Mrs. Olinger's Weekly Update
Kindergarten Ireland Elementary
February 24, 2020
Classroom Learning
Phonics Skills: We will be working on blending and finding the medial sounds in CVC words. Students will be practicing rhyming words during this time as well. For example if I say the word bad, they will have to give me a word that rhymes with it, such has had. The student are going to be working on adding sounds to change words this week. For example, if I have the word am and I add the /h/ sound at the beginning, what word do I have? (ham) This can be an extremely hard skill for the students, so a little extra practice in the car at night or while getting dinner ready can really help the students grow in this skill. This week we will be learning all about the letters Gg and Ww.
Writing: We will be working on fine motor stations that include play-doh, lacing cards, stringing beads, etc. We will also practice making sentences and how to stretch out words on our own. This week we are going to do a practice test of writing 2 sentences on their own about their favorite things. If you want to practice at home have them write "I like ______." The second sentence should say why they like something. We try to stay away from reasons such as because I like it, it is fun, or it is good. We want the students to be as creative as they can.
Math: Students will try to find the missing addend for the sum of 10. The problem will look like this 7 + _____=10. In the classroom, I have students draw 7 circles above the number 7 and then count on above the blank and draw those circles until they reach the number 10. See the picture below for an example. We will continue practicing counting to 100 by ones each day during calendar, as well as counting to 100 by 10s. We have introduced the 3-D shapes cube, cone, cylinder, and sphere. Check out this neat 3-D shape video that you can watch with your kid at home!
3rd Quarter Skills
Reading Foundations
K.RF.2.4.c Identify all lowercase letters.
K.RF.2.4.d Identify all uppercase letters.
K.RF.4.1.b Identify all sounds.
K.RF.3.1.b Produce rhyming words.
K.RF.3.4.c Identify middle sound of a CVC word.
K.RF.4.2 Blend CVC words.
K.RF.3.5.a Add sounds to change words.
K.RF.4.4.c Reads sight words words (see list below)
Reading: Literature
K.RL.2.3 Identify details of a fictional text (character, plot, setting).
Writing: Genres
K.W.3.1 Write a persuasive piece.
Number Sense
K.NS.1.c Count orally to 100 by ones.
K.NS.1.d Count orally to 100 by tens.
K.NS.3.b Identify the number that is one less of a given number up to 20.
Geometry
K.G.b Recognize shapes: cube, cone, cylinder, sphere.
Computation and Algebraic Thinking
K.CA.1.a Demonstrate addition by action and drawing.
K.CA.4 Find the missing addend to make 10.
3rd Quarter Sight Words
- little
- said
- was
- she
- is
- for
- have
- with
- want
- of
- me
- two
- they
- he
- three
- one
- here
- five
- my
- eight
- four
- are
Important Dates:
Feb. 28-Special Adult Meet Up
Mar. 5-Irish Program 6:30
Mar. 18-End of 3rd Quarter
Mar. 23-27-Spring Break