What are the interests of the kids in room 8?

Emotions

As we explore different emotions, the children have been drawing what their face looks like when they are feeling sad, angry or happy. We introduced emotion stones to the children. They picked a stone, identified how they though the person was feeling then drew their own representation of it on their paper. It was interesting to see how the children made connections to when they felt a certain emotion and why they were feeling that way. We will continue to identify and describe our emotions and we study how the face changes with each feeling.

Here are some of our happy, sad and angry faces!

 

Teaching Strategies Gold

Social–Emotional

1. Regulates own emotions and behaviors 
a. Manages feelings

b. Responds to emotional cues 

Outer Space

We have discovered a huge interest in outer space in our classroom. We borrowed space suits from another classroom and the children were pretending to go into outer space. They traveled from planet to planet in their rocket ship. To continue this new interest we are going to build our own rocket ship, read books for research and explore the different planets and what they are like! We are looking forward to finding out and learning more!

Teaching Strategies Gold

11. Demonstrates positive approaches to learning 

a. Attends and engages 

b. Persist 

c. Solves problems 

d. Shows curiosity and motivation

e. Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking

24. Uses scientific inquiry skills

26. Demonstrates knowledge of the physical properties of objects and materials 

27. Demonstrates knowledge of Earth’s environment 

28. Uses tools and other technology to perform tasks

Next Generation Science Standards
K-PS2-1  Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.

Board Games

As a class, we have been very interested in board games over the last month. Some of our favorites have been Candyland, Trouble and Sorry. We have been introducing other games to the children as well. These games help the children to develop skills in taking turns, following rules and learning that it's okay not to be the winner every time. In past years, Room 8 has taken part in Game days where the children rotate from table to table playing games with a small group of children. This is something what we plan on introducing to the children come January!

Teaching Strategies Gold

Social–Emotional

1. Regulates own emotions and behaviors 

a. Manages feelings

2. Establishes and sustains positive relationships

a. Forms relationship with adults

c. interacts with peers

8. Listens to and understands increasingly complex language 

a. Comprehends language 

b. Follows directions