11/5 Kindergarten Blog
Dear Kindergarten Families, This week, we began with our student jobs! Every day, students have a new responsibility, like Teacher Helper, Sweeper, Blessing Leader, among others. We learned “Pretty Penny” and continued familiarizing ourselves with some of our newer songs like “You Are My Sunshine” and “Dreams of Harmony.” In Phonics we studied the last student name: Olivia. Vowels are tricky since they make so many different sounds but we were able to generate a good list of words that start with O. We also practiced reading, writing, spelling, and using two new snap words: like and can.... Read More
First Grade News
Dear Families, In writing, we have been focusing on elaboration or adding more to our stories. We are starting to use paper with more lines, taping on extra lines to revise, and using question words to add on to our sentences. We are also practicing telling our stories to our writing partner so we can add more details to our books. We tell our story while our partner makes a movie in their head, then they ask questions, after we retell our story with new details, and finally we add the details to our stories. In Hebrew, we learned the letters nun, nun sofit (final nun)... Read More