The kindergarten classes had a wonderful
experience this week. We were visited by an author! Don Booty, a local author,
came to May Watts and read his newly published book Brave Little Starling
. He talked to our students about when he wrote his first book (he was 8!) and
where he gets his ideas for his stories (from his real life). This was an
excellent way to kick off our writer's workshop. He was so nice to the students
and really inspired them to come back to the room and write their own stories. A
big thanks goes out to Jackie Hoheisel who arranged for this amazing
opportunity
Next
week we will be introducing the letter C. During the week we will talk about
both the hard sound (k) and the soft sound (s). During the week we will sort c
words into hard c and soft c categories, we will brainstorm and work on spelling
words that start with c, and we will of course practice the correction formation
of the letter. In Language Arts, we will read the books, Cookie's Week,
Clara the Caterpillar, Charlie the Caterpillar, Little
Cloud and Yes, We Can! We will work on sequencing events from the
stories and discuss events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of the
stories. The sight words (popcorn words) in and
it will be introduced and other popcorn words will be reviewed. Be sure
to practice reading and writing popcorn words at home, learning the sight words
is a very important part of Kindergarten.
In math next week, we will continue to practice teen numbers when we learn a game called "nearby teens". The class will also look more closely at the hundred chart. We will look for patterns and practice reading larger numbers. Students will work together in a small group to solve a story problem from the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They will have to use their cooperative skills to discuss and record what they did to solve the problem. Remember to use math talk at home. Ask your child to explain to you their thoughts about math and how they solve problems.
During the week we will continue to set up our writing workshop. Students will learn what writing workshop looks like, sounds like, and how it works. Each child will get a writing folder and learn how to use their writing office boards. During writing workshop, the students are allowed to write about what THEY want to. It is a time for them to develop confidence as a writer and work on exploring different styles of writing. Each day starts off with a mini lesson on a specific skill or type of writing paper/genre and then the students are encouraged to try this skill/writing paper out during their writing time. Of course we also have a chance to SHARE writing with the class. The authors deserve the chance to CELEBRATE their accomplishments. Writing workshop is an exciting new addition to our kindergarten curriculum.
I hope that you found your child's conference to be informative. Our team works hard to differentiate and meet the needs of each student in kindergarten. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you too for all the book donations from the book fair. They will make great additions to our classroom library. I appreciate your generosity!
In math next week, we will continue to practice teen numbers when we learn a game called "nearby teens". The class will also look more closely at the hundred chart. We will look for patterns and practice reading larger numbers. Students will work together in a small group to solve a story problem from the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They will have to use their cooperative skills to discuss and record what they did to solve the problem. Remember to use math talk at home. Ask your child to explain to you their thoughts about math and how they solve problems.
During the week we will continue to set up our writing workshop. Students will learn what writing workshop looks like, sounds like, and how it works. Each child will get a writing folder and learn how to use their writing office boards. During writing workshop, the students are allowed to write about what THEY want to. It is a time for them to develop confidence as a writer and work on exploring different styles of writing. Each day starts off with a mini lesson on a specific skill or type of writing paper/genre and then the students are encouraged to try this skill/writing paper out during their writing time. Of course we also have a chance to SHARE writing with the class. The authors deserve the chance to CELEBRATE their accomplishments. Writing workshop is an exciting new addition to our kindergarten curriculum.
I hope that you found your child's conference to be informative. Our team works hard to differentiate and meet the needs of each student in kindergarten. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you too for all the book donations from the book fair. They will make great additions to our classroom library. I appreciate your generosity!
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