We enjoyed our Pajama and Stuffy Day celebration on Friday. Students were very excited to share their stuffies at circle time. We loved hearing why each stuffy was so special.
In addition, we had our first lesson on how to use our iPads. Mr. Langevin, our district learning leader, and Mr. Eugair, RES technology support specialist, introduced iPads to us. We had fun exploring Starfall. Starfall is a website for children specializing in math, reading, and phonics.
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Hello Families,
Our first 2 weeks in kindergarten have gone by quickly! We have been busy getting to know each other and building a community. We are learning the expectations and routines for kindergarten and our school. Kindergarteners are learning to read to self and to read with a partner. We have built up to 3 minutes of each. (We move slowly to build stamina and foster a love of reading.) In writing, we have been working on self-portraits and family pictures. We are even working on creating a map of our heart. We draw and/or write the things we care about in the maps of our hearts. A favorite activity this week was working cooperatively with a partner to build the tallest tower using only 14 blocks. What fun we are having playing and working together! Thank you for sharing your children with me.
As part of our Force and Motion science unit, kindergarten students explored various ways to make objects move. They investigated the amount of force needed to move different objects. Kindergartners inquired into how pushes and pulls move objects. Adult volunteers helped run Force and Motion stations in the cafeteria on Thursday. Kindergartners from Ms. Darling's and our class rotated through stations examining force and motion. Everyone had fun learning about force and motion. Thank you, volunteers, for spending time with us and facilitating station activities.
Thank you Community Bank employees/volunteers for the wonderful presentation on financial literacy on Wednesday. Students enjoyed learning about money and the value of each coin. Kindergarteners were interested in the read-aloud book and hearing about different things to do with money like saving it, spending it, and giving some to charity. Seeing students exhibit such curiosity about money, spending, and ATMs was exciting. Thank you for coming into our classroom and sharing your knowledge and time. We appreciate it!
