We read, Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate.  We discussed what the students did to get ready to come to school.  They wrote their first stories in Kindergarten (using drawings) to tell what they did. 

         We learned our first by heart words, I and name.  These are sight words that we know "by heart" when we see them.  

      In Math we are working in small centers, exploring with the math manipulatives.   We are not only learning how to use the manipulatives in the appropriate way, but we are learning how to work and share with each other.

        Thursday night is Back to School night at 6:30.  I hope to see you then!

Welcome to a New Year of Kindergarten!

     I welcome 19 new friends to our 2010-2011 Kindergarten  class.

     This year is the foundation for the students' future in school.  They will be learning so many things this year.  The students will learn the names and sounds of each letter, learn to recognize numbers 0 - 100, and learn fine motor skills like writing, coloring and cutting.  The crafts the students bring home will have academic value.  They will be learning gross motor skills such as skipping, hopping, running and jumping.  Working together with other children and cooperating in a group setting are important social skills.  This year is as important to the child's social development as it is for the academic development.

     We began our first week of school reading, The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn.  After reading the book, our class participated in the following activities:

                    * Shared Reading of pocket chart and mini book, Chester Loves School.

                    * Traced hand and placed heart sticker in the middle

                    * Made a Chester raccoon sack puppet

                    * Learned sign language for "I love you."