A+Day+in+Kindergarten

**__February 7, 2012__**

A Day in Kindergarten - Continued

We are learning more routines and adding different activities to our busy Kindergarten day:

**Read to Self** involves practicing pre-reading behaviors (looking at words and pictures, retelling stories already read to us, staying in one spot), starting at 3 minutes. Students build muscle memory as we "build stamina" for reading by adding one minute to the SmartBoard stopwatch each day.



ABC Yoga Kids is a great way to stay active (and review letters) during those cold indoor recess days! Each letter of the alphabet corresponds with an animal. Students watch the animal clip, and then try out the pose for that letter. Kindergarten students, or "yogis", have been trying three letters each day, and are doing a great job with balance! 

**__September 27 & 28, 2011__** A Day in Kindergarten 

We talk about our day at morning/afternoon meeting. There are usually seven things to do each day, starting with meeting. Then we attend a specialty class, like Music, Physical Education, Library, or Computers. Activity #1 can be things like Journal writing or science lessons. We go outside each day in the courtyard outside of our door, and then we eat a small snack while listening to a story. At Choice Time, students have the opportunity to explore academic and dramatic play centers around the classroom. At times, students will work together in small groups at rotating centers. We reflect on our day and think about the new things we learned during Closing Circle.



We are learning to read the daily message from Mrs. Gareau-Wilson. We learn about letters, their sounds, and what words like "you" or "Kindergarten" look like. This message also tells us about birthdays or other special events.



We are counting the days of school by adding a fish to our 100 Days of School fishbowl. When we get to 100 days, we will have a celebration with centers related to the number 100 and a cake that's shaped like that number, too!



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">We do Journal writing on Mondays about our weekends. We are learning to follow criteria and practice our early writing concepts.