Tuesday, November 11, 2008

November in Kindergarten

Running a little behind on my post, but here it is.

Joey has learned two new words, in & up. His list is becoming quite long. He gets so excited with he sees a word he has learned at school. He is understanding how to write a sentence. He uses his fingers to make spaces between the words.

In math he is learning about heavier and lighter. Also he is learning about greater and less than. We played a cute game called Monster Squeeze. This was his homework over the weekend. A cute way to learn if a number guessed is higher or lower.

For theme study they learned about leaves. How excited he was, he loves leaves. We have a leaf book that we made a few years ago. We pulled it out this year, so he could add new info in it. His crayon rubbings will be a nice addition.

Our parent-teacher conference was on Wed. He had some secure areas he understands and knows, mostly in math. Developing areas in reading and writing. He knows most of his letters, both upper and lower case, also their sounds. I guess all that reading we have done is paying off. Joey is working on his good listening. Some days are better than others but he is still improving. Many green lights come home, and a few bees. Way to go Joey, keep up the good job.

1 comment:

Marsha said...

I know Monster Squeeze, it's a fun game! I will have to sit and type out some other games we play that Joey might enjoy. Learning math these days is a lot more fun than the way we were taught. There are lots of games that can be played with dice, dominoes, or a regular deck of cards.

Don't worry about the "developing." Remember, the items listed on the report card are end of the year expectations, so earning "secure" in math areas after only the 1st quarter is good news!

Great job, Joey! Keep up the good work!