Way to go Shining Stars!

The children have had a lot of fun this week playing our game of "Sparkle!". The game is very basic and can be modified to support almost any learning goal throughout our entire year. Currently, the kids have been playing Sparkle to strengthen their skills of counting using 1:1 correspondence. We will also use this as we begin to segment and blend words in Fundations!

We have continued to talk in class about "What good writers do" and we are now beginning to look at "What good readers do" as well as what they physically look like when reading. This week, the kids began to practice reading to self as well as "Eek". Eek stands for elbow to elbow, knee to knee. This acronym reminds the children of what their bodies should look like when reading with or to a friend.

In Writer's Workshop we continued to discuss "What good writers do". The children now know that in order to be a good writer, they must first be a good storyteller using five or more details in their stories as well as being good illustrators of their pictures. On Wednesday, the children practiced drawing people and characters in their stories using only ovals and circles to form the body parts. This was even a challenge for Mrs. Granoth, as I like to draw stick people! The children really did a great job following this process and came up with some pretty realistic looking people for their stories!

On Thursday the children participated in an all-school A.L.I.C.E. Safety Drill. Mrs. Leonard as well as our School Safety Officer, Officer Muolo, came around to each Kindergarten classroom and complimented the kids on a job well done.

Please remember to send your child in with their red cloth browsing bags on Monday! Have a wonderful weekend!