Thank you SH families for coming and supporting our Carnival last Friday evening! What a fun event! So nice to see so many of you there.
SPECIALS: (February 6-10)
Monday: Art/Music (Day 3)
Tuesday: P.E./Media (Day 4)
Wednesday: Music/Art (Day 5)
Thursday: Media/P.E. (Day 6) - Bookfair Open, Conferences 4-8pm
Friday: Music/Art (Day 1)
MEDIA (Library): check out every Day 6/PLEASE return books every Day 5!
Other News::
- Valentines Day Party on Tuesday, February 14th 2:00-3:15pm (letter was sent home to all families last Friday)
- Send in homemade Valentines box/bag--if time is an issue, email me and your child can decorate a bag at school
- Treats can be sent in, but I will send them all home and let parents decided who can eat what
- Please only have your child write From "your child's name," as this will make passing out Valentines much easier
- We have 17 students in the class
- 100th Day of Kindergarten is coming up on Wed. February 15th. Please have your child bring in their bag of 100 items by this day.
Language Arts
Unit 5: Make Connections/Make Inferences- Letter(s): Gg
- Phonics:
- Identify the sound /g/
- Associate the letter Gg with the sound /g/
- Listen for medial sounds
- Blend CVC words
- Listen for words that rhyme and suggest pairs of words that rhyme
- Spell CVC words using G and letters previously learned
- Sight Words: good, was, be
- Build upon concepts of print
- Make connections and inferences
- Build fluency through choral-reading
- Discuss specific concepts found in stories and create concept webs together
- Echo-read to build fluency
- Build comprehension through retelling
- Practice reading a rhyme with changing volume
- Use a higher and lower volume to reflect what the author or characters are saying
- Use effective inflection and intonation to make reading sound like talking
- Demonstrate active listening skills
Writing/Concepts of Print
Journals: Develop Voice; Express Feelings
- Use uppercase and lowercase letters correctly
- Use appropriate end punctuation
- Write CVC and high-frequency words
- Understand that writers use two uppercase letters and two end punctuation marks when writing two sentences
Language Arts Home Practice Lesson 5.3 (home in Friday Folders. We send home the practice sheets after we have worked on the content in class.) THANK YOU to all the families who have been working on these homework sheets and reading with your child!
- PLEASE work on this with your child 2-3 times a week for at least 10 minutes. We need YOU as a partner in helping your child become fluent with letter recognition, sound, and sight words. Thanks!
- Don't forget to utilize Raz Kids (reading), Reading Eggs (phonics/reading) and Dream Box (math) at home as well!
- Check out these downloadable leveled readers Leveled Readers
- Read any books to your child for fun!! Model a love of reading :)
Math:
Unit 4 (Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens)
- 4.9: More Patterns with Shapes
- Objectives: explore shapes and combine them to make new shapes; compare groups to determine which has fewer objects
- Vocabulary: triangle, hexagon, trapezoid, parallelogram, less, more, diamond, fewer
- 4.10: Break-Apart Numbers Through 10
- Objectives: find sets of partners for 10; record sets of partners for 10, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2.
- Vocabulary: partner, Tiny Tumbler, Math Mountain, unknown partner
- 4.11: Numbers Through 30
- Objectives: show numbers through 30 with 10-sticks and centimeter cubes; order and compare numbers through 30.
- Vocabulary: tens, ones
- 4.13: More Patterns with Shapes and Repeating Patterns
- Objectives: explore shapes and combine them to make new shapes; make repeating patterns with shapes, sounds, and actions; draw matching lines to see more and fewer
- Vocabulary: hexagon, trapezoid, parallelogram, triangle, more, fewer, extra
Discussing MN lakes during winter
- Making winter tree observations
- how are they different from fall and spring? how are they the same?
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