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

Dear Kindergarten Families,   This week in our Morning Meetings, students paired up with someone new each day to share something about ourselves, and then shared to the group what our partners said. The children are getting to know everyone and working on their listening skills! We introduced a tricky new song called “Dreams of Harmony,” where we sing “Goodnight” in many different languages. We also learned “You Are My Sunshine.” The big news of the week is that we have student jobs! The children were very excited to learn that starting Monday, everyone will have their very own classroom... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families,   This week, we got creative with our greetings! We’ve gotten used to greeting each other individually in our Morning Meetings, but now we’ve added in fancy waves and movements to our greetings for friends to mirror back to us. We also learned a new alphabet song called “Alligators All Around.”   As part of our continued study of sharing about ourselves and learning about others, we had an interesting discussion about what Kindergarteners can do!  We made three lists, things that all Kindergartners can do (draw, play), things some Kindergarteners can do (read, ride a bike,... Read More

Dear Kindergarten Families, Our fourth week in, and it was finally a full week of school! The children had their first music class, we continued with our Morning Meeting singing and getting to know each other, and are growing more and more accustomed to school! In Writer’s Workshop we continued working on information books. It has been exciting to see children begin to add letters to their work, usually labeling items that they have drawn with their first letter of the item.  They are also beginning to add more details to their pictures.  As mentor texts we read Where Do... Read More