To go along with our citizenship unit, we read Swimmy by Leo Lionni. One day a tuna fish came by and ate up the entire school of fish, except for Swimmy. Swimmy was different than the rest of his "school" of red fish. He swam faster and wasn't afraid of the ocean predators. After a long journey through the ocean, Swimmy found a new school of fish hiding in the rocks. He taught the other fish in his new school to stick together and work as a team. Together, they could create a big fish and scare away the tuna fish who used to gobble them up. Each kindergartener in our school is part of our classroom community. When work together, we can fearlessly accomplish anything our hearts and minds desire. |
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It's been a very busy second week in Kindergarten! In addition to learning routines and expectations, we learned a lot about citizenship. We found out citizens are people in a group, or community. Kindergarteners brought in "Me Bags" and shared four things about themselves in our community circle. It was so sweet to hear the members of our community make connections with their interests. Seeing how every member of our community is unique was also very neat. After learning about each member of our community, we discussed how being a good citizen in our community means treating others the way we want to be treated. We read the book Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller to help us learn this "golden rule". After doing a little research on what real otters look like, where they live, and what they eat, the kiddos created their very own paper bag otter puppets. They're absolutely ADORABLE! We practiced our cutting skills to make speech bubbles for our otters. Each kindergarten friend was able to tell me something a good citizen would say and I recorded their responses on their otters' speech bubble. Some of us even looked back in the story to remind us of how otters can be good citizens. Once the otters were decorated and their speech bubbles in place, the otters took over our classroom in conversation. I heard so many "thank yous", "your welcomes" and "excuse me, please" from these kind citizens. These sweet moments are why I am so thankful to be a kindergarten teacher!
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AuthorHi! I'm Katie Flanary. I've been teaching for seven years and absolutely love it! I'm excited to start my eighth year making this my fourth year in kindergarten. Categories
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