April 13

The students I help are moving a little more swiftly. We got through knowinig and writing ll the letters. Now we are onto words and will be learning how to sound them out and write them.

April 5

The students have been working on the -ig word family.I have been helping my two students with writing each letter. They are doing okay but am hoping to get through the letters a little quicker.

Chapter 4

I finished my bok this week.

Chapter 4-
Tells how to get parents motivated with the reality that each student learns differently and therefore will be doing different things than other students. This chapter tells you how tto keep students learning.

Chapter 5-
How to help kids learn through their different ways, is what this is about. It gives a lot of ideas that you could easily incorperate into the classroom.

March 30

I helped the students with their letters. I gave the three students a little test to see where they are each individually at, so I can pinpoint what each student needs to learn. WE will start working on the individual skills they struggle with next week. :)

March 22

I am writing today because tomorrow I will be helping at the food walk. For me, this week was focused on helping the two students and a new one came, so now I have three I'm working with. I am just really trying to help them with their letters. I'm trying to help them understnd their sound by using different learning methods. **Great moment- when one of the students finally understood the diffence between b and d :)

Chapter 3

This chapter tells how to asses the child's learning. It says the teacher should make their own assesment, a parent, and people who are frequently with the child like an aide to see how they learn and what level learning they're on.

Book Report

Chapter 2- This chapter stresses that all children have different ways of learning and to observe them to see what they are. Also says you might not be able to figure some students learning style out, but you shouldn't worry because they are very young that it could be hard to tell.

March 14

I helped the two students again this week. I also painted the students hands. They are making the Thing charactor from Dr. Suess.

March 9

This week I was helping two students for the majority of the time. I am quizzing them on the letters of the alphabet because they are still struggling. I have seen progress in one already.

March 2

The students know two presidents: Abe Lincoln and George Washington. They are know how to add numbers and this week learned how to subtract them. It's a hard concept to teach but they are learning it quickly.

Book Report

Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten
by  Cindy Middendorf

Chapter 1-Talks about how each child learns differently and therefore needs different instruction. Also this tells how the teacher should help each student independently grow.

Feb 24

This week was busy because students had to get back into their routine. Students are learning what an even number is; also they are learning two letter sounds like sh, cl, fl, etc. I am going around helping the kids with their words. The words mostly consist of presidents names and things about the president like Abe and his tall hat.

FEB16

THis was only a one and a half day week, due to snow. So during these days I helped with calandar and their writing. I also put books in the students folders for them to take home and read.

Feb 10th

I was absent two days this week but when  I came back The kids had their books written. I am helping them with Valentine's Day that is coming up. Also the students now know the how to count coins!

Feb 3rd

This week was Groundhog week. So the students learned about groundhogs and watched to see if it saw its shadow or not. The students also made books about whatever the wanted; I went around and helped them spell out letter sounds so they could write the words.

Jan. 27

This week we celebrated the 100th day of school. I helped the kids make 100 fingerpints. Also the students did pictures of what they thought they would look like at 100 years old.

Jan. 20

Monday there was no school because of Martin Luther King Day. The students wrote their dreams down; inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "I have a Dream". We tried to relay to them the message that no matter the skin color we are all the same on the inside. What a great life lesson this week!

Jan. 13

This week we have been counting. The kindergarteners can now count to 110 and are counting coins! They have learned how to count coins and to 110 by ones, fives, tens, and twenty-fives.

Jan. 6

Students came back to school from break. We reviewed the alphabet and started the calandar again. Students are also learning to count higher.

Dec. 21

Only a three day week! Students have left the break with much knowledge, it is encouraged the the students review the alphabet and numbers at home.These three days I helped with their Bee Books and reviewed.

Dec. 16

This week we did much review. Christmas was coming up so we had to leave on a good note. We did our calander and counted all the way to ONE HUNDRED! The students can now caunt by tens.