Welcome to our class blog page! This is where I will post weekly updates about what the children are doing in school, important announcements/reminders, and pictures of your children in action. You can expect the updates to be posted no later than every Sunday evening. Please check our blog regularly to keep yourself informed of our class news.
We had a very busy first week of Kindergarten! Here are a couple highlights:
- We began each day with Morning Meeting. The children greeted each other, sang a song, and then read the morning message I wrote to them.
- The children had Guided Discovery time for many of our classroom materials. Rowe School embraces the Responsive Classroom approach to teaching, and Guided Discovery is an important component of Responsive Classroom. Through Guided Discovery we discuss the ways to use a tool/game/manipulative, and then children have time to freely explore that material. We used Guided Discovery for crayons, markers, glue, scissors, the playground, and blocks.
- Routines and transitions were practiced.
- We learned names and talked about the characteristics of names (what letter a name starts with, the number of letters in a name, names that start with the same letter, etc.).
- We practiced writing and spelling our names.
- I read aloud several books a day, and the children participated in shared reading of poems and the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
- Children learned how to read a book by telling the story through the pictures. Children learned that even if they can't read the words, they can still enjoy the book by reading the pictures.
As a reminder, Parent Open House is next Thursday, September 13. I look forward to seeing all of you on Thursday at 7:00 P.M.
Enjoy the nice weekend ahead.
Fondly,
~ Miss Dutremble
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