Kindergarten Teacher ๐จ๐ฆ Passionate about creating authentic learning environments and making thinking visible. Owner of @kkitchenz
Joined April 2014
- Tweets 745
- Following 433
- Followers 443
- Likes 1,737
502 Photos and videos
Michelle Gikov retweeted
19 Aug 2020
@Mgikov but you might be a little busy these days!
18 Aug 2020
On Saturday, August 22nd, spend the day at the McMichael for Flight of the Monarch Day, a festival celebrating the beauty and importance of the monarch butterfly to our biosphere!
1
2
Michelle Gikov retweeted
21 Apr 2020
3
4
25 Nov 2019
After reading โThe Wish Treeโ we talked about Birch trees (which I happen to have in my class because they are my favourite) we looked at the lines on the bark and then we made a beautiful watercolour picture of them using masking tape and sharpie markers ๐ฒ
1
25
6 Nov 2019
We have looking at the symbol of peace and talking about what it means ๐ญ #RemembranceDay2019 #kinderthoughts
11
15 Oct 2019
We are going to make apple sauce in the crock pot tomorrow, but before we do- we are comparing the different kinds of apples and learning their names ๐๐ #authenticlearning
13
7 Oct 2019
After reading โLeaf Manโ we made our own using loose parts! ๐๐ฑ๐ผโโ๏ธ
1
18
2 Oct 2019
We have already began dissecting our pumpkins to learn about the vocabulary/parts of a pumpkin and also compare the size of the seeds ๐
7
27 Sep 2019
After reading the shape of things, we drew and painted our own version of the pages in the book:
21
23 Sep 2019
They are already talking about and planning for Halloween! ๐ #collaborativework #buildingvocabulary
8
19 Sep 2019
Learning how to recognize expression and label emotions evolved after reading the book โthe colour monsterโ - one of my favs! โค๏ธ
6
17 Sep 2019
Making learning visible is so rewarding, especially for children who get the opportunity to remind themselves how far theyโve come in their learning journey!
1
8
17 Sep 2019
They often ask me if they can look at their binders. Today I listened carefully to their reflections and discussions they had about their learning. They spent an entire hour looking at their work! โค๏ธ
9
9 Sep 2019
Documentation is so powerful โค๏ธ The children love to reflect on it and remember what they did.
3
18
9 Sep 2019
Subitizing! In such a fun way by rolling the dice and recording what they number saw. They then totalled up the score to see who got the most points ๐ฒ This game was all child directed with minimal teacher support #rollandrecord
5
6 Sep 2019
This is such a nice way to start off the year. The children get to know each other better by pointing out the family members they have drawn in their pictures โค๏ธ
6
51
