Kindergarten News
November 3, 2017
Conversation Starters
What are your five senses? How do the five senses help you?
What do writers include in their stories?
Writers Workshop
As Writers, we can write all the sounds we hear in words.
Luke is adding to his illustrations.
Samaj is working hard!
Maleigh is working on her story plan.
Readers Workshop
As Readers, we can use pointer power to read words.
We are Super Readers! Check us out in our Superhero attire!
Shared Reading
We can use the pictures and the first letter/initial sound to help us discover unknown words.
Math Workshop
As Mathematicians, we can name, recognize and write numerals 11-20.
Kaiden was an engineer. He followed thee patter to create an airplane.
Josie and Zakhii are practicing putting numbers in sequence 1-20.
Aaryn is tracing and cutting out shapes. In kindergarten, students should be able to identify -- circle, square, rectangle, triangle and hexagon.
Social Scientists
As Scientists, we can use our senses to investigate the world around us.
Kaylin discovered a variety of leaves.
Kaiden is working hard. It wasn't as easy as they thought to get a good leaf rubbing! You have to hold everything still.
Aaryn is proud of her rubbings!
Reading Celebration
We joined with the other kindergarten classes to celebrate that we are readers. After sharing some special reading time in the mini theater, we paraded around the school.
Mr. Scott is reading us a fairy tale.
Luke and Drake are reading with their Dad.
Vincent is reading to his Mom.
Kaylin is reading to Benji, a student in Mrs. Claytor's class.
Samaj is reading to his grandfather.
Kaiden is reading to his grandparents.
Savannah and Kyleigh (from Mrs. Claytor's class) are reading together.
Anna and Trinity (from Mrs. Claytor's class) are reading together.
Dr. Somerall wrapped up our time in the mini theater by reading us a fairy tale we had never heard!
Dr. Mills, who works closely with the DFES staff, recently videoed our math lesson. It was cool to see ourselves on the Smartboard!
Family Fun
We welcome all of our kindergarten friends and families to send in pictures of family fun. We will have your child share his/her pictures with our classmates on the SmartBoard. Sometimes, we might include the pictures in our weekly Smore newsletter.
Contact Information
Mrs. Poston tposton@lexrich5.org
Mrs. Meade smeade@lexrich5.org
Dutch Fork Elementary: Academy of Environmental Sciences
Title One School
803-476-3900