The time children have been spending in the classroom has been so productive! As the Fifth marking term comes to a close so many children are reading advanced books and are beginning to write using complete sentences! It is a very exciting time to be in kindergarten especially in room 206! In science we are finished learning about Wood and are now learning about paper! We made our own particleboard statues and plywood sandwiches! In the upcoming weeks we will make our own paper. In Social Studies, Math, and Reading we have moved on to new themes! Our new reading thems is Around the World! We will be learning about all kinds of transportation! In Social Studies we will be starting a unit on Seasons, Calender and Time and over the course of the next three weeks we will explore how people tell time and what helps them to do so! Finally in Math we will be continuing with addition, subtraction and word problems but we will also be working on graphing.

We are starting a behavior chart in class to help provide children an incentive for good behavior. Children will be given individual charts and when they fill their chart with stickers, representing good behavior, they can pick a ‘treat’ out of the treasure chest.

      Also we have started having a ‘Super Star’ of the class. Children are the super star for one day each month. Children’s names are picked randomly out of a bag and when they are the super star they get to do ALL jobs in the classroom such as hold the door, lead the line, count drinks from the fountain when we come in from recess and much, much more!

Children learn language in many places. Mainly this is due in part to the fact that language is found everywhere. It is on food labels, clothing, billboards, signs, cars, the radio, the television and more. You might want to have some positive word labels around the house such as labeling the door and windows so that you can control what words you child is exposed to. This also helps with your child’s growing knowledge of words to increase. Some other things you can do at home to increase your child’s literacy is:

•  Introduce your child to different mediums, like poems, songs, and different styles of books. (sensory, visual, and books without words).
• Repetition of favorite books helps children develop key concepts of plot.
• Point to words and follow them as you read, this helps draw the child’ attention to words and their meanings.
• Read to your child as much as possible, or at least once a day.