Mrs. Bartz's Kindergarten 2022-2023

        Kindergarten Announcements ELA This week we learned the two big words:  analyze and characters and then learned how to analyze characters in a story.  We learned strategies for analyzing questions and finding answers, clues, and evidence. We also learned to identify and figure out character traits by reading the words and by looking at the pictures. Math We played fun math games that included counting different groups and matching the groups of items to both written and spoken numbers.   Writing We practiced writing sentences correctly, continued writing  pattern books, and practiced finding sight words on the word wall and using them correctly in our sentences.  Social Studies The kindergarteners explored the concept of learning from the past by looking at pictures of artifacts. Science This week we learned about what happens to our earth on hot sunny days.  We then worked out how to make shade for an o...

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                                           Kindergarten Announcements ELA We did our first Reader’s Theater unit this week.  We practiced how to read the book "With My Family".  We built fluency by echo reading, and listening for speed and pacing while reading.  We ended the week by reading our script in parts and reflecting on how we read.  We also practiced the high- frequency words for this book. They are on the first page of the word cards that were sent home. Please practice these words at home too! Math We counted groups of up to ten images to understand that the order counted does not change the number of images.  We then compared groups and identified groups that have more, less, or the same number as a given group of images.  Writing We worked on writing and answering questions.  We practiced making question marks a...

    Kindergarten Announcements We had a fantastic time at Dinges Farms on Monday! It was a beautiful morning to be outside. We took a hayride around the grape vines, went on a hunt for six stations in the corn maze, ate a snack of popcorn and cider or punch, played instruments made out of gourds, saw some animals, and some of us were brave enough to go in the haunted semi. Thank you to all of the parents that were able to enjoy the morning with us! ELA We learned to ask ourselves questions to find the Main idea and details of each chapter of a nonfiction book called Rules At Home .  We completed several graphic organizers and made a poster to teach others about what we learned from the book.  Math We practiced making and describing groups that have more, fewer, and the same number of objects.   Recognizing quantities represented by fingers was also a focus of this week’s math lessons. Manipulating counters, pattern blocks, and other collections to make groups ma...

        Kindergarten Announcements *Laps for Lincoln Update: Our class is one of the leaders in our laps for Lincoln collection contest! Because of this, we got some St. Joe Bears donuts from Red Coach Donuts on Friday thank to a generous parent! Keep those donations coming in this week so our class can win the ultimate party!!!!* ELA We started our Benchmark curriculum this week by learning to identify the main idea and the supporting details in a nonfiction text.  We are thinking of the main idea as a big umbrella and the details as small things under it.   Math Students continued to develop counting concepts and skills while connecting quantities to the spoken word.  They also learned to count and compare up to 10 objects and know the number remains the same no matter how it is arranged.    Writing We learned and practiced the writing process of “think, picture, say, sketch and write” as we list and label all about one topic. P2: Purp...

What we have been learning...   ELA We practiced more of our Daily 5 routine which included word work activities, and listening to reading.  We practiced rhyming and listening for beginning sounds, segmenting and blending compound words.     Math Students learned to look for small groups of objects  and name how many without counting. We developed one to one correspondence and learned to act out number stories.  Writing The students took turns telling stories aloud about everyday things.  They also wrote in their journals about their feelings and learned to capitalize the first letter of a sentence.   P2 We learned about being open-minded and how much fun it can be to try new things.  We also learned that it’s important to be optimistic about the future and not give up hope that good things will happen.   Welcoming a new friend Last Monday we had a new friend join our class. Her name is Maycee Rader and we are so happy to ...