WHAT A BUSY WEEK!

This week in math, we continued to work on developing number sense.  We built sets of objects, put numbers in order - forwards and backwards, practiced counting to 100 and counted backwards from 20 to 1.  We also worked on comparing numbers, using one more than, one less than and the same as (equal to) a given number. We have been listening to some silly rhyming books as we learn to identify words that rhyme. We are also counting syllables in words and matching words that begin with the same sound. In science, we learned about our five senses and how we can use them to describe properties of objects. We sorted objects by color, size, shape and texture. In social studies, we learned about the importance of following rules at home and in school and what could happen if we didn't have them.

ROOM PARENT INFO

You should have received an email from your homeroom room parent.  PLEASE be sure to email your room parent to be added to the parent class email list. This will help you stay informed about volunteer opportunities (Fall Fest is coming up) class activities and keep you up to date on all upcoming events and more!  

Mrs. MacMahon's room parent is Courtney Martin: courtney.d.duncan@gmail.com

Mrs. Stuckeman's room parent is Taylor Luttrell: taylorluttrell12@gmail.com 

Mrs. Williky's room parent is Amanda Saenz:  asaenz116@gmail.com

SIGHT WORDS

These are 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.

These are the sight words we learned this week:

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READING and WRITING SKILLS WE WILL LEARN in KINDERGARTEN

By the end of Kindergarten, students should be able to:

• Recognize and produce rhyming words

• Segment words in an oral sentence

• Segment words into syllables

• Segment and pronounce initial, medial and final phonemes in spoken CVC words

• Manipulate phonemes with additions or substitutions in one-syllable words

• Name all letters of the alphabet

• Write all manuscript letters in lowercase and uppercase

• Sequence letters of the alphabet

• Fluently produce sounds of consonants and short vowels when given the letter

• Fluently produce sounds for basic digraphs (wh, sh, ch, th, ck)

• Name and write corresponding letter(s) when given sounds for consonants, consonant

    digraphs, and short vowels

• Distinguish long and short vowel sounds within words

• Read and spell approximately 200 CVC words 

• Spell other words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships

• Read and write our sight words

• Identify and name correct punctuation at end of sentence

• Capitalize words at beginning of sentences and names of people

• Name the author and illustrator of a story and define their roles

• Explain narrative story structure including character, setting and main events

• Use a combination of drawing and dictating to narrate linked events to tell about a story in  sequence

• Re-tell key details of narrative and informational text, using pictures or prompts as a guide

• Identify characters, settings and main events in a story, with pictures or other prompts

• Describe what happened in a story when given a specific illustration

• With prompts, compare and contrast the experiences of characters in two stories

• Explain difference between narrative and informational text

• Echo-read a passage with correct phrasing and expression

• Identify and explain new meanings for familiar words and newly taught words

• Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities

Curriculum Objectives

Language Arts: 

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

I can identify words that rhyme.  I can ount syllables in words. 

Math: 

I can generate a number that is more or less than another number or set of objects up to 10.

I can compare objects in a set using comparative language.

Science: 

I can identify and sort objects by their properties of size, color, shape and texture. 

Social Studies: 

I can identify laws and explain why we have laws in the community. 

I can identify authority figures who help enforce the laws in the community.