Weekly Updates Newsletter

Learning Lately

Reading: We worked on the name, sound, and formation of l,h,and k this week as well as practicing letters from previous weeks. We continued our practice of the sight words and, in, we, and will. We read them in various books and spelled them aloud with actions like clapping or jumping. Our small groups focused on alphabet practice, predicting, and …

Construction Fun

Our playground is having some work done to improve it’s drainage. So fun for the kids to watch!

Empathy

Today Mrs. Davidson continued teaching the children about feelings by introducing empathy. The kids learned that empathy means understands others feel. If we have empathy we can figure out how to help others. Mrs. Davidson read a story that had characters who showed empathy. Then she gave the kids various scenarios to imagine how people might feel.

Reading!

We are working so hard on reading. We are finding books we love, and building focus and stamina for reading. We are practicing letters and sight words to build early reading skills. We are using picture clues to make predictions and help us understand what we read. The kids have been practicing a book called At School. They brought it …