Fun Friday

With today being "Fun Friday," I did a directed draw pumpkin with the class today. They all did such a wonderful job following the step-by-step directions until their whole pumpkin was drawn on their paper! These activities help my kindergarten friends in many ways as learners such as developing their fine motor skills and helping them to strengthen their ability to follow directions and problem solving skills. They were so excited about this activity and they had so much fun adding their own creative details when they were done. They couldn't wait to bring them home to show them to you!

In math, we are finishing up Chapter 2 and will take a math assessment on Monday to see what they have learned. This unit focused on numbers 1-10 helping them to understand the quantity of each number and how to write the numbers the correct way. They learned how to show each number in a ten frame and that each number can have many combinations to equal that desired number. We also learned about ordinal numbers too. This unit brought a great challenge to them and I have loved seeing how much they have grown in math. Way to go, K-1!

In structured literacy, we have learned some more letters and sounds that they make. With learning more letters, they are growing as readers and writers. I am amazed with how quickly they are able to blend the sounds together to read and write! It's so fun to see! We are also learning about the structure of a sentence. Today's lesson focused on how a sentence is a group of words put together to tell a complete thought or idea. We also learned that sentences have to start with an uppercase letter and have some type of punctuation at the end. If a sentence is asking a question, there will be a question mark at the end. If a sentence is written to show excitement there will be an exclamation point at the end. If a sentence is written to share an idea or thought, it will have a period at the end. We learned that when we read sentences with a question mark or exclamation point our voice fluctuates to represent that when we read it. My kindergarten friends are growing so much as learners each day and I am amazed each day as I have the amazing opportunity to teach them! I am so proud of all of them! Have a great weekend, everyone!