We had a fantastic week in kindergarten last week! We learned the sounds /s/ and /d/ and began learning the numbers 0-5. We visited the library and learned about our colors and more about how the library works. We also started math work stations this week. Math workstations is a component of our day that involves your child participating in one of 10 different math centers. Students work with their partner to review a variety of concepts we've recently learned in class. The activities are usually problem or project based and are aligned with the College and Career Readiness Standards for mathematics. The kids had a blast working in stations this week! See the pictures below for some examples of what we're working on in math work stations right now.
We had our third bucket party this past week! Remember, as part of our classroom management plan, my kindergartners work to earn 10 "buckets" during the week. They earn these buckets by filling the imaginary "buckets" of others in the class and in our school. To learn more about bucket filling and how we use it as a management system, please see the Kindergarten Bear Book that you received at your child's kindergarten transition meeting. At the end of each week, students who have earned 10 buckets are invited to our bucket party. Bucket parties are FUN! This week our bucket party involved us playing with the parachute on the basketball courts. We had a blast! Make sure you tell your child how proud you are of how hard they worked to receive all 10 buckets this week!
This coming week will bring with it lots of excitement! We will be learning about the sounds /t/, /i/, and /n/, continue studying the numbers 0-5, begin our writer's workshop, and continue math workstations. As always, our library day will be Thursday and your child will be able to check out a new book and have a great time learning with our awesome librarian Mrs. Wait. To make the week extra special, we will be participating in our school's Freedom Walk on Friday, September 12. You should have received a short handout about this when your child came home on Friday. There will be more information to follow. The kids are very excited about the week to come and so am I. Your children have been an absolute joy to work with and I'm so thankful for my opportunity to be their teacher this year. Heres to another FABULOUS week in Kindergarten!
Enjoy these pictures from last week:
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| Our class, after we finished learning about the number 0. |
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| Kindergartners modeling their Zero the Hero capes. Zero helps make numbers greater! |
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| Sorting buttons during math work stations. |
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| Giving value to numbers using Play-Doh. We LOVE math work stations! |
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| Playing Dice Race in math work stations. |
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| Making shapes with rubber bands on geo boards in math work stations. |
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| Playing Race to Trace in math work stations. |
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| Building number stems in math work stations. |
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| We earned 10 buckets!!! We had a parachute party to celebrate! |
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| We had SO much FUN! |
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| Look at those smiles! |
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