Ask Me about monday, december 7, 2020

Today we started our day with a social emotional learning lesson.  We read the book I Promise, by LeBron James.  This book is written about the promises the students that go to the I Promise public school in Akron, Ohio.  This is a special book for me because Akron is my hometown.  The promises in this book are simple and provide a good focus for students' learning and life skills.  We will be looking at parts of this books and discussing these promises and why they are important over the next week.  Here's the illustrator of the book reading the book, with an introduction and follow-up by LeBron James himself. 

We tried to take a Benchmark unit assessment today.  We had some trouble getting started, but trudged through it.  We had some trouble ending the test, with many students leaving the site before they slicked the finish.  We will be practicing this more because we will have a big assessment using this format in a couple months.  The design of this test online is difficult for kinders, so we just need a little more practice.  Thank-you for those parents who came in and helped when needed today.  I didn't think it would be so difficult to log on since we have practiced it before, but it was!  Benchmark can be logged into easily from Clever, which is bookmarked in your child's favorite bar.  Benchmark may also be in the favorites bar.  

We are reviewing solid shapes in math, and working with measurement now.  The children just need more practice hearing the solid shape names.  We have been practicing comparing items to determine which object is longer or shorter.  The children are doing a great job of remembering to line up the endpoints when they are comparing the items.  

Have a great evening!
​Miss Wolfe