This week in Kindergarten, we've been busy reading "Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes" by Eric Litwin and making our very own Pete the Cats! (Picture on the right) Something I've noticed in Kindergarten is the read alouds and the amount of them we have in a typical day. On a normal day, our kids hear about 3-6 read alouds from varying authors and genre types. In Emerging Literacy, we discussed how children should be having books read aloud for them or more times a day. I think that as our kindergartners become completely independent readers, the time they spend listening to fluent reading and watching what readers do will be crucial for their success.
As we continue our learning on Conscious Discipline, we keep implementing more parts and watching as our classroom changes and our students adapt to the new parts of our day. We've been introducing new greetings and having the children choose how they want to be greeted as well as stressing that we (the teachers) are there to keep them safe and they help by keeping that way.
And that's all for this week,
Ms. Brookes