I am sorry the blog hasn't been updated this week- I went to add pictures over lunch and noticed that my updates were in the draft folder and not published for you all to view. I apologize for that.
I am adding pictures on the pictures tab of work we have been doing this week. Thank you to everyone that has been sending back homework.
Today fundraising information is going home and if you and your child choose to sell the fundraising items that's great. There is a lot of information about it coming home in blue folders today.
Just a reminder it is usually COLD in our room- if you want to send a sweatshirt with your child it need to be one color and cannot have a hood.
WOW! I hope your children are going home as tired as I am today! We were on the go all day long! I'm really proud of the students and the way they are handling the reading workshop. Their independence allows me to work with students and concentrate on small groups.
Today we talked about why we read everyday- "To get smarter for first grade," "To be better readers" were some responses I got. The class told me if I don't practice running I will never get better- I told them it's just like reading.
In math we looked at buttons and played a game called Button Match. Students were with a partner and they had to match attributes of buttons and tell why they matched (color, shape, number of holes in the middle).
In writing we are continuing to add words and sentences to our pictures.
Today we met Ms. Rowan and Ms. Priske who will work with us on Tuesdays. They are UNI students and this is their first experience in the classroom.
Today was a fun day in reading workshop. Some groups worked on creating an ABC book while others started working on writing sight words they know. We will start using both of these books in small group reading and writing workshops to help our writing.
In math we looked at buttons to see how we could group them together. We also worked on the counting jar- counting 5 objects and showing 5 objects on paper.
In writing we looked at a picture of children at a birthday party. We thought about what we saw in the picture for a minute, and shared with a partner what we saw. We then used our thoughts on the Promethean Board to show the labels in the picture. Students also wrote and labeled what they like to do or what they think is
Today was another successful day in reading. I saw a lot of great reading skills being transferred from one day to the next. Thank you for working with students at home.
In math we got to explore with buttons, attribute blocks and color tiles. We discussed that we can sort the buttons by shape. We can also sort the buttons and color tiles by colors.
Alex used the color tiles to design the number two.
In writing we decided that as authors we are experts about a topic just like an author is of nonfiction. We practiced our writing with a picture, labeling, and writing sentences.
Just a reminder there is NO school on Friday.
Please return homework and read to ride TOMORROW! :)
We are learning about all different kinds of writing. We learned that Mrs. Earle needs to write a list before she gets her groceries.
In math: we built towers, a race car, castles, a house, and robots. Today was our last day with the math tools- we will get new ones tomorrow!!
When we came in from recess our numbers were all mixed up! (DRAKE)--- We had to put them back in order from 1-10.
In reading we talked about where we like to read when we are at home.
My room- Madison
My room- Keely
My mom reads me a book before bed- Egypt
In the living room- Kerry
In the living room- Da'zir
In the kitchen- Mickelson
We are still practicing reading quietly to our self.
Ask your child if he/she can sort the following words using fruit/not a fruit:
cookies
books
strawberries
pineapple
shoes
baseball
What a busy day in our room!! We had a GREAT day. The students worked hard all day and got a lot done.
We had a really successful day in reading workshop. We did a full rotation and met with groups. We are on our way to being readers!!
In math we guessed what my favorite animal is- The clue was it has 2 eyes, 4 legs and a tail. A lot of students guessed dog, others thought cat. lion, My favorite animal is actually a zebra- but the guesser were great!!
In writing we wrote about something we like to do- we started writing words or beginning sounds to match with our pictures.
Today we continued practicing reading rotations. All the testing is done in our room so groups can start on Monday!! I am very excited to get groups started. Today we reviewed the words it, and. We will do more practice with them tomorrow and next week.
In math we read the book OOPS by David Shannon. We found out that the baby made messes, threw things, and was pretty naughty. We made a chart of how we take care of our math tools and how the baby would treat them. We had a lot of great building going on in math with pattern blocks, geo blocks and connecting cubes. Some things I saw built were robots, patterns, a hamburger, and houses.
We also practiced writing our names today with a capital first letter and the rest lower case. This is something we will continue to practice all year- and students did a great job today.
I added more pictures in the kindergarten photos tab.
Today we added listening to books to our reading workshop. We listen to stories on the computer and students seemed to love it!
In math we explored with geo blocks, pattern blocks and connecting cubes. We made some great houses! We also learned a new word- attendance. See if your child can tell you that attendance is counting to see who is at school and who is not at school.
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