The roller coaster ride of May and June has commenced!
As the end of the year draws to a close, the Kindergarteners were matched up with our First graders for “Reading Buddies”. Every Friday, from now until the end of the year, K will come for a visit to our classroom which will give them a chance to taste a bit of First grade magic .
There have been so many moments which I have dubbed “Teacher’s Gold” in my past blog entries but this past Friday was the gem stone moment. The First graders were thrilled to be the older buddy and took their responsibilities very, very seriously. Each First grader was assigned a Kindergartener and given some suggestions as to what books might interest them. In preparation for their visit, they gathered books from our extensive library and decided where they wanted to sit with their buddies.
Ready, Set, Read!
I am in awe of my students and how much they have progressed this year both in their reading skills and their maturity in a multi-age environment!
Each student showed patience, gave encouragement and support to their buddies. We the teachers could not stop smiling!
Next week, it will be the First graders’s turn to “step up” to 2nd grade. We are busy preparing for our visit to 2nd grade in Writer’s Workshop and in Math by writing The 2nd grade teacher friendly letters about themselves and writing a “Math About Me” book. They will be presenting their work to her during our visit and have time to visit and experience a taste of what an incredible year they will have next year. (Sigh…..I am going to miss them so!)
Stay tuned for our 2nd Grade visit next week!