Room 101 students filled their popcorn jar again and voted for Show and Tell. To make it a bit more special we had the Mystery Bag Show and Tell. The students were so excited to read their clues and see if their classmates could guess their mystery item. This was a nice activity for a Friday.
This week we welcomed Burlington High School Senior, Carlie Mattson, as an intern in Room 101. Miss Mattson has been a wonderful addition to our classroom. The students are enjoying working with her. She is getting a taste of what working in a Kindergarten Classroom is like. Carlie will be with us for the month of May. She has been a huge help with getting some of our individual end of the year projects done this past week. Having another adult helping us in the classroom has been terrific! We will miss her when her internship ends. Carlie will be going to Suffolk University in the Fall majoring in Criminal Justice, hoping to be a lawyer. Maybe we will convince her that teaching kindergarten is really the best career!
Last week we started our Seed Unit. We planted flower seeds for the colors of the rainbow. We created clay flowers and worked on our Planting A Rainbow book, emulating Lois Ehlert's book. We also labeled a plant diagram, observed, sketched and labeled seed parts and read books about seeds. We are also keeping an observation journal to track our plant development. We noticed a few spikes of green when we were leaving school on Friday.
This week we learned more about art. We sketched and water colored self-portraits. We learned about Vincent Van Gogh and painted a still life of sunflowers using thick paint like Van Gogh. Ms. Fallon also highlighted Van Gogh and the kindergartners created their own Starry Night oil resist and water color pictures. We then moved on to a more contemporary artist, Jackson Pollock, and emulated him by marble painting with cool colors- blue, green and purple. The kindergartners have been enjoying learning about these artists and having the opportunity to go to a center table and move about the classroom a bit. After vacation we will be learning about Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso.
