Author celebration: How-to books

We published our "how-to" books this week! Click here for more on how we got started. Below are the proud authors of our final books!

Then another kindergarten class came so we could share our published books!

Wiggling wriggling worms!

We have been writing How To books in our Writers Workshop time. I wanted to model how to learn about something and then write a how-to book about it, so we decided to look up how to make a worm compost! First, we researched what worms actually look, feel and act like. Here are some action shots, as well as the notes we took:

Also, Garden Grandma was visiting, so we got to see worms in the garden too!

Next, onto worm compost making. We read a book and watched a video on the topic. Then we wrote out the steps.

And last, we got to work!

Now we have a compost bin in our classroom that can take food scraps and other compostable materials. The kids love to watch and play with the worms at free choice time, as well as station times, when we have a Science Station. If you have any questions about composting at home, your child may be just the expert to ask!

Fish research projects

Last month we learned a lot about fish! We adopted both goldfish and guppies, and got to observe them and draw them in our science journal.

We read lots of books about fish, watched videos, and took notes as we observed our own fish. We took notes along the way as we learned. Then, to share our knowledge with others, we did a final project. Our choices were making a model, a book, or a poster about fish.

Most kids chose to make a model, but several also chose poster or book! Then we got to work, using donated recycled materials and craft supplies.

The pile of materials

Here we are hard at work:

And these are our final projects, completed!