Kindergarten Newsletter
March 15th - 19th
What we're learning this week...
Phonics: R controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur)
Book: Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie de Paola
Reading Strategies: Making a connection, retelling the story making a prediction, sharing our opinion
Math: Addition and subtraction word problems, numbers to 100, number handwriting practice, fluency of addition and subtraction within 10, partners of 10 (how to make 10)
Writing: Using a graphic organizer to organize our thinking, writing our opinions, letter formation (handwriting practice), 5 star writing rubric (finger spaces, proper punctuation, capital letters at the beginning of the sentence, spelling sight words correctly, does my writing make sense?)
Social Studies: Earth, our world
Science: Mystery Science – Force Olympics - How Can You Knock Down the Most Bowling Pins?
Religion: The Story of Easter, Stations of the Cross, Jesus forgives our sins and saves us, Church Year: Lent, Reconciliation, forgiving, praying with others, Prayer of Sorrow
Social Skills: Following directions and having a conversation
Virtue: Service
Social and Emotional Learning: Being assertive: children discuss the importance of speaking up in a respectful way and practice speaking up, speaking kindly.
This week's events:
Thursday, March 18th: Dollar Denim Day
Friday, March 19th: Student of the Month Assembly
Learning practice at home
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