Weekly Updates: Q3W5 February 10-14

Hello, Kindergarten Griffins!

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend!

Reading Bags/Check-Ins:

Reading logs still need to be signed and completed each night for homework.  Please make sure that your child brings their reading bags back to school each day in their backpack.  We have started reading with your child one-on-one, and our goal is twice a week per student, however, it varies by week when your child reads with their teacher and how often. This week we will be reading once per week. Your child will receive a new list or book, as the teacher assess for fluency and comprehension when reading with each scholar. 

Library: NO LIBRARY THIS WEEK

This Week Academics

Math Skills

• Ch. 8: Finding Teen Numbers- Assessment (Monday, 2/10)
• Learning about Measurement (Weight, Height, Length)

Language Arts Skills

• Spalding Phonograms: ph (2 letters), ough
  
• Spelling Words: am, good, time, have, blue
• 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

• Statement Sentence
• Command Sentence

Literature

Johnny Appleseed

• Tall Tales
• Exaggeration vs. Fact
• Hyperbole
• Dialect
• Author's Purpose (inform/entertain)
• Virtue: Citizenship

Core Saying

none

Poetry

Twinkle, Twinkle

History/Science

• Science:
• Learn About Sound Energy
• Energy (heat, sound, and light)- Assessment (Tuesday, 2/11)

• History:
• Continents: Asia amd Europe

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.  On 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 Assessment

• Math (Ch. 8 Teen Numbers) Assessment – Monday, February 12th
• Science (Energy Assessment) – Tuesday, February 11th
• WPR Assessment – Thursday, February 13th
• Review Spelling Assessment – Friday, February 14th

Upcoming Events

• Feb. 11-13 ~ Parent Open House
• Feb. 16 ~ Early Release Day
• Feb. 17 ~ Presidents' Day Holiday/No School
• Feb. 21 ~ Fully Day Friday
• March 6 ~ Tall Tales Celebration
• March 7 ~ Teacher Professional Development Day/ No School
• March 7-16 ~ Spring Break

Have a wonderful week!

Together for our children - The GHNO Kindergarten Teachers