Happy Monday!
Today we learned a new sight word; This. We talked about how it is tricky because it doesn't start with the /t/ sound. This is something we just have to memorize! We worked on using it in a sentence. Then we learned the letter F. We brainstormed worked that started with f. We also were careful not to say /fa/ for the f sound, but simply /f/. For station work the children did a handwriting practice activity of the letter f, a here book that included a word search, a color by sight word activity, as well as a station where small groups worked on reading a story with me. They were such independent workers today that I was very impressed!
We are working very hard to get 3 more brownies to fill our tray so we can have a party on Friday before break! :)
Today we worked alot with our math curriculum. Our objectives were to build concepts of numbers 1-10; we used a math chart we were working with to look for patterns we saw. Then we worked to explore -1 relationship between numbers; "How can you make 10 be the same as 9? (take away 1). This led to talking about the subtraction sign. Then we practiced counting forward and backward by completing a dot activity. As a group we took the dog picture and placed our finger on 1, then counted forwards to 10 followed by backwards to one.
In language arts we reviewed the word here. The boys and girls have been having a bit more difficulty remember this word from one day to another, so practice at home if you have a chance! :) We also reviewed G.
For practice, the children did an activity where they followed the sentence frame "Here is my ....." They are doing a much better job writing neatly on the lines! We also worked on writing 6's and 4's, and if they students finished early they decorated a christmas tree with dot paint.
We had time to watch a 10min verison of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and have some choice time (if you are seeing lots of popsicle sticks coming home, that was from their chose craft time :) )
Have a wonderful weekend!!
Today we started by doing a quick calendar and then a review handwriting 10's sheet. Then we headed to the theater to watch the kindergarten 12 Bells Program. My class enjoyed it very much.
We came back and did a mini language arts lesson. We reviewed here and g. Then we brainstormed sentences that have the word here in them. Students thought of a sentence they could write, and then wrote it remembering spaces and how letters touch the ceiling and floor. We also worked on highlighting sight words we know in a poem.
While they were working on their sentence and a ABC dot to dot tree activity, I pulled them to finish a snowmen craft. They turned out great!
We had leftover birthday snacks and got ready to go home. Looking forward to Fun Friday!!
Today we had a very very busy day. We started by doing a lower case/upper case letter matching activity. Then the boys and girls worked more with additon story problems as well as reviewing patters (simple and growing).
After math in language arts we learned the new sight word here. We also learned the letter G/g, and the sound /g/. The boys and girls completed an acitivty practicing the proper way to make a g, and writing the word here.
We worked on isolating the ending sounds of words. I said a word and the children told me the sound they heard at the end.
In order to be able to go and watch the other kindergarten classes holiday program tomorrow, we did another math lesson. In this one, the boys and girls worked to mathematize and enact family experiences for additon, subtraction, and partners (I told them stories like, "Colton was on a walk. His brother ran ahead, and his mother walked behind. How many total people were on the walk?" We also acted these stories out, which was really fun for the kids :) ) Then we talked about partners in math. What partners make up 5? (3 and 2; 1 and 4). What partners makes up 6? (3 and 3; 4 and 2; 5 and 1).
Then the students went on a number hunt to create awarness of numbers around them. They wrote the numbers 1-10 on a paper, then walked around and circled the number when they found it. They had fun doing this!
I pushed them really hard today and I heard lots of "I'm tired!" towards the end. :) I'm really proud of them for working so hard and getting so much accomplished today.
Looking forward to a more relaxed day tomorrow :)
Today we finished up odds and ends. In language arts we continued to isolate beginning sounds. We reviewed rhyming words, as well as the sight word come and the letter/sound /i/. We practiced reading the book Come In, then the students did it elbow-elbow-knee-knee with a buddy.
We wrapped up our station work and some students got started on a gingerbread girl craft.
In math we worked more with additon story problems. The children took turns saying a story, and the other had to draw 'the facts' on their whiteboard to help them solve (i.e Last night I ate 3 pizzas. Then this morning I ate 2. How many pizzas did I eat in all)?
Today in Language Arts we worked on phoneme isolation with words initial sound. We sang a song to the tune of "The Farmer and the Dell," with verses like this:
Big, Bug, and ball, Big, Bug, and ball, /b/ is at the beginning of big, bug, and ball.
...switching out with words like pan, pit and pill, or fat, fit, and farm. They had fun doing this!
Next we reviewed our sight words, especially the new one come as well as the letter and sound I. The children had new stations that included working with the letter i through handwritting and identification, sight word work using whiteboards, pattern review, and a reindeer craft activity.
In math we learned this song, 1 small rabbit having fun, Now I see another one. 1 plus 1 is two.
Two small rabbits having fun, now I see another one. 2 plus 1 is 3.
(and so on...)
We practiced coming up with additon storys, then played a math game on thinkcentral to go along with this. The students enjoyed a quick cracker snack, then headed for home!
We have lots of sick kids out in the school, so be extra healthy at home this week!
Our "To make a grinch grin..." project!
Today we did our intervention time, played buried treasure, did a quick review of growing patterns, re-read Snowmen at Night, then had our holiday station party! The kids had a blast working through 8 craft stations.
Today we worked more with the word come and the /i/ sound. We brainstormed words that start with /i/, then glued them to an igloo. We practiced writing uppercase as well as lowercase i's, remembering to always go top to bottom, left to right. The students had two activites to complete and if they got those done, they had a santa puzzel they could cut out and put together. Others choose to practice their sight words on their whiteboards. We finished our grinch writing crafts! The students had a blast putting these together. For the faces they did 'tear art,' ripping each piece of paper. They look wonderful!
Then we talked about our holiday station party tomorrow. (Instead of doing a holiday party right before break, the KG team has always done it this Friday). I showed the students some of the craft options they will have to choose from. They are all very excited for this Fun Friday tomorrow!
Today for Math our goal was to use problem-solving skills to complete growing patterns. The children learned taht a growing pattern "grows," instead of repeating (ex. one circle, two circles, three circles, four circles). The boys and girls were given an activity where they had to complete the growing pattern.
In Language Arts we reviewed the sight word come and the letter i. The boys and girls have been reading a book called "Down on the Farm." We talked about what can come to a farm; chickens, turkeys, horses, etc. They did a writing assignment where they used the sentence frame "A _______can come." When they completed this, they had a challenge -ap family word find. This was optional, as it is (what I say) 1st grade work.
We worked with the /i/ sound. Boys and girls drew three boxes and had to write the i in the correct box, if they heard it at the beginning, middle, or end of the word.
We then gathered around my computer (I have no speakers that project sound! :( ) and watched a short movie about the grinch. We talked about what we could do to make people like the grinch smile. They started a writing activity/craft today working on "To make a grinch grin I would..."
Busy day!
Not sure I shared before but here are the students reindeer they made a week or so ago!
What a fun day we had!! The boys and girls had a blast wearing their PJ's! :)
We finished up our station work. A favorite in this series of stations was a dice game where the students rolled a dice, counted the dots, and colored in that amount. They took turns with a partner and once the board was full, counted who had the most squares filled.
They also enjoyed played ZAP! You draw sight words and read them aloud, but if someone draws ZAP, all the sticks go back in the bucket.
In our language arts lesson we learned the sight word come as well as the letter i and the sound /i/. The boys and girls have also been working with the word can a lot as it comes up in their readers frequently.
To go along with the book Snowmen at Night and the writing activity we did on Monday, the boys and girls did some marshmellow painting!
...but my favorite part was watching the children admire their work! How cute is this...
What a wonderful day...
..they will sleep well tonight!
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