Week 15 of Kindergarten
RECAP AND WHATS TO COME
Sight Words
Students who tested a 70 or below will be retested. Please look at the sheet in the red folder that shows which sight words students should be practicing.
*You can find a list of Fry's First 100 word list on the internet or on the link on the parent portal*
List 1 - the, of, and, a, to
List 2 - in, is, you, that, it
List 4 : as, with , his, they, I
List 5: at, be, this, have, from
List 6: or, one, had, by, words
List 8: we, when, your, can, said
November 30th - December 4th
Over the next few weeks we will be discussing Advent and the meaning of Christmas. We will be reading a cute book called Mooseltoe by Margie Palatini and doing a story map, beginning/middle/end and a character development activity.
Reading/Writing:
Phonemic Awareness skills: initial sounds, rhyming, and blending with syllables.
We are continuing with our writing journal where students are able to illustrate and create sentences. Students are adding more detail to both their illustrations and writing.
New Superkid: Icky
Print & Awareness
-Track print from left to right
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
-Identify initial and medial /i/
- Associate Ii with /i/
- Blend sounds to decode words
Vocabulary
-Discuss television and sleepovers
Comprehension
-Sequence events
- Draw conclusions and understand characters
- Generate questions to make predicitons
Fluency
- Speak as a story character
Writing
-Handwriting form Ii
-Expressive writing: Dictate captions, descriptions, and an invitation
- Encode Ii for /i/ and encode letters for other sounds
Listening and Speaking
-Discuss using TV time wisely
Math
Chapter 3: Represent, Count, and Write Numbers 6-9
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Science:
Unit 2: Animals
Lesson 7: What Do Animals Need?
Lesson 8: How Do Animals Grow and Change?
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Wednesday, Dec 7th: Barnes & Noble Book Fair
Tuesday, Dec 13th: 6pm Pre-K through 2nd grade Christmas Performance in Gym
Tuesday, Dec 20th: Noon Dismissal
Wednesday, Dec 21st - Tuesday, Jan 3rd: Christmas Break
Wednesday, Jan 4th: School Resumes