There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Listen to a fun version of this children's song.  We listened to a few versions this week, but most kids liked this one the best.  It's sung by Cyndi Lauper.


Click below to see what you think:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSlK5YTI3XY&feature=related



We also used a puppet with little stuffed animals like the one below to sing the song ourselves.
The kids took turns "feeding" the lady. 

Cute Quote of the Day

Me: (Pointing to a word on the page) That word is Mom; it


starts with M.

C: I have a mom.....and a bus driver, too.

Measuring on Monday

     Last Monday, we spent time with measurement.  I asked the kids if the flag mounted on the wall was taller than me.  Most said yes.  When we took it down and I stood next to it, we found that I was actually taller than the flag.  We talked about the need to have items at the same level when you measure them in order to get an accurate measurement.  The kids then took a Post-it and found an item in the room that was either taller or shorter than they were.  They drew the items and place them appropriately on our whole group poster.

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Another Cute Quote!

On Friday during writing time, we worked on family portraits.  The kids practiced the popcorn word is and were encouraged to label the names of family members in their pictures.  One little girl (LA) began to draw her dad.  She said, "He has a big head so he is smart like a college boy.  That's what we call him. . . college boy."  I had to stop what I was doing and go write that one down so I could share it with you.  I love a good kid quote and a good chuckle.

Self-Portraits....Day 3 of Kindergarten

We were working on our self-portraits this morning.  I modeled a sample by drawing my face.  I asked the kids questions like, "What am I missing?" and they would shout out "mouth" or "eyelashes."  I wanted their pictures to be detailed so we talked about eyes.  Someone mentioned the black part in our eyes. I told them it was called the pupil. 

The kids got going on their pictures and worked away filling in lots of details.  As I walked by one little boy (B), he said to me, "Look, I put the pebble in my eye."  Pebble, pupil....close enough and wicked cute!

We Did It!

We made it through our first short week in kindergarten. It was a really smooth start.  The kids were little troopers even when the temperature in the room reached 80 degrees in the afternoon.

They are adjusting so well that I even tried some center rotations on day 2!

I look forward to posting pictures and student work samples soon!

Happy Long Weekend!