Kindergarten Mrs. Manning Happy New Year from CTL Kindergarten! Time is certainly flying as we embark on the second half of our school year already! I would like to send a HUGE thank you to everyone for helping us exceed our class goal during our community service project in November. Your generosity helped over 90 dogs at CAMO Animal Rescue in need of forever homes. The rescue staff was overwhelmed by your kindness and the amazing collection of much-needed dog supplies. You have set a great example for students of how to be good citizens by meeting the needs of others. There is no better way to learn that important social studies concept than to see it acted out in a time of need. We are truly expanding our horizons in kindergarten. Dr. Morris has started teaching us to speak Spanish on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The students are counting to ten, naming colors, greeting one another and naming classroom objects in Spanish. They are catching on quickly, and enjoying their time with their maestro. In language arts we have continued to challenge ourselves to read harder texts and more books with each passing week. Students enjoy reading some of their personal books aloud to their classmates. We are working on rhyming words, word families, beginning, middle and ending sounds, and counting syllables in words as well. In writing workshop we are dabbling into some expository and informational writing, but the students still enjoy personal narratives the best! They are full of stories to tell and are doing a magnificent job adding details and sharing with expression. We will continue to develop our skills as readers and our craft as writers in the weeks to come. We have worked tirelessly in math to lay the foundation for a strong number sense. Our big focus has been on composing and decomposing numbers. It is critical for early math instruction to focus on the hands-on manipulation of numbers and sets to help children learn to think flexibly and fluidly with numbers. We use a large variety of manipulatives to explore the many ways to build each number. As we move forward we will be fine tuning our addition and subtraction skills as we discuss equations and solidify our understanding of number stories. Non-standard measurement is a topic on the horizon as well. 7
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