Kindergarten News Sanders St.
Week Of December 14th
Highlights from last week....
The majority of our friends know their letters, so we no longer will be focusing on one specific letter for the week. There are still some children that are still struggling with their letters and these friends will be working with us and other teachers during small group time to master their letters. This week we really practiced recognizing beginning and ending sounds, rhyming words, writing words using letter sounds, tapping out words. We are so proud of how far our friends have come since September!
In Math, we continued our unit on measurement. We compared length, height and weight this week.
In Social Studies, we learned about how different people celebrate holidays in December.
We read several versions of the Gingerbread Man. During these read alouds we practiced some of our strategies that we are learning in our retelling unit. We have been comparing the similarity and differences in the books.
A peek at our learning this week....
In Phonics, we will learn the sight words "they" and "do", please practice these words at home. This week we really practiced recognizing beginning and ending sounds, rhyming words, writing words using letter sounds, tapping out words.
In Reader's Workshop, we will learn a strategy of using multiple clues when we come to a tricky word. A strategy that good readers use is to think about what we read. When we sound out the letters in the word and the word we say doesn't make sense or sound right, we will learn that we need to stop and do some reading work. We need to ask ourselves, "Does that make sense?", "Does that sound right?" and "Do the letters match?"
In Math, we will continue our unit on measurement. Our focus this week will be on weight. We will use our balance scales and compare weight by using the words "heavier" and "lighter".
In Social Studies, we will learn about how different people celebrate holidays in December.
In our Second Step program, we will continue to learn about our own feelings.
We will continue to read several fun books about the Gingerbread Man. During these read alouds we will be practicing some of our strategies that we are learning in our retelling unit.
Holiday Book Swap
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Many parents are asking what the class needs for supplies. We could use some Clorox Wipes and paper towels. Thank you in advance.
FLASHCARDS
Please practice letters and sounds with your child nightly! Thank you!
Notes from Mrs Chadwick...
The book order went in on Wednesday. It should be in by Thursday.
This week the Gingerbread man has been very busy. On Monday he was in Germany where we learned the tradition of the Christmas tree came from. We also learned the fun and silly traditional game hid the pickle. He then made his way to Mexico. He loved Mexico so much he stayed there for three days! We learned about the Legend of the Poinsettia. A little girl picked weeds as a gift and the became the most beautiful red flowers. We read The Tortilla Man a book that is very similar to the beloved Gingerbread Man.
The kids are very excited about how close the Gingerbread Man was but still not close enough to catch. Yet!