t, b, f

We can name letters!

We can listen for letter sounds.

This week we have practiced and reinforced our growing knowledge of learned letter names and sounds in many different ways. We have supported the transfer of children's knowledge about the letters t, b, and f across learning. During choice, many children have built structures and have used sticky notes to label their structures using beginning sounds. 

1. Listening for letter sounds through our morning message work and finding things on the trail that begin with the letter sounds that we're learning;

berries, branch, flower, ferns, Brookside, trail!

2. Transferring knowledge of letter names and sounds into our choices and play. 

Isabella built a flower out of pattern blocks and excitedly wrote the label; f!

Autumn built part of the alphabet using exploragons and then built a fox and wrote the label; f!

A new beloved choice- letter puzzles- has provided additional practice identifying and naming letters as well as listening for letter sounds at the beginning of words.

Kiera made a little bird's nest and drew a picture of a bird with the label b.

3. Building the letters Bb and Ff on the trail!

4. Using what we know about letter names and beginning sounds to work on and read My Book of Letter Ff.

How To Read a Letter Book

we are readers!

The Kindergarteners have been reading since the first day of school. They read their names and the names of peers when they sign in, they read the schedule and the morning message, they read labels on our many shelves, and they read from a collection of books at their tables. This week we launched a special time in our day to celebrate reading; reading workshop. Reading workshop is special, but we know that we are readers all day and that we grow as readers in many different ways.

We can look, we can think, we can read!

We have labels and signs all around our classroom. When we introduce a new material or choice, it has a label and a place. This week the children spent time looking around our classroom for things that they can read; labels, signs, our choice board, and names.

Readers read their world, noticing different things they can read, like labels, signs, and pictures.

Readers also read different kinds of books, storybooks and teaching books. Teaching books teach you about a topic, giving you information. We learn from teaching books.

We can learn!

The Kindergarten readers have practiced private and partner reading with a collection of teaching books!

Private Read

Partner Read