Welcome to Kindergarten! : Wrapping Up Todd Parr

We have had a very busy week wrapping up our Todd Parr unit! Here are some of the important things we learned...

Our literacy centers this week were full of fun Todd Parr activities! We completed various activities including a few writing responses at writing center. We worked on rhyming words and beginning sounds at ABC center and played CCPal at iPad center. We also practiced independent reading. In the coming weeks, each center will be differentiated to meet the needs of each individual group. More to come!

During Phonics, we learned the letters Nn, Ff, and Vv. We continued to practice beginning sounds, counting words in sentences and discriminating between words and letters, blending and segmenting sounds, and clapping syllables.

In Reading, we learned many new high frequency words: I, a, see, you, and me. We listened to and discussed the story I Went Walking and worked on choral reading, or reading together. We identified rhyming words as well. We worked on building stamina for working independently and practiced building strong work habits, which is preparing us for literacy centers in the coming weeks.

We practiced writing the heart word "see" (words you need to know by heart) during Interactive Writing. You can learn more about heart words by visiting here: https://www.reallygreatreading.com/heart-word-magic

During Writing this week, listened to and discussed the story Daniel's Good Day to get ideas for our own writing. We shared story ideas with each other to prepare for writing and then drew and wrote about what makes a good day for us. We practiced adding beginning sounds to our pictures.

We continued working on numbers to 10 in Math. Please continue helping your child write numbers to 10 as this is very tricky for us!

We wrapped up our first Social Studies unit this week We learned that every family is special, even if they look different from mine, and that families and schools have rules to help us be good citizens.

In this week’s Second Steps lesson, we showed what we've learned about the importance of paying attention, practicing, and continuing to try after making mistakes. We put these skills to use while learning a rhyme with accompanying movements. Ask your child to show and teach you the rhyme they learned, along with the movements, so you can do it together.

We talked about our districtwide initiative, No Place for Hate, and had a lesson about being an ally and an upstander. Please ask your child to teach you what an upstander is and share examples of how they can be an upstander at school.

Looking ahead...