Names

We are a few weeks into Kindergarten and it's a great time now to begin exploring our names. We have many fun and learner driven activities planned. We graphed the number of letters in our names today. We also began working on using an uppercase only at the beginning of our name and followed by all lowercase. Writing letters from the top down is also a focus as well as pencil grip.

We will be creating graphs and class books as we explore names. We will be using playdough,markers to practice writing and create alliteration writings, complete name puzzles and share information found in special homework.

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes: http://youtu.be/t2pCR8YHszM

Marek Class  Graph

Crawford Class Graph

Collins Class Graph

Williams Class Graph

Orange Splot

We like to celebrate each others differences. The Orange Splot House is a book that helps illustrate this to students. Students then placed their own orange paint onto little white houses. The next day once they have dried students decorate their homes with crayons. Each home is uniquely their own. We like to have the students cut out the houses when done to practice the skill of cutting.

Pete the Cat

As a grade We have used Pete the Cat to discuss colors and read color words. Classes completed a cutting and listening activity this week.