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The beginning of the year is so much fun in kindergarten. We are excited about learning, establishing routines, and beginning the journey towards GRADUATION (it's sooner than you think)!
We only formally meet together twice a year for parent/teacher conferences, so I would like to use this blog as a way to inform you and keep transparency in what we do in the classroom! The first routine I want to introduce to you is our English/Language Art (ELA) structure called Daily 5. Daily 5 is a reading structure that allows for students to read and write everyday while fostering independence in each area. There are 5 elements in the Daily 5, and we try to hit each, but primarily focus on: Read to Self and Work on Writing. We have begun Read to Self and have been hard at work building stamina in our independent reading. With kindergarten, I am responsible for modeling and teaching students the procedures for the Daily 5 so they may continue in the upper grades they enter. 3 Ways to Read The first lesson I teach to the kids are the 3 ways we can read a book--because all students come in with varied background knowledge! I teach the 3 ways to read a book by showing a book that we all know, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." I model the first way to read a book by exaggerating a little... I look at the pictures and make up my own story! Once they realize that it is not how they know, I write the first way to read: Read the Pictures. I follow with reading the words as they are written and concluding with the final way--Retell the Story. We use all three elements to eliminate, "I don't know how to read!" because all reading starts with recognizing pictures and symbols. Think about the 3 ways when you're reading at home! I-PICK Good Fit Books Picking good fit books is a tool to use for all ages in reading! We want our children to be independent in their lifes, demonstrating the necessary skills to be successful later in life. Therefore, I teach a lesson on picking Good Fit books for read to self time. We follow by a rap, using the letters in I-PICK to help in always picking good fit books. Instead of saying it all, take a look at this video! ![]() Read to Self Once we have picked out our own books, we are read to launch Read to Self! This is my favorite thing to watch as children do this on their own! We have some simple rules for Read to Self:
Please continue to check this blog to see different things we are accomplishing at school! This also gives a good conversation to the "I don't know" response when you ask what they did at school. ;)
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