Spirit Days

January 30-  Favorite Color Day
February 27- Movie Character Day
March 27- Twin Day
April 24- PJ Day
May 29- Crazy Clothes Day
(No makeup or hair dying)

Showing our Work on Kidblog

Today during our Letter of the Day instruction, students were given their normal iPad routine with 5 tasks.  However, I asked them to take screen shots of some of their work, and choose what they wanted to share on Kidblog.  Some of them took pictures of the Dds they made, and some chose to share screenshots of the words they made using the Word Wizard app.  When we moved to math, some of them chose to continue sharing their word by taking screenshots of the BINGOs they were making using Base 10 BINGO.  I am excited to see them curating and sharing their own work!

Star of the Week and Student of the Month

New App - Epic!

Today we used an awesome new app for reading.  It is called Epic!, and it's like Netflix for eBooks.  With a monthly subscription fee (around $5 a month), kids have access to tons of great literature books and informative texts.  Some books can be read to them, others they need to read themselves. They really loved exploring this app today.  I will send home information on purchasing Epic! for your home, if you're interested.  You can find out more on their site www.getepic.com.

Marshmallow Science

#marshmallowscience @poppletny pic.twitter.com/LGeCyxZmw4

— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) January 16, 2015

We Do Listen Foundation

This website has lots of great activities, animated books and songs.  The kindergartners were anxious to check it out after Skyping with the author of the Howard B. Wigglebottom books on Wednesday.

Howard B. Wigglebottom Skype

Today we Skyped with the author of the Howard B. Wigglebottom books.  These are wonderful books for learning about being good listeners, good friends and good citizens.  The kids had a great time Skyping and listening to Howard's special song.  They are anxious to check out the activities on the We Do Listen website!

Project Lead the Way - Structure & Function

Brainstorming about #structureandfunction after reading Jack & the Beanstalk. @PLTWorg pic.twitter.com/MgqTXjXIzp

— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) January 14, 2015

New App

Today we used the app Base 10 BINGO to practice counting tens and extra ones.  This is a fun game that reinforces a lot of great skills!

How to Make Hot Cocoa

We sequenced the steps for making hot cocoa. pic.twitter.com/3TTz0vkvoR

— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) January 12, 2015

Star of the Week

#staroftheweek pic.twitter.com/6B6ljEzn9F
— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) January 12, 2015

Thank You, Donors Choose!

Thank you again to our donors from Donors Choose!  We continue to use and love the new cushions and couch.  It has given students choice and freedom in our classroom.  I love watching them find a quiet little nook to read or work.  And the couch is their new favorite spot in our room!

Our Snowman Glyphs

I found this cute snowman art project at Mrs. Jump's blog.  The kids made their snowmen, and we talked about some different data collected from the glyphs.  The hats showed the kids' favorite colors, the arms showed whether or not they had ever built a snowman, and the buttons show how many people (and animals) live in their houses.

#snowmanglyph 14 people have made a snowman, 2 have not, 1 person made a half. Most of us have made a snowman. @MrsJumpsClass
— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) January 7, 2015

#snowmanglyph 5 like blue, 5 like red, 3 like green and 4 like pink. We like red and blue the most, green the least. @MrsJumpsClass
— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) January 7, 2015

Fun in the Snow!

#snow pic.twitter.com/kGX6Mfrcnd

— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) January 7, 2015

Star of the Week

#staroftheweek pic.twitter.com/NhN56SuOdC

— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) January 6, 2015