We have certainly been staying busy in Kindergarten with our recent celebrations of the 100th Day of School, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, and our field trip! Despite all of the festivities, the students have really soared with our new genre of report writing. The students are learning the difference between fact and opinion and sharing their own expert advice through their reports. We are finishing up our Math Investigations in measurement and counting. Next week we will begin our new unit of shapes and geometry. Our class continues to be the driving force of the retelling coaching cycle. The students have been immersed with a variety of fairy tales in order to provide more depth in their story retelling abilities. In Science, we are continuing to study space. The students are exploring day/night, the sun, the stars, and shadows. Just a few upcoming reminders...Don't forget that this Friday (February 26th) is Spring picture day. Also, our field trip to the downtown library is next Tuesday (March 2nd). Make sure you check out our pictures below!
Team Captain
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
~Welcome to February~
I hope everyone has once again enjoyed their weekend! I am proud to announce that our class was chosen to be the focus classroom for a collaborative coaching cycle at our school. A team of teachers will be training on the art of retelling and our class will be the driving force of the lesson planning and instruction. This should be a very exciting and productive learning experience for the students! We will be busy this week celebrating both Groundhog's Day and our 100th day of school. I sent home permission slips last week for our next field trip. Please get those turned into me as soon as possible. Just a reminder that this Wednesday will be an early release. I look forward to another fabulous week in Kindergarten!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday season and a healthy start to the new year! Our first week back was a success, despite the low temperatures. I have introduced a new writing genre this week. The students will be working on their powers of persuasion with "persuasive writing." Please encourage them at home to share opinions and make choices, this will enable them to be more successful and convincing in Writer's Workshop. In Math Workshop the students will be learning how to take inventory. These math activities will help students develop strategies for counting and keeping track of sets of objects. Students are able to represent quantities with pictures and numbers. In Science, we will begin to explore sound using a variety of fun experiments. Also a reminder that our field trip to MOSH is on January 21st. If you have not already done so, please send in your permission slip and money ASAP. There is also no school on January 18th and 22nd, so enjoy some nice long weekends!
