October Math Stations

Quite a bit of our time in the afternoon is spent on Math.  We have our regular 30 minute Math time working with our regular math curriculum.  That is followed with our Accelerated Math time.  Once boys and girls have finished with their AM and I have looked it over, they are free to go to their Math Station.  These are activities in which a skill we a currently working one or has already been introduced are available for practice. 

Take a look at what October had to offer....... 

Emily is working on making patterns with fall leaves.

Here is her recording sheet.

Madi is working on number recognition using dice.

Madi finds the number on her recoding sheet and colors it in.

Justyn is working on shape recognition.

A space is colored in for each shape Justyn rolls on his dice.  It is always fun to see which shape "wins"!

Another station was numbers and sets.  Trevin was working on this haunted house activity using these cute Halloween erasers I bought on the haunted house math mat.

On the recording sheet, Trevin was to write his numbers from one to ten.

Kadence was working on counting by tens to 100 with the Halloween bats.

Cameron was practicing counting by tens using the candy corn.

Recording the information provides extra reinforcement and another opportunity for learning.

To help practice counting by five this station used tally marks.

Skylar was practicing her fives here.

Here is a look at the recording page.  The kiddos were to make the tally marks and write the numbers.  This kiddos decided to decorate the witch hats instead.  :o)



Shining KinderKids

The end of the first quarter has quickly snuck up on us!  My kiddos have been working so hard learning the names and sounds of our letters, learning to read many new popcorn words, and practicing counting by ones to 100.  I am so proud of all they have accomplished!  At the end of the first quarter, there were several Kindergartners that reached some academic benchmarks so we had a little award ceremony for them.  It warmed my heart to hear the boys and girls cheer for each other.  I have such a special group of kids!! 

These kiddos earned the "Popcorn" Award for the first quarter.  They read all the popcorn words presented for the quarter.  The award consists of  some light buttered popcorn and instead of pop I substituted grape juice instead.  Congratulations Emily, Justyn, Korbin, Lily, Trevin, and Skylar! 

                                  

Way to go Mace and Trevin for counting to 100 without any help!!!

                                                                                 
                                              







Dane recieved the "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" award for knowing the names and sounds of ALL the letters!



Our Visit To the Winside Fire Hall

October is National Fire Safety Month.  Every year the Winside Kindergarten and First Grade classes spend some time during this busy month learning about fire safety.  A very important part of this unit is a visit to the Winside Fire Hall.  Don Skokan, Winside's Fire Chief, does an excellent job with our boys and girls stressing the importance of being safe and being prepared in case they are ever around a fire.  This year Sandy Atkins and Chris Olander joined in with the tour. 

Our many thanks and much appreciation goes out to the Winside volunteer firefighters and EMT'S for your unselfish efforts of keeping all of us safe.  A big thank you goes out to the Hoskins, Carroll and Wayne firefighters and EMT's as well. The sacrifices you and your families make is immeasurable.  I sincerely thank you as well ... in memory of Josh Grubb. 


And now for the pictures of the tour!!!!!!!

Except for a little wind, it was beautiful fall day for a walk to the fire hall.

Winside Fire Chief, Don Skokan, did a fabulous job talking to the kindergarten and first grade kiddos about being prepared in case they ever were in a fire and how to talk to the dispatchers.  The iddos were surprised when the Wayne dispatcher gave a "shout out" to the Winside Kindergarten and First grade classes visiting the Winside Fire Hall during a pager test! 

Getting ready to watch a video on how to prepare for a fire exit plan from your own home told from a child's point of view.  An excellent video!!!

Volunteer Chris Olander getting a little help from Sandy Atkins while putting on all of his gear.  It is important to show the boys and girls what a firefighter looks and sounds like with everything on so they are never afraid in case they are ever in a fire.

Not sure why my pictures were so dark .... new camera plus bad photographer....all the reflectors working against my flash??????????

Exploring the trucks...they couldn't WAIT to start climbing!!!!!

 I tried several times to turn this picture around but it just wouldn't cooperate...sorry!



Posing in front of the antique fire truck...

...in the ambulance...

....and in front of the pump truck.

Each kindergartner and first grader received a fire hat and a bag with fire safety information to take home along with some other goodies!

THANK YOU WINSIDE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS FOR AN AWESOME AFTERNOON!  YOU GUYS REALLY ROCK!!!!!!!!





More October Art

Our tissue paper candy corn was a fun project.  These are hanging throughout our classroom.

Our October quilt

Each student made two quilt squares - a sponge painted jack-o-lantern and a pattern square.

Our Goofy Pumpkin Patch

This activity was loads of fun!  I saw this on pinterest and just had to let my kiddos give it a go.We talked about filling in spaces.  each child was given a large sheet of paper and painted a pumpkin filling in the space.  The next day they were given a white and black paper to make eyes and teeth - once again - focusing on the concept of filling the space.  I think my boys and girls did an AWESOME job.  Our pumpkin patch will put a smile on your face everytime you walk by!