Week 2 Highlights

We had a successful second full week of kindergarten. We are so proud of our kindergartners. All students are trying very hard being the best students they can be and learning a lot in the process. 

Using our letter boards for the first time. Remembering to use an alligator grip
and sitting up tall like a writer.

Practicing line writing on the different lines- sky, plane, grass and worm.
Then writing number 1s.

Math lesson- comparing solid and flat shapes.

Mrs. B will be joining us for math on Mondays. She worked on a lesson with
circles and triangles.

Mrs. Kearney's math station was ST Math- a kindergarten favorite.

Painting snow on the winter apple tree.

Exploring pattern blocks as a morning choice.

Reading our first book- My Color Book.

Coloring our Open House folder covers.

Fine motor practice- feeding the animals.

Practice writing letter t- our first Fundations letter.
The drill sound card for t is t-top- t (sound).

Msr. Fortunato and her friends came to our room to do an ENumeracy assessement.

We did math stations in the hall when the math assessments were being done
in our classroom.

We used the polydrons to create 3D shapes.

Trying to perform the lumberjack greeting for the first time.

Writing practice for the number 2.

Making the Golden Delicious clay apple.

Making the summer apple tree with Mrs. Ortega.

Rainbow writing for the #2.

Letter and number assessment.

Attempting to write our numbers 1-20 (this is a benchmark to be met by
the end of kindergarten.

We made Granny Smith apples out of clay.

We celebrated our first birthday in kindergarten on Friday.
Happy Birthday Christopher!

Christopher shared his birthday poster during morning meeting.

We tried out the Qball for the first time. Everyone liked hearing their voice
over the lightspeed system.

Friday's math mat- working on 3D or solid shapes.