Today in kindergarten, our day began with a literacy lesson learning all about open and closed syllables. In kindergarten? YES and the kids did great learning it! They did such a wonderful job during the lesson making sure to ask questions on the content they didn't understand. We went through examples of each kind slowly to ensure they were able to identify if a syllable was open or closed and were able to explain why too. I was so impressed! When I finished the whole group lesson, they went to their seats and I gave them a worksheet that allowed them to show me what htey learned in the lesson. I asked them to sort a group of words in whether they were open or closed syllables. They did great learning this challenging concept for the first time and I was SO PROUD of them!

In the afternoon, I did a social studies lesson with the class on the Lunar New Year since it was today. We learned all about this fun celebration and the traditions that go along with it. We made paper dragon puppets which they all LOVED making. They couldn't wait to take them home to show you! We learned that in the parade, the longer the dragon is.. the more luck it would bring everyone! We had a great discussion talking about all the neat traditions they have on this "special" day and the meaning behind each one. Did you know they clean their houses the day before the Lunar New Year to sweep out all the bad luck they might have in their houses from the year before? It was so much fun learning about the Lunar New Year today. We also learned that this year is the year of the snake. We learned about the meaning behind why it's the year of the snake and they got to color a page with that as well. In math, we are learning about teen numbers and place value. They are learning how to show me the amount of teen numbers on ten frames and learning how to explain how many groups of 10 or ones are in each number. I am impressed with all they are learning in math! Way to go, K-1!