Hi Parents of this fabulous JK class!
Week three has shown us many talents and favorites of our
friends, as we presented our “All About Me” posters in class, giving the
students another opportunity to practice their public speaking and lead the
class questions about their posters. We have been reading about all sorts of different
occupations and books about being unique as well as about our bodies. We graphed our eye color and used non-standard units of measure to determine the length of our written names.
The students worked together to sort and wash animals at the
sensory table and made tissue paper replications of our version of Elmer the Elephant. Elmer demonstrated to the students the amazing
effects one elephant could have by being his colorful self and not trying to be
like every other. We also read about
Pete the Cat and designed our own school shoes.
The message of taking things in stride was introduced, as was
individuality.
Each student spent time in their writing group, practicing
reading from left to right with their magic finger, underlining each word as
they took turns “reading” the A and B books in our series. They were all excited to “read” to their
classmates, and will continue to practice reciting and following along word for
word until the memorization of the text is replaced by actual reading. Whether that happens this school year or not,
they are all building the proper foundation.
Our handwriting continues to improve each day, as their tiny
muscle control increases as well as their knowledge and use of the lower case
letter formation. Please click on this
most excellent article, which offers information and suggestions about building
those muscles to develop better fine motor skills/handwriting.
Why Handwriting is a Struggle
for Today’s Children:
http://yourot.com/parenting-club/2016/8/12/why-handwriting-is-a-struggle-for-todays-children
We will be finishing our “All About Me” theme and moving
into Apples, Johnny Appleseed, and autumn.
This is one of my favorite times of the year, as the summer begins to
fade and the thoughts of fires in the fireplace, football, leaves falling and pumpkin
patches emerge.
