Kindergarten Update: December

Here’s what your Kindergartener worked on this month:

Reading Workshop: We continue to stress the importance of reading strategies that good readers use. This week we:

Went back and reread to make sure the words we are saying to match the words on the page.
Used first letter clues to figure out unknown words.
Used our sight word cards to help recognize words in our shared reading texts.
Noticed that when certain words repeat in a story this helps us to read the story.
Celebrated our favorite shared reading book with all kindergarteners.

Writing Workshop: We continue to use good writing strategies that make it easier for other readers to read what the children are writing, such as:

Using a spaceman to put spaces in between words
Making our writing readable
Fancied up and celebrated with all the kindergarten classes

Math: Unit 4 where the children:

Learned about tricky teens
Played number top it
Worked with hexagons
Number collection boxes
Played math games

Fundations: letters Hh and Kk, reviewed letters, the -an word family

Holidays Around the World

Learned how people all over the world celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah
Shared our family traditions

Science

Learned about the season of winter

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Kindergarten Update: December