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What a busy week we've had! Here are some of the important things we've learned this week.
We were rocking in our school shoes this week! We have started exploring centers this week and are doing an amazing job! In the coming weeks, we will begin using our work board and finding various centers around our room including ABC center, Art center, Science center, Reading Group, iPad center, Writing center, and many more! Our literacy centers have been exciting, as we have been learning with Pete the Cat! Pete has helped us discuss the importance of being flexible, that we all have different strengths, and that it’s okay to be ourselves. Here are a few examples of some of the work we did at centers this week:
During Interactive Writing, we learned the power word “can" and were excited to add it to our word wall! We had our first Shared Reading lesson and read a book with the words "I Can". Shared Reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when children join in or share the reading of a book or other text while guided and supported me. We worked on beginning sounds to help us decode and using our reading pointer finger to read.
In Writing, we continue to work on stretching words and writing beginning sounds as we hear them. We have learned that we are ALL problem solvers and have worked hard to solve things that seem really hard. This is something we will focus on all year in many different contexts. Many children will come to me over the following weeks and want me to solve their “problem” of spelling different words. To practice this skill at home, give your child vowel consonant vowel words (CVC words) to write. Words like, dog, cat, rad, etc. work well. We are also focusing on spelling words phonetically (as they sound ) which doesn’t always include the “correct” spelling. This practice gets the children on the correct path. The more they practice breaking the words apart and listening for the sounds, the more comfortable they will become in their writing. We start with beginning sounds!
During Reading, we continued to explore non-fiction and fiction books and share what we learned. Reading time includes time for me to demonstrate a reading skill and time for the children to practice the skill(s) with me, with a partner and independently. We also explored some new word work activities.
Our Phonics lessons this week we worked on identifying vowels and consonants and uppercase and lowercase letters, using tools to help us like our alphabet chart, alphabet bridge, and alphabet cards, identifying letters/words/spaces in a sentence, tracking print from left to right, and beginning sounds.
