Greatest Tuesday Ever!

Yesterday was the greatest Tuesday ever. I have been working on a writing committee with a writing consultant since the beginning of the school year to help implement Writers' Workshop in Kindergarten (it is being implemented K-5 this year). Our writing consultant taught a lesson to our class yesterday while all of the other Kindergarten teachers watched. The students were engaged during the lesson and did a great job learning something new (every word has a vowel). The great day continued during Readers' Workshop where students independently read for 15 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of partner reading. I was amazed! Our reading focus is that Kindergarteners Read in 3 Ways - by the words, by memory, and by the pictures. Students are asked to read their books in that order. To look around the classroom and witness such independence was incredible. Our day ended with Math Workshop and a new card game we call High/Low (what we called War as kids). I am super-proud to be these kids' teacher.