Curriculum Night 2023

It was great to see so many of you at Curriculum Night this week. Click here to view our class presentation. 

Kindergarten 2022-2023

 

I am looking forward to a FANTASTIC year with all of you!

Can't wait to meet you!! I hope to see you at 

the Ice Cream Social on Monday at 5:00.

Love,

Mrs. Riesing ❤️

What's Happening!

We have been busy learning and having fun in kindergarten. Take a peek below to see what we have been up to!

Reading Workshop

We have been learning all about the elements of poetry during reading workshop and have been having fun learning about how poems look and sound. We have also been practicing identifying literary devices such as: repetition, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. 

Sight Words

The students continue to do a great job with our sight word routine each week. It is important to review the sight word cards in your child's blue book bag to help them become more confident and fluent readers when they recognize these words in the books they are reading. The poetry folder is a great way to practice these words as well!

Math

We are currently learning strategies to recognize and solve addition and subtraction problems. Students have had many opportunities to practice these skills with hands-on materials as well as representing their thinking with number sentences.

Writing Workshop

During writing time, we have been focusing on adding details to our writing and remember to leave spaces between words. Some students have been transitioning from writing one sentence on a topic to two or more sentences as they become ready for this step. The children continue to grow and develop as writers, and it is amazing to see how far they have come since the beginning of the year! 

Handwriting

The students have been doing a great job learning how to write their first and last names. We have also continued to review and practice our lowercase letters in our handwriting books and during writing workshop tine. For students who are working to strengthen their fine motor skills, the following activities are great ways to practice at home.

RULER

Recently during our social emotional learning, we learned what it means to be nervous and where we can find that emotion on the mood meter. Then we practiced taking a "meta-moment" by taking deep breaths in through our nose and out through our mouth to help us practice how we can calm our bodies to be our best selves. 

I hope you have a wonderful spring break! See you in the spring!

What's Happening?

We have had a busy and exciting month back from winter break! Here is a little bit about what we have been up to in Kindergarten recently:

Reading Workshop

We have been learning all about the elements of fictional stories in reading workshop and have been practicing identifying characters, the setting, a problem/solution in the story if there is one, and retelling the main events that take place. It is a good idea to ask your child basic questions about books you read at home to get them into the habit of talking about what they've read! 

Sight Words

The students continue to do a great job with our sight word routine each week. It is important to review the sight words in your child's blue book bag to help them become more confident and fluent readers when they recognize these words in the books they are reading. The poetry folder is a great way to practice these words as well!

Math

We are wrapping up our shapes unit in math, where we reviewed 2D shapes and learned about 3D shapes. We also worked on using shapes to make pictures and patterns. We used flat shapes to create solid shapes as well. Next we will begin working on addition and subtraction. 

Writing Workshop

We continue to work on sounding out words to communicate an idea in a complete sentence. Writing is an easy activity to practice at home as well! Students can draw a picture and write about it, write about an experience or an outing, or help make a grocery list! 

Handwriting

We have now introduced the correct formation for all numbers, uppercase letters, and lowercase letters. 

RULER

Recently during our social emotional learning, we explored the idea of our best selves. We learned that when we are our best selves, we make good friends, do the right thing, and make others feel good. 

Thanks for reading! 

Have a great weekend!!

What's Happening?

It looks like fall is here to stay and winter isn't far away! Take a peek below to see what we have been learning in kindergarten!  

Reading Workshop

Our reading workshop routines are underway. In our first unit students have begun to develop an understanding of themselves as readers and the different genres of text that interest them. We have also practiced how to actively engage in conversations during reading workshop time by asking questions and expressing our opinions about the books we are reading. 

Sight Words

The students continue to do a great job with our sight word routine each week. We have now learned the following words. Continued practice with these words will help students gain confidence as they begin learning how to read.

I, can, a, an, see, the, like, look, go, to, do, am, at, no, so, for, or, we, me, he, she

Math

We have just begun Chapter 4 in math, which focuses on composing and decomposing numbers through 5, ordering numbers 0-10, using our fingers to count, adding one more to a number, and comparing number values using more and less.

