It is amazing to have a month of school under our belts! We have been working hard learning rules, expectations and procedures in school, and we have also been learning math and reading! We started the beginning of the year with math games. We spent our time counting, building and analyzing the numbers that we have made. We played the game, "Roll a Tower." The kids rolled a dot die and built the number that they rolled. Kids continued to build until all of the rows were filled up. It was fun to watch the kids notice that each time a number got bigger, so did the tower! At least once each month, I will be posting a blog with pictures of things that have been happening in the classroom. For the past few weeks, we have been participating in a reading structure called, "The Daily 5." In kindergarten, I have modified the structure to call it, "The Daily 3," where we will be participating in Read to Self, Work on Writing, and Word Work every day in the classroom during our English Language Arts time. So far, we have been doing Read to Self. This is an independent time where students find a comfortable spot around the room to read. They can read the pictures, read the words, or retell a familiar story. We chart and graph our reading stamina, and we have successfully gotten up to 10 minutes of stamina! During this time, I pull kids aside to conference with them. It is a great way to individualize instruction and goals, and I can't wait to start more! Each day before we start Read to Self, I do a quick mini-lesson on a strategy that we use to help become better readers. This is called, CAFE (which stands for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expand Vocabulary). The strategies that I teach are from the Montana Common Core Standards, and I place them on a sticky note in the appropriate category in our "menu." Each time a strategy is taught, we work on it as a group, and then the kids are able to implement that strategy during their Read to Self time. It is so great to get back as a group and hear how they have used the strategy on their own!!! We post each strategy and continue to review for the kids to see when they are reading. Once we are reading more, we will post more reading strategies to help us become comprehending, fluent and accurate readers! Here are couple more things that we have been working on this past month. We made coconut trees from our hands, and counted the letters in our name. We have also written to show our opinion on our favorite kind of apple, and created an art piece inspired by the artist, Jackson Pollock! We have also created leaves to celebrate the beginning of fall! I will end this post with an awesome poster that we made after learning about our US Constitution. On September 17th, we read a book titled, "We the Kids." We discussed what a constitution is and what it means to us as citizens. After, we decided to create our own constitution, or promise, of what we are going to be like in K2. All of these are student created, and reflect on the behaviors that we wish to show in our class and school. Enjoy the pictures, and I can't wait to show you more of what happens this year in our classroom!
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