Let's Become Great Writers!

If your child is having trouble remembering to add spaces or reading their writing after they wrote it, here are a couple tips you can do to help!

-Have them state the complete sentence before writing it. You can use a colorful pen to draw line spaces for each word in the sentence, making spaces for your child to see. For example the sentence, My cat is big.
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-Have them identify the number of sounds in a word before writing it. Make sound placeholders with dots or spaces, so they know the correct number of letters or sounds to write.
-Re-read their sentences with them and make sure they are using their finger reading to keep track of where they are in the sentence.
-Have fun with it!

Spring Writing!

Check out what great writers we have in Room 106!

Read Aloud Video

Hello to all my kindergarten families! I have put together a short example of a read aloud for you to enjoy. I thought that this might inspire you to borrow some of my tricks of the trade when reading with your child. I bet most of you do use many of these ideas already.

In class, we are working on building our thinking while we read. I do a lot of thinking out loud when I read and encourage the kiddos to do the same. Asking questions, making predictions about what might happen, making connections to my life and other books we have read in class, and commenting on the book out loud are fun ways to get more involved with books. Check out this video to get some ideas! Remember to have your child choose texts that they enjoy, rhyming books, books about kids their age, animal books, cars and truck books, and books about school usually are appealing to a six year old. Have fun with it!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day this week! It was great fun learning about St. Pats Day. We read stories, sang songs, wrote our sight words in green, and went looking for leprechauns. Check out our day in the slide show below!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

This week we learned began celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! My family comes from Ireland and we love to share this holiday with others! We read stories, sang songs, and learned Irish traditions. Please ask your child to share what they know and make sure they wear green on Thursday!
Also, we reviewed all our letters and sounds. The letter Yy is our favorite letter this week. Please ask your child which letters have hanging tails...y’s will be in that group!
In math, we worked on counting forwards and backwards. We used number cards and played the game “have….who has?” This game is fun and you can play it at home with number cards. Ask your child to describe the game and learn together!
Please encourage your child to write a letter to a friend this week. Have them bring it to school and share with us!

This quarter ends in one month. Please practice the skills listed below, so your child can be successful!
-identifying the shapes
(circle, square, triangle, rectangle, hexagon, cube, cone, sphere, and cylinder)
-identifying numbers 0-20 out of order
-reading three letter CVC words (bug, not, sit, rob)
-hearing beginning and ending sounds in words and writing them (ct=cat, rp=rope)
-reading the sight words in the homework
-writing the numbers 0-20
-re-reading small books we read in school and send home to share
-answering questions about books we read in class and sharing their ideas
-predicting what might come next in a book we are reading
-identifying the characters and setting in a book

Room 106 News!

This week we began by learning about some presidents. We wanted to know why we had Monday off of school! We read a story about Abraham Lincoln and brought a book home to complete. Also, we learned about George Washington!
We began practicing our letter Pp this week too. We practiced writing it and hearing its sound in words. Continue this practice at home.
In math, we continue to work on counting and identifying numbers. We practiced comparing numbers 0-20. We identified the larger number and smaller number. This can be a game at home as well.
We are working hard on our writing skills. Please challenge your child to write in complete sentences at home. Don’t forget those ending marks!