Math
This week in math, we learned more about the dime and reviewed how to count by 10's when counting a collection of dimes. We also played a new math game called "The Money Exchange Game." We practiced making equal coin exchanges using pennies, nickels and dimes. We learned how to exchange 5 pennies for 1 nickel and 10 pennies or 2 nickels for a dime. One student even noticed that we could exchange 5 pennies and 1 nickel for a dime!
We explored the concept of time this week as well. We clapped out the number of beats it took to walk across the room, tiptoe across the room, and do the crab walk across the room. We recorded and compared our results in our math journals, and then we talked about how our results would change if we clapped faster or slower. We decided that it was important to keep a steady beat when counting.
Reading Workshop
This week during reading workshop the children reviewed the two literary devices we learned last week, repetition and onomatopoeia, as we read The Frog on the Log and found examples of each device throughout the poem.
Writing Workshop
We did our weekend writing this week as well as our monthly writing in our kindergarten journals. The children have been focusing on using lowercase letters when writing and listening for vowel sounds in their words.
Guided Reading
The children continue to blow me away with their progress! They continue to do a great job during our small group reading time and are always eager to get a new book. Thank you all so much for your continued support at home. I can tell the children have been practicing their sight words and sounds and reading their books at home. Keep up the awesome job K-2!
Free Choice Centers/Indoor Recess
The children were thrilled to have a chance to self-select their centers during free choice time and indoor recess. They have become so independent and great problem solvers over the course of the year. It's exciting to see!
LMC
This week in the LMC the students listened to the story Duck Rabbit by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, which is a sweet story that introduces students to the concept of an optical illusion and encourages them to recognize others' viewpoints. The students had to decide if the illustration of an animal in the story was a duck or a rabbit. Then students illustrated their animals and used the SeeSaw app to explain why they thought the animal was a duck or a rabbit.
Guest Reader
We had a special guest reader this week. First grader and former student, Sophie, was the winner of our Kindergarten ABC/25 raffle prize and was able to come in and read one of her favorite stories to our class--Bailey. She did an unbelievable job reading, and the kindergarteners LOVED it! Thanks Sophie!
Crazy Hair Day
I was sad to miss seeing all the crazy hair styles, but Miss Lange did a great job capturing some of our crazy looks!
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| Our "Hello Helper" doing the crab walk across the room as we clapped a steady beat. |
Reading Workshop
This week during reading workshop the children reviewed the two literary devices we learned last week, repetition and onomatopoeia, as we read The Frog on the Log and found examples of each device throughout the poem.
Then we learned about a new literary device that poets often use called alliteration. The children had fun finding examples of alliteration in the poem Ten to One, and they LOVED coming up with alliterations using their own names. "Timmy has a tiger on his tail" had them cracking up!
We listened to the soothing rhythms of lullabies this week as well. Students had time to read independently this week too, and many students picked new books for their book bins. Students who didn't get to "shop" for books this week will have an opportunity next week!
We did our weekend writing this week as well as our monthly writing in our kindergarten journals. The children have been focusing on using lowercase letters when writing and listening for vowel sounds in their words.
The children continue to blow me away with their progress! They continue to do a great job during our small group reading time and are always eager to get a new book. Thank you all so much for your continued support at home. I can tell the children have been practicing their sight words and sounds and reading their books at home. Keep up the awesome job K-2!
Free Choice Centers/Indoor Recess
The children were thrilled to have a chance to self-select their centers during free choice time and indoor recess. They have become so independent and great problem solvers over the course of the year. It's exciting to see!
LMC
This week in the LMC the students listened to the story Duck Rabbit by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, which is a sweet story that introduces students to the concept of an optical illusion and encourages them to recognize others' viewpoints. The students had to decide if the illustration of an animal in the story was a duck or a rabbit. Then students illustrated their animals and used the SeeSaw app to explain why they thought the animal was a duck or a rabbit. Guest Reader
We had a special guest reader this week. First grader and former student, Sophie, was the winner of our Kindergarten ABC/25 raffle prize and was able to come in and read one of her favorite stories to our class--Bailey. She did an unbelievable job reading, and the kindergarteners LOVED it! Thanks Sophie!
Crazy Hair Day
I was sad to miss seeing all the crazy hair styles, but Miss Lange did a great job capturing some of our crazy looks!
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Thanks for reading!
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