Reflecting on the First Week Back

As I'm reflecting on this past week, I have to smile. My class this year is indeed diverse in so many way. Even though they are all different, each showed growth this week. They worked really hard in their new journals. Thanks to Koven Brown for donating the funds to purchase brand new journals for the kids!  Handwriting is improving but more importantly, they are understanding how to interject greater meaning and content into their writing. This is a major milestone for kindergartners. We also created a "number of the day" chart together. They learn to represent a number with symbols, tally marks, words, pictures and a number sentence. The ten frame is the foundation for this lesson.  We read some amazing nonfiction this week. This class is interested in nonfiction text. They are learning to ask more specific questions and how to use text features and illustrations to make meaning. This afternoon, we watched Raymond Briggs' The Snowman - a wordless picture book that is made into a video clip. They LOVED it. I was pleased with how they noticed details and anticipated what would happen next. We finished the day with creative snowmen art. Pictures will be posted on Monday. 😊