April Citizen of the Month

 Yay Keaton!  He was chosen, by his peers, as April Citizen of the Month!

A look at our learning...

Fundations: we are working on the difference between short vowels and long vowels.  We continue to work on trick words, tapping out 3-4 letter words and dictation sentences.  Dictation sentences are simple sentences that I say out loud to the students and they write it on their board.  This shows me the following: who starts their sentences with an uppercase letter, ends with punctuation, uses word spaces, spells trick words/word wall words correctly and taps out 3-4 sound words.  They are getting really good at this!

Check your child's take home folder for the Friday Fundations note for ideas on how to help with this at home. 

Next week's spelling words:

they

her

Writing Workshop: we continue to work on Opinion Writing.  We added the word "because" to our word wall since they use it so much when writing opinion pieces. It isn't a word they are expected to spell independently, but is there as a resource.  

This week they wrote their opinion on the best pet, best food, if they could visit any special place where would it be...just to name a few!

Math: this week was about shapes and measurement.  We continued our learning from last week on 3D shapes.  We also did two fun lessons on measurement.  We had to figure out if we were tall enough to ride a roller coaster at an amusement part.  In Kindergarten we use non-standard units of measurement: post it notes, paper clips, snap cubes, etc.  

Check out your child's Seesaw to see the awesome work they did!

Guided Reading Groups & Literacy Workstations: for an hour and a half each day students work in guided reading groups and literacy workstations.  While I meet with kiddos in their individualized reading groups, the rest of the class is working independently in the classroom on literacy activities.  

Science: we are on week 2 of our Force and Motion unit.  We've had fun learning about machines that require pushes and pulls and force and motion.  

We also celebrated Earth Day and CPS Make a Difference Day by planting flowers for our Kindergarten playground!

I only posted a few photos here.  You can see all of the gardening photos on our class Facebook page. 

Play time is the best time!

Wednesday was Administrative Professionals Day!  We are lucky to have the best of the best at Beulah Ralph Elementary!  Kindergarten teachers thanked Mrs. Lambert, Ms. Grace, Mrs. Stokes and Mr. Cameron with lunch from Addison's and our class made them a special poster.

We are grateful for all they do!