We are coming out of
our shells in Mrs. Mathis’ Kindergarten class!
Everyone is enjoying being in
school all day. The children are doing a wonderful job of learning our
routines and schedules.
In reading, we are
working on rhyming words, beginning and ending sounds, letter
recognition, learning our names and how to write our names. The children
look forward to finding out who our star student is for the day. It is a
great way to learn about each other and each child is a special star.
The children are enjoying being read to and they also love our
daily DEAR time. Some of our favorite books are the Junie B Jones
series, The Kissing Hand, Who Stole the Cookies from the
Cookie Jar, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
And I’m Gonna Like Me just
to name a few. We are also
working on our reading strategies and learning what it takes to become a
good reader.
In math, we are
working on direction words, counting, sorting, graphing, patterning,
number recognition, one to one correspondence, and writing numbers. The
children really love working in our math centers. We have all of the
skills in math centers that our children are able to rotate to.
In Science and
Social Studies we have been working on school environment, manners,
classroom expectations, and how to get along with others. We have begun
a unit called All About Me. We will be doing different activities to
help all of us get to know each other.
A favorite time of
day is our Center time. The children are able to make choices in our
block area, art area, housekeeping area, writing area, listening area,
math area, reading area, and science area.