Mrs. Powers' Kindergators

Happy first full week of school! We were all very tired this Friday afternoon from a big, full week of kindergarten. Here are some things we worked on in class this week: Reading: We focused on using the illustrations only to figure out what was happening in the stories we read. We want our kiddos to use the pictures to support their ideas and predictions when reading. We began discussing what sight words are and read our first books in class. Hopefully they have brought these books home to read to you. We are still getting to know what each child is capable of doing, so if it seems the book is too easy or too hard right now, it is because we are still figuring all our levels out. Math: We worked on counting strategies when counting shapes on a paper or objects in our hand. The big lesson is moving your mouth and your hand at the same rate, so you are assigning each object one number. Our standard this quarter is counting to 50 by ones and objects accurately. We thought abo

Yesterday was our first trip to the Learning Commons formally known as our library. The kids were able to check out their first library book. We will go to the learning commons each Monday, so you will not need to return the library books until the following Monday. We recommend leaving the library book in your child's backpack or putting it back into their backpack after reading it to make sure they have it in there to return for the next week!