Our first full week

We were so thankful to see the smoke had cleared this week and we're enjoying being outside for recess again.
At Bible time we will continue the Creation story and begin learning about Adam and Eve next.
We finished our first chapter in math this week and will being the second on numbers 0-5.  The challenge will be in learning to write numbers correctly and practicing our counting skills.
At the beginning of the year we review the alphabet, making sure we know letter names, sounds and how to write them correctly.  We also begin small reading groups, learn about the parts of a book, sentence formation and comprehension.  Slowly we introduce sight words, the pace will pick up in the next trimesters.
The class has been using pictures to identify ways to be respectful and successful at school.  Our goal is to help students understand the reason for rules and to appreciate how rules help us all work together in a positive way.
We will begin to learn about our building community this week, taking tours to different places in the school and church.  The class will interview several people who work at BLS and BLC so we can understand their job and how we are all part of the same community.
At library today everyone got to check out their first book.  It was very exciting!  Help your child take good care of their book and return before next Tuesday each week.
At the end of most of our days we learn in an hour of learning center time.  This looks like a game time, but it focuses on practicing the skills we learn in reading, writing and math each week.
So far, so good in Kindergarten!  Thank you for sending your wonderful kids.

Mrs. Luoma