With today being the first day in September, we made our September calendars. At the beginning of each month, we will make a monthly calendar that will display all the fun things or events that will be happening in our classroom or at Olive. Both classes had so much fun making their September calendars and I was so proud of how well they all followed my step-by-step directions in making it on their own. When we made our calendars, the first thing we did was to trace the month and the year at the top followed by tracing the numbers for all 30 days of September. Next I showed them how to color in the school house picture where they needed to use a color key to color specific numbers on the page specified colors. Then they cut it out, glued it on top of their calendar and added detail to finish it. They were so proud of how their calendars turned out and it was fun to see the fun they were having in making it at their table spots. Here are some pictures of my kindergarten friends making their calendars:
In Jolly Phonics, we had a review day today. Yesterday we finished learning the first set of 6 sounds so today was a "review day" to practice what we learned. We watched a Jolly Phonics movie for review and we did a sound sort with the letters s, a, t, i, p, and n. For the sort, my kindergarten friends needed to cut out some pictures and glue them under the letter sound they began with. To help them with this activity, I told them to cut out a picture one at a time, say the name of the object slowly breaking it up into sounds and listen to the sound it began with. Then glue it into it's correct spot on their sort. They ALL did a fabulous job and I was so impressed with the confidence they all had in completing it on their own. Only a few friends raised their hand for help. It was truly amazing! Here are some pictures of my friends working on their sort:
In handwriting, we learned how to write the number 2 with the correct number formation. This number is a very "tricky" one to write and we spent a lot of time practicing it today. To write this number, we learned that it begins at the starting corner at the top where you then make a big curve to the bottom corner and make a little line coming straight out from it. I told them with more and more practice, they will get better in making it on their own.
