We had a great Monday here at school! The kids came in ready for the day!
This morning we wrote two sentences for our morning work. It is great to see the kids get excited about writing their own sentences and each day they are getting better and better at using correct punctuation and capital letters.
Fundations time was great today! We are going to use this week to really finalize and master the short vowel concepts. We have been talking about them for two weeks and now we are moving into work that really applies the short vowels. I am encouraging students to complete the short vowel worksheets on their own this week and to apply the short vowels while in little reading groups.
Centers- two rotations. My groups read leveled readers and worked on sight and challenge words.
After lunch we worked on our little books for the short vowel E. I did not realize I copied front and back so when the kids went to put the pages in order they couldn't! They read them regardless with a partner!
We had music and movement today so the kids were able to run around a little bit which is always a good thing!
Math time today was great! We talked a lot about addition skills. We practiced putting the larger number in our head and then knocking to add up. The kids did a great job with the first addition sheet. We then talked about "sums" Students learned that a sum is just another way of saying the answer. We will be using that vocabulary in math.
We then discussed sorting sums from least to greatest. Together we put several numbers in order from least to greatest. The kids then worked independently on a caterpillar addition worksheet. When they finished finding all the sums they cut them out and put them in order from least to greatest. Then they glued them to another piece of paper. I was very impressed with their hard work and effort today! This is a very challenging concept, but with a little assistance all the kids got it by the end of the day! We spent a lot of time on this but all the kids took hold of the concept!
We will continue to add and put sums in order from least to greatest throughout the week!
This was a great Monday in Kindergarten!
This week in language arts we will be working on reading for comprehension. I have several short stories that we will read together as a class and then answer questions related to the reading. The common CORE standards really hit on students being able to elaborate on what they read. This is very challenging for Kindergarten students and they are not expected to have this concept mastered, but I do want to expose them and introduce it to them.
Fundations we will master our short vowel skills and introduce syllables and words with up to three syllables.
In math we will continue to work on addition skills up to ten. Students are doing a great job with their addition strategies. We will also be working with subtraction. Students are also expected to subtract 0-10. We will focus on subtraction starting on Wednesday. Subtraction is our next big goal to master!
In writing we will continue encouraging students to use complete sentences, punctuation, and capital letters. I am also encouraging students to sound/tap out words for correct spelling. It is important for them to start using the skills they know to sound out and spell words.
It is going to be a great week here! Please pay close attention to the weather for delays on Tuesday and Wednesday!!
Mr. Schultz
Monday in class activities
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