Kindergarten in January

January was marked with lots of celebrations of learning.
There are signs of emerging literacy everywhere. We have the most wonderfully supportive environment in Kindergarten, after a student successfully prints beautifully, identifies a new letter, sound or word or counts the highest they ever have, the students spontaneously clap and cheer!
Jax sorted all the pictures according to the beginning sounds and Gage read his first book to his classmates!

We love math and enjoy adding with fingers, rulers and buttons. We were very excited to write our very first math quiz! A few quickly realized that using a ruler (number line) was their favorite way to find how many altogether. They discovered it is difficult to concentrate when we are all sitting at the big table together. The second day, they chose seats far apart a got right to work! 

We combined math, reading and writing when we made new play-dough for the classroom.

In Motion, asked teachers and students to get political. 

We learned how important playing outdoors is for children. We wrote a message and made a desk ornament for the members of SUMA to remind them that their decisions can help us have outdoor play spaces. Playing outdoors helps us be happy, healthy and strong.

*Did you know that playing outside develops better eyesight?

Using computers is new to our regular routine. Logging on and finding the sites for Mathletics or Starfall is a huge accomplishment. Both sites offer wonderful literacy activities as does abcya. 

All students from K to Grade 4 gather for READING BUDDIES once during the six day cycle. Teachers share stories and sometimes songs then students buddy up and read to each other.