K For Me read aloud focus this week.
We took this in parts with daily tasks.
A Quiet Time Choice: sh Digraph Search
Handwriting
Capital N
Capital M
wet try
Practicing proper formation of Capital N & M in his handwriting book.
The children have completed all the capital Frog Jump Letters.
Completing review and then a wait and listen game.
Centers
Magna tiles
Stations
Reviewing double consonants in words.
Double consonant word search.
Writing
Working together as a team to create a special book for Mrs. Forrey-Pettit
to celebrate Assistant Principal's Week!
Adding a lap top to the "Things I Need" page of the book.
Math
Skip counting by fives.
Our class contributed pages to a How To Be a Good Assistant Principal Book.
Illustrating page 2: Mrs. Forrey-Pettit on her lap top in her office.
Adding color to a book shelf in Mrs. Forrey-Pettit's office.
Writing the words for page 2.
Adding a sentence to page 2.
Helping to fancy the page with color.
Several added final touches to our pages before we passed the story along to another kindergarten class.
First you check in with Ms. Karnes and ask if there are any changes.
Maybe you can check your email next and get ready for announcements.
Say the announcements.
She works on important stuff on her lap top.
Stations
Practicing reading a new emergent reader: What's in your Garden?
Stations
Red Word Practice: where
Quiet Time option: Color By Code CVC short u practice.
Writing
Reading her How To story to the class.
Writing
Making sure he has all the things needed to teach How to Cut Cucumbers.
Reading through his list of what you need.
Finishing his How To Book.
Centers
Blocks: Building with Legos
The Middle School girls share about mindfulness with this story.
They played four corners with the children.
Scholastic News on animal defenses.
CVC word reading practice.
Working independently in their phonics books practicing skills learned in whole group.
Reading to the class her How To book: How to Make a Book.
What You Need Page
Working in her How To Book.
Centers
Planting a Mini Garden
1. Look at your supplies.
2. Get the soil blocks ready.
3. Plant the seeds in the right spot.
4. Place your gardens in a safe and sunny spot.
5. Watch and wait. Add water when the soil blocks are dry.
All the children rotated into Lindsay and Kate's mini garden center
helping with tasks and learning about how important healthy soil is to plants.
Several worked with a special tool that helped to create the soil blocks.
They planted radishes (Easter Egg variety), beans, and lettuce.
Learning about & observing the tiny seeds before planting.
What kind seed do you think this? Best guess?
Everyone helped to plant our four mini-gardens. They are now in the window waiting for sun! 🌞
Centers: Discovery Table
Proud to have created a fun spring picture together!
Centers
Puzzles: 100 piece space puzzle.
Centers
Library & Listening
Pete The Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons.
Centers
Library & Listening
April Foolishness
Centers
Legos
They finished the 100 piece space puzzle.
Math
Counting by twos whole group lesson.
Everyone contributed two shoes.
Three children estimated how many shoes before we counted. Two estimations were so close!
Practicing skip counting by twos using the extra long pointer!
Recess
Helping to spread compost with Lindsay Barrett in our outdoor garden boxes!
Practicing the phonics passage The Big Dog Gets A Bath.
Reading the emergent reader: What's in Your Garden?
Stations
Independent digraph practice (ch, sh, th, wh).
Reading the emergent reader in reading group.
Thursday was Library Book Exchange Day.
Mrs. Rosenblum checks out new books for the children.
Handwriting
Capital H
Capital K
Completing his handwriting book page.
Centers
Art Table
Dot-A-Dot Marker butterflies
Centers
Art Table
Created her own beautiful picture with her Dot-A Dot flower.
Centers
Puzzles
100 piece United States puzzle.
Centers
Discovery Table
Stations
Digraph practice: sh & th
Math
Practicing skip counting by twos with movement.
Math
Independent practice work counting by twos.
K Math Goal: I can skip count by 10s, 5s, and 2s.
Stations
Reading Groups
Working together in a decodable book.
Centers
A finished 100 piece puzzle!
Centers
The Discovery Table
Centers
Puzzles: Starting a new 100 piece puzzle!
Feeling like spring!
You can help: If you have options, please pack a smaller water bottle. The tall ones tip over often, and are loud when they do.
We are experiencing many spills.
A lower profile bottle is helpful, thanks! ♥️
This Week:
K for Me: Our Earth
Thursday, April 17th - Early Release Day
Spring Break follows, enjoy break!
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