Tonya Shirll Dunkley

Kindy-2nd grade Social Studies & 1st-2nd grade Science teacher at LPS!

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Look at this independent writing! Not only is the writing great but the messages using sight words are inspiring! "You can make a difference." And "You don't say you dont like things before you try."

[Tonya Shirll Dunkley @MrsTonya_LPS]

Its Poetry day in kindy!! We have a class of readers!!

[Tonya Shirll Dunkley @MrsTonya_LPS]

There's nothing like tongue twisters and nonsensical words to kick off Dr. Seuss week!

[Tonya Shirll Dunkley @MrsTonya_LPS]

Kindy LA is working hard on creating and recognizing word families (rhyming words)!

[Tonya Shirll Dunkley @MrsTonya_LPS]

Today Kindy SS is celebrating the Chinese Lantern Festival! Lanterns have been made and hung and hand drums were made & MUCH used in the celebration! And of course Mulan played along in the background!

[Tonya Shirll Dunkley @MrsTonya_LPS]

After kindy watched the 1st & 2nd graders Chinese Dragon Play the learned about the Chinese Lantern Festival, wrote words in Chinese & made their own lanterns!

[Tonya Shirll Dunkley @MrsTonya_LPS]

Today in kindy SS we had a Chinese New Year Celebration! Ask your kindy why we made dragons, posters in Chinese, flowers & ate dried fruit and oranges! (Some of our kindys love dates!) Next, we prepare for the Lanterm Festival!

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Kindys are working so hard at reading, writing/building sentences, building words and finding sight words in a poem!

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More Explorium fun with our Kindy class!

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The bubble room was a BIG hit today at the Explorium!

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So much fun in the "horse care" section of the Explorium

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Some kindergarteners enjoyed the bug class at the Explorium more than others!

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Long /e/ or short /e/. It can be so hard to tell the difference but kindy is doing great at sorting these sounds!

[Tonya Shirll Dunkley @MrsTonya_LPS]

Kindy SS is all about where Christmas trees first began to be a symbol of Christmas! Ask your student where and when the first Christmas was?

[Tonya Shirll Dunkley @MrsTonya_LPS]

Kindys in LA are sorting words with the long & short /i/ sounds & identifying & writing about what happened in the middle of a story!

[Tonya Shirll Dunkley @MrsTonya_LPS]

Kindy SS is learning about, drawing and creating Native Americam Dreamcatchers. Ask them about the Legend of the Dreamcathcher!

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Today kindy SS discussed the differences between life now and life in Pilgrim times, and the importance of corn in Pilgrim life! Did you know popcorn was on the menu at the 1st Thanksgiving!?

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Check out Kindy's Thanksgiving story necklaces! Each bead represents part of the story leading to the first Thanksgiving! Quiz your little one! You may be surprised at what they know!

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Kindy LA has 2 more readers!

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Kindy LA is working hard on understanding the long/a/ and short /a/ sounds and writing Thanksgiving books!