We had a surprise fire drill today and the students knew exactly what to do. I was so proud of them! We finished Star of the Day yesterday, so today we started something new for Writer's Workshop. We learned a chant that goes, "I like (insert food item), yes I do. I like (food), how about you?" For their writing assignment, students copied the words "I like" off the board and used what they know about letter sounds to write a food that they like. During kindergarten we don't worry about spelling unless the word is one of our sight words. What I'm looking for is a student's ability to use what they know about letter sounds to write words. You might see your child spell pizza "petsu" because those are the sounds they hear and that's WONDERFUL! Please don't get hung up on perfect spelling and just praise them for being brave enough to TRY to spell. Writing is the road to reading.