Life in Kindergarten

This week during Reading Workshop we:

• learned the three different sounds -ed can make at the end of a word.
• learned that -ed at the end of a word changes the base word to past tense.
• learned that when we want to read a word with -ed we can cover up the -ed, read the base word, then determine which of the three -ed sounds belongs with the base word.
• learned about the r-controlled vowels a and o.

This week during Writing Workshop we started writing nonfiction.  This unit is called All-About books.  We:

• thought of topics we know a lot about and wrote information books about those topics.
  
  
  
  
• learned to add a Table of Contents to our books.
  
• reviewed sh, th, and ch.
• worked on adding labels to our pictures.
  

This week during Math we:

• learned how to estimate.
• practiced building and reading two-digit numbers with base-10 blocks. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• practiced exchanging ten ones for one ten and ten tens for one hundred.
• learned to write two-digit numbers in expanded notation (ex. 34 = 30 + 4).
• worked with a partner to tell and solve addition number stories.
• worked on writing numbers in the hundreds with our personal number scrolls.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Enjoy the sunshine this weekend!
Katie