We had a wonderful wet day at Kruger's Farm last week. The kids were cheerful and enthusiastic despite wet clothes and unrelenting rain. Many thanks to our big crew of volunteers who made the whole trip easy and relaxing.
Tomorrow is a late start Wednesday! School will start at 10:15, and buses will run two hours behind schedule. The kindergarten team will be at the main campus early in the morning for professional development.
Beginning today we will be meeting in the morning in the classroom. I will miss seeing all the students and parents across the school each morning, but it will be nice to have parents have a bit of time in the classroom.
Our literacy work is entering it's more mature phase. We are beginning the second round of "real centers". Our four centers -- writing, reading for meaning, math, and art / science / discovery -- will continue their current form throughout the year. I have been regularly meeting with reading groups during center time, The work with different groups varies; some students are working on learning letter names, and others on making sense of challenging words and letter patterns. For a majority of students our work is beginning to focus on blending sounds together to decode simple two and three letter words, and on recognizing our "sight words" in context.
I really appreciate all the parent support last week. Parents were quick to sign paperwork, donate snacks and volunteer in the classroom and on our field trip.
This weeks themes:
Theme Book: Life in an Ocean
Other Books: No David
Letter study: Aa
Letters we know: Mm, Tt
New words: is, have
Words we know: I, am, the, little, a, to
Writing: telling a story
Math: Patterns
Song: Roll on Columbia
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