We Did It!!

Congrats on making it through the first full week of kindergarten. We all seem to still be smiling! And that's a good thing.

Fridays are Fun Fridays in Room 112 and the children enjoyed visiting some new centers, one of which was Computers. Always a big hit. As the school year progresses the children will get formal instruction in Technology. 

The children were also surprised to see that I rearranged the seating arrangement in the room to make it more conducive to student flow. 

The children were taught how to do "rotations" a clockwise movement in which the children move from center to center. They love doing it and it avoids "head on collisions" and also helps each child predict and know where they are moving to next. 

I began Reading Workshop, which I will explain in detail at BTSN(9/24), and the children learned a few things: first, how to treat books, how to hold books, and how to return them to the basket they got them from. They also sat "knee-to-knee" which is exactly what it sounds like. Students are paired together and then face each other and then take turns having discussions about books etc.  or sharing ideas etc. 

Both AM and PM classes are demonstrating great listening skills and are quickly learning that Good Readers are also Good Listeners.

To get into the spirit of things, Mr. Gil  asked the students to vote for school colors. After discussing what voting means, the children had an opportunity to place their "color ballot" into the "voting booth". The color combination choices were: purple and yellow; pink and blue; and green and yellow. As of 3pm Friday not all class results were in so we will wait in anticipation to see which colors will get the most votes. I used this activity to introduce the children to graphing, a math activity that we will do frequently throughout the year. The children did a great job making observations about which color had the most/least/same. Doing comparisons and discussing what is the "same" and "different" about things/people is math that we will do daily. In small ways, this helps the children to become more aware of themselves and their surroundings. 

So, stayed tuned for the Wilson School color voting results. 

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Remember, on Mondays we  always do the "Talking Feather". Help prepare your child by discussing some activities they did over the weekend and let them choose one that they want to share with the class.

FYI: I will be starting our Social Studies Unit on Family and Friends this week. An activity you can do together with your child is to look at pictures of the family and talk about some things you enjoy doing together.