Winter Work and Compliments

We have been hard at work in kindergarten this week.  Yesterday we made Name Snowmen and painted the backgrounds for our winter scene.  Most importantly, we learned about giving and getting compliments.  We are focusing on saying something nice about a person's mind and heart (things they are good at, things that make them an amazing person, etc.), though physical compliments aren't discouraged (they ALL seem to love each others shoes!).  I am trying to steer them towards physical compliments like, "I love your smile." or, "You have kind eyes."  They have picked up compliments very easily and I'm not surprised.  These little ones have the sweetest, kindest hearts.  They are truly a special group.

Giving and Getting Compliments

Name Snowmen

Winter Scenes

Authors in Action

Sharing our work with our friends

Sharing our work on the Smartboard with the document camera

Bonus Pic:  Logan is a little inventor!  He brought in this robot he made as well as his plan. 

And guess what?!  His robot can FLY!

January Vocabulary

Writing Journals

Check out these little authors working in their new Writing Journals! They are getting so good at sharing their ideas!

Back to Work

We eased back into things today with a new song (thank you, Reid, for being our dress-up model!), some free play, and new writing journals. 

Decorating our Writing Journals

Writing in Our Journals