See you next year, February! March, I want to remind you that spring
starts this month. That is all. Thank you!
Do you think my pep talk will help bring on spring
weather?
In math, we are working on
subtraction. We did a fun activity
called “Subtraction Smash”.
Students made 10 small balls with Play-Doh. Next, they looked at a subtraction number sentence like
6-2. They took 6 balls of
Play-Doh, lined them up, and then smashed 2 balls. The kiddos determined how many balls out of the 6 were not
smashed. That number was the
difference. This was a concrete way for students to learn take-away.
We will also continue working on finding
compliments of 10. For example, if
I have 8 of something, how many more do I need to make 10?
In addition, we will solve missing number
problems. For example,
8 + ___ =
10
7 + ___ =
11
6 - ___ =
3
Language
Arts:
The new Lively Letters we are working on are /x/,
/y/, /e/, and the long e sound.
We are really working hard on making CVC words
with the letters we’ve learned. I
am teaching word families to help students sound out and find patterns in
words. Word families are
groups of words that are sufficiently closely related to each other to form a
'family'. This
week we are focusing on the –og, and –ob families. We
will be reading books and poems with words that end in –og and -ob, we will
make –og and -ob words with magnetic letters, we will practice writing words
that end in –og and -ob on white boards, and we will take part in word family
activities.
Writing:
In writing, we are working on writing longer
stories. Instead of writing one
sentence, we are stretching our ideas to include a beginning, middle, and end. Last week, we read the book Froggy
Gets Dressed. We filled
in a graphic organizer to sequence the events of the story. Then, we wrote about our mornings and
how we get ready for school from getting out of bed to arriving at school.
Sight
Words:
This week we will focus on the sight words “so”
and “look”. “Look” is not on our
kindergarten sight word list, but it is a common sight word in our grade level
texts.
Concepts
for the Car Ride:
(Concepts for the Car Ride is a section of my blog
that gives you tips on what to practice with your kindergartener in the car,
before bed, in the bath, or at the dinner table)
Rhyming words and Nursery Rhymes
Words that end with –og and -ob
Counting from 0-100 (with no errors)
Counting by 2s, and 5s
Use words like greater than and less
than.
Focus on subtraction
using numbers up to 10.
Read with your
kindergartener and have him/her look for sight words.
Focus on ending sounds
in words. Play “I Spy” in
the car. Once your kindergartener
guesses (for example “truck”) ask your kindergartner what the ending sound it. Not the letter name, but the
sound.
Play “Subtraction Smash”
with your kindergartner (you need Play-Doh).
Mental math word
problems: If there are 3 buses in
the parking lot, and 7 more drive in, how many buses are there altogether?
Backwards mental math:
If the answer is 9, what could be the problem? This is where you encourage your kindergartener to be
creative and think of one way to break apart or decompose 9. 8 and 1 make 9, so the problem could be
8 + 1 =9.
Skip counting by 2s and
5s
Sounding out words out
loud without writing them. For example parent says sound out "cat". Student should say c-a-t. Sound out "so". Student should say s-o. Sound out "look". Student should say l-oo-k. Sound out "dog". Student should say d-o-g. Sound out "ship". Student should say sh-i-p.
FYI:
If you haven’t noticed,
our “Take Home Folder” are falling apart.
I kindly ask that you send in a sturdier folder with your child’s name
on it. I am trying my best to
replace them, but I am running out fast.
RAZ-Kids
I know by now I seem
like a broken record, but if you do not have accurately leveled books for your
kindergartner at home to read independently, the books on RAZ-Kids are a great
resource. In addition, there are
quizzes to take after reading the books.
It is a fun and effective resource if you give it a try. As I’ve stated all year, it is critical
for students to read on their independent levels. If your computer has a microphone, your child can record
his/her oral reading. Then before
the quiz, he/she can listen to their reading. This helps to improve oral reading fluency.
FYI: If you want your kindergartner to participate.
Monday~ Wear red and
white to celebrate Read Across America Day.
Wednesday~ Wear wacky
clothing for Dr. Seuss’s book Wacky Wednesday.
Friday~ Wear Crazy Socks
for Dr. Seuss’s book Fox in
Socks.
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