We have been working so hard in Kindergarten! Here is a little recap of what we have been focusing on in the past few weeks:
Math
We have begun working on addition story problems and have started looking at number bonds and decomposing numbers. We have also been doing some graphing!
Language Arts
We have been introduced to all of the single letter phonograms now, and have begun to learn some double letter phonograms including ee, ck, ch, th, sh, er, ar.
In Writer’s Workshop we have progressed from just drawing and labeling the initial sounds of our pictures, to adding additional sounds and some of us are working on adding words, with spaces between them. Speech bubbles and exclamation marks have also been introduced.
Zones of Regulation
We have learned about all of the zones and have talked about things that happen to us that are triggers for us that can send us from the yellow zone to the red zone. We have also been reading a book called The Adventures of Stretch More by Trina Epstein and Ross W. Greene.
In this book we follow the adventures of a boy named Stretch who is working on becoming “unstuck” and being more flexible. I have seen great progress in the children’s abilities to work through their problems and responses as a result of this book!
Science
We have been learning about force and motion! We have experimented with different surfaces and looked at friction and how it slows things down. We have made ramps and tested them to see which ones make cars go faster, and we have made marble art. It’s been a lot of fun!
