Hello, Kindergarten Griffins!
We have a busy two months ahead of us, so please make sure to read through the blog thoroughly and make note of important dates coming up!
This Week:
Library:
KA and KB are Tuesdays.
KC and KD are Wednesdays.
Native American Instrument Project:
Papers will go home with instructions for the instrument project that will be due tomorrow, Wednesday, 11/20.
Native American Celebration will be this Friday, 11/22. A sign up went out on 11/6 for celebration volunteer slots and supplies needed to make the day extra special for each class. If you are donating anything, please make sure that you send the items with your child and label "Kindergarten Native American Celebration."
Sign-Up Genius: Kinder Native American Celebration
Fall Concert will be this Friday,11/22. Please refer to the email from Headmaster Mitchel about concert etiquette. Students are asked to be at Trinity Baptist Church by 5:10 pm.
This Week Academics
Math Skills
- Add one more to a group of objects to make a new number.
- Show 1 less by removing one object from a group of objects to make a new number.
- Compare and identify groups with more than, less than, or equal amounts of objects.
Language Arts Skills
- Spalding Phonograms: er (cue: her), ir (cue: first), ur (cue: nurse), wor
- Spelling Words: on, a, it, is, she
- Identify letter names
- Isolating sounds in words
- Identify phonogram sounds
- Identifying rhyming words
- Letter formation/pencil grip, writing phonograms on paper
- Distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters; naming letters
- Identifying rules and markings on spelling words.
Grammar
- Gratitude- Thank you cards
Literature
- Fairy Tales
- Story Elements (setting, characters, theme/big idea, problem/solution)
- Hero/Villian
- Humility
Core Saying
Poetry
History/Science
- History:
- Pilgrims and why they came to America
- Thanksgiving
- Pilgrim Assessment: Thursday, November 21st.
- Native American Celebration: Friday, November 22nd.
Homework Reminders
- Be sure to read daily for 20 minutes; 80 minutes this week. Reading Logs will be collected this Friday. Please record on the Reading Log page. If you miss a night, please record 0 minutes and initial rather than leaving it blank.
- Spalding handwriting practice. Spalding homework will continue to be in the Written Phonogram and Spelling Word Review format-please read the GH logo homework sheet for instructions. Monday-Wednesday scholars write the list of phonograms and words once; on Thursday in preparation for our spelling test the list is written twice.
- Memorize poem by Friday!
Upcoming Assessments
- Spalding Phonogram Assessment (WPR) – Thursday, Nov. 21st: Students will write the phonograms read aloud to them.
- History Assessment (Pilgrim Unit) – Thursday, Nov. 21st.
- Spalding Spelling Assessment – Friday, Nov. 22nd: Students will write the spelling words read aloud to them.
- Math Assessment – Friday, Nov. 22nd.
Upcoming Events
- Nov. 22 ~ Early Release; Native American Celebration; Fall Concert
- Nov. 25-29 ~ Thanksgiving Break
