We sure have been busy here in room 113 in the past few weeks!
I hope you all had a nice, restful vacation. Students came back energized and ready to work!
We have been busy writing in journals, making class books, learning new poems, and decorating different snowman artwork! I love how creative the students are and the different ideas they come up with!
In Fundations were started learning how to tap out words last week. A reference was sent home in folders last week if you would like to practice tapping out words at home. Students seem to be getting the hang of it nicely. This week we started practicing the uppercase letters. You can practice at home as well. All of our uppercase letters start at the sky line. Students have been working making their letters nice and neat, and it has been showing in their writing journals! In their journals we now are encouraging students to write full sentences. The students are working hard on applying the sounds they know to the words they hear when writing. We call this 'best guess spelling' in Kindergarten. This will also be helpful when we start reading groups and come across words we do not know.
We are beginning to learn about fish. We talked about how fish are cold blooded and other differences between fish and mammals, which we studied back in October. We will be headed to the New England Aquarium on January 31st. If you have not sent in the money yet, please do so as soon as possible so we can get the tickets squared away.
A few new class books are out circulating around homes. They are The Jacket I Wear in the Snow and The Snowman's Hat. Please make sure if you have any class book that you send it back the next day so another student can have a turn taking one home!
We read A House for Hermit Crab this week by Eric Carle and started our own individual innovation at the book table. The repetitive text will help develop fluency when reading. Students are thinking of different animals that live in the ocean to add to their books and illustrate. They are coming out nicely and are great to keep at home and reread.
We are still going outside in the cold weather even with the snow on the ground. We will be at the hard top area. If students would like to play in the snow they need snow pants AND snow boots. Please practice with your students on how to get on and off their snow pants and boots. It saves us a lot of extra time getting ready for recess with 16 kids! Please make sure you label everything because items can easily be misplaced and they tend to look alike.
I hope you all had a nice, restful vacation. Students came back energized and ready to work!
We have been busy writing in journals, making class books, learning new poems, and decorating different snowman artwork! I love how creative the students are and the different ideas they come up with!
In Fundations were started learning how to tap out words last week. A reference was sent home in folders last week if you would like to practice tapping out words at home. Students seem to be getting the hang of it nicely. This week we started practicing the uppercase letters. You can practice at home as well. All of our uppercase letters start at the sky line. Students have been working making their letters nice and neat, and it has been showing in their writing journals! In their journals we now are encouraging students to write full sentences. The students are working hard on applying the sounds they know to the words they hear when writing. We call this 'best guess spelling' in Kindergarten. This will also be helpful when we start reading groups and come across words we do not know.
We are beginning to learn about fish. We talked about how fish are cold blooded and other differences between fish and mammals, which we studied back in October. We will be headed to the New England Aquarium on January 31st. If you have not sent in the money yet, please do so as soon as possible so we can get the tickets squared away.
A few new class books are out circulating around homes. They are The Jacket I Wear in the Snow and The Snowman's Hat. Please make sure if you have any class book that you send it back the next day so another student can have a turn taking one home!
We read A House for Hermit Crab this week by Eric Carle and started our own individual innovation at the book table. The repetitive text will help develop fluency when reading. Students are thinking of different animals that live in the ocean to add to their books and illustrate. They are coming out nicely and are great to keep at home and reread.
We are still going outside in the cold weather even with the snow on the ground. We will be at the hard top area. If students would like to play in the snow they need snow pants AND snow boots. Please practice with your students on how to get on and off their snow pants and boots. It saves us a lot of extra time getting ready for recess with 16 kids! Please make sure you label everything because items can easily be misplaced and they tend to look alike.
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