After play and snack, Mrs. Guilmette joined us for Guidance where we spent more time talking about our feelings. This tied in nicely with a new video from our friend Mojo who began to teach us about Empathy. A lot of Kindergarten is spent learning how to empathize and really understand the feelings of others in addition to yourself in order to support one another.
We brought out our Math Journals again today and practiced writing the numerals 0 and 1. In order to do this we learned how to properly grip a pencil using the "flip trick" : put it down with the point facing towards you, pinch it with your thumb and pointer finger and "flip" it back towards you.
After recess and lunch, I read Little Owl's Night and then it was time for Reader's Workshop "Jobs." We have a new workboard where students are working in groups of four to complete a set of 3 Literacy Centers. These centers are activities that review a skill and can be completed (almost) independently. This week students are working on independent reading, partner reading, a letter match game, listening to books on the computer and practicing letter formation with our special letter writing dry erase boards. Students have really enjoyed this new format for Reader's Workshop. For this week I will be supporting groups in building independence but this will be time I am able to meet with small groups and work on targeted literacy skills while others work at the centers. After Reader's Workshop it was time for Art with Mrs. Hawkes and then dismissal.
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