Kindergarten news for the week of April16th

Kindergarten News for the week of April 16^th

• Next week in Phonics we will learn the digraph ck as in duck.  Show & Tell can be any item that has the digraph ck as part of the word (for example; truck, black, chicken, etc…).  Please send it on Thursday.  Our next sound will be sh as in shark.  Please continue to practice the word lists and the take home readers for fluency!  You can also continue to help your child practice writing words on their own for 10 minutes.  You can give them hints while they are working, ex. Yes, no, mom, dad, up etc.

• In reading this week we will be reading a story called On the Move.  This is an informational text and the children will learn about how people in different parts of the world travel.

• You may notice that your child is beginning to get some wrong on their spelling sound test.  They need to code the vowels properly now.  Short vowels are coded with a breve and long vowels are coded with a macron.   I am also dictating sentences to them and they have to write the words I say.  I also stress a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end! 

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• In math this week we will be studying identifying and matching equivalent sets and identifying doubles, acting out some, some more stories, solving problems by guessing and checking, and drawing pictures for some, some more stories.

FYI:  Kindergarten Graduation will be held on Tuesday, May 22nd  Please mark your calendars.

The 4^th and last marking period has now begun—less than 33 school days left until summer vacation!!

Kindergarten week of April 2nd-4th

Kindergarten News for the week of April 2^nd – 4^th

On Tuesday we will celebrate the wedding of Q and U!  We’re looking forward to that!  A small reception will follow! 

We will have our Easter party  Wednesday .   The children can’t wait for our mini egg hunt!

We have finished learning all of the letters, but we still have much to learn!  Next week we will learn the long vowel rule.  (If a vowel is not followed by a consonant, the vowel is long and it is coded with a macron.  Examples are: a, hi, me so)  We will continue this after Easter!

In math we will be learning about tangrams , identifying largest and smallest shapes, identifying and covering half of a shape, paying for items using pennies, nickels , dimes or a quarter.

We are continuing to learn about wood and paper in science.  The children are really enjoying this!  Next we will learn about Animals two by two.

In reading we will read a story called On the Move.  This is a informational text and we will focus on the comprehension skill of main idea.   Sometimes I call it the big idea!

We are now in the last marking period and the time will fly by until the end of the year!  If you have questions or concerns about your child’s report card or their progress, please call me at school anytime between 7:45 and 3:45.  (874-3661 ext. 3241)

We are looking forward to the wedding of Q and U and hopefully everyone will remember that Q and U are stuck like glue!

Monday will be day 1 on our rotation schedule and we will have gym on Wednesday! 

Have a restful and fun Easter Break!