Math Munching!

In math, we have been working very hard at addition.  This includes joining two groups of things together and then turning that information into a number sentence.  We have been practicing this several different ways.  Since most of these games involve cups, bowls and plates, we have been calling these math munching games!  Here are some of our favorites!

Bears in a Cave

For this activity, each kindergartener has 5 bears and a cave.  They have been practicing using a recording sheet to show different combinations of 5.  For example, if 3 bears are in the cave, how many are outside in the forest?  We then took those combinations and turned them into math problems!

Towers Building

Here, we roll a dice to see how many of one color cubes we will put together.  We then rolled again to see how many of another color cube we should build on top of our tower.  We would then draw the towers we created.  After counting the number of each colored cube, we were able to create number sentences, and then join the two numbers together to find the answer.  For example, 6 red cubes + 3 blue cubes = 9 cubes.

Addition Plate

Using plastic compartment plates, we used a dice to place different number red or yellow circles into the smaller compartments, and began to write our number sentences.  We would then pull both groups of circles into the larger compartment to find out how many we had all together!



2 Weeks of Growing!

Each Friday, we have been measuring our Amaryllis plants to see how tall they are growing!  Here is the picture from last Friday, after we planted them 1 week before:

Henry Squinky is 5 cubes tall

Barbie Petals is also 5 cubes tall

This week, we measured again to see if they had grown.  Here is how they look now:

Henry Squinky is 8 cubes tall

 

Barbie Petals is 9 cubes tall

Stay tuned to see how much bigger they are before we go on Winter Break!

Friendship Feast

A few weeks ago, all of the kindergarteners sat down together to enjoy a kindergarten Friendship Feast!  We put all of the lunch tables together so that we could eat together as a family, and sat next to someone who is not in our class so that we could enjoy the company of our friends that we do not usually get to eat with!  We had so much fun and had a delicious meal of turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and stuffing!  We had so much left over, that we were able to donate all of our extra food to a Detroit shelter to help those in need.  This was a very special experience for us, as we all came together as one, big happy team!

Family Feast

To celebrate the end of our family unit, we had a Family Feast, where each kindergartener brought in a food that represented their family's culture and heritage.  We also enjoyed spending time with our families as we practiced math activities, made picture frames and explored the different posters hanging in our walls!  If you would like to put the picture of you and yur child in the frame you made, you may right click on the picture and select "save."  

                                      

 

           
                                    

                                     

                                     

 

Mr. Kefgen Had a Farm...

E - I - E - I - O!

Here are the (belated) farm pictures from our first field trip!  We had such a great time, despite the chilly weather!  We were able to learn about the animals, milk a goat, enjoy a tractor ride while experiencing pushing and pulling as we went up and down the hills, shuck corn cobs, collect eggs and even learn how to stack hay!  Thank you to all the chaperones for joining us for our very first elementary school field trip!