Monday, November 30, 2015
News
Kindergarten News
Week of Nov.30-Dec.4, 2015
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! The next three
weeks will go quickly, as we have a lot to cover. We will be packing, as
well as doing mid year reading assessments.
For this week, please note:
THIS WEEK: Early Release on THURSDAY at
1:30 p.m.
Theme: Holiday Time!
Reading: This week we will continue to enjoy the many versions of a
favorite tale, The Gingerbread Man, focusing on retelling using story
arcs! Creating story arcs will aide us as we write our own
narratives.
Writing: The children are doing a wonderful job making their own books.
We continue to focus on use of capitals, periods, and spacing! We will
continue to add details to make our writing more interesting. As we enjoy read
alouds, we notice things we can add to our own stories such as, illustrations
that show movement, sound words, speech bubbles, and pictures that spread
across two pages- to name a just a few!
Word Wall Words: REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white,
pink, brown, black, my, is, like, see, in, and, can, I, the, you, for, it, go,
to, was, on, if, that, into
NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK: SAID,
ME.
We are testing the children on their sight words. Please
review the words J
Word Study: The week before Thanksgiving, we explored the word family
AT. With those two little letters, we read and wrote so many words (cat,
fat, bat, attack, etc.). This week, we will work with the word family AN (can, man, fan, than, chant, etc). Look
out…we are readers/writers!
Math: During math workshop, we will reinforce the skill of more and
less. Specifically, we will use this concept to help us solve story
problems. We will also create numeral sets to 20, count aloud to 75, and
back/forth to 30. We will tally and graph! Our main focus continues to be
a strong numeracy to 20.
Science: Weather!
Social Studies: Traditions
Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.
Optional
Activities:
- Monday: Make a list of AN
words.
- Tuesday: Visit www.raz-kids.com
- Wednesday: Write 3
simple sentence using any of our sight words. Do you
have a capital and a period?
- Thursday: Using
a deck of cards, play War with a parent. While playing, say, “I have
more” or “I have less”
This
is easier if you don’t play with the face cards (Jack, Queen, etc.)
- Friday: practice your home reader! Send your bag on
Monday.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
News
Kindergarten News
Week of Nov.16th-20th
We are looking forward to seeing you on Friday, November 20th
for a Thanksgiving program. Please come a little before
10:00 to sign in at the office. Then come to the cafeteria for our
program. Our program will begin at 10:00! Afterwards, the
children will have a feast in the café, as well. If you are able, please
join your child for this special time.
Theme: Fall and Thanksgiving!
Reading: This week we will continue to enjoy fall and Thanksgiving
stories! We will identify characters, setting, and problem. We will
retell using story arcs. We will continue to utilize the cognitive skill of
mental imaging while listening to stories. This skill will help us add
details to our writing!
Writing: This week we will make literacy connections to Thanksgiving
stories while using these stories as a basis for our own individual book
making/writing. The children will focus on use of capitals, periods, and
appropriate spacing as we write about Pilgrims, Native American, and
traditions! We will continue to add details to make our writing more
interesting. We will also use letter sound knowledge to make lists.
For example, we will make a list of what we want to eat on Thanksgiving!
Word Wall Words:
REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown,
black, my, is, like, see, in, and, can, I, the, it, go, to, was, on, if, for,
into
NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK: THAT,
YOU
Word Study: We will read and write words using the AT word family (at, fat,
cat, chat, attack, etc).
Math: During math workshop, we will continue to explore numeracy to 20
while we count forwards/backwards, explore ten frames, dot cards, more/less,
ordinal numbers, tally marks, and number writing.
Social Studies: Native Americans, Pilgrims, Family Traditions
Science: Continue with Patterns of
Movement
Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.
Optional
Activities:
- Monday: Write a list of what you are
thankful for J
- Tuesday: Line up ten toys. Tell
your mom what is first, second, third, etc.
- Wednesday: Visit
www.raz-kids.com
- Thursday: Write
a list of what you want your family to make for Thanksgiving dinner.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
News
Kindergarten News
Week of Nov.9th-13th, 2015
We
are looking forward to seeing you on Friday, November 20th for a Thanksgiving program. Stop in the office for a visitor’s sticker
and then come at 10:00 to the cafeteria.
