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Week of May 18-22, 2026
Literacy:
Fundations:
This week we practiced building and reading words containing digraphs, and "magic e." (Magic e gives all of its power to the vowel and makes it say it's name!)
We also practiced our reading skills (especially breaking up words into decodable parts), reading a book together on Starfall. The class loves when I pretend to be a Kindergarten reader, and they get to correct me on all of my mistakes, and tell me what I need to try. :)
We continued to build our literacy skills in differentiated small groups.
We continued to practice our K Snap Words, and for those who know them all, some first grade words--very exciting! :)
Introduced Snap Words: the, a, and, are, to, is, his, an, am, can, as, has, was, he, be, me, we, she I, you, see, like or, for, from, my, by, do no, so, go, and said.
Introduced Letters: All!
Heggerty:
During Heggerty (our phonological awareness program), we:
*orally segmented and blended words containing blends.
*Reviewed recognizing and isolating the middle sound in a word.
*practiced deleting, adding, and changing the ending sound in a word (new skill).
In EL Literacy, we continued to learn about plants and trees, their parts, and what they need to grow. We observed the seeds we planted in plastic baggies and pots, and drew and wrote about what we saw.
We also added an entry in our Butterfly Journals, now that all of our caterpillars have become chyrsalids! We also used a May-June calendar to record when they formed chrysalids, and everyone made a guess about which day the first butterfly would emerge!
We continued using the checklist introduced last week to edit our sentences. Children are checking (with teacher help) for capitals at the beginning of their sentences, spaces between words, endmarks, and stretched out words.
Mathematics:
This week in math, we continued to use math games to work on decomposing (breaking up into two smaller parts) numbers 5-10. Students could choose which number they wanted to work with, and used manipulatives to try to find all of the different ways to make a number (ex. 5=0+5, 1+4, 2+3, etc.).
A new game we played this week focused on adding amounts to five.
In Number Corner, we continued to practice solving equations and word problems on our May calendar cards, and noticed more patterns. On our cat vs. dog spinner, we recorded our equation for the first ten spins, and finally spun our first "dog" this week. !
Work Places:
*On Hiatus while we play our math games*
Literacy Centers:
Word Family Trees-Read, Sort & Write
A Tree Needs...
Digraph Write the Room
"I'm a Little Chicken" in our Poetry Journals
Living/Nonliving Thing Sort
Choice:
Art Area: Tissue Paper Flowers, Free Art and Recyclable Art
Easel with Watercolors
Writing Center: Cards, gel pens, Butterfly coloring sheets, blank books, different types of paper, how-to draw cards
Dramatic Play: Flower Shop with fake flowers, pots, baskets, cash register, "receipts," writing tools, and more
Library: Tree, Plant, and Butterfly Books
Playstix, Matchbox Cars, Pattern Blocks and Puzzles, Magna-tiles, Animals, Magnet Builders, Legos, etc.
Large Wooden Blocks
STEM Bins and puzzles
Mini Board Games
Magnets
Science Area: Chrysalis observation and various types of seeds with magnifying glasses
Books and Poems:
The Giving Tree
Is a Tree Alive?
Growing Up: Caterpillar to Butterfly
"The Plant Part Song"
"I'm a Little Chicken"
and more!
At Home Ideas:
*Involve your child in planting and/or taking care of plants inside and outside of your house. Discuss their needs, the parts of a plant or tree, and what they do!
*Look for digraphs (or blends, if your child is read for those) in books you read together.
*Practice addition and subtraction problems--things that come up in real life, or, if your child is interested, make up some problems for each other. Practice solving them in different ways--with your fingers, by drawing them out, or by using real items.
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