Author: Davina Edwards

It’s Autumn Season or Fall and of course that means Thanksgiving!This week we read ‘Thanksgiving Is Here’ by Diane Goode and ‘Turkey Trouble’ by Wendi Silvano. We also discussed the things we were most thankful for. The Kinders then enjoyed a feast banquet style.

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Our writing focus this half term will be on labelling and Report Writing.  We labelled part of the body with Post Its.

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For Literacy in Kindergarten, we joined the Global Read Aloud. This annual project was created in 2010 with one simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. This year, the books were chosen to read aloud during a set 6-week period where we try to make as many global connections as possible. We shared our thoughts about the books we read with children in other classrooms around the world. This year we read books by multiple authors such as Monique Gray Smith and Julie Fleet, both mixed-heritage women of Cree ancestry. Their books started conversations, inspired kindness, and helped us create connections. In our cooking session with Ms. Clynese, we made and sampled Cree Bannock bread.

Our phonological awareness focus has been rhyme. Rhyming words sound the same at the end. We have been reading books with word patterns that rhyme. You can help at home by playing games and reading books that have rhyming words.

In Literacy we did an author study on Dr. Seuss. He was an amazing author that played with words. The use of Rhyme is heavily focused on as well as Alliteration. We have been learning to listen to words that rhyme.It’s a tricky skill to hear words that sound the same at the end. We studied the book ‘The Cat in the Hat’ by Dr. Seuss and were able to generate rhyming strings. Some of us were able to write a rhyming string for a Cat in the Hat and constructed a rhyming hat.

We have been learning to write a procedure. Look around the house. When is procedural writing used? Look at a recipe, or a manual. Our text type writing skill is focused on being able to write a 4 step procedure. We started with How to Make Apple Sauce. Students become familiar with sequencing words- Put sequence words“first”, “then”, “next”, “finally”.

This procedure shows the steps for-

How to make Chocolate Milk

1.            First pour milk into a jug. 

2.            Next squeeze chocolate syrup into the jug.

3.            Then stir the mixture with a spoon. 

4.            Finally pour the chocolate milk into a glass

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We are making tricky words in Capitals using multilink cubes and Play Doh. Tricky words are those words which cannot be sounded out correctly using the Jolly Phonics sounds. The only way these words can be read and spelt correctly is by learning them and having plenty of practice.

I am an enthusiastic educator who is committed to the development of the whole child, their progression and achievement as a global learner. I have been fortunate to spend the past 4 years of my overseas teaching experience with the Cayman Island Government Schools, in both Reception and Year One. With my years of Early Years teaching experience as a qualified practitioner in the United Kingdom, I bring a wealth of varied skills to facilitate learning.

Educators play an integral role in children’s lives. I feel passionately that good teaching can inspire a child as well as their family to engage with their education. I strongly believe that it is important to involve the family in the child’s learning in as many ways as possible. Development of good home school links is key to making a positive, holistic learning experience for the child.

I am committed to providing a learning environment that facilitates, and enhances independent and peer learning balanced with adult-led, focused activities. I strive to provide an environment that caters for a variety of learning styles, which is fully inclusive and provides equal opportunities for children to achieve their full potential. I am excited to join the First Baptist Christian School family and look forward to working with you all.