After last week’s exploration on the author Mo Willems, we decided to pick another author to learn about this week. On Monday we read a book called No, David! by author David Shannon. We talked a little bit about David Shannon and how he actually wrote that book when he was 5 years old!! This inspired many of them to write their own books this week during center time. They were amazed by the fact that one day they could have a published book. This week we have learned that he is not only a writer but he also illustrates all of the books he writes, does illustrations for other authors, and has won many awards for the books he has written.
Another book by David Shannon that we read this week was A Bad Case of Stripes. We learned about
a little girl named Camilla. She was so worried about what everyone thought of
her that she didn’t do the things she loved, like eat lima beans. We talked
about how it was sad that Camilla thought that her friends would make fun of
her. It was a great time to talk about things that might make friends upset!
After reading the story we created our very own Camilla (some of us decided to
draw ourselves or family members too). They drew rainbow stripes, and
multi-colored stripes, and even flower stripes.
We spent some of this week playing math bingo and ABC bingo! I am
so excited to see everyone’s improvement from when we first started playing
these games. Their number recognition
has improved so much. When we play ABC bingo, Ms. Rachael and I walk around the
word wall pointing to the letter and we talk about the sound the letter makes
and some words that start with that letter. It is so exciting to hear them yell
out words and it’s a great time to talk about words that we think starts with a
“C” but actually starts with a “K” or something else like that. This activity
really gets their wheels turning and we love it!
A few months ago we had a group of senior citizens come and read
books to the kids. They enjoyed it so much that they decided to come back and
make this a new monthly visit! We got to split up into small groups of two or
three and read lots of stories. It was so funny to watch them interact and
laugh and learn together. I think we will continue to do this next year in kindergarten
too. It’s such a great experience for the women that come and for the kids
too!!!
Love,
Ms. Michelle
Approaches to Learning:
· Demonstrate eagerness and interest as a learner by questioning and adding ideas.
· Demonstrate delight or satisfaction when completing a task, solving a problem, or making a discovery.
· Represent prior events and personal experiences in one or more ways.
Social & Emotional Development:
· Demonstrate self-direction by making choices among peers, activities and materials.
· Demonstrate confidence by participating in most classroom activities.
· Demonstrate with adult guidance simple techniques to solve social problems.
· Interact easily with familiar adults by engaging in conversations, responding to questions and following directions.
Language & Literacy:
· Make relevant comments or appropriate responses to story events or characters.
· Retell one or two events from a story read aloud.
· Recall some details in stories read aloud.
· Contribute to small group or whole class dictation activities.
· Use drawings, letters, or words to create narratives about people and things in their environment.
We loved drawing "A Bad Case of Stripes"...
Bingo is our favorite!...
Our wonderful reading buddies...
A picnic celebration with our new friend, Galit, and her mom!...
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