Five for Friday

So it's my 1st:

We've been up to so much in Room #3 & here are some photos of all the FUN:

Kindergarten went to the farm, the kiddos loved our field trip - it's such a fun tradition!

Yesterday was Pumpkin Center Day - I wrangled up 4 volunteers & together we weighed, floated, wrote, labeled, counted, measured, tasted, & planted all kinds of pumpkin goodness.

We read the best story - No Moon, No Milk! & disused properties of solids and liquids.  Then we made ice-cream.  This reminds me of my childhood camping, we used to make ice cream in metal coffee cans & roll it around between the 14 "grandkids" - we barely got 1 cup each, but it was SO MUCH FUN.  My kiddos thought so too:

 

I got this wordless picture book today at our Scholastic Book Fair - so excited to find another to add to my collection.  Kids love these books - it is a great way to teach mental images & "how to read the pictures" as a strategy for emergent readers.  In the beginning of the year, I used to hear over and over "I can't read yet!"  So now, I direct the kiddos to my '3 Ways to Read a Book' anchor chart & they find all sorts of ways to read, even if they can decode yet.  This story is all about the journey of a girl & her red crayon.

If you're interested, check out David Wiesner.  I almost bought 2 more, Mr. Wuffles! & Bluebird but I had to be selective.

In a side note: a parent bought the FUNNIEST book for me too - How to Get a Girlfriend, it is written by Kindergarteners & sold out (I got our last copy)...can't wait to read it to the kiddos and see them rolling on the floor laughing.  I love how books do that!

YUP - 2 weeks of amazing NOTHINGNESS!  So excited that I actually cooked/ate a homemade meal tonight, I must have eaten out every night this week *Parent/Teacher Conference problems*!!

Thanks Doodle Bugs Teaching for a great linky.  Have a good one,

Miss Kristan King

More Farm & Butter!

Today we took our annual trip to the Farm/Pumpkin Patch.  It was windy, but the rain stopped early in the morning, so it wasn't HORRIBLE - just cold!

Here's how our morning went - in pictures:

Once we returned around 12:00, we ate lunch.  In the afternoon we graphed & wrote about our favorite farm animals.  Then, we made butter {I forgot to buy mini bagels to serve the butter, but my WONDERFUL Dad, who is on furlough, ran to the store & delivered them to my room - just before we went on our trip, XOXO Padre!!}

Here we are shakin' what our mommas gave us:

It was a great day - didn't leave work until 7:45pm - cleaned up farm & set up for pumpkins next week.  Plus, I had to get my ducks in a row...next week is Parent/Teacher Conferences & I have a 7:20am one scheduled on Monday!  {What was I thinking?!?!  Well, obviously it's not "No!"}

I'm headed to the bath with a warm chai tea latte - TGIF indeed!!

Miss Kristan King

Liquid & Solid Frozen Fun

So...it's all about the farm this week - haven't you heard?

We made ice cream & discussed properties of matter {liquids & solids}:

Friday it's off to the farm/pumpkin patch...pray for a HUGE change in weather {high of 42 degrees - snowfall too}!  Hoping that our day is FUN despite the dreary forecast.

Miss Kristan King

Currently & Muddin' It Up

So we're in the thick of learning all about FARMS.  Today we had some fun with mud {aka: chocolate pudding, thanks to Deanna Jump}:

                                   

The class consensus - WE LOVE MUD!

AND...it's time for a Currently - thanks Farley!

My trick, well it's an app that I *LOVE* Stick Pick!  It allows you to create a class & use Bloom's Taxonomy question starters...plus it tracks to make sure I'm not calling/pulling the same stick every time {you know I have too much going on & I swear I have ADD}!

Happy Tuesday,

Miss Kristan King

A Crazy Farm Field Trip

Like many K-1 classrooms around the NATION, we also went to the farm/pumpkin patch.  Venetucci Farm is a great place & my Kinders were so excited on Friday to visit, see some farm animals, & pick a free pumpkin to take home.

Crazy face pics turn out best - I SWEAR!!

We all know that field trips can be hectic - 120 5/6 year olds, 5 teachers, 30 parent volunteers, 120 pumpkins, first aid kids, epipens, 3 school busses, and a partridge in a pear tree - RIGHT?!?!

Well this year (I have gone 6 out of 8 years as an educator) at the farm, we had an INCIDENT (not a student/parent from our school, but we were there & involved)!  So glad to help, but it's scary when an ambulance comes & takes a student to the hospital.  I have amazing teammates:  I mean...1 was comforting the mother of the student, another was assisting with the 911 call/assisting with the blood, & I was clearing the area of "watchers" so the ambulance had easy access & could locate the child.

I am amazed by first responders - so calm and comforting.  They took control and handled the situation so appropriately.

After that, the trip was AMAZING.  The day was jam-packed with F.U.N.!  The Kinders really loved doing Michelle Oakes' "Butter Boogie" and enjoyed tasting a sample of their hard work.

I hope your field trips to the farm are less "eventful" than mine - but just as ENJOYABLE!!

Miss King