We are continuing to practice routines and expectations this week. As I mentioned before these first few weeks are all about learning to follow directions and learning all the procedures that we have in the classroom. We've been working on our morning routine and then practicing getting to assigned carpet spots on the rainbow carpet that we'll use for phonics and math instruction. We've also been doing a daily project that involves using glue and/or scissors.
This week we had our first word of the week, which was I. Each week we will have word of the week and most weeks we will also have a letter of the week. Many of our activities throughout the week relate to our word/letter of the week. I teach the kiddos a song for the word of the week which we sing daily and we always create the word using die cut letters so they have practice spelling the word correctly. The words of the week are Kindergarten sight words that we expect the kiddos to be able to read and spell as we continue on in the year.
Today was a super exciting day because the kiddos finally got their hands on their very own iPads. We started with an app called Sketchio, which is basically a whiteboard app, that allows you to choose the color and thickness of the line you draw/write with. We practiced selected particular colors and line thickness, then drawing shapes, writing names, and at the end they got time for a free draw. Each time we use the iPads the directions will be very step by step until the kiddos really get the hang of using them. We talked a lot about doing only what is demonstrated and then stopping. They did a really great job listening and following the directions. I can tell they are really excited about having iPads this year and I am too! In the future, I will use Sketchio for letter and number writing practice, name writing practice, and shape identification. Additionally, once we are a little ways into our phonics program I will use Sketchio for the writing part of our Fast Track Phonics assessment when the students are asked to write words that I sound out.
A few reminders:
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Next Friday is the Jog-a-thon.
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