Kindergator Update 1.18
Happy almost Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Don’t forget that there is no school on Monday in honor of Dr. King. It has been a long week, with both Mrs. Walkup and myself ill, but we made it through! Here are some things we were able to work on this week. Goal Setting : The students looked at their current scores and data notebooks to see where they were and think about what things they might want to work on. Then we examined a picture based list of things they might want to set goals for and thought about which ones fit and which ones did not. From the list each student picked 4 goals to work on during our “goal time” twice a week. The kids did a really good job at picking out things they need and might be a challenge for them. The number one choice for most of the kids was…learning to tie their shoes. Reading : We have begun our unit on long vowels and why vowels sometimes change their sound. There are 4 reasons: when bully-e makes them, when two vowels go walking, when y chan