KINDERGARTEN CONNECTION
We had a very successful week in kindergarten! Your children are learning how to be attentive
listeners, active learners and collaborative workers. Our focus this week was on taking care of
each other by allowing ample “think time” aka "private reasoning time" during whole group learning
opportunities. Specifically, we worked
on not calling out when teachers or friends are sharing their
thinking/work. We noticed that by
allowing “think time”, more friends are involved in the work, and our classroom
feels friendly and fair.
Literacy
Highlights
We met Word Woman (see photo) and she taught us how to read the word am. We discovered that knowing how to
read this word helps us read other words like Sam, ham, ram, jam and clam. We worked on building oral and written sentences
using the word am. We noticed that all written sentences begin
with an uppercase letter, have spacing between words and end with a
punctuation mark.
We are using the Fundations program to help grow our early literacy skills. Fundations is a multisensory, systematic
phonics, spelling, and handwriting program that is designed to be used in
tandem with literature-based reading instruction. Fundations addresses all five areas of
reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics and word study, fluency,
vocabulary, and comprehension), plus spelling and handwriting, in an integrated
approach.
Math Highlights
We learned how to count to 100 by 10’s. We had fun displaying small objects on ten
frames and discovered that ten groups of ten make 100. The children worked in small groups as they
rotated through workplaces in which they explored with math materials, worked
with puzzles, counted objects, and sorted shapes by attributes.
Science Highlights
We had our first Four Winds lesson about insects and life cycles. We had fun using magnifying lenses to hunt for insects in the CCS garden. We also spent time harvesting beets and edamame in the garden.
Important Reminder
Please sign up for your parent-teacher conference on the Brigit sheet. Let me know if you're having trouble navigating the sign up sheet. I look forward to meeting with you in a few weeks!
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| Mrs. Brady facilitates our Monday morning meetings. She is working to help children understand they can grow their brains and that important learning happens when we're faced with opportunities to solve challenging problems. |
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| Mrs. Nelson joins us on Monday mornings for You Skills. This week's lesson was all about being a whole body listener. |
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| Check out our ABC quilt! |
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Writer's Workshop
We are working hard to add on to our writing pieces. |
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| We are learning how to form letters the kindergarten way. We had fun practicing our letters with rainbow ink on the Smart Board. |
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| Here we are in the garden for our first Four Winds lesson with our wonderful parent volunteers. We are getting ready to hunt for insects. |
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| We love the red, lavender infused play-dough! Thank you Mavis and family! |
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| We are learning how to work at and rotate through small groups during Workboard. |
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| ABC Station |
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| Block Station |
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| Writing Station |
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| 123 Station |
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| Puzzle Station |
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| Picnic Snack |
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| Word Woman flew in to teach us about the word am. |
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Harvest Day with Deirdre Holmes
We harvested beets and edamame for the CCS kitchen. |
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| We delivered the produce to the CCS kitchen and can't wait to see it again our lunch trays. |
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| We made self portraits. |
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| KINDERGARTEN ROCKS! |
