- learned about a period, comma, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, and an ellipsis. Children should be able to name a period, question mark, and exclamation point by the end of kindergarten, so these are the punctuation marks we will focus on the most.
- read aloud Alphabet Conversations (see picture below) and Is Your Mama a Lama? to help us practice reading like the punctuation tells us to read.
- practiced reading and spelling "have."
- reviewed that readers notice when something doesn't make sense/sound right. When this happens, readers don't just continue reading. They reread and keep working on that word/page until it does make sense and sound right.
- listened to and talked about poems I read aloud.
This week during Writing Workshop we:
- reviewed that before we begin writing about a topic, we need to make sure we know enough about it. Writers can tell facts across their fingers to make sure the topic is a good fit.
- learned that writers can write captions with their pictures to help their readers better understand what the picture is showing.
- learned that writers can add a glossary to the back of their all-about books.
- learned that if we run out of room on a page, we don't have to be done with that section of our book. We can add another page and keep going!
- learned that writers do not have to start a new book every day. They can go back and revise books from an earlier date to include more.
- learned about the penny.
- learned about the nickel.
- played "Coin Exchange," a game in which children collect pennies then exchange them for nickels when they have five pennies.
- learned about base-10 blocks. Children played a game with these to help them learn more about exchanging.
- learned about 3-dimensional shapes.
Have a nice weekend!
Katie
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