We are halfway through our Mo Willems unit and it has been so much fun!!! If you haven't checked out any of his books, stop by the library and take a look. These books are such fun for kindergartners, because they have many sight words and they are funny. Mo Willems uses lots of different fonts, sizes, and punctuation in his stories. As we have written some of our own stories about his pigeon and other characters, we have been experimenting with these things as well.
We have finished learning all of the kindergarten sight words and have been practicing them every day in our guided reading groups. Today, we got new word bags to use as a morning activity. Some of the sight words in these bags are review, but I also included other common words like mom, dad, here, hat, and some. In centers, we have been doing lots of writing. This week, we wrote what we would do if we could stay up all night long like the pigeon. We also had to fill in the missing letters of words, write about the characters in a CD story, and make a graph about ways to help the earth. Later this week, we will be learning more about recycling and doing earth activities.
We have started our final math chapter on subtraction. After we complete this center, we will be reviewing what we have learned this year and practicing lots of problem solving.
