Spring inquiry kindergarten

Posts about spring inquiry written by msmcdonell

Hi friends! Can you believe it's already mid-May? I'm here to share with you some new activities from our classroom from the week. I hope you can use some of

Grab our FREE printable and see our snack idea to use with When Spring Comes. It's a great Literacy Snack Spring Read-Aloud addition to your book.collection.

Create an invitation to learning to spark student interest and extend their learning. I go over the steps I take when putting together a center.

FREE Spring Emergent Reader Books

PRIMARY SCIENCE SERIES - PLANTS Learn all about Plants - life cycle of plants - food for plants - life science - kindergarten science - spring science unit - experiments - FREEBIES - parts of a plant - humans need plants #kindergartenscience #kindergarten

Preschoolers will use blocks to plant a rainbow in this book-based activity.

After we investigated worms, the kids decided on a mural as the project to show what they had learned. One thing they all helped with was painting the soil, then they worked in teams to make different parts of the mural. One team cut some green paper for grass. They studied what worm tunnels looked like and painted them onto the soil. After each team worked on the part of the mural they signed up for, they wrote information that they wanted to share about their part of the project. Another…

In the last couple weeks of school, we decided to do an inquiry about the sky. Our Driving Questions were, "What do we see in the daytime sky? What do we see in the nighttime sky?" The sun, moon and stars are in Ohio's science standards, but the students always end up being fascinated. The things they said they see were the pretty colors of the sky, clouds, rainbows, the sun, stars and moon. After we listed these, they started telling me things they noticed that happens in the sky, and then…

Hi friends! I'm popping in to share some of our activities from this week! 1. SIGHT WORD GARDEN My friend and co-worker Amanda

After we had finished our Sky Inquiry, I was at a loss as too what the kids would want to investigate next so I started setting out things for them to explore to see if there was anything they would want to dig deeper into. I tried plants and seeds. I had observed a few checking out the flowers and seeds that they were finding outside. I set up an area for them to explore the parts of a plant, their favorite flower, the dandelion, and let them plant either marigold or sunflower seeds. None…

"Documentation is not just what we collect, it's the practice of how we observe." Daniel Wilson (see Visible Learners ) Yesterday I wro...

Spring has sprung and so have all the plants and flowers! This is a great time to teach your students about the life cycle of a flower. I have created some life cycle activities that will keep your students engaged. Also, why stop at the life cycle of a flower, when you can do all …

Set up a Invitation to Make a Spring Chick Craft this Spring Break for all of your kids to enjoy crafting together. Ideal for an Easter of Spring theme.

Spring Senses - Second Grade Stories Students will love brainstorming spring ideas using this anchor chart!

Do you teach about plants and their life cycle during the Spring? This is one of my favorite units to teach. The students love anything scie...

Inspired by Eric Carle: The Tiny Seed Activities for preschool, pre-k, & kindergarten. Includes a snack, a craft, and FREE rhyming activity.