I’d
like to start off this blog post by thanking all veterans and active duty
military. Thank you for serving
our country and protecting our freedom.
Math:
In
math this week, we are continuing to work on writing numbers. We have been spending time on the
“tricky teens”. Counting to 19 is
relatively simple for many kindergarteners. The tricky part is understanding what the teen numbers mean. For example, the number 12 is a group
of 10 and 2 ones. We worked with
unifix cubes and tens frames to learn this concept. In addition, I found a great math song about teen numbers. We have fun singing and dancing to this
song. Here is the link below in
case you want to sing it for reinforcement with your child.
Language
Arts:
In Language Arts, I have introduced letter sounds from our Lively Letters
Program. The sounds are /p/, /b/,
/t/, /d/, /f/, /v/, /k/, /g/, and /qu/, /th/, short /a/, and /o/. This week will work on the /m/ sound
and continue decoding cvc words.
Now that we learned two vowels, we can make words. Here are some
questions you can ask your kindergartener at home:
Who is the character
that makes the quiet tongue dancing sound?
(Answer: /t/ is the
Quiet Tongue Dancer)
Who is the character
that makes the noisy tongue dancing sound?
(Answer: /d/ is the
Noisy Tongue Dancer)
Who
makes the quiet choking sound?
(Answer:
/k/ he is going to a wedding and his mother
tied
his bowtie too tight. It made him
choke a little, so
now
he makes a quiet choking sound)
Who
is the character that is big and juicy?
When you
open
your mouth really wide, you say what?
(Answer: /a/ the apple)
Who is the cute and
hungry character. Every time you
see her, you tilt your head and say “o” (sound like awww).
(Answer: The baby who is
opening her mouth wide to eat from her mom’s spoon)
In
reading, I am excited to say we are diving into the “Daily 5”. Below is a link
that will give you information about this
Literacy
framework.
This
week, we will continue to learn how to read to self. We will make a chart about what it looks like and sounds
like to read to yourself. We have
more printable sight word books to read as a class and in small groups to
practice this reading habit.
Please read the books with your kindergarten at home to review reading
the pictures, reading the words, and retelling the story.
This
week we will read To Town with different objectives each time. We will first read the pictures to
infer what the book is about. Then
we will read the book looking for sight words. Finally we will read the book from beginning to end and do a
retell with dramatic enactment.
When
you are reading at home, encourage your kindergartener to read the pictures to
tell what is happening in the story.
This
week, we will learn two more ways to read a book: reading the words and
retelling the story.
Writing:
In
writing, we will read a variety of texts without words. We will add words to the text through a
writing skill called “labeling”.
Labeling is such an important beginning reading and writing skill. Labels give readers information about
the picture or story. One activity
I know the students will enjoy is labeling the teacher. I will have to post pictures of that
one after the lesson.
Concepts for
the Car ride or home:
Generating
Rhymes is still such an important phonemic awareness. Please work on having your child think of words that rhyme
with your words.
“Slap
It!”
As
your kindergartener is learning more and more sights, use the sight words
placemat (created by Mrs. McCarthy) to practice sight words. You call out a sight word, and your
child tries to find it and slap it as quick as possible. Another alternative to this game is
called “Bounce”. You post sight
words on sticky notes on the wall or your fence. Your child has a bouncy ball in his/her hand. You call out a sight word, and your
child tries to bounce the ball off of that word.
Review the
sight words:
I,
am, is, the, go, like, see, the, do
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