What we're learning:

• Demonstrate familiarity with particular nursery rhymes and fables.

• Describe the characters and events in nursery rhymes and fables.

• Recite certain nursery rhymes.

Identify rhyming words in nursery rhymes.

Identify and describe the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste,

and touch

Identify and discuss what body parts are used for each of the senses.

Label parts of the body that we use for the senses.

Discuss what people do when they do not have one of the senses.

Discuss characters, setting, plot in stories.

List comparisons and differences between two things.

Discuss the definition of  folktale.

Make story maps.

Discuss the life cycle of plants.

We learned what animals need to survive.

We discussed a new year and what happens in a year.

We learned about deciduous trees.

We learned about evergreen trees.

We learned about Johnny Appleseed.

We learned about George Washington Carver.

We began leaning about animals on the farm.

We learned about other things found on the farm.

We are learning about Native Americans.

We are beginning to learn about kings and queens.

We are reviewing the weather and four seasons.

We began our unit on Columbus and Pilgrims.

We reviewed Pilgrims, Native Americans, and the first Thanksgiving.

We learned how people lived long ago.

What we're doing:

• We learned "Roses are Red".

• We acted out "Ring Around the Rosie".

• We listened to "It's Raining It's Pouring".

• We learned 'It's Raining, It's Pouring" and "Rain, Rain Go Away".

• We acted out "Jack Be nimble", Little Jack Horner", and "Jack and Jill".

• We listened to "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"' and "This Little Piggy went to Market".

• We read and acted out fables such as The Tortoise and the Hare, The Dog and His Reflection, and The Lion and the Mouse.

• We popped popcorn and discussed all of our senses and how they were used.

• We went on a walk and listed things we heard and saw.

• We have learned parts of the eye and ear as well as how to protect them.

• We discussed how our senses keep us safe from harm.

• We discussed our sense of smell.

• We tasted hot cocoa and apples.

• We smelled different spices.

• We graphed our favorite apples and spice scents.

• We learned about Ray charles and Helen Keller.

• We listened to Chicken Little and discussed story elements.

• We watched The Three Little Pigs. 

• We built houses for the "big bad wolf" to knock down.

• We acted out The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

• We compared and contrasted apples and pumpkins.

• We listed to The Wolf and the Seven Kids, The Bremen Town Musicians, and Momotaro, Peach Boy

• We drew the setting, characters, and plot of The Jumping Mouse and The Three Bears.

• We read Tug of War.

• We learned new vocabulary in folktale stories.

• We labeled the parts of a plant.

• We discussed the life cycle of a plant.

• We drew the life cycle of a plant.

• We grew grass and observe it at home while supplying what it needs to grow.

• We sorted what plants and animals need to survive.

• We listed things we have done so far this school year.

• We drew the trees in each season and how they change throughout a year.

• We looked at different trees and discussed which ones are deciduous- when their leaves fall off.

• We talked about

 the differences and similarities of trees.

We talked about the importance of Johnny Appleseed and George Washington Carver and their contributions due to their love of plants.

We talked about cows and chickens.

We spelled and drew cow and hen.

We talked about sheep and pigs.

We learned about crops and where they come from before they go to the store.

We read Little Red Hen.

We learned about different tribes and how they lived.

We are learning how and where kinds and queens live and what makes things royal.

We have read Old King Cole, Cinderella. and The Princess and the Pea.

We discussed and listed things we see and do in each season.

We discussed how meteorologists predict the weather and the tools they use.

We listed how we can predict the weather.

We learned that Columbus sailed to Asia for spices and treasure.

He received money for his adventure from king and queen of Spain.

We learned about the three ships, where Columbus landed, and what he was looking for.

We discussed chores that kids had long ago versus chores kids have now.

We talked about how people used to go to town and barter items and services.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• We learned what vocabulary in the nursery rhymes mean such as sweet, posies, market, and fetch.

• We learned the morals of fables and how to use them in daily life.

• We discussed fiction and non-fiction.

• We are learning characters, setting, plot.

What we're learning:

These are the general topisegmentcs that we will be covering this week.

• Counting on our fingers.

• Sorting objects that are same and different.

• Learning how to write lines.

• Learning left/right discrimination, top to bottom, and front to back.

• Establish bodily and spatial awareness.

• Segment spoken sentences in words.

• Counting syllables in our names and other words.

• Made different kinds of lines and curves.

• Made cups, humps, pluses, x, and swirls for prewriting skill practice.

• Practiced syllables. 

• Blended parts of words using our arms.

• Learned letter sounds of /m/ and /a/.

• Learned letter sounds /t/, /d/, and /o/

• Blending and chaining letters we learned to make words.

• Learned letter sounds /g/, /i/, /c/

• Learned sounds /n/ and /h/

• Learned sounds /v/ and /f/.

