We began our day today with handwriting where we are continuing to learn how to write the lowercase letters correctly on the lines. Today we learned the correct letter formation for the letters: i, e and l. Both classes are doing a wonderful job recognizing how to place the letter correctly on the lines and making them the right size too. With each letter we learn, I am seeing their handwriting transform. They all have beautiful handwriting and I am so proud of the growth they are all making with our Handwriting Without Tears program. Here are some pictures of my kinder friends during handwriting today:

In Jolly Phonics, we learned the motion and sound for the "ch" digraph today like in the words: cheese, chair, cherries, chicks. The motion for this sound is to pretend you are a steam train, moving your arms back and forth like you are piston rods saying ch.....ch....ch.......ch. When learning this sound today, both classes thought of a lot of words that contained this new sound. After I taught the Jolly Phonics lesson, the classes did their ch page in their Jolly Phonics packets and they had the opportunity to find objects that contained the newly learned sound. When they found things that had the new sound, they circled it and wrote the words themselves using their "brave spelling." I am so proud of how well they wrote the words they wanted to write and the confidence they have found in themselves as writers. Way to go, K-1 and K-3! After Jolly Phonics, we went outside to enjoy the beautiful weather for a well-deserved "brain break." They had so much fun playing on the playground and playing tag with one another. When we came in from recess, we practiced writing our names on the big chalkboards on the lines. I want to transform their handwriting from writing their name in all upper case letters to writing their names beginning with a capital letter and the rest being lowercase. They did a great job writing their names today and the more we practice it, the better they will get! We had a great day today and I couldn't be more proud of all they are learning! They are doing AMAZING! I am looking forward to another wonderful day tomorrow. Please remember that my morning class (K-1) has library tomorrow so they need to bring their library books to return when they come to school in the morning. My afternoon class doesn't have any specials tomorrow. Have a great night, everyone!