Friday, May 7, 2010

WEEK OF MAY 10-14, 2010

KINDERGARTEN HOMEWORK
MONDAY: PRACTICE WRITING AS MANY WORDS AS YOU CAN IN 10 MINUTES; STUDY READING WORD LIST 19
TUESDAY: STUDY READING WORD LIST 19; THINK OF A WORD FOR EVERY LETTER IN THE ALPHABET
WEDNESDAY: GO TO BED EARLY AND PREPARE FOR THE FIELD TRIP; STUDY READING LIST 19 FOR 10 MINUTES
THURSDAY: STUDY WORD LIST 19 FOR TEST TOMORROW
NEWSLETTER
THIS WEEK OUR PHONICS LESSONS FOCUS ON THE TWO SOUNDS OF DIGRAPH TH. IT MAKES A VOICED (VIBRATING) SOUND AS IN FEATHER AND AN UNVOICED SOUND AS IN THIMBLE. THIS IS DIFFICULT SO GOING OVER DAILY WORKSHEETS TO REVIEW WOULD BE HELPFUL. THERE WILL BE NO SHOW & TELL AGAIN DUE TO OUR FIELD TRIP ON THURSDAY.
IN READING WE WILL KEEP LISTENING TO THE STORY "ABUELA." THE CHILDREN ARE REALLY ENJOYING LEARNING THE WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS IN SPANISH. THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ALSO VERY COLORFUL. WE WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT SETTING AND REVIEW THE LETTER Ee. THEN AT THE END OF THE WEEK WE WILL BEGIN TESTING ON UNIT 4 OF THE READING SERIES.
IN MATH WE WILL TEST ON ADDITION (CHAPTER 11) ON MONDAY. THE STUDENTS DID REALLY WELL WITH THE CONCEPT OF ADDITION. THEN WE WILL BEGIN LEARNING ABOUT SUBTRACTION ON TUESDAY-BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT IS THE LAST CHAPTER OF OUR BOOK.
LAST WEEK WE DID THE DIBELS TEST WITH THE READING TEACHERS (WE DO NOT HAVE THE RESULTS YET). THIS WEEK WE WILL BEGIN A DIFFERENT SET OF TESTS WITH THE READING TEACHERS. CHILDREN WILL NEED TO RECOGNIZE, WRITE AND GIVE THE SOUND TO EVERY LETTER IN THE ALPHABET. THEY WILL NEED TO WRITE A DICTATED SENTENCE (BUT SPELLING WILL NOT HAVE TO BE CORRECT). THEY WILL HAVE TO BLEND SOUNDS TO READ A WORD; GIVE A WORD FOR EACH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET AND BE ABLE TO USE WORDS IN A SENTENCE. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TO WRITE ALL THE WORDS THEY CAN THINK OF IN TEN MINUTES (SPELLING WILL HAVE TO BE CORRECT). WE WILL PRACTICE IN CLASS, BUT, ANY PRACTICE AT HOME WILL HELP TOO!
MONDAY, MAY 10TH IS DAY 5 AND WE HAVE COMPUTERS.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

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