Farrand Elementary Kindergarten Home Learning Highlight

Press release from Plymouth-Canton Schools:

A Sweet and Effective Way to Teach Kindergarteners About Writing

Farrand Teacher Maria LaPorte

Keeping students engaged in a remote setting can be challenging for teachers. That task can be even more difficult when the students are in kindergarten, but Farrand Elementary teacher Maria LaPorte knows how to get her students interested and eager to participate.

During a recent writing lesson, LaPorte wanted her young writers to capture what they saw exactly the way they found it. As a class, students observed a sprinkled donut, and had to draw the exact details they saw. After careful observation and time to draw, students shared how they included details such as the paper plate, the frosting, and picking out the correct crayons to match the sprinkle colors. Then students held up their drawing to show their work on screen.

As a class, they discussed what the sentence would be for what they saw. The students then worked together to stretch out words and write on their own paper. Once students were done, they had to complete a Seesaw assignment of taking a picture of their donut observation and sentence so the teacher could see the work they completed.

See more great examples of student learning at the Home Learning Highlights page.

https://www.pccsk12.com/departments/teaching-learning/home-learning-highlights

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This press release was produced by the Plymouth-Canton Schools>. The views expressed here are the author’s own.