Today in language arts we reviewed middle sounds. I said a word (jug, ham, dot, fit, etc) and students had to respond with the middle sounds they heard. "Jug" "/u/!" Then we wrote a sentence using the sentence frame "Here is my ____." We started talking about adding details to our writing. "What more could we add to here is my dog? He is black? I like him? He runs fast?" We will start working on make our sentences longer.
In station work students worked on another self portrait. It is fun seeing their growth on these from the fall to now. I pulled students aside and we worked to tell, retell, and solve addition and subtraction story problems using our whiteboard ("7 girls played with balls. 2 boys joined. How many children are playing with the balls?" They had to write 7+2=9). I used blocks to show numbers at first, then they had to just listen and pick out the equation on their own. Pretty impressive work for kindergartners.
To celebrate filling our brownie tray, I brought in apple juice and we enjoyed some mini oreos. We then went outside for the last 25 minutes and played. They had a blast!!
Fun Friday tomorrow!
*For those of you signed up for the hockey game-even if there is a late start and or no school tomorrow (doubtful, but just mentioning it), we will still be singing!
*Also, if you ever see a photo of your child that you want emailed to you to have/print/whatever, I am more then happy to do that. Not a problem at all! Enjoy this beautiful day.