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Veteran's Day
Veteran's Day
Fine Arts Night 2026: Poetry Practice
Please practice the following poems to prepare for Fine Arts Night
Big Ideas in Kindergarten
Big Ideas in Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Literature
Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Characters/setting, conflict/problem, and resolution/ending can be identified in stories.
Stories can spark joy and enrich life.
Nature Study
The natural world can be observed using our senses.
Observations of the natural world can be recorded.
Biographies
A biography is a story about a real person that lived in a real place.
Poetry
Language has rhythm, rhyme, and repetition that can be felt if read or listened to aloud.
Literacy
Letters connect to sounds.
Sounds connect to letters.
The English language follows rules.
Handwriting
Printed letters have structure and form.
Poetry
Poetry
February/March Curriculum
February/March Curriculum
Biographies
George Washington (Weeks 21-22)
Thomas Jefferson (Weeks 23-25)
William Shakespeare (Week 26)
Poetry
Week 21 (Feb 4/5) - Time to Rise by Robert Louis Stevenson
Week 22 (Feb 11/12) - Little Boy Blue by Mother Goose
Week 23 (Feb 18/19) - Tommy by Gwendolyn Brooks
Week 24 (Feb 25/26) - Rain by Robert Louis Stevenson
Week 25 (March 4/5) - Recitation Day
Literature
Ugly Duckling
Tom Thumb
Rumpelstiltskin
Cinderella
Snow White
Shakespeare's Plays
Nature Study
Nesting Birds (Weeks 21-23)
Seeds (Weeks 24-25)
Handwriting and Literacy
We have finished learning all the lowercase letters and will move into writing words. We will be listening for sounds as well as segmenting words into syllables.
bird(s), wing(s), beak, feathers, backbone, warm-blooded
Optional Home Extension Activities
Timeline: Students received a timeline, that will be kept at school, to keep track of people we study throughout the year. Send a small photograph (roughly 1" square) of your student for them to add to the last spot on their timeline.
Timeline: Students received a timeline, that will be kept at school, to keep track of people we study throughout the year. Send a small photograph (roughly 1" square) of your student for them to add to the last spot on their timeline.
Learning Ally: Set up your student's account on Learning Ally. You will receive an email with login information. I will assign books to students' accounts throughout the year, and they can listen or follow along while the book is read to them.
February 4/5, 2025 (Week 21)
February 4/5, 2025 (Week 21)
Handwriting: Practice writing the words that characterize birds (bird, wings, beak, feathers, backbone, warm-blooded)
Literature:
Talk about how you can be a friend to someone.
Read or listen to “The Ugly Duckling” on Learning Ally.
Nature Study:
Review characteristics of birds (backbone, warm-blooded, wings, beak, feathers, two legs)
Observe birds
Biographies:
Practice memory statement: George Washington led the Continental Army and became the first president of The United States of America.
Look for George Washington on the quarter and the one dollar bill.
Find Virginia on a map.
Poetry: Practice reciting Time to Rise. Recitation day is March 4/5.
February 11/12, 2026 (Week 22)
February 11/12, 2026 (Week 22)
Handwriting: Practice writing the words that characterize birds (bird, wings, beak, feathers, backbone, warm-blooded, two legs)
Literature: Identify the characters in the stories you read.
Nature Study:
Look for robins.
Watch a bird build a nest and hatch chicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=JD929z9lW6Q
Read or listen to “A Nest Full of Eggs” on Learning Ally.
Biographies:
Practice memory statement: George Washington led the Continental Army and became the first president of The United States of America.
Read George Washington “mini book” to someone.
Poetry: Practice reciting Time To Rise and Little Boy Blue. Recitation day is March 4/5.
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