Today, after Center Time and Afternoon Meeting, we worked on reading and writing. We talked about three sight words that we are learning (I, see, and like). We used a page that had sentences that started with either I like or I see, and the kids took their page around the room and wrote words that they saw in the room to finish the sentences. The kids then practiced reading what they had written (to read their own writing and the sight words as well).

After writing, we had a special visitor -- Katie Cronin, who is a kindergarten parent, came in to run the Art Adventure program. The program is sponsored by the Minneapolis Institute of Art (here's a link for info about the program, and here's a link to see the works of art that the kids will see). The kids get the chance to see prints/photos of works that are in the museum, and talk about them. They saw a really cool mask from a Native American tribe in the Pacific Northwest, and then they made a mask out of a paper plate, which they should have in their backpacks today.

I didn't have a chance to put their homework packets in their backpacks today, so I will send it home tomorrow.

Today is the 50th day of kindergarten -- time flies when you're having fun, I guess!!