Shape Monsters!

This week, we've been madly creating our

SHAPE MONSTERS

which applies our knowledge of geometry! 

 

It was the KinderKids jobs to:

1.  Plan what shape their monster should have.
2.  Use a variety of curved edge/straight edge shapes.
3.  Ensure their monster had a head/addomen/arms/legs.
4.  Tally up the geometric shapes.
5.  Graph how may shapes used.
6.  Share with families/friends.

I'm one proud teacher~~ 

the KinderKids took such pride in the making of them! 

Bravo!

Kiss your brain, Room 408!

Squares, Triangles, and Rectangles...Oh My!

Make a shape, build a block! 

That is the name of our new math unit!  We've been studying 2-d and 3-d shapes, too! 

The focus this month is on:

*shapes

*angles

*edges (straight edge or curved edge)

*prism

*cube

*cylinder

*cone

*dimension

As you can tell, Kindergarten has changed!  We have higher expectations in math and the kids are absorbing it!  They are little sponges! 

 Your child has been exploring shapes/angles/edges to create pattern block puzzle pictures, as well as making straight/curved edges to manipulate  

rubber-bands on  geo-boards.

We've, also, taken shapes to turn them into a picture which helped us notice that

SHAPES ARE EVERYWHERE!

Here's our motto this month:  

 Can we build it?  Yes, we can! 

We're loving shapes!

 

 

Happy Classified Week!

Mrs. Monter and Mrs. Solorio were celebrated this week for

 "Classified Week." 

We sang a song to thank them and

we gave them special gifts!

They are our lovely    

para-professionals who help us:

learn

eat our lunch

stay safe outside

make smart choices

with reading tests

DIBELS

get to the busses safely

and they always help Mrs. Brennan!

If you see one of these lovely ladies, please stop them and thank them!  

Oh my goodness!

What if...

You opened a book about dinosaurs

And one stumbled out

And another and another

And more and more pour out

Until the whole place

Is bumbling and rumbling

And groaning and moaning

And snoring and roaring

And dinosauring?

WHAT IF...

You tried to push them back inside

But they kept tromping off the pages instead?

Would you close the covers and hide your head?
Poem by: Isabel Joshlin Glaser