Kindergarten Blog 4/15/21
Dear Families,
This week in Kindergarten, students practiced addition with a new game. Partners were given two cards, one with an animal, one with an equation (ex: Frogs, 2+7= ___). Together, they solved the problem, and came up with a story to fit the animal and the equation (ex: 2 frogs sat on a log. 7 frogs came to join them. All together there were 9 frogs. The end!).
We are also reviewing handwriting steps, and have a brand new tool to use: chalk boards! We use different materials (chalk, sponge, water) to make each letter “the Kindergarten way.” Changing materials helps us to learn in a tactile way. The size of the materials helps us learn to pinch writing implements, which can improve pencil grip. If your student is having fun and wants to practice at home, there is an iPad App called “Wet Dry Try” (Learning Without Tears) that uses the same method we do in school.
In writing children have chosen a story to work on for our next publishing party. We have two new tools to help with revising stories. A green flair pen is used to add missing letters, spaces between words, periods, and more details. Small strips of lined paper are used to add sentences when there is no more room on a page. Revising is hard work for Kindergartners, and we repeat a lot, “When you are done you have just begun!”
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