Look what came down from the art room!
A volunteer helped Mrs. Johnston put up these colorful rainbows the children created in art!
They really brighten the kindergarten hallway!
The children loved making them in art class!
Writer's Workshop
Creating a poster of thanks for our Assistant Principal Mrs. Forrey-Pettit!
Each student contributed a fun illustration for the poster.
They glued it on and they signed their first and last name.
Taking her time to write her name neatly.
We generated six ideas for what the words could say and then voted.
"You Are Nice To Our School!" received the most votes!
Our finished poster for Mrs. Forrey-Pettit!
Happy Assistant Principal's Week Mrs. Forrey-Pettit!
It is hanging in her office area. She sent us an email note of thanks
and plans to come to thank the children in person next week.
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Monday's read-aloud!
This beautiful book was donated to our classroom as part of the CEEF Grant written by Rosemary Ginn to have Len Cabral come to our school!
A Haitian Tale retold by Len Cabral.
Thank you CEEF, Rosemary Ginn, and Len Cabral!
Phonics
Word Work
Reviewing our snap words, reading one at a time as a class.
37 snap words!
They are also known as high-frequency words or heart ❤️words.
These are words that we hope your child can read in a snap and ultimately write in a snap.
I am encouraging your child to use these studied words in their writing!
Reading
Group work: reading an April Fool's emergent reader.
Quiet Time option on Monday.
Spring Color by Number (11-18).
Some newer color words to read: light blue, dark blue, light green, dark green.
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Math
Skip Counting by Fives (Flower petals, fingers, and dice).
She is using her resource sheet to help write the numbers by five.
Skip counting is a kindergarten math goal. It is helpful to practice when you can.
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Independent Work: Review of addition.
Science
Mystery Science Eclipses, Earth and Space Science
In the mini-lesson, students reflect on how shadows are made when light is blocked and connect this to the really BIG shadow the Moon makes during a total solar eclipse.
Writing
Mentor Text for our How-To Unit
The children are working hard on their How-To Books.
Tuesday's read-aloud.
Watch for this small paper emergent reader to come home to read to you.
Please remember we treat these paper books just like "regular books."
If they are signed out, please return them. They go in your child's book bin.
Your child reads the story more times at school, thanks.
Reading
Practicing her powers to read this emergent book about April Fool's Day:
Guess What I saw today!
This book had lots of rhyming words.
Multiple reads help with smooth reading.
Phonics
Looking closely at word endings
Read
Determine the word ending (-it, -id, -ip, -in)?
Write the word in the correct column.
Independent work: Completing Word Mix Up at their table spots.
This proved to be hard work.
Phonics
Word Study: up
Independent Word Work: Super Hero (up)
Reading with Mrs. Cornell.
Tam and the Pigeon
As part of our reading work (individual or reading group), we most often talk about the story afterward.
Often I close the book and we work on retelling the story in their own words.
We work on making sure there is a detailed beginning, middle, and end in a sequential order.
Children are being encouraged to provide character names when given.
Some days we work on giving a connection.
What did this story make you think of?
A personal connection?
Another story?
Handwriting
Capital X
Top-to-Bottom Formation starting at the smiley face.
Wet try with the damp sponge on top of the dry try with chalk.
Handwriting
Capital X in his handwriting book.
Handwriting
Reviewing capitals taught. Trace for muscle memory and make their own.
Reading
Wednesday's whole group story.
These big book stories (or lap stories) are read to the whole class.
In this one, the children learn that Ana loves to make things. She likes to play music, just like her dad.
When he goes to work to play music. Ana stays at Abuela's house. They speak Spanish and English together. Ana starts to plan an obstacle course that she wants to build but then starts to sneeze and ends up sick in bed. Later, she wakes up and finds Abuela in the living room, skating around the obstacle course she made from Ana's drawings.
Reading
In reading groups, smaller groups read individual stories
that include the characters of the
large group story.
large group story.
The story is called Ana in the Window.
Reading
Independent Work
Fancying up his vowel shield.
The children have worked hard to acquire short vowel knowledge.
Please ask them to apply what they have learned about vowels when reading to you!
If they are writing at home I hope they are applying their skills there as well.
Each child has a short vowel chart in their writing folder and knows every word should have a vowel.
A completed vowel shield.
Wednesday's Math
Counting on by ones.
Kindergarten Goal: I can count on by ones after any given number up to 100.
The math work on Wednesday required the children to write their numbers in sequence
from a given number (number was 60 or less).
Scholastic News
Let's find Out
Videos about the eclipse.
Practicing reading a graph.
Movement/Dance Break: Spin like the moon.
Concentration
Friday's read-aloud.
A young boy discovers the laws of force and motion in his everyday activities.
The young boy and his dog Newton apply physics to
throwing a ball, pulling a wagon, riding a bike, and more.
Learning to do a word search as a group.
Short i-word search.
Trying to find a few words on his own.
The reading bookmarks are colored, laminated,
cut, and ready to use in the children's book bins!
cut, and ready to use in the children's book bins!
"It's a bone striker"
Friday's choice time: Magnatiles.
"It's a police jet."
"They are monster trucks."
Next Week:
Monday, April 8th: 1 hour Early Release (Solar Eclipse)
A pair of Eclipse Glasses will be coming home!
It is very helpful to know ahead if your child will be absent,
leaving early, or having a change in dismissal.
Thursday, April 11th: Early Release (Staff Day)
Friday, April 12th: No School April Break Begins
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