Writing Workshop

Now that we have completed our Jolly Phonics instruction, we now have more time to put those letter sounds into practice as we sound out words to write labels and an idea about our drawings. Continued practice with the Jolly Phonics sounds will help make our kindergarten authors more confident in attempting to write words independently!

Handwriting

We have now introduced the correct formation for all numbers and uppercase letters. We have moved on to lowercase letter formation and have introduced the following letters so far: 

c, o, s, v, w

Guest Readers

Thank you so much to all of our guest readers! The students have been enjoying many great read alouds!

Halloween Photos

What's Happening?

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend! I am looking forward to meeting with all of you next week for parent-teacher conferences. It's exciting to see how much the children have grown since the beginning of the school year! Take a peek below to see what we have been learning!

 Jolly Phonics

We continue to learn new sounds each week and review the sounds we have previously learned. This week we began introducing double-letter sounds. Using our Jolly Phonics book at home to practice naming the letters and sounds has been very helpful. Keep up the great work kinder friends! 

These are the sounds that have been introduced so far:

s, a, t, i, p, n, ck

e, h, r, m, d, g

o, u, l, f, b, j, z, w, v

y, x, qu, ch, sh, th

Sight Words

The students continue to do a great job with our sight word routine each week. We have now learned the following words:

I, can, a, an, see, the, like, look, go, to, do, am, at

Math

We just wrapped up Chapter 2 in math, where we spent time focusing on identifying numbers that were one more, one less, or the same as a given number. We also paired sets of objects to compare numbers and determine how many more or less the second set of objects had compared to the first set. We have just begun Chapter 3, which focuses on ordering objects by size, length, or weight.

Literacy

We recently received new literacy materials and training to support guided reading in kindergarten. Although our official guided reading instruction will not begin until January, students will begin to bring home books that match their reading levels after parent-teacher conferences. 

Handwriting

The children continue to develop their fine motor skills and confidence as they learn to write letters and numbers.

So far, the students have learned how to write the following letters and numbers:

Letters: F, E, D, P, B, R, V, W, X, Y, Z, C, O, Q, G, S, A

Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8., 9, 0

Me Bags

We loved getting to know our kindergarten friends as they took turns presenting their all about me bags. We learned about family members, pets, favorite places, hobbies, toys, colors, and foods! Check out our class slideshows below to see what items were most important to our kindergarteners!

MORNING CLASS SLIDESHOW

AFTERNOON CLASS SLIDESHOW

Thanks for reading!

See you soon!

What's Happening!

Happy fall everyone! It's hard to believe how quickly our kindergarten days are passing by. Take a peek below to see what we have been learning in kindergarten!

Jolly Phonics

We are learning new sounds each day and beginning to apply them as we learn to read and write words. We have introduced the following sounds so far:

s, a, t, i, p, n, ck

e, h, r, m, d, g

o, u, l, f, b, j, z, w, v

Sight Words

The students are eager to learn our new sight words each week, and they are doing a great job highlighting our poems each week. We have now learned the following words:

I, can, a, an, see, the, like, look

Math

We continue to work with the numbers 1-10. We are learning to write, count, and compare numbers. We are also learning how to represent numbers in a variety of ways including using ten frames, which helps lay the building blocks for addition and subtraction. These skills are often reinforced during our daily calendar routine. 

Literacy

We have begun our phonemic awareness routine and are currently learning the following skills:

Reviewing letters and sounds

Rhyming

Identifying beginning and ending sounds in words

Segmenting and blending compound words

Substituting word parts to make new words

Handwriting

The children continue to develop their fine motor skills as they are learning to write letters and numbers. We can see their hand strength and confidence growing each week. 

So far the students have learned how to write the following letters and numbers.

Letters: F, E, D, P, B, R, V, W, X, Y, Z

Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Morning Class

Afternoon Class

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!