GREAT IDEA...GREAT IDEA......We started our day with our Weekend News morning work. This is the second one we have done so far. As you look at them now you see mostly a drawing and sometimes a letter or word. A great idea to use for these is to keep each one in a binder or folder and write the date on them. I will try to do that for you, if I remember! I did this with my son Nick's when he was in Kindergarten. It is so much fun to look back and WATCH the progress of their writing!!! You will be amazed!!
MATH:
Today for math we learned a new dice roll math game called "What did you Roll." We worked on 1-1 counting and identifying a matching number. This was great practice and we LOVED it!! We also worked on our fine motor skills by trying to stay in the lines.
CALENDAR: This week we started having our "star helper" of the day do the calendar on the smart board. This is a very important job and we LOVE it!!
STORYBOOK READER: Today we had our FIRST storybook reader. Once or twice a month volunteers from the community, (parents too), come to the library often times dressed up and read students in grades Pre-K- 3rd grade a great picture book. Today Mrs. Mavencamp read us the story "Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon".
WRITER'S WORKSHOP:
We continued to work on another student's name today. We are getting really good at drawing each other! Watch for your child's special story book to come home.
MUSIC: We had music today!
READING/PHONICS:
Today we worked on the letter Ee. We read the Alphatales story The Enormous Elephant Show. We brainstormed letter E words and worked on letter E poem.
LIBRARY: We had library today and were able to check out a book today. Please return these by Monday.
TUESDAY:
MATH:
Today in math we worked on writing the numbers 0-10 on our whiteboards. This is great practice for identifying numbers as well as fine motor skills and holding a marker. We also practiced good listening skills by hearing the song and the direction and applying it to their number writing.
SMART ROOM: We finished learning our stations in the S.M.A.R.T. room and will be able to get with our partners and start moving!!! :) We are very excited! We also started listening and then repeating each of the 50 sight words we need to know for K using the black light. This is SO much fun! We LOVE to see what our clothes look like under the black light. :)
WRITER'S WORKSHOP: We worked on more names today.
PHY ED: We had phy ed today and went outside! What a great day! Mr. Ronnenberg said we were all SUPER listeners today!!
READING/PHONICS: We have decided to slow down a little while learning and practicing our letters. Instead of doing one a day we are going to spend 2 days on each letter. This is how we have always done it in the past and feel it gives the children more practice using the letter in context. We also can spend more time with the handwriting strokes this way. If you have questions you can let me know. Today we had our day 2 practice of the letter E. We reviewed the letter E and the sound it makes. We practiced writing the lowercase letter e on our worksheet today. We also reviewed the letters A-D too. We are using something called visual phonics to help us remember the sound each letter makes.
**WATCH A VIDEO SHOWING HOW WE USE VISUAL PHONICS! I RECOMMEND WATCHING THIS VIDEO-ITS ABOUT 5 MINUTES LONG BUT WILL CLARIFY WHAT WE DO IN SCHOOL.** CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO!
We also did some phonemic awareness work today. That is where we practice just hearing sounds and syllables in words by auditory processing only. I would say 3 words and they would need to tell me which one was different. For example..I would say season, sunshine, season and they would tell me that the 2nd word was different. We will be doing these listening activities EVERY day. They also love it that our puppet "Sharkie" comes out to help with this activity! :)
SNAP WORD: Today we worked on the word AND.
SOCIAL STUDIES: This week we are working on bus safety. We read a story about how to be safe on the bus and talked about all the rules. By the end of the week we all have become BUS SAFETY EXPERTS!!
"Happy Birthday to you...."
We were able to celebrate 2 friends' birthdays today!!
Happy Birthday Michael....
MATH: We worked on number and shape recognition today and had time to write numbers on our white boards. I was able to walk around and assist with numeral reversals. This is VERY common in Kindergarten BUT also something we like to have corrected by the end of the year. IF you are working with your child at home and see that they are reversing their numbers, please correct them EACH time! Also remind them to ALWAYS start their numbers AND letters at the top!!! We have a fun song for each number to help us write them correctly.
**WATCH A VIDEO SHOWING THE CORRECT WAY TO WRITE NUMBERS AND THE SONG THAT WE SING FOR EACH ONE! ** Click HERE to see the video!
WRITER'S WORKSHOP: Student name work again. We are going to be starting our actual writer's workshop next week. The first few days will be learning where to sit and how to get materials. I am looking forward to getting started!!
MUSIC: We had music today with Mrs. Klumb.
READING/PHONICS: Today was our Day 1 work of the letter Ff. We read the story Fif's Ferret's Flute. We brainstormed letter F words and worked on our letter poem.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We reviewed our bus safety rules again and colored our own books to take home today. Ask your child about the Danger Zone.
THURSDAY:
**This morning I was gone at an appointment. Mrs. Latour was our guest teacher today and she raved about how well behaved they were. We earned 2 marbles for her today!**
MATH: Today the students worked on their number writing skills again and number recognition with Mrs. Latour.
CHARACTER EDUCATION: Mrs. Weninger came in this morning and introduced the students to our "Zones of Regulation." Today they talked about the "Green Zone." This is the zone that we want to be in when we are at school. When we are in the green zone we are feeling happy, ready to learn, calm, positive, etc. For the next few months we will be working on each zone and how we create "tools" to help us stay in the green zone. Watch for a handout explaining these in more depth.
WRITER'S WORKSHOP: Name work again.
PHY ED: We had phy ed today and went outside! What a great day! Mr. Ronnenberg said we were all SUPER listeners today!!
READING/PHONICS: Today was our Day 2 work on the letter Ff. We played an interactive game on the smart board and practiced coloring pictures that start with the letter Ff.
SNAP WORD: Today we worked on the word IS.
BOOK: We read the story Personal Space Camp by Julia Cook. This is a great story teaching us that we all have a personal space bubble and want to make sure that we do not pop others' bubbles. We practiced what it looks like on the rug to stay in our own "bubble."
FRIDAY:
MATH: We learned a new roll and record dice game today. This was the same skills we worked on on the first game, just a different look to it. We are really enjoying these games.
TECHNOLOGY: Today for technology class, Ms. Casebolt came to our classroom and talked about internet safety. We watched a video starring "Timon and Pumba" from Lion King to help us understand how we can be safe on the internet. We learned that we NEVER give anyone online our name, address, phone number, etc because they are a STRANGER. We reviewed that a stranger is "someone we don't know."
MUSIC: We had music today with Mrs. Klumb.
READING/PHONICS: We reviewed all the letters from A-F and the words a, the, and, is. We played our own version of "hangman" where I draw a picture not the white board of a face using a marker. Then I write the lines showing how many letters were in the word. We guessed letters and if the letter was NOT in the word, I erased a part of the face. We LOVED this game! Have your child tell you about it! It's a great way to practice words at home as well!!
SOCIAL STUDIES: Today we colored a picture of a bus and each student told me one bus safety rule that we wrote on the sheet. These are hanging up in the hallway by our classroom.
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