Holiday Celebrations

Thank you to the parents that were able to help us with our winter stations! We hope that everyone is having a safe and relaxing break!

Snuggling up to watch The Polar Express :)

Report Writing

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We loved working together to find facts about animals in nonfiction books. After reading, writing facts, then drawing our pictures, we presented our poster to the rest of the class.

Patterns

For several weeks,  our class has been learning about patterns in Math Investigations.  We have used several different materials to show patterns including: our bodies, paper, and manipulatives.  On this day, we told students they were allowed to use anything in the room to make a pattern.  Our smart Kindergarteners discovered they could make patterns with a lot of different things!

These students made a AABC pattern by using shape blocks.

These students used cubes to make their patterns.

These girls were making patterns with blocks.

This student used crayons to make an AB pattern.

These boys made an AB pattern with leaves.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

For the past month, our class prepared and practiced for a Reader's Theater.  We performed, "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" for Mrs. Alvarado and Miss Donofrio's first grade class.   Each child had a special part in the play.  We had Narrators, the Littlest Billy Goat Gruff, the Medium Billy Goat Gruff, the Big Billy Goat Gruff, the Troll, and the Bridge.  We were so proud of our shining stars!

POW WOW 2010

After several weeks of hard work and preparation, our annual Kindergarten Pow Wow was held on Friday, October 19.  In order to be ready for the Pow Wow, our students studied the Nez Perce Tribe and compared them to the other tribes representated at CCE (Inuit, Iroquois, Sioux, Lenape, Nootka, Hopi, and Seminole).  We studied their clothing, shelter, food, and many other interesting facts. 

On the day of the Pow Wow, we performed three dances: "The Hunt of the Buffalo," "The Dance of the Skunk," and "Sunset."  Afterwards, we visited eight different stations.  We tried Native American food, played musical instruments, learned about hunting, wrote Native American symbols, listened to the story of Thanksgiving in a teepee, played tribal games, painted with food dye, and made clay medallions.
Our Favorite Moment of Pow Wow?  During Tribal Games, Coach told the kids that a bear was hiding in the trees.  As they were playing, Jaslyn said, "I'm scared of the bear."  Mia comforted her by saying, "Don't worry. The bear thinks we're real Indians!"

Please enjoy the following Pow Wow pictures!

Painting with food! Yum!

Lunch

Playing Native American music.

Writing Native American symbols.

Chets Creek's beautiful tepee!

Our class tepee

Nez Perce Tribe Prepares For Pow Wow!

 We have been learning all about the Native Americans and Thanksgiving. This Friday, we will represent the Nez Perce tribe at the annual Chets Creek Pow Wow!!! We have been creating costumes, learning about other Native American tribes, and practicing our tribal dance. Look forward to some fun pictures during the next few weeks!!

Thanks to those who were able to come to "Make and Take" night! We had a blast making Nez Perce Tepees with our family and friends!

Miss Barber took us around the school to learn about the different Native American Tribes!!!!!

Inuit Tribe

Nootka Tribe

Seminole Tribe

More practice for the tribal dance......