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Week of May 27th-30thth
Dear Parents,
This was a short but great week in Kindergarten:
Morning Meeting- We had a morning message to outline each day's activities. We had various greetings: One was the spin and greet greeting, one was the fish face greeting and one was the marching greeting. Our activities were: Tranquil Tuesday yoga, the milkshake song, Listen and Move and our Friday Song.
Reading- This week we learned some new reading strategies when decoding words. We have mainly been reading books that have high frequency words or CVC words that we can read phonetically. But sometimes you come across words that are longer or have a strange vowel combination. This week we learned to look at the first letter or blend, then look at the picture and ask what word would make sense here? I covered up some longer words with a post-it strip. Then I had the students try to figure out the word. They did a great job! We read a few big books like this. We read: Mrs. Wishy Washy, Dishy Washy and Wishy Washy Day.
Writing: On Monday we wrote in our journals about our weekends. Then we worked on writing about our feelings. We wrote about something that makes us angry. Then next day we wrote about something that makes us sad and finally, the lat day, we wrote about something that makes us happy. This one will be saved and sent to their first grade teachers. Everyone did a great job. They wrote 3 sentences.
Reading Groups- We are wrapping up the year. I am currently assessing everyone in the last set of books we read.
Sight Words this week: because
Independent Work-We continued to work in our centers this week! Everyone went to a center for 10-15 minutes, then rotated to the next one until everyone went to all three (read to self, writing and word work).
This week in word work, we practiced digraphs (th,ch,sh, wh) and consonant blend games. We also worked on CVC words on ipads for the first time! Next year, the students will have electronics in the classroom. Everyone was super excited to use them!
Read to self- We read books and looked for interesting parts. We also read from our poetry journals.
Math- This week we finished up our lesson on making teen numbers. Then I taught the class a new game called tic-tac-teen. They had to choose a card that had a double ten frame with some dots filled in. They had to say the teen number. Then they had to find it on the game board and put their marker on it. Then their partner went. If they got 3 in a row like tic tac toe, they won!
Science
We finished our unit on plant secrets. Everyone saw their seeds grow into plants. Then they draw 3 things seeds need to grow. We finished our last Mystery Science lesson on Friday. Look for your child's Science Notebook in the next few week. It was an entire year's worth of science, observations and learning!
It was a great week in Kindergarten!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Fishelman
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