I am almost complete with progress report testing and am delighted with what I am seeing. Children are really picking up on the necessary kindergarten skills. Just in the past month they have come so far. I can't wait to see each of you at conferences in November to go over progress reports.
We are starting chapter 4 in math next week, which is numbers 0-5. We are also going to be learning about nocturnal animals in science. The kids are having a lot of fun working with our middle school helper in the mornings with sight word and math games. I am really seeing the benefits.
We have been making a lot of class books in our room too. Each one is totally different and each one all of the kids contribute too. We have a book where I took pictures to measure how tall they are compared to paper pumpkin cut-outs, a book based on the children's book "No David", a skeleton book where I took their picture and they manipulated a skeleton cut-out to copy what they were doing in the picture, our version of Mrs. Wishy Washy, and many more. We even have a book by last years kindergarten class giving this years class advice about kindergarten. It's called "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Welcome To Your New Room". My goal is to have enough class made books by the end of the year for each child to take at least one home.
A special thank you to all of my volunteers that will be helping with our party today and to all of the families that sent in stuff for the party. Remember, if your name wasn't on the list, your name will be on a list for an upcoming party. We make gingerbread houses in December and there is a lot of goodies and help required for them. It is so exciting to see the kids understand the interest you are taking in their education. There are so many ways to let your child know that you value their education including volunteering, chaperoning trips, helping them with their homework, reading with them, asking them how their day was, helping with prep work, etc. I know each of you are doing one or many of these because I hear the kids talk about it all the time.
Time to get ready for the day. Hope each of you have a fun and safe weekend!
