Life in Kindergarten

Thank you for the great conferences this week.  I enjoyed meeting with each of you to discuss your child's transition to kindergarten.

This week during Reading Workshop we spent time learning about story elements (characters, setting, problem, solution).  We reread Caps for Sale and made a story map to show the story elements.  During read-to-self time, the children thought about characters and shared examples with their peers.

On Thursday during the power outage at Rowe, the children had an opportunity to read with a second grade buddy or two at YES.

 

On Friday, we started our first grade reading buddies with Mrs. Boutin's class.  We will read with them once a month.

During Writing Workshop we continued our looking closely unit.  I taught the children that in addition to writing about what they can actually see, they can also use their prior knowledge to write even more about what they're observing.  On Friday, the children wrote about and shared what they will be for Halloween.

This week during Math we spent several days learning how to solve number stories.  We worked on addition and subtraction number stories, and different types of each.  We continued to work on number recognition, counting, and played dot-card games.

I hope the children have a fun, safe night trick-or-treating.
Mrs. Caron