tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17866574500046919332024-02-19T18:00:08.310+08:00The Lightning Dragons Kindergarten ismeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13768180285718975954noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786657450004691933.post-28858757258129889342016-09-20T13:43:00.001+08:002016-09-20T13:43:43.813+08:00<a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/ismzehrahafeez">Tweets by ismzehrahafeez</a> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934903208281056959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786657450004691933.post-64423884417196363762016-09-16T10:24:00.001+08:002016-09-20T13:44:22.892+08:00Reading with Parents<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you for launching our year long Reading with Parents sessions. We look forward to seeing you every Friday to enjoy a book or two with your child. You are welcome to bring in books in your home language. Looking forward....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934903208281056959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786657450004691933.post-12436880974762868352016-09-15T11:04:00.000+08:002016-09-15T11:04:56.412+08:009th Grade Buddies<b><u>Hero's Journey:</u></b><br />
Our friends from 9th grade came down to meet with us and interview us. They have a project where they are writing a story about a little hero. The Lightning Dragons are going to be featured as heroes in these books. For this purpose we had the two age groups individually paired up. The 9th graders found out some information about our likes and dislikes and got to know us better so they could depict us as their heroes in their works. Here is a snapshot of our class while they were visiting.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934903208281056959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786657450004691933.post-68910571698182056612016-09-08T11:58:00.001+08:002016-09-09T11:01:45.617+08:00Personal InquiryWe are learning to learn!! We are communicators, we can collaborate, we are critical thinkers, negotiators and much more....<br />
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Our first unit this year gives us the opportunity to develop these skills as we explore our interests that are reflected mainly through our play. The essential questions for this unit are:<br />
What are the different ways people learn?<br />
How do I learn best?<br />
How do I contribute to a learning community?<br />
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As we build relationships in our community of learners, we realise that some of us have common interests that we would like to explore. The Lightning Dragons have been wanting to know more about. 1. Airplane 2. Ramps. 3. Rain/clouds<br />
Our friends have had many intelligent questions in mind.<br />
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Airplanes:<br />
AC: How does the pilot make the airplane fly?<br />
VR: How fast can an airplane go?<br />
How much 'Benzine' is used?<br />
JL: Why is an airplane so big?<br />
Why are airplane wings long?<br />
How does the pilot know how to go to Japan?<br />
RD: What are the different kinds of fighter planes?<br />
How can the airplane fly for such a long time?<br />
MM: How does the airplane reach up to the clouds?<br />
NM: Is there a turbo airplane?<br />
ZM: Where are airplanes made?<br />
EB: How does an airplane land?<br />
CD: Where does the food come from in the airplane?<br />
How do the wheels go inside the airplane?<br />
NB: How do the engines turn?<br />
RS: How can I make a paper airplane?<br />
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Ramps:<br />
RS: What places are ramps used?<br />
What are ramps made of?<br />
Who first thought of ramps?<br />
MP: How can you roll many marbles down a ramp?<br />
TK: How do circles and squares go down a ramp?<br />
LJ: How can I build a ramp?<br />
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Rain/Clouds:<br />
JH: Where does the rain come from?<br />
How does the rain come down?<br />
LQ: How does rain get harder?<br />
How does rain get lower?<br />
AD: How does it rain?<br />
SO:Where does the rain come from?<br />
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We brainstormed as to how we can best answer our wonderings. This is what we came up with....<br />
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We were fortunate to have one of the parents come in to answer all our questions. Yes!! We have a pilot in the Lightning Dragons family. Thanks to Evan's Dad for taking out the time to be our expert speaker.</div>
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Having learned so many things about airplanes, what better way for children to express their learning other than through play. So here we are getting super creative with the airport facility that was built by the Lightning Dragons. There was negotiation, turn taking, collaboration and compromising skills that were being practiced. we also had oral and written literacy skills being guided through this purposeful play. Here are some pictures...</div>
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We have an expert in our class who is great at teaching us how to make paper airplanes. The Lightning Dragons were so excited to learn this skill....</div>
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Many friends have been enjoying our marble run construction toys in class. An interest in ramps is definitely visible. </div>
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Although we had our own individual plans we eventually decided to collaborate and build a bigger ramp together. Critical thinking at its best as we tested the ramp.</div>
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What with all the rain, some of the Lightning Dragons wanted to inquire deeper into this topic.<br />
So we went up to the CMC and found quite a few books that could answer our questions. We also watched some videos on the internet to help us understand the concept of Water cycle<br />
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Please stay tuned as we get ready to share our learning from these inquiries with our friends......Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934903208281056959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786657450004691933.post-39662728487005760962016-09-07T14:02:00.000+08:002016-09-07T14:02:22.594+08:00Ten Black DotsAfter reading the book Ten Black Dots, the Lightning Dragons got creative as they connected Math to real life.....<br />
