Researching Community Helpers

Last week parents and family members came into our classroom and shared information about their jobs. The students built their understanding by listening and asking questions. A special thank you to:

Laura Glover, Katherine Tagalos,

Josh and Jenny Chiamulera, 

Kathy Dolch, Kristi Pospychala,  

Dr. Bobbi Voermans and Billie Skubal.

Today the students chose the occupation they wanted to do more research on. Students are using many informational texts and e-books to find facts. See their choices below:

After the students read and record their information they will begin to make their Community Helper poster using the app and create a report using Google Documents.

Take a look at some of the posters that were finished today!

 

 

 

RI.1.3 , RI 1.4, RI.1.5 and W.1.2, W.1.5,W.1.6

Researching Habitats!

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

This week the students chose a habitat and have been researching to learn more about what it is, where it is, along with the plants and animals that live in that habitat.

Some of the children have also begun to add an informational illustration for their research!

 We are researching the Rain Forest!

I am researching about the Desert!

We want to know more about the Wetlands!

Listening and Speaking to Each Other to Start Off the New Year!

Listening and Speaking to Each Other!

This week we are taking a close look at the Arctic and its habitat. The students broke into groups and analyzed the text features in their shared reading book Arctic Life As they discussed the different informational text features they shared what they thought and why.  It was great to walk around and observe their communication and their reasoning. 

Headbanz

To kick off Daily 5, the students asked and answered questions while building their imagination and memory skills while engaging in the literacy game, Headbanz. All students had a great time and were involved in language and fun!

OUR MAMMAL REPORTS

Over the past four weeks the students have been investigating and researching bats, pumpkins and owls with a gradual release of responsibility.  They then chose an informational text related to a mammal that sparked their curiosity.  The students engaged  in a variety of  informational texts. They responded by creating a KWL that captures their knowledge, wondering, along with new, interesting, and unusual information.  Asking and answering questions also played an integral role in their investigations.  Students participated in language/word study and applied foundational skills in order to read appropriate texts and investigated their chosen mammal of interest. Once the reports were written they collaborated with other students to add details and strengthen their writing . Finally the students wrote An Informational Mammal Report and then using @Biteslide redesigned their report by adding photos and text.  Follow the link below to read their reports!

What Reading Looks Like!

What Do We Know and Wonder About Bats?

Today we began our discussion about Bats.  We shared with each other what we knew about bats and also what we still wondered about bats.  You can check out the information which we posted on our online bulletin board using +Padlet  Just click on the image below or the QR code:

 

Then we had a special Mystery Reader via Google Hangout. We were so excited to learn more about bats from the books she shared!  Thanks Lindsey!

OLYMPICS, READING AND PRESENTATIONS!

A beautiful day for all school Olympics and then Reading, Relatives and Rootbeer and finally sharing our Research Presentations using +Biteslide !

Congratulations to our own students who placed in the top five!

How To Be A Wormologist

Our Spring Trip to CAVOC gave us the opportunity to become wormologists.  A Wormologist is a person who cares about worms as living things and also realizes their importance to our Earth.

How To Be a Wormologist

To learn more about worms read the book Yucky Worms by Vivian French!  

Why Are Bugs Important to Our Earth?

Bug Off!

Presented by Mrs. Lieck’s Kindergarten Students on Friday, April 24, 2015 at 8:30 a.m.

As we recognize Earth Day across the world today my students have been learning why the bugs are important to be on this Earth.  The students have been making reading fun by reading this narrative nonfiction script.  In this Reader’s Theater, Matt didn’t like bugs!  In fact he wished they would all just bug off!  One day, while Matt was trying to eat lunch in his backyard, four bugs came to visit him.  They bugged him, of course, and worse than that, they wouldn't leave!  Find out what Matt learned from his “buggy” new friends by joining us this Friday!

The cast is listed below:

Matt - Tripp, Abe and Presley

The Fly - Benjamin

The Ladybug - Vivian, June and Richie

The Ant - Hailey and Carter

The Bee - Kali, Kara and Emma

All bugs - Emmaline, Mikenzie, Madelyn and Destiny

You Will Simply Be Amazed!

Check out the link below to view the students opinion writing using the program Biteslide!

Formulating Our Opinions and Sharing What We Have Learned!

Would You Choose the Country Life or City Life?

This week the students are comparing and contrasting the country and the city.  They each chose where they would like to live and then began to write an opinion paper.  Today the students began typing up their opinion.