READERS

GO HOME READERS
Every Friday your child brings home a ziploc bag with a reder for the week and the skill or skills we worked on in small group.  What a joy it is for me to have this time with my friends and listen to them read.  I hope that this is a special time for you  and your child to read together.  I want them to understand that every story is an adventure.  Reading can take you to so many different places.  If your child struggles with the reader, I encourage you to  help them sound out the words and use their picture clues.  If they sail through it with no problem, we love to come up with alternate endings, additional characters and ideas that would extend the story. 

Here are a  few ideas of things to talk about with your child as they read to you. 
*main characters in the story
*interpret the illustrations (before reading the text)
*discuss story problem
*where does the story take place
*sequence of the story
*discuss your favorite part of the story
Thank you for all you do.  This is truly a team effort. 
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This week in kindergarten...

Feb 28 - March 4
EARLY MORNING
*Academic tubs
*Phonemic Awareness Activities
*Devotional Story
*Morning Announcements
*Pledge

READING*Blending and Segmenting Phonemes
*Letter - Ww, sound and recognition
*Vocabulary review (I, see, my, like, a, to, and, go, is, here, for, have, said)
*New Word - play
*Using Action Words
*Introduce Short "e"
*Speech Balloons with animal sounds
*Phonemic Awareness Story: “Get Set! Play!"
ROTATION STATIONS!!!

  Math
*Larger Numbers*Counting, Reading and Writing Numbers 11 - 20
*Patterns: Odd and Even
*Counting to 100
*Counting by 2, 5 and 10
*Smartboard lessons
*Hands on activities

Bible
*Luke 10: 25 - 37, John 10: 1 - 42
*The Good Shepherd
*Vocabulary:  Samaritan, Levite, wounded
*Target Truths:  Jesus takes care of His sheep
                         We need to take care of one another

LUNCHBUNCH*Smartboard Activities
  -Counting, Reading, Writing larger numbers
  -Blending and segmenting phonemes
  -CVC-word writing
  -Math Manipulative Tubs
  -*P.E./Science Lab

Our numbers are growing each day as the children are bringing their pillow pets and dolls on a daily basis.  We understand their attachment to these "special friends".  As we prepare for first grade we ask that our "special friends" stay at home following "Spring Break".  Thank you for your cooperation and support.  We appreciate each of you and love your children. 

Feb 21 - 25
   Spring has sprung (for now any way) and we love it.  We are beginning our unit "Down on the Farm".  This weeks rotation stations will be full of Farm learning fun as we review our word families, create speech bubbles, practice handwriting and "moo"ve into creative writing about our farm animals.  We will begin our math unit on larger numbers and tackle those "teen numbers" with exciting smartboard activities, manipulative fun, tens and ones activities and mystery numbers.  We will conclude our week with the story of the "Two Cool Cows" and make purple cows. Get ready for some FABULOUS FARM FUN!!!
EARLY MORNING*Academic tubs
*Phonemic Awareness Activities
*Devotional Story
*Morning Announcements
*Pledge

READING
*Blending and Segmenting Phonemes
*Vocabulary review (here, is, said, the, to, go, for, an, a)
*Reading and Writing Sentences using High Frequency Words
*Singular and Plural naming words
*Ot, ox word families (short o sound)
*Speech Balloons with animal sounds
*Phonemic Awareness Story: “A Pot For Dan Cat”
 Math
*Larger Numbers
*Counting, Reading and Writing Numbers 11 - 20
*Patterns: Odd and Even
*Smartboard lessons
*Hands on activities

Bible*Mark 10: 46 - 52
*Jesus Heals The Sick
*Vocabulary:  Miracles, Mercy
*Target Truths:  Jesus Healed
                          Call on the Lord for Healing

LUNCHBUNCH*Smartboard Activities
  -Counting, Reading, Writing larger numbers
  -CVC-word writing
  -Tumblebooks read alongs
*P.E./Science Lab

This week in kindergarten...

EARLY MORNING
*Academic tubs
*Phonemic Awareness Activities
*Devotional Story
*Morning Announcements
*Pledge

READING
*Blending and Segmenting Phonemes
*Letters-Review beginning and ending sounds
*Vocabulary review (here, is, said)
*New word: the
*Reading and Writing Sentences using High Frequency Words
*Exact naming words
*Ot, ox word families (short o sound)
*Phonemic Awareness Story: “The Big, Big, Box”
*Comprehension and Predicting Outcomes

  Math
*Subtraction Sentences
*Subtraction Story Problems
*Comparing Quantities
*Smartboard lessons
*Hands on activities

Bible
Zaccheus and Nicodemus

*Smartboard Activities
  -subtraction and addition review
  -blending and segmenting phonemes
  -CVC-word writing
  -tumblebooks read alongs*P.E./Science Lab
  LUNCHBUNCH

Feb. 7th - 11th

Early Morning

-Academic tubs

-Devotion

-Morning Message

-Pledge

 

Reading

 -short "o" words - reading, writing, blending, building

-ot word family

-New vocabulary - said

-Phonic readers - Dot Got A Big Pot

-Leveled readers - These will be sent home in a bag on Friday.  Please read and return by Weds.

-Journal Writing

-Rotation Stations

 

Math- Subtraction

-Vocabulary -  left, separate, take away, minus sign (-), subtract

-Smartboard  Activities - Interactive math story and subtraction practice

-Story problems using manipulatives

-Subtraction sentences

-Comparing stories

 

Bible

-Jesus and the Children - Mark 10:14

-Character Trait - Courtesy

-My Happy Heart by Melody Carlson

 

Lunch Bunch

-Smartboard activities for subtraction and phonetic reading

-Valentine's stories and art

-Science Lab/P.E.