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We talk of big line, little line and big curve and little curve used initially with concrete experiences with these wooden sticks. </div>
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After this we went ahead and built Mat Man with these lines......<br />
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Today we started some pencil pickup exercises. We will be moving on to chalk boards next!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934903208281056959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786657450004691933.post-91723862716545092742016-09-01T14:58:00.000+08:002016-09-01T14:58:01.738+08:00Exploring ColorsWe have been having some fun with colors lately. This started when a friend was mixing some playdough and was rather thrilled with the new color that emerged. We then had our three primary colors along with black and white to acquire the shade to our liking. The Lightning Dragons mixed these colors and came up with 3 completely unique shades. We actually had a gorgeous variety of 60 different tones of differing colors with us.<br />
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We then put our creative minds to good use and named our colors. What fun this was!!!<br />
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After we created these colors we read a book about the famous artist, Jackson Pollock and also watched a video on his works. </div>
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We are artists in Kindergarten and here we are doing some painting, Jackson Pollock style, with the paints we personally created and named. These have eventually turned into our portraits on recycled cardboard.</div>
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These have eventually turned into our portraits on recycled cardboard.</div>
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Here are some more explorations we have been enjoying with colors. Its getting to be a bit scientific now....<br />
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This week the Lightning Dragons read a book about the Gingerbread Man. Well! What could have been a better opportunity to get down to some fun baking!!</div>
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So we got our ingredients and incorporated a lot of Math as we measured out all that we needed. We smelt and felt the textures. We then practiced cooperation and collaboration as we took turns with mixing up everything. We were even vigilant enough to keep note of allergies of friends...the Lightning Dragons are super thoughtful.<br />
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However after all our effort, when we came back to our classroom we found out that the Gingerbread men were no where to be seen and they had left a note for us. As we followed the clues around the campus in search of our beloved gingerbread men, we got the opportunity to get familiar with the wider community in school and get acquainted with places like the clinic, swimming pool area, canteen and finally the Principal's office. When we got back to our class we were thrilled to find our precious cookies waiting for us in the reading corner. What fun was this wild goose chase!!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934903208281056959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786657450004691933.post-63469045021728458752016-08-18T10:59:00.001+08:002016-08-18T10:59:55.577+08:00Launching Readers and Writers WorkshopsThe wordless picture books that we read in class last week helped lay a good foundation to encourage us to tell our stories through pictures. The level of thinking and acute observational skills that are required to follow the story line through the illustrations tells a lot about the success of a person as a reader or writer. We read <i>Journey by Aaron Becker</i><br />
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These wonderful pieces of literature have assured us that reading is more than just decoding words and that writing stories through pictures is very much acceptable to be an author. <br />
This week the Lightning Dragons were introduced to the workshop model of Reading and Writing.<br />
There are essentially three steps to this. First there is a short mini lesson, second we engage in reading and/or writing and lastly we have a few friends who share their work with the rest of the group.<br />
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As we launched our Readers workshop, we realized that we could read many symbols around the school and that was primarily what reading was about. Making meaning!! We also talked about how we develop good reading habits as we respect other readers around us and our books, handling them with care. Here are the Lightning Dragons as early readers in Kindergarten.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934903208281056959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786657450004691933.post-86660246842540806842016-08-12T13:03:00.004+08:002016-08-12T14:20:46.682+08:00First week of schoolThis week has been great with the Lightning Dragons getting familiar with the routines and acquainting ourselves with new friends at school. We have had lots of opportunity to play with all the materials in class and also engage in some games which have helped us get to know our classmates. Here is just a glimpse of our week....<br />
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We have also enjoyed two birthdays this week....its great to be 5!!<br />
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We also had Daphne's mom come in to read a book from the United States to us. Thanks for bringing in those apples too!!<br />
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As a follow up to these stories we started unpacking our favorite story to look more in detail at the ELEMENTS of a story.
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The Wild Cats have been keen to pen down their own thoughts and come up with their own unique story. For this many of us used the above template to plan on our characters, setting, problem and solution. We have some very creative works with us in class.<br />
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We were fortunate to have another children's illustrator visit us. <b><i><u>Ms Winnie Wong</u></i></b> came in to read her book to us and also gave us a lesson in illustrations. This was fabulous inspiration for the Wild Cats<br />
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We also went and saw some drama performances by the <b><i><u>Grade 5 classes</u></i></b>...
