Schedule for the Week of February 20-24

It was great to catch up with my wonderful kindergarten families at conferences last Thursday night and Friday, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come in and talk with me!

SPECIALS: (February 20-24)

Monday:  No School - President's Day Observed

Tuesday:   Media/P.E. (Day 6)

Wednesday:  Music/Art (Day 1)

Thursday:  Media/P.E. (Day 2)

Friday:  Art/Music (Day 3) 

MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!

Reading:

Unit 6: Fix-Up Monitoring/Summarize Information - Week 2 Objectives (February 21-25)

·       Letter(s): Ww

·       Sight Words: then, out

·       Phonics:

o   Identify the sound /w/

o   Associate the letter Ww with the sound /w/

o   Identify initial /w/

o   Blend CVC words

o   Identify and produce rhyming words

o   Spell CVC words using Ww and letters previously learned

·       Summarize information from the text

·       Identify and discuss nonfiction text features (table of contents, index)

·       Summarize important ideas using a graphic organizer

·       Learn about nonfiction text structure (description)

·       Use important events from the text to write about animals in their habitats

Writing/Concepts of Print (week 18)

Book Reviews: Writing a Book Review (Characters)

·       Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly

·       Use appropriate end punctuation

·       Put spaces between words

·       Write some CVC words

·       Write high-frequency words

·       Listen for sounds in words

·       Demonstrate writer's voice

·       Analyze story elements

Math:

Unit 4: Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens

4.20: Equations: Partners of 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10 - Objectives: find and write equations for partners of 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10; show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones. Vocabulary: partner equation

4.21: Triangles and Addition and Subtraction Stories

Objectives: express addition and subtraction story problems in drawings and expressions; find and explore triangles in three-dimensional shapes and through creative movement

Vocabulary: triangle, prism, pyramid

4.22: Horizontal Graphs and Comparisons

Objectives: use horizontal graphs to compare quantities; find and write equations for partners of 3,4,5, 6, and 10

Vocabulary: graph, partners

4.23: Teen Number Book

Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones, match pictures to numbers, compare groups to determine which has fewer objects

Vocabulary: teen number

4.24: Shapes in a Butterfly Scene

Objectives: identify and count shapes

Vocabulary: shape, rectangle, circle, triangle, oval, trapezoid, diamond

Science: The Kindergarten team is working on some great ideas for some S.T.E.M. Bins for the classroom.  These are science/math base, problem solving activities.