Reading: In workshop this week we talked about using 'just right' words for characters feelings, reflected on our reading strategies and set goals to help us grow as readers and learned about 'reading playdates'! We had so much fun playing school with our partners, doing read alouds and playing games with our books. As we do read alouds in whole group we've been incorporating a lot more book talk: characters, setting, problem/solution, sequencing...
Math: Addition! We used lots of strategies to solve addition problems: rekenraks or math counters, cubes, tallies, pictures, our fingers... We know that addition problems have to have a plus and equals sign and that we need to double check our work with a different strategy! We are also working on HOW to show our thinking instead of just saying 'because we know'. Strategy groups are meeting with me a few times a week to practice a specific skill within addition.
Writing: We did some sentence building paying attention to sentence structures. We also used writing in science to label our work.
STEAM: Living/non-living items and plants! We'll jump into animals next week!
Social Skills: We are continuing to use specific words to explain and communicate our feelings and thoughts to our peers and adults. They have been SO great coming back from break, I've been so proud of their Jaguar PRIDE!
Tips for Home: Add as your doing things around the house, playing or in the car. Giving little story problems for your kinder to figure out naturally through conversations. Book talk with books you're reading at home!
Upcoming Events:
- All kindergarten teachers are attending a phonics professional development next Tues./Wed./Thurs. We will have a fabulous sub I requested who will be in here all 3 days that we had when I was out sick. I will still have daily access to emails.
- Please turn in EXACT field trip money or a check asap! The quicker we get a head count on chaperones, the better! We do not keep cash that we're able to give change, sorry!
- 4/9: Special Olympics @ WGHS...GO Sam R.!!!
- Thurs. 4/11: KDG Musical @ 2:00 in the gym and also 6:00PM (students should arrive 15 min prior to classroom) --I will be at both performances!
- Next Friday we'll start our ABC countdown! Keep an eye out for handouts coming home soon with more information!
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