Classroom Meetings

Weekly class meetings are an essential part of kindergarten instruction.  Usually the topics have to deal with social situations. This past week, we discussed what it means to be a good friend. I had the kids brainstorm what it means to be a good friend. Children shared with partners nice things they do for their friends. Then they shared out and we wrote examples on the board. We also shared things we should not do to our friends.

Shape Cities

The past month, we've been learning about shapes. We did shape hunts in the classroom, made a shape book and have practiced drawing shapes. As a fun activity to wrap up our shape unit, we made shape cities! We used the four main shapes we learned about (circle, square, rectangle and triangle) to create a city skyline at sunset. We used black paper for the buildings to create the illusion of silhouettes. We used colored paper for the windows and doors. We also experimented with mixing paints to create a beautiful sunset. It was a fun project!