Readers and Writers

 We are proud to report our kindergarten students are readers and writers.  In just the third day of school the kids were reading independently for five minutes.  They were conferencing with each other about their writing.  "Reading?  Writing?" you ask.  That's correct. Just as babies progress from babbling to talking or crawling to walking they practice reading and writing.  The chart above shows kids how they can read.  Each child has a box filled with books that they read by reading the pictures, words or retelling the story.  Right now they are building their stamina in reading independently.

The students are also doing a great job writing informational stories.  They started writing the second day of school and then revised their stories on the third day.  They added to their pictures and practiced writing more words.  The kids learned to conference with each other and to look at their stories to find ways to add information. Their progress is exciting!