We got a lot of work done today in kindergarten. Mrs. Boese's class joined us and we reviewed our sight words. Then we talked about writing sentences. What does a sentence need? (A capital letter, a period, spaces between words). We will be slowly incorporating more and more writing into our days.
The boys and girls were introduced to new stations. One station was a pancake flipping game. The boys and girls used a spatual to flip pancakes, and then read the sight word located on the pancake. They said the word verbally, and then wrote it on a sheet of paper as well. They seemed to really enjoy this new activity :) Another station was a hands on learning activity where boys and girls created a name catapillar, working with the letter
C for catepillar and writing their names. They also did 'find
my' hunt, and a roll the dice and add to color a leaf game. They are such hard workers!
Flipping the pancake to reveal a sight word
After station work we did a quick pattern introduction. This is something we have not touched much on this year but it is on the report card. We did pretty well for the first time!
We had just enough time for a snack and story before we headed home!
**Think Central Info-
I sent a note home awhile ago about this but I'll mention it again. Our math curriculum has games that go along with each lesson to help reinforce learning. This is something fun and a great idea especially for half day kindergarten-revisiting the learning sometime later in the day will help it really stick.
The website again is
thinkcentral.com I sent home a user name and password for each student, but if you misplaced it I would love to send it again. I can also give you a copy of the corresponding games. Today we are on Unit 2 lesson 5-the game is
Numberopolis: Cross Town Number Line, Level B
If this is all very confusing yet you are still interested in it, I would be more than happy to show you at conferences.
Again, this is an optional activity, but something the kids might find engaging and educational.