Friday’s busy day in K!

The following post is actually about last Friday....

This was an exceptionally busy day in Kindergarten!

This week was letter Mm week, so every activity in nearly every content area was geared towards (or at least emphasized) the letter Mm.

Fun Friday is also a big deal down the Kindergarten hall. Friday is the day we celebrate all who have had good behavior for the week with a special treat or activity that has something to do with either the letter of the week, or a skill from our units of study in Math, Social Studies, or Science.

Or sometimes its something that’s just plain fun!

Grandma Sandy’s class also started our Star of the Week tradition. Each student gets to have a week where they are the Star Student of the Week. It is really a big deal, stopping nothing short of having a designated parking place for the Parent of the Star of the Week. I’m kidding, of course, but I try to make it a pretty big deal because after all, your first year of “big kid school” is important and should be celebrated, right?!?

Because we teach Math first thing in the morning, we started off our day by graphing the colors of M&M’s. Each student got their own little fun pack of M&M’s and they made their own graph.

I was amazed at how well they did! It’s rare for every single student to complete a task perfectly, but they really all did! Even the ones who speak little English!

We also had a Surprise Family Reader.

The theme for our Reading unit is Families, so I sent out a notice to parents asking them to sign up for a day in the next 3 weeks to come eat lunch with us and then to read a book of their choice to the class but to not tell their child they were coming. The children have been so excited to see their parents waiting in the cafeteria and then more surprised when Mom or Dad follows us back to the classroom. Surprise Family Reader has been a big hit and one I will continue in the future.

The next thing on our agenda was to finish our Five Senses books to give to our parents on Conference night. They each made their face to match their hair and eye color. Some of the resulting hairstyles were......interesting...

Finally, we made crockpot macaroni and cheese for our Fun Friday treat. The Star of the Week brings in supplies for whatever treat we are going to make and then assists the teacher as Chef of the Day. You would think they’d been asked to host the Oscars. The Chef of the Day always takes his/her job very seriously and with great pride. I may look into finding some inexpensive child-sized aprons. Wouldn’t it be so cute for each child to decorate an apron to wear as Chef of the Day that they could keep?

That was our Friday!

(the mac & cheese was soooo cheesy and good)