• Learned sounds /e/, /p/, /s/, and /z/.

• Learned new sounds /b/ and /l/.

• We learned sounds /u/.

• We learned about diagraphs- two letters that make one sound.

• We learned letter /w/.

• We learned letters /x/ and /y/.

• We wrote letters and sounds during dictation exercises given by the teacher.

• We reviwed various skills with Valentine activities.

• We began journal writing.

• We practiced these skill with St. Patrick's Day avctivities.

• We reviewed skills in spring centers.

• We reviewed diagraphs.

• We learned about blends.

• We answered questions about the books we are reading.

• We are reviewing how to write capital letters and when we use them.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• We listened to musical instruments and classroom object sounds.

• We greeted our new friends.

• We are speaking audibly and express ideas, thoughts, and feelings clearly.

• We are practicing holding a pencil with a tripod grip and making marks on paper.

• We learned how to read from left to right using our bodies and cubes for each word.

• We counted words in sentences and circled cubes for each word.

• We played games to count syllables in our names and other words.

• We used play dough to make different kinds of lines and curves.

• We made posters of different lines and curves in preparation to make letters.

• We clapped out syllables in our names.

• We displayed objects in the room to clap out the number of syllables in the name of  the object.

• We traced and wrote letters.

• We listed words that started with certain letter sounds.

• We made and sounded out three letter words.

• We wrote words as we sounded them out.

• We listed words that begin with each letter.

• We completed chaining activities to make words.

• We wrote a sentence.

• We are learning about starting a sentence with a capital and ending it with punctuation.

• We are learning to put spaces between words.

• We are writing sentences and drawing pictures that match the sentences.

• We are beginning to write the words on our own by how they sound.

• We are practicing tricky words daily.

• We listed words that begin and end with diagraphs such as sh,ch,th

• We are reading small books such as Kit and Seth.

• We began reading and answering questions about the book called Sam.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• We assessed positional words, drawing lines and circles to prepare to write letters.

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• Trustworthiness is our virtue of the month.

• Respect is our new virtue of the month.

• Everyone is different and it is all right!

• Responsibility is our new virtue.

• Fairness is our virtue.

• Caring is our new virtue.

• We visited the nursing home and played games with the residents.

• Citizenship is our new virtue.

• Perseverance is our next virtue.

• Courage is our new virtue.

• Discipline is our new virtue.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• We discuss how to be trusting- Do what we say we will do!

• We discussed different ways to show respect.

• We read Spookley.

• We made a square pumpkin character.

• We listened to The Ant and the Grasshopper as well as The Little Red Hen.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• We have listened to portions of Tale of Despereaux and how their meanings relate to our lives.

• We discussed the book Charlotte's Web and thought about how we want people to remember us.

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• We are learning about the world around us

• We learned about the First Thanksgiving.

• We discussed how Native Americans have lived.

• We learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and why we celebrate him.

• We began reading about Christopher Columbus and his voyages.

• We learned about Presidents day.

• We read why we celebrate Memorial Day.

• We looked at and colored the American flag.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

We are learning we live in a house or apartment, in a neighborhood which is in a town. Our town is in a state and our state is in a country which is on a continent that is on a planet.

We learned about maps and positional words to read a map.

We drew our home, neighborhood, and town with shapes that we learned to make in math.

We discussed and drew places we went on vacations.

We counted up to 50 and learned that there are 50 states in the US.

We compared and contrasted what a map and globe look like.

We looked at a map of all the continents and located the continent where we live.

We listened to songs about the 7 Continents.

We compared and contrasted globes and maps.

We read about places in the USA and specific landmarks.

We practiced naming our continent, country, and state. 

We also discussed how our state is divided into three geographical sections. We located the Piedmont section where we live.

We read about the rest of North American regions.

We read about Europe.

We colored the 7 continents.

We read about the rest of the continents. We learned about holidays they observe as well as animals that live there.

We saved the turkeys by reading and making Stone Soup or ordering pizza.

We wrote what we would do if we were president.

We made a craft with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• Review our summer reading.

• Draw a picture of ourselves and our families.

• Write our names using correst pencil grip.

• Write our name with one capital letter and the rest lowercase.

• Discuss morals using stories and fables.

• Discuss morals in other stories. 

• Learn what makes stories fiction and non fiction.

• We are writing journal entries daily.

• We are learning about double consanants in the middle and end of words.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• We read Curious George and made George the puppet.

• We discussed rules and why we follow them even when we are curious- so we don't get hurt of lost.

• We watched kid version of Tale of Despereaux.

• We made Despereaux the mouse.

• We acted out fables and discussed how to use them in our lives.

• We are sounding out words to complete sentences.

• We are beginning to write more than one sentence at a time.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• We reviewed this story as well as fables and how the morals teach us lessons to use in every day life.

