Worth Celebrating
10/13/2018
Since the beginning of school, our sweet little ones have been busy learning and doing the important work of scientists, explorers, mathematicians, readers, and writers. Already, they have made so much growth... and they have so much more growing to do before the year is out. At each step of the way towards our end of year goals, we take the time to celebrate. We pause and celebrate so that our kindergartners see the value of their hard work, so that they are encouraged to try harder as they continue working and learning, and so that they know that their accomplishments are worth celebrating. Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. -Mia HammAfter we tackled retelling emergent stories and bringing them to life like storytellers, we celebrated with a book parade and reading to the EK classes. This gave our super readers even more motivation as we started to read the actual words in books. At this point in the year, our writing routines are intact (for the most part!) and students have spent weeks pouring over nonfiction books. Teaching all about the various things they know called for our first publishing party. The first party is always my favorite because our writers sit in the author's chair for the first time and read their stories aloud to an audience of their peers. It ends with our authors adding their books to the featured bookcase in our classroom. I love watching them proudly read their books aloud and seeing the books they have worked so hard on next to those of the authors we have studied since the beginning of school. We will have many more publishing parties to celebrate their written works as the year progresses. Finally, we celebrated our word scientists increased knowledge of letters and sounds by teaching stuffies in ABC School. Their stuffies will also be welcomed back as a celebration of their hard work in growing their "superpowers" in reading, and they will be welcomed back for other celebrations throughout the year as well. Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments. -Jurgen KloppNext week, we will celebrate the completion of our first project. Throughout the year, we will continue to celebrate both little and big accomplishments... because it motivates our students to achieve more, to value the work they have done, and because the accomplishments of our sweet little ones are worth celebrating.
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Saania AliMs. Ali graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelors of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies. She specializes in Early Childhood Education, ESL, and Special Education. Her hobbies include traveling, reading, and painting! Archives
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