Kindergartners Have Class!: 10 Star Thursday

During the month of May, my class earned 10 whole class clip ups! They are pretty amazing, right?! I knew I had to plan an extra special day to show the kids how proud I was. We had to wait until last Thursday for a warm, sunny day to be outside.
We started the morning off by putting the fun in Fundations. The kids were eager to put their learned knowledge of trick words and digraphs to the test in the activities below. First, a digraph sort. Children had to read a word with a digraph that was taped to a beanbag, then try to toss it into the hoop with the matching digraph.

Next up, soccer skills came in handy as students had to dribble the ball around cones that had trick words taped to them. They had to read the word as they kicked the ball around the cone.

Lastly, we had sight word Zingo and digraph word Jenga.

Our Masco Intern, Miss Shan, stopped by for a surprise visit!

And that was only FUNdations!
After rehearsing for our Kindergarten Serenade, I told the kids I was going to change their names for the day. Instead of having a Bella, Cameron, and Amund in my class, I had a Miss Go, a Mr. With, and a Mr. That and I was Mrs. Because. Then we had a special visitor who wanted to join in on the fun and changed her name to Dr. Little... It was Dr. Carreiro!

She introduced our class to Breakout Edu where children work as a team to solve clues to unlock a box with LOTS of locks!

We were so occupied with this engaging activity, I only had time to take these pictures of my team. Be sure to check out Dr. Carreiro's blog post for more pictures of both teams! I loved seeing the teamwork and perseverance. It was so interesting to see students' leadership and organizational skills as well as their praise and encouragement as they talked through the clues.