Kindergarten students had a great week! We spent a lot of time with social cognition this week by reading stories, having discussions, and doing activities that were centered around being part of a group. The group plan and whole body listening are some phrases you may begin to hear. We also talked about how we have thoughts and feelings. These thoughts can be categorized as green (safe to share, kind words that make people feel good), yellow thoughts (be cautious sharing, some of these thoughts might be hurtful to others), and red thoughts (thoughts that should not be shared because they are hurtful). We read a poem that encourages us to share those green thoughts and then we painted gorgeous paintings of flowers!
We started our first math unit titled: Counting People, Sorting Buttons. Please read the family letter in your child’s folder describing the skills and concepts covered in this unit. This week the children practiced counting on the calendar and noticed special days in the month of September. We also explored more math materials and talked about how some materials are similar and different.
During Reading Workshop, the children are learning how to read emergent storybooks. They listened to The Carrot Seed and Mrs. Wishy Washy a few times and then were able to tell the story in their own words. They took turns reading the story to their partners. They are so excited to learn what readers do!
The kindergarten students learned how to hold their pencils correctly. They practiced using a pencil grip with a bent thumb and pointer finger pointing to the tip. They worked on having good posture while writing so they can do their best work. We also looked closely at names in the classroom, counted the number of letters, and sorted them by the number of letters.
Next week will be our first full week! Get lots of rest!
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