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!
Important Dates:
September 24th:
Early Release (11:55am dismissal)
September 27th:
Picture Day!
September 28th:
Open House Night
(6:00-7:30PM)
Announcements:
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!
Open House
Please note that Open House night has been rescheduled to Tuesday, September 28th from 6:00-7:30pm. The format of Open House will also look different this year as the focus will be placed on familiarizing parents with the Kindergarten curriculum rather than the student driven "meet and greet" structure of years past. In the event that you are unable to find childcare in order to attend, please don't hesitate to contact Mr. Dearborn or myself and we will do our best to accommodate you. I hope to see you there!
Curriculum Update:
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 began our Fundations program which taught us important practices such as how to hold our writing tools and have proper body posture, as well as how to "sky write" our letters. At the end of the week the students were introduced to the letter "T"!
The students above show off their story sequencing projects! For this project the children had to place each character in the story in order of how they got on the bus.
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! We also had a blast making our own Rhyming Dust Bunnies after ready the book with the same title by Jan Thomas.
Last week we also spent a great deal of time discussing our names. The class enjoyed writing their names using various tools, counting the letters in their names, and making some special name projects!
The students above worked carefully to stack as many letters on their coconut tree as they can without it going "boom!".
Math
Last week in math we dove into Topic 1 of our Envision program! This topic focuses on counting numbers to 5 and the children participated in many fun games and activities which helped them practice this skill!
Dot Day!
Another highlight of our week was celebrating International Dot Day on September 15th! We marked this day by reading the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds and creating our own colorful watercolor dots!
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! :)
