We Love Our Animal Friends!

Our class is full of readers and writers! We have had such a great time meeting our "animal friends" and using them to help us; they continue to encourage us as we develop our skills. Many students are realizing that often our "friends" say more than one thing, which has led to some great discussions about the English language. We will learn more about this throughout the year through a program called Structured Word Inquiry.

Writer's Workshop has been a big hit as we tell about 'small moments' from our own lives through our pictures and words. We are being such risk-takers as we try our best to write the sounds we hear in order to add text. We have even begun learning simple words that we see regularly in print (sight words) and are inserting those in our writing. Praise your child for the great work he/she is doing!

Cadyn and Mikail as authors.

Iris illustrating her story.

Sandeep and Sahan sharing their stories.

Shanza sharing her writing with Ashman.

Last week we also began something very important: our growth portfolios! This year we will be using the iPads as a means of capturing our learning -- providing an opportunity for the students to have ownership over their work. We will continually reflect on our work and the progress we've made throughout our time in kindergarten.

Imran and Sandeep working on their portfolios. 

Aly helping Aylin with her e-portfolio.