What's Happening in Room 207?

Sorry for the hiatus I took from updating our classroom blog.  However, we have been BUSY in this classroom!  We are truly turning into a classroom of readers and writers.  The second semester also poses a shift for us as we begin applying the information we have learned throughout the first half of the year into our independent reading and writing.  I see students making connections each and every day, which is what I LOVE about Kindergarten.  The amount of growth our students show is tremendous and they never cease to amaze me.  Over the last month, we have been working hard on our listening and story comprehension.  We utilize the Turn and Talk method, where I pose a question to students and they will "turn and talk" with their partner and be prepared to share either their answer or their partners.  This is a great way to get all students involved and have them work on listening to a partner's response.  We have also been working on identifying the characters, setting, problems and solutions in a story.  Check out what we did with The Mitten!