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We are down to our final week before our Winter Break.  We still have some end of quarter assessments to finish and I need to complete my checkpoints for TS Gold.  We are also getting in our last few practices before our school's Winter Program.  Our kindergarten classes will be singing "I want to be an Elf"  They sound and look pretty cute.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a fabulous Happy New Year.  

Snowy Clean Fun

Well let's just say our classroom has been a little messy lately with all the Christmas crafting... so I used the old shaving cream trick to clean up.  My little friends were anxious to help, we began with some snowman since that had been the theme of the day and then we practiced writing some CVC words- the result engaged kindergartners and clean tables :)

Elf Naming

My kindergarten students were very excited to receive our package from the North Pole.  Our first task was to name our elf.
I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to contribute their idea, so first each student wrote their idea.

Then I selected 5 names and we made a graph to record our votes.

We had a tie so we took another vote between the two names.

And... the winner is  BUDDY!

You can get the elf naming and smart board file free at my TPT store

Sheri

Christmas Cards... Printmaking

There's nothing better than homemade Christmas cards.  Today in Kindergarten, we made cards for our friends and family members.  Since this was the first time I did printmaking with this group of friends, I decided to have them do snowmen for their first print and then I let them do another one of their choice.  To prep for this activity, I cut the bottom of styrofoam to go containers, or you can use plates.

Step 1:  Have students draw on the styrofoam with a pencil.  It is important to press hard and use thick lines.

Step 2: Roll paint on styrofoam.

Step 3:
Flip on top of construction paper and apply pressure...

Step 4:
Make as many prints as you need.  Re ink as you go along.

Happy Holidays...

Welcome December

I was at a workshop yesterday, so today was my first day of December with my kindergarten friends.  This morning we started with our December journals.  Here are a few shots of some writing from this morning.  My December journal is available in my Tpt store.

December Currently

I can't believe that it is already December.  There are lots to finish at school before our Winter Break in 3 weeks.  I did my first linking up with O ' Boy Fourth Grade to share this month's currently.

A much needed outdoor break

Monday after a 4 day weekend means a long day in kindergarten… I thought I would post a fun relay if you need an outdoor break.

Color Sort Relay:

Divide students into teams.  Run this game as a relay.  Each student is given a cube train.  When it is their turn they run to the other side and break apart their cube train and sort by color.  Once they have sorted their cubes they run back and tag the next member.  Great gross and fine motor activity.

 This game could be easily adapted for older students as well. Put some masking tape on the cubes and write an addition/subtraction/multiplication problem.  On the other end have students sort by sum/difference/product etc…

If you don’t have color bucket just use paper plates..

Have Fun!