I can hardly believe Winter Break is right around the corner. This year has flown by and I am truly honored and blessed to be your child's kindergarten teacher.
I love watching their reactions as they come into the classroom, frantically searching for Jingle the Elf! Check out some of her hiding spots below :)
In Math, the children took "quick looks" at ten frame images. I explained to the class that I would hold up a card with dot images on it for only a few seconds before hiding it. I asked the children to take a quick look but not to count the dots one by one. The kiddos showed what they saw by writing the number on their whiteboards. The children were prompted to describe what they saw and how they saw the dots. They really impressed me!
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To conclude, the children learned four new vocabulary words: Snatch, Furious, Introduce, and Comfort. Ask your child to tell you what these words mean :)
During Writer's Workshop, the children learned another way to make their stories come to life. I explained that writers make characters talk by putting speech bubbles by whoever is talking. I added speech bubbles to my story and read it to the class. Then, I asked the children to help me come up with what I should write in the speech bubbles on our class story. They LOVED this.
-ABC Center: Uppercase/Lowercase matching alligators.
-Puzzle Center- Pattern block holiday pictures
-Math Center- Students rolled two dice, added the numbers, and then covered the number on their game board.
-Writing Center- Students finished the sentence by kid writing- "If I were an elf I would…”
Best,
Mrs. Nork