Hello, Kindergarten Griffins!
I hope you everyone had a great weekend! Thank you all who have given tissue, hand sanitizer, and have started to bring in the empty paper towel rolls. We appreciate it!
Looking Ahead:
For an upcoming money/coin unit, in Math, we are asking that each scholar bring to school 10 pennies, 10 nickels, 10 dimes, and 4 quarters in a Ziploc baggie labeled with their name on it. We will return the baggie when the unit is completed. Thank you in advance! If you have any questions, please ask your classroom teacher.
This Week:
Please start sending your child with empty paper towel rolls for our Tall Tales celebration (please no toilet paper rolls or other rolls, as these do not work well). Thank you in advance!
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. Your child will receive a new list or book, as the teacher assess for fluency and comprehension when reading with each scholar.
Library:
KA/KB - Tuesday
KC/KD - Wednesday
This Week Academics:
Math Skills
- Reviewing Part/Part/Whole
- Discussing Addition Stories
Language Arts Skills
- Spalding Phonograms: igh, kn (2 letters, beginning)
- Spelling Words: no new words
- 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
- Types of sentences (statement)
- Punctuation
- Capital Letter
Literature
- Tall Tales
- Exaggeration vs. Fact
- Hyperbole
- Dialect
- Author's Purpose (inform/entertain)
- Virtue: Courage
Core Saying
Poetry
History/Science
- Science:
- Introduce Seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall)
- Characteristics of each Season (what it's like where we live, clothes worn, activities)
- Explore and Connect the Patterns of the Seasons with the Trees and How They Change
- New Vocabulary: Seasons, Season Cycles, Bare, Bloom, Evidence
- Introduce Seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall)
- Characteristics of each Season (what it's like where we live, clothes worn, activities)
- Explore and Connect the Patterns of the Seasons with the Trees and How They Change
- New Vocabulary: Seasons, Season Cycles, Bare, Bloom, Evidence
- History:
Homework Reminders
- Be sure to read daily for 20 minutes; 100 minutes this week. Reading Logs will be collected next Monday. 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
- WPR Assessment – Thursday, February 27h
- Spelling Assessment – Friday, February 28th
Upcoming Events
- February 28 ~ Spirit Day; Early Release Day
- March 6 ~ Tall Tales Celebration
- March 7 ~ Teacher Professional Development Day/ No School
- March 7-16 ~ Spring Break
