Weather and Pi(e) Day

The Whales have been learning all about weather! This week we learned that the sun is what makes our weather on Earth! We listened to a meteorologist talk about how the Earth gets warm from the sun. We learned that the Air does not get heated by the sun directly. The sun’s energy heats up the Earth and then the Earth heats up the air. We also talked about what makes us experience day and night, and the different seasons! We practiced being the Earth and the sun and revolving the Earth around the sun. When our part of Earth is facing the sun we are experiencing day, and when our part of the Earth is facing away from the sun we are experiencing night. The Whales learned that it takes 365 days or 1 year to make a full rotation around the Earth. We also learned that while the Earth spins, it is titled on an axis and this is what makes us experience the seasons. We read a book called, “On the Same Day in March”. We looked at how the different places on the Earth experience the same day depending on their location in relation to the sun! Next week, we will be diving into the water cycle, wind, and clouds!

In Literacy this week, we have been doing review of what our short vowel sounds, before we dive into our long vowel sounds. The Whales are growing as amazing readers! In numeracy, we continue to work on subtraction. During classroom choice, their math must-do this week, was Take Away Connect 4. The Whales ues dice and have to make a take away number sentence with their dice roll. They find that number on their connect 4 sheet, and have to get 4 numbers in a row.

This week in Music with Ms. McKenzie, we practiced some of the songs we will be singing for our grownups next week. We are working on changing dynamics and tempo of music. We have been using cue cards to change the speed and sound of the song. We have also been working on recognizing notes. We have been looking at whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes! The Whales are musicians!

This week the Whales celebrated Pi(e) Day. In kindergarten, we focus this day on the fun of math! We played Take Away 20, talked a little bit about the idea of measuring circles, baked a pie and so much more! We worked together in 2 groups to make 2 pies for our classroom. We talked about measurements and what reading a recipe looks like. We talked about following ingredient measurements in a recipe, and reading the directions. We tasted our pie later in the day, and all agreed it was DELICIOUS!