Learning Stations (January 30 - February 3)

Theme is still about winter.

Science Station

I think it is important for Kindergarten students to draw conclusions based on their observations. Ice Cube Race allows the students to explore ice and how they can either melt into water or stay in the solid state. The kids are given five plates to contain ice: (1) outside our classroom leading to the playground (2) inside the classroom (3) rubbing their hands with it (4) blowing the ice (5) putting salt on ice. The kids will draw their conclusions based on what they see. Of course, more can happen if the time is extended beyond 30 - 40 minute blocks.

Here are some of the answers:
(AM)
Yellow Team
Joshua - Ice melts in different ways. Ice turns into water. If water freezes, it turns into ice.
Kai - Ice melts in many different ways and how you do it (e.g., blowing the ice)
Carter - Ice breaks. When you accidentally throw the ice, it breaks!

Red Team
Luca - Rubbing the ice with your hands makes it melt.
Sydney - Blowing on the ice makes it melt.
Ashley - Putting salt on the ice makes it melt.

Orange Team
Juliana - The fastest way the ice melted is with salt on it. Ice is very cold.
Siena - Blow it and it melts. Ice melts when you put salt on it.
Elizabeth - It can melt when it's hot. I know because when my hands were hot and I touched the ice, it melted.

(PM)
Red Team
Lincoln - The air from my mouth melts the ice because it is hot.
Charlotte - Rubbing the ice with your hands make it melt. My hands warm it up.

Orange Team

Walker - I learned if you put salt on the ice, it will melt. If you rub the ice, it melts.
Emily - When you rub the ice, it gets hot and melts.
Kate - When you rub the ice, it melts because your hands are hot.
Toby - The ice melts because of my warm hands.
Art Station

Using paper cardstock mittens, the students are colouring their mittens and making a pattern with foam characters or shapes. Then, punching four holes on the paper mitten, they can loop a small thin yarn around it for motor skills.

Literacy Station

Learning the letter 'I' through the poem Iguana in the ivy and differentiating the two sounds (long 'i' and short 'i').

Math Station

Two Worksheets with more or less sets. The children have to count each set and write the number on it. Then, depending on the worksheet, colour the one which is less or more.

After that, they play Wok N Roll where the children have to race getting all the needed toy 'rice' from a rotating wok.

Sand Station

The sand table allows the students to create things out of their imagination using the sand table.

More will be posted as soon as work is done through the week.