Before we write, we think about what we want to write. We are learning that writing is just telling a story on paper. Students will come up and give an example of what they want to write when they go to their seat and it's amazing the results when we take the time to really think about our words before we start. Even for our friends that can't write just yet, they are learning that we can read and write with pictures, too! Having movement works out our wiggles, gets our brains focused, and helps us BE AWESOME!
We have been doing FANTASTIC with learning our numbers and I wanted to share a sneak peek into our lessons. This is not the full lesson, but just to give you an idea of how are lessons work during math right now. For those of you that were able to attend our Kindergarten conferences last week you heard us talk about "I Can" statements and how that relates to your child's learning. We make these statements in child friendly terminology because they read these with their teacher. It is important for the student to be completely aware of what they are learning and what the teacher expects out of their lessons. In my room I make a chart (anchor chart) to go along with our lessons. In order to get my class ready to use these charts we made our own last Friday. Students shared something "I Can" do with our class. It was a fun way to practice our "I Can" charts in advance, plus we got to learn so much about our classmates. Check out what they said they could do. They are so precious.
Then check out one of our charts this week for Social Studies (excuse my portrait of David from David Goes to School - I tried my best!). We have been putting up sticky notes when a student responds to our learning. It's been a GREAT week so far. Check out the site tomorrow for a peek into our math lesson for the week. |
Christy Wilson"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" - Dr. Seuss CategoriesArchives
April 2015
|