Here's to another Super Busy week in Kindergarten!! :) We have a Resource every day, Book Fair on Monday at 9:35, the Storybook Character Parade Tuesday at 9:30 and we have our first field trip to Amazing Grace Crop Maze on Friday. We will also be working this week on our Science Fair Project!! It's sure to be GREAT!! ooh and we almost forgot that Thursday evening is Family Night at the Book Fair. It goes from 4:00-6:30p.m.
The Resources this week are: Monday~ #1-18 ART (Schmidt) & #19-37 P.E., Tuesday~ #1-18 COMPUTER LAB & #19-37 MUSIC (Biernacki), Wednesday~ #1-18 ART (Schmidt) & #19-37 ART (Phillips) and Thursday~ #1-18 MUSIC (Broach) & #19-37 MUSIC (Biernacki).
MATH
We are continuing continuing counting sets to 10 using a ten-frame. Along with using strategies when counting one more and one less. (Be ready- this quarter the expectation is counting sets to 15! Many of the mistakes we have noticed are because the students count too fast. So remind your child to slow down a little bit.) We will also be working on sequencing numbers from 1-10 and then backwards from 10-1.
Our end of Module Test will be at the end of the week. So make sure to review all the Problem Set papers that have been going home and ones that go home this week.
Here are two video's for your child to watch~ one is on 1 more and the other is 1 less.
READING
We are beginning a new module titled STORIES. This module allows students to retell the events in a story from beginning, to the middle, through the end. (*Practice doing this at home with the stories from the Module or from your child's favorite books.) The stories we will read are Chicken Little, The Three Little Pigs and Three Billy Goats Gruff. HOWEVER, in celebration of Halloween, on Tuesday we will read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. :)
CLICK THE TITLES OF THE STORIES TO ACCESS THEM. The stories are the Duval Reads versions and they may be different then the original versions of the stories.
SAXON/SIGHT WORDS/SKILLS
We are adding a lot of info here!! This quarter we will be practicing (and assessing) syllables, beginning sounds, coding/reading CVC words, rhyming. WOAH!! So much!!
We have taught the students to count syllables in words by resting their hand under their chin. This allows the students to say a word and feel how many times their chin taps on their hand. Examples: chair (1 syllable) pencil (2 syllables) backpack (2 syllables) etc.
For beginning sound practice we will practice by pointing at items in the room and having students tell the beginning sound. Along with say a word and the students replying with the beginning sound.
For CVC words, the students will be expected to code them with a breve and then read them. All the words are made up with the letters we have learned in Saxon. Note: we have only practiced words that have a vowel of a and e. Here are two words that will be on the test: hat & can.
Rhyming (or words that sound the same at the end) will be assessed by the students figuring out if the words rhyme or do not rhyme. In class we have practiced this by giving a big smile and two thumbs up if the words rhyme. If the words do not rhyme, the students stick out their tongue and give two thumbs down.
Finally... our Sight Words for the week are listed in the slideshow below. :)
WRITING
We will all be drawing a picture of our kitchen, so that we all have a clear setting. The students will be able to choose who and how many characters they draw. Then we will circulate the class making sure the students TRY writing independently. The students will write using their knowledge of sounds and sight words.
Here are some examples of sentences we expect to see written by students. :)
I like to et fud. (eat food) We cuk to getr. (cook together) I like pizza. I cuk wif mi Dade. (cook with my Daddy)
OUR CLASS SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT
We decided a great project to do with the class is one that involves pumpkins! We are going to figure out what substance preserves a pumpkin the longest. We are going to use four pumpkins. One won't have anything in the inside. One will have a bleach water sprayed inside. Another will be rubbed inside with vasoline and the final one will be sprayed with an acrylic spray.
We look forward to having lots of questions from the students and taking lots of pictures!! When the project is complete, we will hang the findings on the bulletin board outside our classroom.
ooh almost forgot! On November 16, there will be a PTA Meeting and you will be able to view the Science Fair Projects completed by each classroom. Along with projects that were done by individual students. :)
MATH
We are continuing continuing counting sets to 10 using a ten-frame. Along with using strategies when counting one more and one less. (Be ready- this quarter the expectation is counting sets to 15! Many of the mistakes we have noticed are because the students count too fast. So remind your child to slow down a little bit.) We will also be working on sequencing numbers from 1-10 and then backwards from 10-1.
Our end of Module Test will be at the end of the week. So make sure to review all the Problem Set papers that have been going home and ones that go home this week.
Here are two video's for your child to watch~ one is on 1 more and the other is 1 less.
READING
We are beginning a new module titled STORIES. This module allows students to retell the events in a story from beginning, to the middle, through the end. (*Practice doing this at home with the stories from the Module or from your child's favorite books.) The stories we will read are Chicken Little, The Three Little Pigs and Three Billy Goats Gruff. HOWEVER, in celebration of Halloween, on Tuesday we will read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. :)
CLICK THE TITLES OF THE STORIES TO ACCESS THEM. The stories are the Duval Reads versions and they may be different then the original versions of the stories.
SAXON/SIGHT WORDS/SKILLS
We are adding a lot of info here!! This quarter we will be practicing (and assessing) syllables, beginning sounds, coding/reading CVC words, rhyming. WOAH!! So much!!
We have taught the students to count syllables in words by resting their hand under their chin. This allows the students to say a word and feel how many times their chin taps on their hand. Examples: chair (1 syllable) pencil (2 syllables) backpack (2 syllables) etc.
For beginning sound practice we will practice by pointing at items in the room and having students tell the beginning sound. Along with say a word and the students replying with the beginning sound.
For CVC words, the students will be expected to code them with a breve and then read them. All the words are made up with the letters we have learned in Saxon. Note: we have only practiced words that have a vowel of a and e. Here are two words that will be on the test: hat & can.
Rhyming (or words that sound the same at the end) will be assessed by the students figuring out if the words rhyme or do not rhyme. In class we have practiced this by giving a big smile and two thumbs up if the words rhyme. If the words do not rhyme, the students stick out their tongue and give two thumbs down.
Finally... our Sight Words for the week are listed in the slideshow below. :)
WRITING
We will all be drawing a picture of our kitchen, so that we all have a clear setting. The students will be able to choose who and how many characters they draw. Then we will circulate the class making sure the students TRY writing independently. The students will write using their knowledge of sounds and sight words.
Here are some examples of sentences we expect to see written by students. :)
I like to et fud. (eat food) We cuk to getr. (cook together) I like pizza. I cuk wif mi Dade. (cook with my Daddy)
OUR CLASS SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT
We decided a great project to do with the class is one that involves pumpkins! We are going to figure out what substance preserves a pumpkin the longest. We are going to use four pumpkins. One won't have anything in the inside. One will have a bleach water sprayed inside. Another will be rubbed inside with vasoline and the final one will be sprayed with an acrylic spray.
We look forward to having lots of questions from the students and taking lots of pictures!! When the project is complete, we will hang the findings on the bulletin board outside our classroom.
ooh almost forgot! On November 16, there will be a PTA Meeting and you will be able to view the Science Fair Projects completed by each classroom. Along with projects that were done by individual students. :)
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