It is just me or is the school year already going by at warp speed? Maybe it just feels that way because it seems like I can never get caught up!! Last week, we learned about the number 5 with the five little ducks and with our five senses.
First, we introduced our 5 senses with this little anchor chart {thanks to
Pencils, Glue and Tying Shoes for the idea!}.
Then, we each made our own to help us remember our senses. We used wiggly eyes for sight, jingle bells for hearing, sandpaper for touch, a cotton ball with lotion for smell, and a stick of gum {that melted a little over the weekend} for taste. They turned out so cute!
To help us learn about our sense of tatse, we also did our taste test again. We tasted limes, bittersweet chocolate, m&ms, and pretzels. We have an awesome new principal this year who bought all of the supplies for the taste test for all 17 of the kindergarten teachers!! I've never had a principal buy the random stuff I needed, so we are very appreciative to have her!
After deciding if we liked each taste or not, we graphed our favorites {I don't have a picture :( }. You can get the pieces for the graph and the taste test page
here.
We also used my friend
Deeanna's pack that includes lots of 5 Little Ducks activities...the kids loved these!
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| Acting out the song on the ten frame |
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| Writing equations while we acted it out |
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| Counting on to make 5 |
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| Using a mat and individual ducks to act out the story {we also wrote the equations on a recording sheet with this} |
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| We introduced math sticks!! We love using these each week to help us decompose numbers...we sang the song and moved ducks then used our stick to help us make the equation |
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| Love these! |
Moving on to this week...it's one of my favorite weeks of the year!! Here's a little sneak peek...
Then, we each made our own to help us remember our senses. We used wiggly eyes for sight, jingle bells for hearing, sandpaper for touch, a cotton ball with lotion for smell, and a stick of gum {that melted a little over the weekend} for taste. They turned out so cute!
To help us learn about our sense of tatse, we also did our taste test again. We tasted limes, bittersweet chocolate, m&ms, and pretzels. We have an awesome new principal this year who bought all of the supplies for the taste test for all 17 of the kindergarten teachers!! I've never had a principal buy the random stuff I needed, so we are very appreciative to have her!
After deciding if we liked each taste or not, we graphed our favorites {I don't have a picture :( }. You can get the pieces for the graph and the taste test page here.
