Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22nd each year, is a day to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. This week, many of our activities focused on teaching the kids what Earth Day is about and helping them understand how to respect and care for animal and plant life, natural resources, and their habitats. Even at a young age, children can be part of making the Earth a healthier planet!
STEM Challenge: Design and build a robot that will help the Earth!
After learning about different ways to help the environment, the kindergarten kids were encouraged to pick one problem (too much liter, oil in the ocean, etc) and then design and build a robot that can fix that problem.
PE: Nature Scavenger Hunt
Literacy: Read & Respond to "Hotel Bruce"
After reading the story, the kids had the opportunity to respond to a specific reading strategy with writing and drawing. The reading strategy we focused on for this story was - "Readers find the trouble in books."
Literacy: Read and Respond to "Dragons Love Tacos 2"
After reading the story, the kids had the opportunity to respond to a specific reading strategy with writing and drawing. The reading strategy we focused on for this story was - "Readers think about their favorite parts."
Math: Flat & Solid Shapes
The students participated in a shape walk and practiced identifying and describing solid shapes in their environment. They also were encouraged to describe the location of the object using positional words such as above, below, beside, and next to. The students also sorted pictures of real-life objects.
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Literacy Centers:
Mystery Reader
This week our mystery reader was Sawyer's mom. Thank you for reading to us!
A-Z Countdown to Summer
Can you believe it's almost the end of the year! We will celebrate all our hard work with a special activity each day! In order to make these days extra special, we would appreciate your help and generosity - click here to sign up! On Friday, the countdown sheet was sent home. Make sure to hang it up on your fridge to remember what we are doing each day!
