Mrs. Hicks' Kindergarten Blog: Day 2--Wow! What a great group of learners!

The kids did a fabulous job today learning some new procedures. The beginning of the year is all about teaching them procedures and rules along with social skills of course. We did so many things today. I had to look at the pictures I took to remember what we actually did.

Here is a summary: we learned how to "turn and talk" with a partner, how to work on the "connect" strategy in reading, how to do literacy stations, how to do a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom craft, how to share our toys during our free choice time, how to use bingo dabbers and how to use playdoh at school. We have been VERY busy!!!

The kids are getting more and more used to me taking pictures of them. They are so photogenic. This is them at carpet time in their assigned spots.

"Turn and Talk" is a strategy where I ask the kids to discuss something

with their "turn and talk" partner.

Today I asked them to discuss a time when they got hurt

so they would be prepared for their work later on.

They did a great job turning and talking. Wow! It's only day 2 and they did great!!!

This is some of the work that was done today.

The letters of the alphabet got hurt climbing on the coconut tree (based on the story).

The kids were supposed to draw a picture of a time

when they got hurt as part of the reading connection.

I love Westley's "f" because it has a bandaid on it since it got hurt when it fell down.

I love these pictures that Isabella drew.

Great job Sahasra. That is a great coconut tree.

Love the colorful pictures Elise drew.

Rahel did some great illustrations.

Literacy Stations are something that I usually don't start on day 2,

but I felt that these kiddos could handle them in a positive way. They did great!!!

They used the Expo markers to practice writing the letters.

More Expo marker practice.

They clipped the matching letter.

They matched letter tiles with the letters on the chart.

Look at that focus!

Collin and Josiah did a great job.

Wow!

These girls love to work together.

We had inside recess today since it was pouring.

The kids did great even though they had to stay inside.

They played with all the activities that I have introduced so far.

We finally did our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom project. That was lots of fun!

Today I introduced GoNoodle to the kids. It is a website with lots of brain breaks for the kids. We get to dance, do yoga, run etc. Today we did Koo Koo Kangaroo and the song DinoStomp. Ask your child about it. P.S. It's my favorite song to dance to and yes, I was dancing too. I think I need to buy one of those FitBits to see how many steps I take during the day.