Wishing all you amazing kindergarten moms
a very Happy Mother's Day 💗
Learning Intentions:
- Children develop appropriate grammar in oral language and experiment with spelling and punctuation in written messages
I Can:
- Copy environmental print to become familiar with how words are spelled
- Attempt to spell unknown words using letter-sound relationships
Students were very busy this past week working on their special Mother's Day writing and art. At the beginning of the week we looked closely at the beautiful flower artwork done by the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Students noticed different things about her art such as her use of colours, the variety of flowers, her attention to detail and the way that the flowers took up most of the space. Once students had decided on how they wanted to draw their flower they drew it using pencil and then traced it using a sharpie. The next step was choosing the colours they would use for their flower and then a contrasting colour for the background. As they used the watercolour paints they focused on painting slowly and carefully to make sure their flower was perfect for mom! Once we had finished painting we move onto writing a special message for our moms. Students copied the words 'Happy Mother's Day' and 'I love you' from off the board and were then encouraged to use their understanding of the letter-sound connections to finish their message using 'kid-writing.'
