It's already March! Even though it may be a short month, we pack a lot of fun into it!
February 28-March 4, 2022
This coming week is the start of Lent. Working in a Catholic school, this is one of our favourite times of the year!
Here's what we are doing to get ready:
Our Lenten Chain
Beginning on Wednesday, we will take off one ring from our Lenten chain (this is just a glimpse of the chain, it's over 20 chains long and hangs from our ceiling). Students will try and do that challenge for the day (some examples include read to a friend, write a thank you card to the office staff, etc.)
We will also be reading about Lent and colouring in a booklet to take home and discuss further.
You can see all that's included in the preview below. Click HERE to view the pack!
Pancake Tuesday
Here's our fun little poem that we will be reciting this week.
You can click on the picture below to download it for FREE!
We add beanbags and partner students together to try and throw and catch their own "pancakes".
We will also be playing some fun games!
Can you flip the pancake and read the sight word? Record it on your paper!
You can find this game HERE.
If you are looking for more pancake activities for this week you might like to check out this fun mini unit! It comes in both PDF (printables) and digital for remote students.
Our pancake poem this week is a FREEBIE in my TpT store!
Breakfast Cafe Dramatic Centre
We put this dramatic centre out every year at the time and it's probably one of my students' favourites!
Find this dramatic play centre HERE.
In math, we are continuing with our unit on spatial relationships.
This week we will be learning about positional words (up, down, beside, etc.) and following simple instructions/directions.
You can find all of the activities we have been doing for the past couple of weeks HERE.
Listen and draw - listen to the oral instructions and draw what you hear!
Here is one of our provocations all about spatial relationships - can you fill the tray with pentominoes?
We also set up our Osmo with the tangram challenge (it was very tricky!).
We are also learning to identify the characters, setting, problem and solution in stories and thinking of our own!
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March 7-11, 2022
It's our last week before March Break! We are going to be learning about ordinal numbers in math, continuing with our story writing workshop in language, and, of course, we have some fun provocations!
Ordinal numbers is a fun and easy math unit you can cover any time of the year!
We will start by lining up 5 (or 10) objects and learning how to identify positions by using the words "first, second, ...."
I also like this game where we choose a card, identify the position and mark it using a cube.
We will also be trying this challenging activity - listen and colour the correct spot!
I'm going to be setting this activity up at a table top. Choose a card and follow the directions to build a sandwich.
I like to project this calendar on my interactive whiteboard and have students choose a card and draw that item in the correct spot.
You can find all of these activities and so much more in my NEW Ordinal Numbers in Kindergarten pack on TpT.
Perseverance
Our virtue of the month in religion is perseverance. It's always a tricky on with kindergarten students!
We will start by reading a teacher big book that I wrote all about perseverance.
Then we will work on a sorting activity.
I have a HUGE pack of religion activities perfect for the month of March here if you are looking for more:
Here are a few of our provocations we set out this week:
Can you stack a tower?
I got these wooden stacking blocks years ago at Target.
What space stories can you tell?
(Our space inquiry is still very popular!)
We played "Find It - St. Patrick's Day" many times this week!
You can find this game (and many other themed ones) HERE.
We are continuing with story writing this week. One of my favourite apps to use each year is called "My Story". It's free (a little limited but the students love it). First we "write" out our stories then we make them on the app.
We follow my "I Can Write #2" pack if you are looking for this activity and more!
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March 21-25, 2022
We just finished March Break and are heading back to the classroom. My family spent the week in NYC (and visited Philadelphia on the way home). It was just the getaway that we needed!
Here's what is coming up week...(stay tuned for more pics - we got back late last night and today was a day full of laundry! LOL)
We are starting our 3D Figures unit. You can find all of these activities (and so much more!) in my
Sorting 3D figures using muffin tins!
Does it roll, slide, or do both?
To learn more about how I teach this unit in math, check out this post HERE.
We will be working on designing a cover page for our stories that we created before the break (see above for more on that!).
This is from my "I Can Write #2" pack if you are looking for this activity and more!
Here are a few provocations we set out:
How tall can you stack your tower?
Create patterns using pegs and pegboards!
At our Science and Discovery Centre we set out old electronics for students to take apart! Such a hit!
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March 28-April 1, 2022
This week we will be continuing with our 3D figures unit in math.
Here is one of my favourite games! Hand out a small 3D figure to each student and then sing this song.
What can you build?
I got these foam 3D figures years back from Scholastic Canada.
My SK (Year 2) students will be working on riddle booklets.
Choose a 3D figure, write a clue and an example and see if your friend can guess what it is!
You can find all of these activities (and so much more!) in my
We will be reading various wordless stories this week and students will have the opportunity to create their own!
This is from my "I Can Write #2" pack if you are looking for this activity and more!
Here are a few provocations we set out for the week:
I got these wooden rabbit trivets in Target during the March Break. They work perfectly with loose parts!
Some students decided to use a timer to make it competitive!
We set out an Easter small world play! Most of these items are from Dollarama or Michaels.
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