Kindergarten, Writing, Week 16

Monday I introduced the lower case letters o and p. K. practiced one line of each letter each day.

Small Muscle Development:

• Tuesday K. glued shapes on paper to make a picture.
• I had a bunch of shapes cut out of colored and decorative papers
• The last time we did this, I didn't think she really understood what I wanted her to do, so this time I made a picture first and showed it to her. Then she made this picture. You can see the house, tree, car, sandcastle, and slide.

Story Writing Development:

• Wednesday we did Write it For Me from Games for Writing. See Week 10 for instructions.

Writing Practice:

• Friday our activity was Race of Words from Games for Writing.
• We each had a sheet of paper and pencil (and a large book for a hard surface).
• We sat in the living room.
• K. was to write down the names of everything she saw. Spelling did not matter.
• She had 10 minutes.
• When 5 minutes had gone past, I got to start writing what I saw.
• When the timer went off, I counted my words. I got 1 point for each word, so I had 42 points.
• Then I counted K.'s words. This is how her words got scored.
• Each word I had, she got 1 point for.
• Each word I did not have, she got 3 points for.
• She had 43 points. She won.