What a fun week in Kindergarten. The students performed their first science experiments and learned about the scientific method as we made a hypothesis, collected data, and recorded our results. We even got to drink the experiment when we were done! On Friday your child was given a CBM test. This test was a literacy check for us to get a more complete view of your child. We will use the scores on this curriculum based measure (CBM) to help us decide their placement for flex groups. Flex groups will get under way in about 2 weeks. Next week our K students will begin learning how to do Daily 5. This is a managment technique that we will use during flex groups.
The upcoming theme is "signs and shapes". During the week we will look for signs around the school (inside and out). We will pay close attention to their shapes and colors and see if we can draw some conclusions about them. At the end of the week, the students will work in a cooperative group to draw a mural that showcases what they have discovered about signs and how they are helpful to the community. We will continue to make patterns with shapes and look for shapes all around us. Students need to be able to identify shapes by name, as well as be able to say how many sides/corners they have. We will work on discovering the attributes of shapes as we play the "feely bag" game. Students will have to reach into a bag and try and identify a shape by feeling it (no peeking aloud!)
As our citizenship lessons get underway, students will learn about the I Can Problem Solve method and practice solving conflicts. We spend a lot of time in Kindergarten trying to teach the students to solve small issues on their own and point out how often it only takes letting someone know that you don't like something they are doing for them to stop!
Thanks again for sending in the classroom donations. I truly appreciate your generosity! Once again I want to mention that if you ever have any concerns or questions, please don't hesitate to call me. Have a super weekend!