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Once the Wild Cats had constructed their story, we decided on how we would like to share our story. We had five choices....<br />
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After we had chosen how we wanted to tell our story we went ahead to make our props and started to practice our story telling skills.....
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We had some more parents come in to tell stories from Canada and Macedonia. We even got to see what the Macedonian script looks like. Leona's mom was kind enough to bring in cards with the names of all the Wild Cats written in Macedonian.<br />
The Wild Cats have been enjoying story-telling through dance, music and shadow puppets. The three little pigs was rather popular with us.<br />
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One of the conversations that came up was how Fairy tales are different from other stories. The Wild Cats also watched this...<br />
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Here are some interesting conversations that were captured....<br />
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We were fortunate that the Children's Musical Theater from Grade 4 performed their version of the 3 little pigs, called, BE PREPARED TO BE PIGGED. This gave us a different perspective of a traditional tale and opened up our horizons as we will be working on creating our own stories. I have to say, this play was absolutely brilliant. Super proud of our grade 4 friends!! <br />
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We had Mr. Robert Magnuson visit us. He is a Filipino children's author who came and shared his inspiring journey with us. He shared some interesting tales from his childhood and how he actually starting writing stories primarily through his illustrations/drawings. He was honest to share his challenges and frustrations but was also a great role model as he explained how he persevered and found personal success along his journey. Mr Magnuson gave a us an awesome drawing lesson and later gave us a chance to experiment with his instructions. Creativity at its best!!!<br />
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As we dig deeper into story elements, the Wild Cats have been working on characters from their favorite Mo Willems books on Piggie and Gerald. We are getting more familiar with setting, plot, problem and solution as we continue to enjoy stories from around the world. The Wild Cats are shifting their interest toward coming up with their own works and thinking how best they would like to share these stories with their audience. Please stay tuned....<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In this unit we will identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Wild Cats have been exploring these 3 Dimensional shapes recently. We were trying to figure out which shapes can roll. We also put shapes together and counted sides, corners, vertices and edges. We have a lot of new mathematical vocabulary as we inquire into this unit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We went around the school to see if we could identify these shapes in the environment. This shape hunt was a lot of fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Next we tried to build our very own shapes with modelling clay and tooth picks. This was a pretty challenging task...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue medium" , "arial" , "helvetica" , "clean" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.005px;">We have been fortunate to have some parents come in to share some special stories from their countries with us. The Wild cats have been loving these tales.</span></span></div>
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<b>CHARACTER DAY</b>
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Today the Wild Cats came dressed as their favorite character. All of Kindergarten had a parade in the ES playground. We had lots of spectators. It was awesome!!!<br />
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Later we got together with the Lightning Leopards, our grade 3 buddies. They read our favorite books to us. We then carried out a joint character study with our buddy. This is what we did....<br />
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We drew the character we were dressed up as and analyzed what this character was like on the outside and also on the inside. The classroom was buzzing with literary discussions...
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This is by far my favourite day of the year!! It is indeed heartwarming to see the world's future come together in so much beautiful harmony as these children represent their country with pride and respect all other nationalities so naturally. We had a busy busy day starting with the flags ceremony in the ES courtyard. Thanks to all the parents, we had some delicious snacks that we enjoyed from the diverse countries that our class represents. After our class photo, we had some time to explore the countries where our Kindergarten teachers come from. So we tried chopsticks, made beaver puppets, sang some nursery rhymes and painted clay pots. The day was tiring but in a very happy sort of way. So you will certainly have your Wild Cat have a good sleep tonight. </div>
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Earlier this week we also made some Lemon cake. When the Wild Cats were asked, after they had eaten it, how it was, they answered, "It was epic"!!!<br />
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We looked at <b><i><u>stages of growth</u></i></b>. The vocabulary we were introduced to was: <b><i><u>Fetus, Infant, toddler, child, teenager, adult and senior citizen.</u></i></b> Thank you to our friends who were able to come in to share their interests at various stages in their lives.
