Due to COVID, several of my students came into kindergarten lacking fine motor skills.
In order to successfully write, they will need strong fingers and hands. Several of the materials that I have listed will provide fine motor practice with in centers including stamping and stringing beads.
W.K.1Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .)
The retelling sets that I would love for my classroom offer great hands-on, practice as we work on understanding and retelling familiar books. These can be used during whole group instruction and in centers. The ability to offer these in centers will help to strengthen social skills which have been impacted due to covid.
RL.K.2 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings and major events in a story.
The ramp exploration kit will be a great addition to my centers for my students to explore forces and motions.
K-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions:
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
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Due to COVID, several of my students came into kindergarten lacking fine motor skills.
In order to successfully write, they will need strong fingers and hands. Several of the materials that I have listed will provide fine motor practice with in centers including stamping and stringing beads.
W.K.1Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .)
The retelling sets that I would love for my classroom offer great hands-on, practice as we work on understanding and retelling familiar books. These can be used during whole group instruction and in centers. The ability to offer these in centers will help to strengthen social skills which have been impacted due to covid.
RL.K.2 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings and major events in a story.
The ramp exploration kit will be a great addition to my centers for my students to explore forces and motions.
K-PS2-1 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions:
Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.