I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend despite the dreary weather! Please see below for pictures and updates from Room 115! ⛅💮
Important Dates:
May 15th:
Early Release
May 22nd:
Kindergarten Music Concert
More details to follow!
May 25th:
Memorial Day
No School
Announcements:
Tyler Can!
On Wednesday we enjoyed a visit from Boyden parent, school committee member, and now author Kari Denitzio who shared her book Tyler Can! with us. This inspirational story features Tyler Forgeron, a young man with autism from Walpole who started collecting cans during COVID to stay busy. His efforts have continued since the pandemic ended, and Tyler has used the funds he has collected to make charitable donations to many local causes. We are excited to add a copy of Tyler Can! to our classroom library, and can't thank the Boyden PAC enough for their generosity! 💙🧡
Lost and Found
This sweatshirt is looking for it's owner. Please let me know if it belongs to your child! 😊
Curriculum Update:
Reader's Workshop
In Reader's Workshop we continued to ask the essential question: "What can I learn when I look closely?" as we brought module (unit) 7 to a close. We enjoyed reading the books Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose, and a nonfiction text titled: Ants by Lisa J. Amstatz. These books provided us with practice identifying the topic and central idea of a text, making connections, and identifying opinions and reasons. In the week ahead we will begin module 8 which is titled From Plant to Plate and poses the essential question: "How do plants become food?".
In math last week we practiced our estimation skills! The class enjoyed estimating the number of counters, cubes, plastic bears and mini erasers that were put in our estimation jar each morning. We also practiced counting by 10s and ones to get the exact number of items once our estimates were submitted. The estimation jar was such a hit that we will continue to fill it with fun items at least once a week for the rest of the year!
Along with estimation, we also continued to practice solving word problems/number stories! Emphasis was placed on subtraction stories as subtraction tends to be a bit trickier for most students. To help strengthen our understanding, we read the book Monster Musical Chairs, and then enjoyed playing a game of musical chairs in our classroom!
Phonics
In phonics we reviewed all of the digraphs that have been taught over the past few weeks. These include sh, ch, ck, wh and ng. In the week ahead the class will learn about words with beginning blends such as clam, frog, and stop.
The class enjoyed completing a Write the Room activity where they had to identify the beginning digraph for each picture. ✎
Writer's Workshop
In Writer's Workshop we began our unit on narrative/personal experience writing! We learned that narrative writing is a true story about something that really happened to you. It follows the typical story sequence and includes a beginning, middle, and end. As we build our understanding of this genre, we are all working to write a book about the first time we filled our classroom reward jar! I am SO proud of how hard all of the children are working, and can't believe how far their writing skills have come since the beginning of the school year!
Art Fun! 🎨
The class was busy making amazing paper creations in art last week!
Thanks so much for taking a peek at our week! Please check back soon to watch us learn, grow, and play in the wonderful world that is K! 🍎📖🚌
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