As we work our way to the number 20, the boys and girls have been working hard to learn the larger numbers. While working on the number 17, the children worked on writing the actual number, counting and one-to-one correspondence.
As we work our way to the number 20, the boys and girls have been working hard to learn the larger numbers. While working on the number 17, the children worked on writing the actual number, counting and one-to-one correspondence.
Today, Ms. Courtney strengthened the children’s minds with our upper/lowercase letter match memory game. The boys and girls picked some winners as they focused on each card that was flipped over. What a great way to strengthen that memory muscle!
Today, the boys and girls really stretched their brains! Each child rolled a die that had letters on each side. The objective was to recognize the letter, letter sound, and think of a word that begins with that letter sound. Our small group worked together to come up with words if our friends were stuck. Here are some of the words we came up with:
Why is Mike so Messy? We are focusing on the sight word THERE this week in our book, Messy Mike. The story takes us through all the places our friend, Mike, leaves his banana peels. The kids got a kick out this one and enjoyed it’s simple text which was a nice break from last week’s Buying Cheese. It was a tough book for many of them, but they powered through it.
We have been building a folder of Africa Animals during writing workshop this month. The children have been introduced to three new animals per week, watching a simple video clip of the animal in its habitat and learning interesting facts about them. Writing Workshop is on Monday and Friday. On Fridays, the children add the animals they have learned about during the week to their folder and get to collect their animal post card containing the facts we’ve learned. The folder will be sent home at the end of the month of April. They are doing an amazing job..they are fantastic writers! Remember that “inventive” spelling is okay. Encourage your child to listen to the sounds in each word as they say them and write those letters instead of spelling the words for your child.
For a GREAT article on inventive spelling click the first picture below.
We used our sight words to build safari sentences and then wrote the name of the unknown animal. Building sentences helps us better grasp the concept of one to one correspondence when reading as well as the difference between letters and words. It also helps us begin to recognize that there are spaces between words in written language. We will be exploring this during reading groups this month as well.
We went on an African safari during small groups and kept a record of the animals we found throughout the school. We used our graph to explore an important math concept for Kindergarten…comparing sets…which animal did we find the most of? Which animal did we find the least of? Did we find more giraffes or more lions? Did we find fewer zebras or fewer ostriches?
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