Early Kindergarten News with Ms. Amy
9/11/2017
Hopes and Dreams & |
Last week we spent our group times discussing what the students hope to learn at school this year, and what rules we need to have at school so that everyone feels safe. In talking about what we hope to learn, we read the book "Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!" by Nancy Carlson. In this book Henry questions his mother about what he will learn at school. This helped us launch into our own shared writing about what we could learn this year. On Friday we made a collaborative art project that will be the backdrop for displaying these hopes. The process of talking about what we can learn in school helped the students become excited for their learning, gave them a goal, and also opened up new possibilities for what may happen at school. | We spent the second half of the week talking about rules and working as a group to generate what our rules will be for our classroom this year. We spent time talking about the need to be safe in the classroom, as well as being kind to each other. I took the rules the children suggested for the classroom, and together we divided them up into 3 categories, or Big Rules. Those Big Rules are: Be Safe, Be Kind to Others, and Take Care of the Classroom. Being able to pair a Big Rule with a small rule (Remember, Be Safe; have walking feet in the classroom) helps children understand the reason behind the small rule as well as beginning to create self awareness that will build self regulation. |
This Week
We will be discussing and answering the questions: How do we make and keep friends? How can we be part of a group?
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