Friday, April 8, 2011

WEEK OF APRIL 11-15, 2011

KINDERGARTEN HOMEWORK

MONDAY TO THURSDAY: EACH NIGHT PLEASE PRACTICE READING WORD LIST # 19, THE TEST IS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 15TH. ALSO, COMPLETE THE HALF-SHEET OF READING/MATH PRACTICE SENT HOME IN YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER.


KINDERGARTEN NEWS


IMPORTANT REMINDER: KINDERGARTEN PHYSICALS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH.


THIS WEEK IN PHONICS WE WILL BE STUDYING OUR FIRST DIGRAPH CK AS IN DUCK. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE SPELLING RULE FOR THE FINAL /K/. WHEN YOU HAVE THE /K/ AFTER A SHORT VOWEL YOU SPELL IT CK. STUDENTS WILL LEARN THAT YOU CODE DIGRAPHS BY UNDERLINING THEM. THIS DIGRAPH (CK) IS THE FIRST OF MANY THAT THEY WILL STUDY.


IN READING WE WILL BEGIN A NEW UNIT OF STORIES-UNIT 5-"GOING PLACES." WE WILL BE DISCUSSING HOW PEOPLE GET FROM PLACE TO PLACE. IN OUR FIRST STORY WE WILL TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION THAT THE CHILDREN CAN NAME. OUR FIRST STORY IS "MAX TAKES THE TRAIN" BY ROSEMARY WELLS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT REALISM VERSUS FANTASY AND REVIEW THE LETTERS Jj AND Ww. WE WILL ALSO BE USING NEW H/F WORDS: YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, HAVE.


IN MATH WE WILL DO SOME MEASURING AND WE WILL GRAPH A PICTURE ON A PICTOGRAPH. THEN WE WILL WORK WITH NUMBER LINES TO IDENTIFY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LARGER AND SMALLER NUMBERS. WE WILL WORK WITH TANGRAMS AGAIN TO COVER DESIGNS AND EXPLORE SLIDES, TURNS AND FLIPS. CHILDREN WILL ALSO COUNT FORWARD AND BACKWARD ON A NUMBER LINE AND MATCH NUMBER CARDS TO A SET OF UP TO 20 OBJECTS.


IN KIDWRITING STUDENTS WILL WRITE ABOUT FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION THAT INTEREST THEM. THEY ARE ALSO PRACTICING MAKING LISTS OF WORDS THAT THEY KNOW. THE LISTS KEEP GETTING LONGER AND LONGER!


ON THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH, MRS. HULL, OUR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, WILL COME TO TEACH HER MONTHLY LESSON ON BULLYING. THE CHILDREN ALWAYS SEEM BER Y ENGAGED IN HER LESSONS AND ARE ATTENTIVE.


UPCOMING EVENTS: BRAINSHOWMANIA PROGRAM-APRIL 20TH; EASTER EGG HUNT/PARTY-APRIL 21ST; EASTER VACATION-APRIL 22-25TH.


MONDAY, APRIL 11TH, IS DAY 2 AND OUR SPECIAL IS ART. ON MONDAY THERE IS A LUNCHTIME MENU CHANGE: IT WILL BE BREADED CHICKEN PATTY ON A ROLL, INSTEAD OF CHICKEN NUGGETS (SORRY, KIDS).

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