WHAT A BUSY WEEK!

This week we stayed at the farm and learned some interesting facts about pigs. Did you know that pigs are really smart and are very good swimmers? We continued to work on identifying and producing rhyming words, counting syllables and listening for beginning sounds in words and finding words that begin with the same sound. In math, the students worked on composing numbers by showing different ways to make numbers up to 5, such as: 5 and 0, 4 and 1, 3 and 2, 4 and 1 and 0 and 5. We are working on counting backwards from 20 to 1 and counting from 1 – 100.  In social studies, we learned about our leaders in our community and how they help us. We also learned about citizens and the rights we have as citizens.

READING CLASSES

Last week we started rotating classes for literacy so your child may be going to a different classroom for reading and writing instruction or staying with his/her homeroom teacher.  The students have done a great job switching and have adjusted very well to a new teacher, new classmates and/or both!  

A REMINDER ABOUT SNACK

The snack you send in for your child needs to be a HEALTHY, NUT-FREE and utensil - free snack! Please do not send in any fruit cups, juice boxes or other drinks, besides water.  If you are sending a snack, please pack it separately from their lunchboxes. Thank you for your cooperation.

LETTER ID and SOUNDS

Your child should be able to confidently identify (within 3 seconds, in random order): 

20-26 upper case letters    20-26 lower case letters     20 -26 letter sounds

AT HOME LITERACY ACTIVITIES

The link below contains some fun activities for your child to enjoy and practice different reading skills!

mCLASS® Home Connect®

https://www.mclass.amplify.com/homeconnect/

SIGHT WORDS

These are the sight words we learned this week:

did     in

Below is the list of the kindergarten sight words for the entire year. We may not cover them all and we may add in some of our own.  Knowing our sight words will help your child tremendously in reading and writing. Each week we will learn two or three new words. Please review these words with your child. Students are expected to read, write and spell these words.

Sight words we have learned so far:

a   the   I   see  am  at

Curriculum Objectives

Language Arts: 

I can identify the sounds the letters make and identify words that begin with the same sound.

I can read my sight words. 

Math:                                                                                                                                                       

I can compose and decompose numbers up to 5.

I can add numbers with sums to 5.

Science: 

I can describe and predict how a magnet interacts with various materials and how magnets can be used to push or pull.

Social Studies: 

I can explain that citizens make up our community, state, and country.

I can identify the rights I have as a citizen.

I can identify leaders in my community and explain how they help our community.