Week 4

Here is a peek at our week!

Reading Workshop
Drumroll please...........  we built 10 minutes of independent reading!!!!!!!!!!  We are so excited!  We have been working hard to keep our minds and eyes in the books we read.  We know we can tell a lot about the story by reading the pictures. 

During our shared reading time, we read books with simple patterns using many of our word wall words (a, see, like, the, I).  We practiced reading from left to right and pointing to each word as we read.  

We also began using the picture to help us read the unknown word.  We practiced this by playing 'guess my hidden word'.  Mrs. Hogue covered up a word, and we had to figure out what the word was by using the picture.  Then we checked by looking at the first letter.

We also learned this week about our first reading center- listening to reading.  We used an ipad app called Epic Books.  This app lets us choose stories that are read to us!  We are excited to continue this next week. 

Writing Workshop

This week we took our oral stories and put them to paper!  We each got a booklet and told our stories through pictures across the pages.  Then we shared them with each other!  Great job kindergarten friends!

During our handwriting and fine motor time we continued reviewing capital letter formations.  We focused on the 'frog jump' capitals- F, E, B, P, M, and N.  Kindergarteners should begin these letters at the top.  When they get to the bottom, they 'frog jump' to the top and continue the letter.  Please encourage your kids to write the correct way at home!

We had fun using hole punchers as one of our fine motor bins!  If you're wondering why your child came home with punched paper this is why :)

Phonics Workshop

We had a big week in phonics!  We learned how we all know our names by heart- not just the letters, but also how to write them!  When we know something by heart, we can do it much quicker.  We can also teach others!

We also had fun playing with our names to a silly song called the name game :)  We changed the first letter of our names to make a silly name!  So many giggles filled our room!

Math Workshop

This week we explored 10 frames!  We practiced seeing and counting dots.  We also matched ten frames to numbers.

During our work place time we learned a new game called 'Beat You to 5'. We spun a spinner, counted cubes and placed on our playing mat.  The first one to 5 wins!