Busy Bees
Greetings Kindergarten Parents
Voting for a President
Presenting to Class What They'd Do If They Were a President
What We've Learned This Week
Language Arts
1.Vowels (short & long I) and (short & long E)
Phonics: We focused on sounding short and long medial E and I through repetition and showing pictures of words that have medial short and long medial E and I.
2.Word Families (ill, ell, ine)
They listed rhyming words ending in “ell”, “il”, and “ine”
3.Parts of Speech (Nouns and Verbs)
The students distinguished between nouns and verbs, identified in a sentence, and sorted words into nouns and verbs.
4.Vocabulary
They defined the word “President” on their vocabulary notebook.
Math
1. Skip Counting by 5s
2.Money Value
- They distinguished between pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
- They identified the famous people in the front part of the coins as well as the symbols or places in the back of the coins.
- They identified the value of each and began learning how to count each type (e.g. pennies/counting by ones, nickels/ skip counting by 5s…etc.)
3.Tally marks
They learned how to tally mark 1-20.
4. Subtraction
They were introduced to subtraction.
Social Studies
1. Thanksgiving
They learned about the first Thanksgiving.
2. Election
- The students voted for a class president.
- To strengthen their understanding of the election project and to practice their public speaking, the students presented the project to the other kindergarten classes.
3. People Migration
- We briefly discussed the reason behind people migration.
- We talked early immigrants, coming to America, and the hardships people faced.
Science
Migration
- We discussed Monarch butterflies migration.
- The students made Monarch butterflies using construction paper, scissors, coloring pencils, and markers.
Wellness
Fine Motor Skills
They practiced writing medial “ E” and “ I” words as well as writing complete sentences on their writing journals and on their Phonics book.
Sorting Nouns and Verbs
Math Centers
Writing Addition and Subtraction Equations
Writing a Math Journal Entry
Rolling Dice and Making Tally Marks
Questions to Ask Your Child
Language Arts
- Give examples of words with medial e or i.
- What rhymes ill, ell, and ine?
- What are nouns and what are verbs?
- Give example of a noun.
- Give example of a verb.
Math
- How many pennies do you need to make a dollar?
- How many tens do x dimes make?
- Count x nickels (skip counting by 5s)
Social Studies
- Define the word “ President?
- What do presidents do?
- Who celebrated the first Thanksgiving?
- Who are pilgrims?
- Who are the Native Americans?
- Why do people migrate?
Science
Where do Monarch Butterflies migrate to?
Making Monarch Butterflies
Making Monarch Butterflies
Identifying & Drawing Stroy Parts ( Beginning, Middle, and End)
Reminders
1. Thanksgiving Feast.
- JK and all the Kindergarten classes are having a Thanksgiving Feast together (students only).
- Each class is responsible for bringing/ making a food item for the feast.
- Our class is responsible for providing beverages.
- Please provide a 2 liter bottle of juice by Tuesday, November 24th..
2. Sterling Mobile Hope: Food Drive.
- Please donate diapers, baby wipes, new toys, winter jackets, and/or canned food in the brown bag that your child decorated in school.
- Donations are acceptable from November 23- December 4th.
3.November 25-27th
School is closed/ Thanksgiving break.
Contact Info
Email: wisam.mustafa@nlcinc.com
Website: sterling.chesterbrookacedemy.com
Location: 46100 Woodshire Dr, Sterling, VA, United States
Phone: 703-404-0202