• We are practicing writing our names and naming the letters in our name using correct pencil grip.

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• Exploring Teddy Bear Counters

• Reviewing our colors

• Introducing the numbers 1 and 2

• Introducing the numbers 3 through 8

• Learning about pictographs and bar graphs

• Exploring with pattern blocks

• Introducing the numbers 9-14

• Counting aloud 1-30

• Count, sort, and put pattern blocks in AB patterns.

• Reviewed writing numbers 0-16.

• Assessed skills we know using Saxon Math Assessment.

• Reviewed skills in patterns, counting, and number recognition in math centers.

• Connected dots in order to create a picture.

• Read and acted out story problems with cubes.

• Learned sequential order.

• Counted pennies.

• Learned how to tell time by the nearest hour.

• Learned about ordinal numbers

• We counted by 10's.

• We counted dimes.

• We subitized!

• We told time by the nearest hours.

• We learned how to use geoboards.

• We made number books 1-20.

• We counted to 100 by ones, fives, and tens.

• We are learning about the worth of pennies, nickels, and dimes.

• We counted to 120.

• We are filling in mubers in order up tp 30.

• We celebrated the 100th day of school!

• We are learning addition and subtraction sentences.

• We reviewed graphs, tally marks, and addition sentences.

• We continue to practice word problems.

• We continue to practice addition and subtraction problems.

• We are learning about even and odd numbers.

• We are learning how to count by 2's.

• We are using a number line to solve addition and subtraction sentences.

• We are using cubes and ten frames to figure out addition and subtraction sentences.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• Made  a bar graph of student teddy bear counters

• Practiced writing the numbers 1 and 2

• Practiced writing the numbers 3 through 8

• Made a pictograph showing how each student felt on the first day of school

• Discussed characteristics of various pattern blocks

• Practiced writing the numbers 9-14

• Made patterns with pattern blocks

• Write numbers 1-16

• We made some of the geometrical shapes that we have learned about in math using playdough and toothpicks.

• We connected dots to made a picture and created our own dot to dot picture.

• We solved                                              story problems with cubes and then discussed our own story  problems.

• We moved hands on the clock and wrote the time.

• We made shapes with rubber bands on geoboards.

• We looked at and wrote on 100 charts.

• We put snacks iin groups of 10 on a mat.

• We put 100 Fruit Loops on a necklace.

• We stamped 100 things on tens frames.

• We wrote 100 numbers on a number chart.

• We wrote what we would do with $100.

• We wrote what we would do when we are 100 years old.

• We brought 100 items in a bag to school. 

• We sorted them in groups of 10 in class.

• We made spring flowers focusing on a certain number.

• We are solving addition and subraction word problems.

• We used Lucky Charms to review various math skills on St. Patrick's Day.

• We decide if we will add or subtract in word problems.

• We count by 1's, 5's, and 10's daily.

• We are putting numbers in groups of 10.

• We are reviewing teen numbers.

• We learned to use our fingers, rainbow, and number line to fill in addends and sums.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• What is a bar graph and how is it constructed?

• Why is important to know how to form my numbers correctly?

• How do I construct a pictograph and read it?

• How do I describe the characteristics of each pattern block?

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• 1.1 Students engage in pushing and pulling and observe what causes objects to move.

• Define the terms force, push, and pull.

• Students act out real-life examples of pushes and pulls

• Sir Isaac Newton and the 3 Laws of Motion

• Discussed Magnetism

• Labeled parts of an apple.

• Cut and labeled parts of a pumpkin.

• Discussed reactions.

• Listed what plants need to grow.

• Discussed what animals and humans need to grow.

• We talked about ways environments can change by plants, animals, and humans.

• We learned about groundhogs and why we celebrate Groundhog Day.

• We introduced Weekly Reader.

• We began the weather unit.

• We are observing and learning about butterflies.

• We learned about plants and birds in Weekly Reader.

• We celebrated Earth Day.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• Observe, discuss, and list how objects move.

• Who is Sir Isaac Newton and what are the 3 Laws of Motion that he discovered?

• What are some real-life examples of these motions?

Discussed what objects are attracted to magnets

We tasted different kinds of apples. 

We graphed which ones we liked best.

We carved a pumpkin and named the parts.

Made a reaction in a pumpkin with baking soda and vinegar.

Looked at plants and talked about what they need to grow.

Read about how plants and animals get their basic needs.

We discussed what we wear in different weather as it changes.

We learned about the life cycle of butterflies and how they are same and different from other life cycles.

We graphed different things we see in the springtime.

We learned we can reuse, reduce, and recycle.

We learned ways we can save the Earth even as a kindergartener.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• What happens when something moves?

• Distinguish between a push and a pull

• Why is it important to learn about famous scientists and mathematicians?