Telling Time: The past week the kindergarten students have been learning how to tell time to the hour and half past.
Cursive Handwriting: The students practiced writing the lowercase cursive words did, tag, sit, rag, cat, just.
Wax Museum Project: Using the books the students got from the library they had to research the person they are studying and their family members.
A peek into next week: Telling Time (to the hour and half past)
Zoo Animals:
The students learned that a zoo is a place where all types of animals are displayed for the public to see. Especially animals that they would never get the chance to observe otherwise. We also talked about how zoos try hard to keep animals in enclosures that replicate their natural habitat because, the animals seem to do much better when they are in their natural environment. We discovered that zoos create educational programs and tours in order to provide an educational opportunity for everyone. A lot of them even have petting zoos where adults and children are allowed a close-up look of the animals and their babies. We learned about tigers, lions, monkeys, elephants, giraffes, penguins, bears etc.
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Guest Reader
Reminder
February 15 | Valentine’s Day Party
Martin Luther King Jr.
The students learned how Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to make the world a better place. We talked about how people were being treated unfairly based on their color and he stood up for them. We discussed how he wanted to change the law in a peaceful way, because he had a dream to have people of all colors get along and work together. We also talked about why it is important to try and make the world a better place for everyone and ways that we can accomplish that.
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Guest Reader
Reminder
February 15 | Valentine’s Day Party
Exploding Lunch Bag: We combined warm water, vinegar and baking soda in a Ziploc bag. As soon as the bag was sealed shut it started to fill with air (carbon dioxide). Eventually, the Ziploc bag could no longer hold any more air so it popped. We learned that this is called an acid based reaction when you combine these two chemicals together.
Chemical warmer:
We combined a mineral filler, zinc and water together in a plastic bag.
Then we placed a thermosticker that changes color at around 120 °F on the plastic bag.
After that we added copper which is a less active metal than zinc. The zinc reacted with the copper, as it dissolved in the water it caused heat that was easily felt.
Thermal Chameleon:
First, we crushed up some ice and placed it in a cup.
Then we put 2 ml of water on a cork stand and placed the cup on top of it to see if the cup of ice would freeze to the cork stand.
The ice by itself didn’t freeze the water on the cork stand. So, we added some calcium chloride.
The mixture of the ice and calcium chloride ended up freezing the water on the cork stand.
Telling Time: The past week the kindergarten students have been learning how to tell time to the hour and half past.
Cursive Handwriting: The students practiced writing the lowercase cursive words dust, spit, rut, tip, at and pug.
Wax Museum Project: Using the books the students got from the library they had to research 1. The date of birth 2. The date of death 3. The place of birth 4. Where they grew up
A peek into next week: Telling Time (to the hour and half past)
Telling Time: The past week the kindergarten students have been learning how to tell time to the hour.
Cursive Handwriting: The students practiced writing the lowercase cursive words rug, act, gas, cup, it and drip.
A peek into next week: Telling Time (half past)
Tin Dendrite Experiment
First we prepared a tin chloride SnCl2 solution.
The solution did not coat the surface of the petri dish. To make the solution distribute evenly we needed to decrease the surface tension. We did this by adding 3 drops of liquid soap.
We then placed the electrodes into the solution and connected the electrodes to their source of electric current (batteries).
The students were then able to observe the tin ions Sn2+ near the negatively charged electrode (the black one) transform into metal tin Sn0. The tin gradually formed a long dendrite-shaped crystals throughout the solution.
To sum it up we grew a dendrite from a colorless salt solution.
Tin hedgehog
First we prepare a tin chloride SnCl2 solution.
Then we submerged a piece of zinc in the tin salt solution.
As soon as we submerged the zinc we observed the zinc start to dissolve into the solution, while the tin precipitated on the surface of the zinc pellet forming what looked like needles.
To sum it up we took a zinc pellet and transformed into a prickly hedgehog.
Ocean Animals
The students learned that oceans are the largest habitat for an animal to live in. They discovered that ocean animals can be found on the coast to all depths from the surface to the deepest darkest trenches of the ocean. We also talked about how only five percent of the world’s animals live in the ocean. We looked at the similarities and differences between dolphins, sharks, whales, seahorses, fish, squids etc.
Work Time
Reminders:
January 25 | Ms. Courtney | Bring Your Parent to Work Time
Money- The students were introduced to different coins ( (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars) and their values. They were able to explore different coins sensorially and learn how much they are all worth. The students also practiced grouping different coins to count their value when put together.
Cursive Handwriting: The students practiced writing the lowercase cursive words dad, quit, pig, dip, jug and cut.
A peek into next week: Telling Time
Polar Animals:
The students discovered that animals that live in the Arctic (either full time or seasonally) are adapted to extreme conditions. Many animals like the arctic fox have a coat that thickens and changes color to white during the winter as camouflage in the snow (blending into the background).
They even learned that some animals hibernate during the cold season (skunks, chipmunks, and some bears); they go into a very deep, sleep-like state in which their heartbeat slows down. These animals often hibernate in an underground burrow or pit.
They also discovered that many animals like the arctic tern spend the summer months in the Arctic, but leave as the weather turns frigid and food becomes scarce. These animals return again the next summer, repeating this pattern year after year (migrating).
Work Time:
Reminders:
January 21 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | NO SCHOOL
January 25 | Ms. Courtney | Bring Your Parent to Work Time
