Super September

We have been very busy this month! We are learning to recognize and write the letters A-N. They really enjoy our letter scavenger hunts! We have also started our guided reading groups. Students are beginning to frame and count the words on a page. They can track simple sentences from left to right with their finger. My small groups of students especially enjoyed our first Flashlight Friday. They learned about reading "stamina" and how to focus on their books for several minutes.

Letter detectives are searching for the lowercase h. 

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Welcome to Kindergarten!

We are happy to have you in our Smyrna Elementary family! I am looking forward to a new year with our Smyrna Stars. We are beginning our journey to becoming readers. Not only will we learn to read and write, we will also develop leadership skills. At Smyrna, we believe that readers are leaders!
In our classroom, I will provide daily letter practice activities using Zoo-phonics. We are already learning to identify and name the letters in the alphabet with our large animal cards. This week, we reviewed the letters A-G, with a focus on the G in Gordo Gorilla. Ask your child to show you the signal for Gordo Gorilla.

We used Wikki Stix to form the letter G. 

We learned that letters are made of circles, curves, and sticks.