Hello Wonderful Kinder Families! We have had a "Rockin" week in Kindergarten! This week we worked on the Ravishing Letter R. We have practiced writing the letter R, brainstorming items with the R sound, and reading words that begin with the Letter R. We discovered that many of us had R's in our names and that 3 people in our community had names that began with the letter R: Rosemarie, Ryder, and Ramzie! We have begun our work with our Literacy Center routine. As part of our Literacy Center routine, the Kinders work on different literacy "Must Dos" (work that they must do) and "May Dos" (activities they may do when they finish their "Must Do"). This daily practice builds the foundation of their literacy journey. We are currently working on a variety of "Letter of the Week" activities and we will soon transition to Word Work activities. The children have been working very well together. I am so impressed with how quickly and seamlessly they have gotten into the routine! We are continuing our "All About Me" project work by writing about ourselves. We learned to read and write the sight words "I Am..." by creating our own "I Am" books. We brainstormed positive words to describe ourselves and used our chart to help us write our books. In the next couple weeks, we will begin our "Hero" project by investigating our family histories and learning about the heroes within our own family!
Thank you all for your wonderful gifts, emails, and overall support! It is going to be a great year! With Love, Mrs. Rosemarie
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Hello Wonderful Kinder Families! I would like to extend a warm welcome to Kindergarten at High Tech Elementary School! We facilitate a developmentally appropriate project based curriculum rooted in curiosity, investigation, community, and play. We have had an awesome few weeks in Kindergarten! The children are getting into the "swing of things"--creating new friendships, developing early literacy and math skills, and becoming comfortable with the Kindergarten day! Here are the highlights of the last few weeks: Project Work: We are nearly finished with our "Hopes and Dreams" Flags. The children have been working hard and are very proud of how the flags are turning out. Through this project, our students discovered that they needed help from one another to complete their final piece. They found that it was difficult to draw on small pieces of fabric without the help of a partner (who could hold down the corners). As a result, our Kinders had another opportunity to collaborate, build friendships, and create beautiful work. Our Kinders have been working hard on their early literacy skills. We have worked on the letters S and M and have engaged in a variety of activities ranging from handwriting letter practice, sound identification, and letter songs. We will introduce the letter R next. Start looking around for those "R" items at home! We have also begun our sight word practice with the words: "I see ________." We learned that Good Readers: -Read from left to right -Use the pictures to help read unknown words We are also developing our number sense through a variety of hands on games and exercises. This week we worked on a new math center called "Creation Station" where we use our engineering and spatial skills to build, count, and write numbers. Our Kinders look forward to Monday and Tuesday because those are our Engineering days with Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan was a Civil Engineer before becoming one of the founding members of High Tech Elementary (and one of the very few Elementary School Engineering Teachers in the country). Our Kinders are learning about domino theory and how it relates to mechanical engineering. They are learning about different tools and how Engineers use them safely. They are also given plenty of time to explore building materials (blocks, dominoes, legos, small catapults, etc.) We will be collaborating with Mr. Bryan on this trimester's project about community heroes. And lastly, we have been ending our Kinder days with Exploration time. During Exploration Time, the Kinders are given voice and choice in their activities which range from dramatic play, blocks, natural "loose parts," play doh, etc. This is a special time where children work independently from the teacher and practice important social skills such as sharing materials, taking care of materials/space, and time management. I will be using this time to pull small groups for literacy instruction or project work. To Another Magical Week, Mrs. Rosemarie |
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