WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN
We look forward to a year filled with lots of learning, laughs and love! Thank you for entrusting us with your child.
This page will have class reminders and lessons for the week. LESSONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
REMINDERS:
- Please feel free to contact me by email/note.
- All money must be in an envelope marked with your child’s name, grade and purpose.
- School supplies and class folder must be checked every evening.
- The children must bring their own snack and drink each day.
- Thursday brown envelope should be returned either Friday or Monday morning.
- THE HOMEWORK PAPER FOR THE WEEK IS IN THE HOME WORK FOLDER. KEEP THIS HOMEWORK PAPER IN THE FOLDER AND RETURN BOTH PAPER AND FOLDER EVERY DAY. THE HOMEWORK IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
- THERE IS NO SCHOOL THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14TH, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15TH AND MONDAY FEBRUARY 18TH.
- SCHOOL REOPENS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19TH.
- FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22ND IS DRESS DOWN DAY. SEND IN YOUR DONATION. THERE IS ALSO A PIZZA LUNCH.
- FRIDAY MARCH 1ST ARRIVE BY 7:45 FOR MASS. REPORT TOT EH CLASSROOM. THERE IS AN 11:50 DISMISSAL. THERE IS AFTERCARE. IF YOUR CHILD IS STAYING FOR AFTERCARE PLEASE NOTIFY ME AND SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL WITH LUNCH AND A DRINK.
- SPECIALS:
Monday – NO SPECIAL
Tuesday – ART AND MUSIC
Wednesday – COMPUTER AND SPANISH
Thursday – GYM – the children are to wear their gym uniform and sneakers to school.
Friday – Science Lab
READING : The children will be introduced to a new SUPERKIDS FRIEND and work with short vowel Ee, distinguish between types of sentences, understand use of speech balloons, blend sounds to decode, compare and contrast, continue using COPS, use clues to write simple sentences, continue to work with short vowel Aa, Ii, and Oo, and now Ee, in both the initial and medial position, change short vowels a, i, and o, and e, to make new words, practice and review all red/memory words, continue to review rhyming words. READING QUIZ FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22ND.
REVIEW ALL RED/MEMORY WORDS.
CCSS: K.RF.1B – Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. K.RF.2 – Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). K.RF.3a – Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant. K.RF.1d – Recognize and name all upper-and lowercase letters of the alphabet. K.RI.5 – Identify the front cover, back cover and title page of a book. K.SL.2 – Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
MATH: The students will learn about addition as the joining of two sets of groups, describe the effect of joining the sets of objects, add to numbers 1 to 7 using manipulatives, complete number sentences, to add 2 & 3 to numbers 0 to 7, to add both vertically and horizontally, and learn addition words. Chapter quiz on addition and subtraction.
CCSS: K.CC.5 – Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects. K.MD.3 – Classify objects into given categories; count the number of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. (Limit category counts to be less than or equal to 10.)
RELIGION: The students will continue to learn about friends and families. They will read and discuss the Family Life program for the next few weeks. The students will sing Religion songs and read and discuss Bible stories.
WEEKLY READER – Science/Social Studies – Achooo! – Children will identify ways germs are spread and apply that knowledge to avoid doing so. Science Spin – Push! Pull! – Students will compare and contrast different types of forces and test them in a hands-on experiment.
CCSS: K.SL.1 – Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SCIENCE LABLEARNER – The children will work with the fourth cell of LabLearner – Making Measurement investigation 1 – Ruler and Measurement, 2 – Beakers and Pitchers, 3 – Pan Balance and Gram Cubes.
