In Jolly Phonics today, we learned all about the letter "Ff" sound. The motion for this sound is to lift your hands one above the other and move them up and down as if an inflatable fish is inflating and say f,f,f,f,f.  When learning about this sound, I was so impressed with all the words both classes found that began with this letter such as fish, floating, fingers, fruit. When we were finished learning about the letter Ff sound, we practiced decoding words that contained this new letter sound. Hearing my kindergarten friends sound out words all on their own is absolutely amazing! They have all begun taking off as readers and it is so exciting to see! I am so proud of all my kindergarten friends. For homework tonight, I asked both classes to find four things that began with the letter "Ff" and I am looking forward to checking their soundbooks tomorrow.

In math, we have been learning about the numbers 1-8 and understanding the quantity of the numbers. We have also been learning how to write the numbers the correct way from top to bottom. I am amazed how quickly they have learned to write the numbers and how well they have improved their number writing with more and more practice. Way to go, K-1 and K-3!

In handwriting, we finished learning how to write all the numbers 1-10 last week so we have moved on to learning how to write the uppercase letters of the alphabet. We have begun learning the uppercase letters that are "frog jump" letters. Both classes are doing a great job learning the letter formation and ensuring they are forming each letter slowly so that they are written the correct way from top to bottom. 

At the end of our day, we did a "Roll It- Write It" sight word activity with our September sight words. This activity was wonderful practice in helping my kindergarten friends to solidify their knowledge of these sight words by reading and writing them numerous times as they completed the activity. They LOVED doing this activity and there was a lot of excitement in the room as they rolled their die to see which sight word would reach the top first. Way to go, K-1 and K-3!

It was a fun day in kindergarten today! I am SO proud of all the things my kindergarten friends are learning and how well they are following the routine. We have built a kindergarten family in my classroom and it's so fun to see all the cute friendships that are forming along with the love of learning too! Have a great night, everyone!