A look at our learning...
Fundations: tapping, tapping and more tapping! Such an important Kindergarten skill. We also have several new literacy workstations that focus on tapping out CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words to reinforce our learning from Fundations. Ask your child about these workstations!
I encourage you to use the parent packets that come home every Friday if you don't already. Have your child tap out and write the words so you can see their tapping/spelling ability. When your child asks you "how do you spell...?" don't tell them! Remind them to "tap it out." Phonetic spelling is developmentally appropriate at this stage in their education career.
Shared Reading & Spelling: what wonderful readers your children continue to become! They are carrying over their knowledge of tapping out words in Fundations to the books we read during Shared Reading and Independent Reading time. The more consistent they are with practicing their spelling words and tapping out words, the stronger their reading skills become and it’s exciting to see how much progress they’re already making!
Next week's new spelling words:
in
if
Writing Workshop: as mentioned above with Fundations, I am noticing more and more students tapping out/sounding out words when writing and applying it to their stories. The learning at school and extra practice at home, really does show up and make a difference when they are independently working. Their stories are becoming more legible as they are able to hear and write more sounds in words. I hope you notice this at home as well! Many are still writing stories about what they did over winter break and Christmas. The upcoming snow will hopefully give them more fun things to write about! Check out some amazing Kindergarten writing below.
Student 1
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| I went to grandma |
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| Debbie's house and we opened our presents and we loved our presents. One of my presents was one pair of soft |
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pajamas and I liked them. |
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| I saw a present |
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| on the table. I was so excited. Me and my family opened my present. |
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| I opened my |
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| Aunt Kate's house. I am the first one awake. I had so much fun. |
Math: this week in math, we were introduced to measurement in a very basic, hands-on way. We explored concepts like longer, shorter, and equal using strips of paper of different lengths. We also discussed how it’s important to start measuring from the same point so the comparison is fair and accurate.
In kindergarten, we focus on a non-standard approach to measurement, so we won’t be using rulers or other tools yet. The goal is for students to gain a basic understanding of measurement concepts. Be sure to check the Math Parent Pages in your child’s Friday folder for ideas to extend this learning at home!
Counselor: this week, our kindergarteners met with Mrs. Bernier (formerly Miss Otto, congratulations on her marriage this fall!) for a lesson on coping skills for big feelings. She introduced some fun strategies, like “smelling the cookie and blowing on the hot cocoa” or “smelling the cupcake and blowing out the candle”, to help students calm down when emotions feel overwhelming. There were several other techniques as well, ask your child to show you their favorite coping skill at home!
Friday Craft & Snowy Fun: we read several books about snow, snowmen, and winter fun in anticipation of the upcoming snow this weekend! The children made adorable snowmen to decorate our classroom, read the cute story Sneezy the Snowman, and worked on a melted snowman writing project. On Thursday, your child brought home a few papers about Sneezy the Snowman; use them to ask your child to retell the story for you at home!
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