The blog has arrived!

 

 

Hello Parents and Friends,

The blog has finally arrived!  I am going to try my best (Classroom Rule #5) to update the blog once a week.  I like to showcase pictures and short video clips of what we have been learning in Kindergarten. 

 

You should be very proud of your son or daughter.  They are doing great in class!  They are doing so GREAT that they already earned 50 stickers towards their first GUMMY BEAR PARTY!  Check out the festivities below.

The first few weeks the students have been working very hard.  We have been working on; Counting 1-20 by ones, counting to tell how many objects are in a group, which group has “more” or “less”, adding two groups together to get a total, writing numbers 1-10, capital and lower case letter identification and sounds,  recalling and retelling information from a text, identifying the beginning, middle, and end of a text,  describing the difference between living and non-living things, and more! 

Your child may or may not be able to accomplish each of the goals listed above, but we are working daily to have your child progress at their own academic level.  For this reason, a lot of our day is spent in center activities that are level appropriate for your son or daughter’s current level.   Students are continuously assessed to make sure they are being accurately challenged. 

 

When we do whole group instruction during the day, I always have the students “Partner Teach”.  This is where students turn to one another and take turns teaching their partner about what we are learning.  This helps student own their learning, engage with their classmates and promotes good communication and listening skills.  Mrs. Kressin requires that everyone participates during this time.  If they don’t, they are asked to move their name down on the “Behavior Chart”.  It is never an issue though, students are excited to share what they know with their partner.   Below you will see students  partner teach during Math. 

 

 

This week we had a Science themed week.  It was a bit hit.  Above students are acting out… “Plants are ALIVE!!!”  …with ZoMBie like actions!  We did classroom walks and outdoor excursions to “spy with our eye” different living and non-living things.   Our read-aloud books related to our theme as well.  Students loved “acting” out what living things must have in order to survive.  Students remember so much easier when there is movement, hands on activites or songs associated with what we are learning!  Check it out below! 

Last week we also celebrated Patriot’s Day on September 11^th.  We did a school wide “CLAP-OUT!” where we stood in the hallway and clapped for local heroes; firemen, police, and first responders.  Mrs. Kressin’s class made flags and waved them.  The flags said, “LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF THE BRAVE.”  We are all proud to be Americans!

 

 

 Every day one student will welcome the rest of the class to story time.  They literally say, "Hi......Welcome to story time!"  It's great!

Before, during and after the story we stop to discuss as a class or with a partner different topics from the book.  Most days we use our reading comprehension wands to answer questions about the story. The wands have questions about the main characters, main idea of the story, setting, what happened at the beginning or end, etc.   

The boys and girls in this class are a great group.  Everyone is smart, gets along well, works hard, and is as sweet as can be!