“Rose, can you just be quiet?” Wren barked at her younger sister.
“D-O-G,” Rose dancing around the kitchen, segmenting any word that came to her mind. This is big exciting work for Rose. She is thinking about words in ways she never knew possible before kindergarten.
Later that same day, sitting at the kitchen island, I heard Rose still segmenting. This time she was writing.
A few minutes into her work, she held up her notebook.
“Chocolate muffin recipe,” I read without hesitation. “Wow, look at all those sounds!”
“I just chopped it up,” Rose said nonchalantly before getting back to work.
I know this chopping she speaks of. It is part of the phonological awareness work I know is happening in her classroom. It’s happening in our kindergarten classrooms too. We are seeing the impact of this work on so many parts of our students’ day-similar to this moment with Rose.
I sent a quick picture of Rose’s writing to her teacher. “Look at all those sounds!” I captioned the picture.
There are some really great things happening in so many classrooms.
Let’s elevate that.
Where There Is Joy 
Go Rose!
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So impressive!
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You captured so much in this slice. Rose’s resilience in the face of Wren. Rose’s transference of reading to writing. Evidence of strong teaching occurring outside the classroom. And what practice of new learning looks like and sounds like. So glad you captured it!
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I’m having my first chopping experiences this year. It’s very cool when you can see a kid get the hang of distinguishing between first sound, vowel sound, and last sound…and then those substitutions! Go Rose!
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It is magical how it all happens…even though it takes a lot of hard work! It really does open up their worlds. Glad you get to see it firsthand!
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Yay Rose! I always admire your way of recognizing your own children’s accomplishments in the broader context of teaching and learning all around. I can just picture her twirling and chopping and hear Wren’s annoyance! Yay all around!
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