Do a little spider dance!

Well due to my illness, I have not blogged in a few weeks! Missing four days of Kindergarten felt like an eternity and I surprisingly realized that I would MUCH rather spend my days teaching than laying in my bed. As I get further into my action research, I am feeling so happy about! Not only is it fun, but I can see how much my students are engaged in the stories. The most interesting part about this study is watching my students act out the stories that we read. Using the simplest of props ( from a construction paper crown to a few sparkly stickers, the students bring the stories to life. My kids literally look like their heads are going to explode as they raise their hands SO high to be chosen as an actor. To make the job even sweeter, I always ask my actors to stand and bow as the audience claps. This week we worked with the story      " Where the Wild Things Are" and it has been one of my favorites so far. To add a little twist to my lesson, I played the animated version of the book on the SMART board following the story read aloud and student plays. When asked if the students preferred watching the plays or the video, all of my students said they enjoyed watching the student plays more. I found that to be such a special comment for children who are constantly watching TV, movies, and video games.

This week we learned about spiders to wrap up the month of October! The students seemed absolutely enthralled with the fact that girl spiders are bigger than boy spiders. The fact that really excited them was the fact that girl spiders eat boy spiders if they are hungry and boy spiders do a little dance and offer the female a treat when he wants to make friends with her ( well technically mate, but I don't want to get into that!!!)


After missing almost a week, I am so ready to be back!