Kindergarten @ BPC

   February is here, and with it comes our first Performance of Understanding, as well as Science Week, and Science Fair. By this time every year our classroom is in full swing and there is an established culture. Every year, and every group of kindergartners is a little different. This year there is a culture of kindness, helpfulness and compassion.  This class stands out as a class that cares for each other and for the school they dwell within. They love to be here and to be together and you can see it in the ever present smiles as well as the way they interact with each other.  Words of encouragement are abundantly available and passed between students freely. Every class has their own strengths, and this ones is love. Whats Happening In K? Reading Popcorn words: run, he, she, come, look We shopped for new books. The Kindergartners practiced looking for word patterns in their books. We read books about winter. Writing The K's began to write their fi...

In a few weeks the Kindergarten class will begin work on our first Performance of Understanding. The K's have had the opportunity to watch all of the other classes perform and are ready to get their turn in the spotlight. The Performance of Understanding is exactly that, a chance to gain a deeper understanding of what its like to perform in front of and audience, as well as an opportunity to explore a topic or an idea in a new and engaging way. What's Happening in K Reading Popcorn Words: you, big, here The K's shopped for new books, and reviewed some of the reading strategies we have learned. We read the story The Snowy Day  by Ezra Jack Keats and then practiced reading comprehension by completing story webs. We learned to recognize the beginning, middle, and end of a story.   We practiced "partner power."(Reading with a partner) Writer's Workshop We started 2018 by making new hopes and dreams. Your students wrote about kindness in hono...