things on brown paper. This was a great activity to develop students writing skills at the same time as applying our new science concepts! Students did a great job of stretching the sounds in each word out to label the items in their collages.

What living and non-living things can you find in your home?

Field Trip to Ganyard Hill Farm!