Our second week was another success. We are so proud of our kindergartners. They are working so hard and learning so much! Everyone is very excited that the iPads went home today! We have been learning and practicing how to access some of the kindergarten apps at school with the hopes that some practice can also be done at home. Please be sure to read the information packet sent home in the green communication folder. If there are any questions please let us know.
Last week we learned about Drawing Pad and ST Math. Drawing Pad is a art tool that the students have been happy to use. To introduce all the tools we had a few guided lessons and then we did a guided draw and created an owl. The next app we learned was ST Math. The students need to help JiJi the penguin get across the screen by solving math problems (with no words!) So far this program has been enjoyed by the students. Please be sure to have the students work on these applications themselves!
This week we introduced Lexia, Dexteria and Raz Kids. Lexia is a phonics program, and the students progress through the levels at their own pace. Again, please make sure your child is doing this work on their own! Dexteria is a fine motor app and the students practice tapping, pinching and writing letters and numbers. Raz Kids is an incentive reading program. In this program the students can listen to books or read them themselves and earn stars that can be used to create their own Avatar, or decorate their own rocket or they can donate them to others that are in need of food.
Lexia
Dexteria
Raz Kids
Brain Pop Jr
We also completed and published our first book on colors. This book went home yesterday. We hope your child was excited to share it with you.
We also read the story Wemberly Worried and we have been playing bingo and practicing some phonemic awareness skills with this book. Soon the Phonemic Awareness take home bag will come home so these skills can be practiced at home.
We also started practicing writing our numbers, our one to one correspondence, making sets and subitizing.
Subitizing
We also designed the cover to our Writing folders. We will start Writers Workshop next week!
We shared all of our All About Me posters and they are now hanging up in the hall over our drying spots. It was so nice to get to know more about all of our Room 101 members.
We have been practicing our names all week. Today we painted our names with a q-tip to also practice our fine motor skills.
We have been so fortunate that the weather has been so nice and we have been able to enjoy our mask break, snack and Morning Meeting outside. Then we head to the playground for a short recess. This has become a favorite part of our kindergarten day!
