Kinder's Weekly Words
May 16th, 2016
Hello Kindergarten Parents!
Here is a brief overview of what your children have been learning over the past couple of weeks!
Theme
How We Organize Ourselves
Values
Collaboration
Courage
Persistance
Language Arts
Creatures!
Recently, Kindergarten students have been reading and writing about many different creatures. We studied different types of insects, including beetles and bees. Kindergarteners can tell you that a spider is in fact not an insect, because for a creature to be an insect, it has to have six legs! Students enjoyed comparing what they know about elephants from last week's unit to what they have learned about bees in this unit after reading another folktale from Thailand called "The Elephants and the Bees". In connection to our investigation of bugs and insects, students enjoyed playing a new favorite sight-word review game called "Spider". In the game, students pick a card from the top of the deck in the center. Kindergarteners read the word on the card. If they read it correctly, they get to keep the card. However, if they pick up a card with a picture of a spider on it, everyone shouts "SPIDER" and students put their cards back in the deck! It has made our daily 5 word work very exciting!
Standards
RI.K.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
RF.K.2a Recognize and produce rhyming words
W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question
Students add words that describe elephants and bees to our list.
Kindergarten students love playing "Spider!" during Daily 5.
Science
Investigating Insects
Kindergarten students have connected what they have read about insects into their scientific discovery. Already being experts on the life cycles of plants and frogs, Kindergarteners were able to use their prior knowledge to investigate the life cycles of various insects. We learned new vocabulary words such as larva, pupa, and chrysalis.
Standards
K.L.1.1 Compare different types of the same animal (i.e. different types of dogs, different types of cats, etc.) to determine individual differences within a particular type of animal.
K.L.1.2 Compare characteristics of living and nonliving things in terms of their:
- Structure
- Growth
- Changes
- Movement
- Basic Needs
After putting the life cycles of insects such as ants, butterflies, dragonflies and beetles in order, students recorded their findings!
Some insects have three steps in their life cycle, while others have four.
Event Information
Last PTC Meeting of the Year
When?
Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 08:00 AM
Where?
Pillars Academy, Madero, Mission Viejo, CA, United States
Event Information
Puma Assembly- Cheer for May through July Birthdays!
When?
Monday, May 23, 2016, 08:00 AM
Where?
Pillars Academy, Madero, Mission Viejo, CA, United States
Event Information
Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
When?
Thursday, May 26, 2016, 08:00 AM
Where?
Pillars Academy, Madero, Mission Viejo, CA, United States
Best,
Ms. Levine
Ms. Webb
Ms. Yasmine