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Thanks to the senior citizens in our lives who took out the time to share their thoughts with us and answered the questions we came up with. These are the questions the Wild Cats came up with:<br />
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Can you still play sports?</div>
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How old does Senior Citizen start?</div>
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What do you do?</div>
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Do you still work?</div>
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How old are you?</div>
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Can you plant food?</div>
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Can you still use your hands to cook?</div>
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The Wild Cats got their own timeline photos thanks to the lovely parents. We sequenced these and worked super hard to make our book,<b><i> <u>'Story of Me'</u>.</i></b> Here is a sneak peek at some of our thoughts...
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After exploring the stages of life and inquiring into them, the Wild Cats got interested in how their body works and what is inside our body. Here are a few <b><i style="text-decoration: underline;">songs</i> t</b>hat we enjoyed<br />
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Here is our <b><i><u>class tooth chart</u></i></b><br />
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Our <b><i><u>field trip to Museo Pambata</u></i></b> was a fantastic interactive experience as we explored their body room.<br />
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We also got our grade 3 buddies involved as they <b><i><u>traced our bodies.</u></i></b><br />
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We <b><i><u>measured and labeled our bodies..</u></i></b>..<br />
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We integrated some <u><b><i>art</i></b> </u>as we carefully observed the lines of the human figure, noticing the curves and joints. The Wild Cats made some awesome sketches.<br />
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We had some rich <b><i><u>play</u></i></b> set up to explore the theme. The infant care drama center and the dentist clinic<br />
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As we read more and more non-fiction books about the body systems, we thought about what it was that interested us the most about our internal organs. As a class we came up with <b><i><u>six topics. The heart, brain, muscles, bones, skin and blood.</u></i></b>We had conversations about how we could find information about these. This is what we used to organize our thoughts.<br />
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The next step was to showcase our learning. We had a choice to opt for making a movie, a clay model, a poster or an e-book. Each student went with his/her area of interest. It is incredible to witness the engagement when we are able to make our own choices and decisions. It really does bring out the very best in these young learners. Today we shared our learning with our grade 3 buddies...
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We will have them completely ready to share with our families soon after the break.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934903208281056959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786657450004691933.post-19275807078434325862016-03-10T10:52:00.000+08:002016-03-10T10:52:06.861+08:00Writing non-fiction textHaving read many non-fiction books in the last couple of months, the Wild Cats are getting to be pros at distinguishing between fiction and non-fiction. One day in class, this is exactly what we did. We sorted our classroom library into piles of fiction and non-fiction texts.
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Moving ahead from this task, our focus has also been on writing non-fiction text for the past few weeks in our writers workshop. This relates well to the informational books we are reading for our unit of study on physical well-being related to our body. The research that we carried out was also complimentary to this genre of writing. After exploring many non fiction books, we came up with a web chart to decide on the topics we could write about.<br />
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The rule for choosing was that we must know atleast four or five facts about our topic. If it did not pass this test, we had to think of something else that we had enough information about. The Wild Cats were very thoughtful about their decisions and went ahead to share a wealth of knowledge with peers and teachers.
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After having worked really hard at putting together these books, we decided to share the published version with our preschool friends. The Wild Cats were super proud to be able to teach so many things to the younger ones, enjoying every moment of their trip down to Preschool!!<br />
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Well!! It did not end here. We read the book the Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.
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Soon the Wild Cats made good use of their blue playdough, making their own Rainbow fish with it and even sharing the shining scales with their friends. We had great conversations about being kind, how to make friends and how being nice to others makes you happy.
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Very proudly, we have decided to take our own little beautiful and sparkly fish home with us, hoping to transfer our learning into active kindness!!
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">FUN WITH LIGHT:</u> This week we had the projector in class with light and shadows. The Wild Cats loved playing with it. We had some rich language and wonderful stories come out of this shadow play.
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Leading on from this play, we read a non-fiction book about light. So one day as we came into class, we found some flashlights but we noticed that these did not work. We figured that they needed batteries. Soon the Wild Cats got busy trying to install these in the flashlights. It was great to see them totally focused, trying to get the light on. This was a great learning experience for the kids...they felt so successful being able to get them working!!<br />
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Now we thought how could we use these flashlights.....so when we went into the fun room....this is what we did......
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Yes!! We looked for hot words in the dark room with our flashlights!! Kindergarten is so much fun and the Wild Cats certainly rock!!<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">OUR BIRD FEED & OUR WONDER WINDOW:</u> This morning some friends said that they had seen a structure out in the playground on a tree so we went out to have a look. It turned out (we think!!) to be a bird feed. Taking their inspiration from this, we got busy making our own.<br />
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We then went outside and hung this up on a tree that we can observe from our classroom through our newly operational Wonder Window.
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