Four Winds: Clouds and Wind

We made weather vanes to test the direction of the wind.

Dissecting Lima Beans

We soaked Lima beans over night and were amazed at how much they expanded with water.

The seeds were very soft and easy to break apart in order to see the parts of the seed.

The roots of the baby plant.

The food that will nourish the plant.

Dissecting soaked Lima beans. "They are fragile!"

The seed coat protects the seed.

A seed is a promise!

Grandfriends Day

Maker Station

Persuasive Writing Unit

The overarching idea in this unit of writing is that pencils are like magic wands--we can change the world and make it better. In this unit I'm not so much teaching kindergarten kids HOW to write, I am teaching them WHY we write. It's an exciting time in kindergarten!!!!

First, we see a problem, think about what should be different and then we write about how to fix that problem. These are slides of the first several writing lessons in which I lay the foundation for how to write convincing signs, letters, lists, posters and books.

There are many ways to convince a reader to follow our ideas.

Thus far, we are focusing on problems in our classroom and school. This is a poster about no running in the halls.

We noticed garbage on school grounds the other day, so this writer compared a letter. "Please do not litter because it is bad for Mother Earth."

A poster: do not run, it is safer to walk.

A list....

A letter addressed to CCS.

I see people being loud in the halls. Or else you will distract learnin time.

Please stay tuned for more persuasive writing...we are making our school EVEN BETTER, one writing piece at a time.