Week 5 in PreKinder.

Week 5 of PreKinder A

Last week was a really good week for weather, we had many chances to spend time in the park and the class is working well together. Each day we covered the alphabet, and numbers up to 100. In regards to the alphabet we focused on the lowercase letters and the sounds of those letters. The students are great at recognizing the uppercase letters, but need improvement recognizing the lowercase letters. They learned that when they read a work in English, they will see that the most common letters are the lowercase letters. These kids are really bright so they caught on quick. 

I'm seeing a lot of improvement in their writing, too. Practice makes perfect.

Week after week we are learning ourselves. This terms central idea is "Communication with others impact relationships" Inside and outside the classroom the students are learning about how friendships, and family interactions impact our day to day lives. We learn about this through positive reinforcement. When they do good things, they are rewarded. We also started to fill our inquiry wall. The students did a cut and paste about what a good friend does and what not a good friend does. Stay tuned to see how our wall will look at the end of the term!

One of the best examples of this is by having them all share one type of toy, and working together to create something they can all be proud of.

An update:

We are in the process of planning a field trip for July, the details have not been finalized but I look forward to sharing that information with you soon!

Last week I had the students take home vocabulary cards. They can keep them at home and if possible take some time out of the week to practice memorizing 4 or 5 words.

Thanks for tuning in!

- James Barbosa