While making our Thankful Turkeys, we realized that we have a lot to be thankful for. Some of those things are: food, a home, our families, pajamas, friends, school, going to the Flea Market, snow, workbooks, water to drink, and losing a tooth, just to name a few. Our Thankful Turkeys are on the bulletin board in the hallway. Come down and see them if you have time.
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| Thankful Turkeys |
We found out that there are lots of things we can do with apples (besides eat them)! We had a lot of fun exploring with apples last week. There was an apple taste test with three different kids of apples: Jonagold, Ambrosia, and Red Rome. We used lick and stick paper (it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be!) to chart the results of our taste test. We found that the Jonagold and Ambrosia apples were the most popular, and the Red Rome apple was liked the least.
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| Apple Taste Test |
We also learned about the process that occurs when an apple is cut open, and after a while, begins to turn brown. This process is called oxidation, and it happens when oxygen is mixed with other chemicals in the apple. Even though the apple is brown, it is still okay to eat.
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| Oxidation process |
The apples were cut horizontally, not vertically as they are usually cut, and on the inside we saw that there was a star shape! We used these apple halves and some paint to make apple print patterns (ABC). They were fun to make!
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| Apple Print Patterns |
After all we did with those apples, there was still one last thing...we placed the apples into a tub of water to see if they would sink or float. Most of us guessed that they would float and were correct. After experimenting with the apples, we went around the classroom to gather more objects. Some of the objects we thought would float actually sank, and vice versa. It was a very interesting activity.
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| Sink or float list |
We learned a new concept in Math called Even and Odd. Using a set of math bear manipulatives, we imagined that the bears were having a dance. We paired them up, and saw that not all of the bears had a partner to dance with. Some bears were left all alone.
We learned that when all of the bears had a partner, the total number of bears was even. If there was a bear left all alone, the total number of bears was odd.
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| Even and odd |
After pairing the bears, we just had to have a dance in Pre-K as well. We paired up to see if the number of students in our class was even or odd. Everyone had a partner, so we determined that the number six is even!
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| Pre-K is even!
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For Sound of the Week, our friend Owen brought in items that begin with /C/ and /K/. We call these two sounds "cousins" because they like to share sounds. Owen brought in a piece of candy, a car, a crayon, a cat, a cape, a cone, Captain Hook, a cup, a coin, and a set of keys.
After reading the AlphaTales books, Copycats and Kangaroo Kazoo, We brainstormed an amazing list of words that begin with /C/ and /K/. Some of those words on our list were; cough, copy, cloud, canoe, camel, catch, corn, carrot, cave, camera, coo-coo clock, cousin, Carolina, cartwheel, cow, coloring, can't, cake, and costume. Also, keep, kite, kangaroo, kiwi, koala, kiss, kick, Katie T., Katie M., Keith, Kindergarten, katydid, king, Kaleigh, Kendall, kazoo, and Keno.
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| Sound of the Week with Owen |
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