The children settled into Room 202 nicely as we spent our first full week of school together! Last week we continued to practice classroom routines and also review expected behaviors. I couldn't be more pleased with how quickly everyone is acclimating to Kindergarten life!
Reminders
Boyden Folders
Please be sure to check your child's Boyden Folder (nightly if possible) for important notices and information. Any class work or announcements should be removed and kept at home unless otherwise noted. Thanks so much for your help!
P.E. Days
A friendly reminder that our class attends P.E. (gym) on Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings. Please be sure your child wears sneakers on those days. Due to safety concerns, children who do not have appropriate footwear will unfortunately not be allowed to participate.
Curriculum Update
Math
Last week in math we began a unit on Geometry! The children practiced identifying circles, squares, and rectangles and discussed the similarities and differences among the three.
Literacy
Lots of Literacy learning was happening in our classroom last week! We read the story The Little School Bus by Carol Roth which helped us answer the question, "How do children get to school?" We also reviewed the letters A, B, C, D, and E, and practiced reading the sight words "I'" and "am".
The children worked hard to identify the characters in The Little School Bus as well as recall the order in which they appeared in the story. We practiced using ordinal numbers 'first' to 'sixth' to show the sequence in which each character appeared!
Rhyming was another focus of my instruction last week, and the students enjoyed participating in both whole group and partner activities to help practice this skill!
Mat Man!
Last week the class was introduced to Mat Man, a character that appears in our Handwriting Without Tears curriculum. The children practiced making their own Mat Man using both straight and curved lines just like in the letters we write!
Mr. Leary Visits!
On Friday we enjoyed our second visit with Mr. Leary! During his visit Mr. Leary began a unit about feelings and focused on the feeling of happiness. The children discussed what you look like when you are happy, and events that might make a person experience this emotion.
I hope everyone enjoyed taking a peek at our week! I hope you check back soon to see all that is new in the wonderful world that is Room 202! :)
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