Life in Kindergarten

This week during Reading Workshop we:

• reviewed expectations for Read-to-Self time and Buddy Reading time. 
• reviewed that readers point under one word as they read. 
• began using sticky-notes to mark spots in our books we want to share with a buddy.  We spent two days learning about different ways to use sticky-notes.  Readers can use sticky-notes to mark a favorite spot or a feeling they had.  We will learn additional ways to use sticky notes next week.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

• learned a new way to buddy read: I read a book then you read a book.

This week during Writing Workshop we:

• looked closely at the objects in our nature baggies.  We then drew and labeled all the details we noticed.
• reviewed that when writers want to spell a word, they stretch the word out slowly and write at least one letter for every sound they hear. 
• learned that writers can write a book all about one topic.  We spent a writing block outside looking closely at, and writing about, the world around us.
  
  
  
  

This week during Math we:

• read Mouse Count and then made our own mice number stories.
• learned more about symmetry.  We looked at different pictures, determined if they were symmetrical, and then found the line of symmetry.
• explored shapes and put shapes together to make new shapes.
  
  
  
  
• created a bar graph about our favorite colors.
  

Here is a snapshot of this week's math stations:

I look forward to meeting with all of you for conferences next week.
~Katie