Friday, March 4, 2011

WEEK OF MARCH 7-11, 2011

KINDERGARTEN HOMEWORK

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: HALF-SHEET OF READING/MATH PRACTICE AND EACH NIGHT PRACTICE READING WORD LIST #14.

FOR THURSDAY/FRIDAY: PRACTICE A JOKE TO TELL THE CLASS

KINDERGARTEN NEWS


MONDAY IS DAY 1 AND WE HAVE COMPUTERS!

THIS WEEK WE WILL LEARN ALL ABOUT THE LETTER Jj AS IN JAR. WE WILL NOT HAVE SHOW 'N TELL. WE WILL TELL JOKES.

WE WILL ALSO TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE "JELLY BELLY" FACTORY ON OUR SMARTBOARD. THEN YOUR CHILD WILL GET TO SAMPLE SOME UNUSUAL JELLY BEAN FLAVORS. BE SURE TO ASK WHICH ARE THEIR FAVORITES.

IN READING WE WILL READ ANOTHER ANIMAL FANTASY "MY LUCKY DAY" BY KEIKO KASZA. WE WILL PRACTICE THE COMPREHENSION SKILL-CAUSE AND EFFECT. WE WILL REVIEW THE LETTER Ll AND KEEP PRACTICING THE H/F WORDS - ARE, DO, THAT.

IN MATH WE WILL BE WORKING WITH STRAWS - SORTING THEM BY LENGTH AND PUTTING THEM IN CORRECT ORDER. WE WILL GET OUT OUR GEOBOARDS AGAIN TO LEARN ABOUT LINE SEGMENTS, SHAPES AND DESIGNS. AGAIN, STUDENTS WILL PRACTICE ORDERING OBJECTS BY LENGTH, BUT, THIS TIME THEY WILL WORK WITH PAPER STRIPS. WE WILL PRACTICE MAKING AN ABC PATTERN WITH PATTERN BLOCKS (THE CHILDREN HAVE SEEN AN ABC PATTERN ON THE MARCH CALENDAR). FINALLY, THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO ESTIMATE AND MEASURE THE CAPACITY OF CONTAINERS (THEY WILL USE TEDDY BEAR COUNTERS TO DO THIS!).

KEEP PRACTICING THE LETTERS AND THEIR SOUNDS - PARTICULARLY THE SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS -THEY SEEM TO GIVE THE CHILDREN THE MOST DIFFICULTY.

ALSO, PRACTICE READING AND WRITING THE NUMBERS FROM 11 TO 20. MOST CHILDREN CAN SAY ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT, SOME CANNOT READ THE NUMBERS WHEN I POINT TO THEM OR CANNOT WRITE THEM IF I ASK THEM TO DO SO.


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