Afterwards your child will enjoy their feast. Please join your child for this special time!
Thank you for sending in your $5 to
cover the cost of the feast.
Theme: Fall and Thanksgiving!
Reading: This week we will continue
to enjoy fall and Thanksgiving stories! We
will identify characters, setting, and problem. We will retell using story arcs. We will continue to utilize the cognitive
skill of mental imaging while listening to stories. This skill will help us add details to our
writing!
Writing: This week we will make literacy connections to Thanksgiving
stories while using these stories as a basis for our own individual book
making/writing. The children will focus on use of capitals, periods, and
appropriate spacing as we write about turkeys! We will continue to add details to make our
writing more interesting. This week we
will write about fall, Thanksgiving traditions, and other stories from our
lives. We will also use letter sound knowledge to make lists. For example, we will make a list of what we
want to eat on Thanksgiving!
Word Wall Words:
REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white,
pink, brown, black, my, is, like, see, in, and, can, I, the, it, go, to, was,
on, if
NEW WORDS FOR THE WEEK:
for, into
Word Study: We will review all of the
consonant sounds taught so far. Also
this week, we will explore the s blends: st, sp, and sl. For example: spider, stop, slide.
Math: During math workshop, we will continue to explore numeracy to 20
while we count forwards/backwards, explore ten frames, dot cards, more/less,
ordinal numbers, tally marks, and number writing.
Social Studies: The First Thanksgiving
Science: Patterns of Movement
Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.
Optional Activities:
- Monday: Ask your family what their
favorite Thanksgiving Food is- tally the results
- Tuesday: Write sentences using INTO
and FOR
- Wednesday: Visit www.raz-kids.com
- Thursday: Have your mom say a teen number! Can you
write it down? Remember numbers in
the teens start with a 1. Watch www.youtube.com-
search numbers in the teens start with a 1 (a song by Harry Kindergarten)
- Friday: Return your library books and practice
your home reader!
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Turkey Math
Today in math we made turkeys using pattern blocks and then counted how much of each shape we used.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
News
Kindergarten News
Week of Nov.2-6, 2015
Important Dates:
Kinder Thanksgiving
Program and Feast is November 20th at 10:00 a.m. in the cafeteria.
We hope you can join us!
Early Release Dates: December
3rd at 1:30.
There will be more early dismissal dates the week before Winter
Break. December 16, 17, and 18th
will also be early dismissal days. Those
days we will release at 12:15.
Theme: Fall and
Thanksgiving!
Reading: This week we will enjoy
fall and Thanksgiving stories! We will
identify characters, setting, and problem.
We will retell using picture cards.
We will continue to utilize the cognitive skill of mental imaging while
listening to stories. This skill will
help us add details to our writing!
Writing: This week we will make literacy connections to Thanksgiving
stories while using these stories as a basis for our own individual book
making/writing! We will focus on use of capitals, periods, and appropriate
spacing as we write. We will continue to
add details to make our writing more interesting. This week we will write about fall, apples,
Thanksgiving traditions, and other stories from our lives.
Word Wall Words:
REVIEW: red, green,
yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black, I, the, can, and, in,
see, like, is, my, and, can, it, go, to, if
NEW WORDS FOR THE
WEEK: was, on
Word Study: We will focus on the sounds of Y and Z.
Math: During math workshop, we will continue to explore ordinal
numbers, create sets to 20, count aloud forwards and backwards to 20, identify
numbers to 20, and problem solve. We will work with number wallets to build
number sense. We will continue to explore data collection, specifically tally
marks.
Social Studies: Thanksgiving traditions
Science: Magnets
Homework: Read 20 minutes every
night.
Optional
Activities:
- Monday:
Make a list of Y and Z words.
- Tuesday:
Put your favorite toys in a line. Now, describe what is 1st, 2nd,
3rd, etc.
- Wednesday:
visit www.raz-kids.com
- Thursday: Teach your mom or dad how to make tally
marks!
- Friday: Return your library books and practice your home
reader!
Monday, November 2, 2015
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