Kindergarten Newsletter
Week of November 30th - December 4th
What we're learning this week...
Phonics: ed, eg, et word families (short e)
Book: Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
Reading Strategies: Making a prediction, retelling the story, identifying the problem and solution, making an inference
Math: Addition and subtraction within 5, understanding teen numbers as a group of ten and extra ones
Writing: Writing a story, using what we know to write words and sentences
Social Studies: American Monuments, California Symbols
Science: Weather watching: what will the weather be like on your birthday?
Religion: We learn about God with our families, Advent
Social and Emotional Learning: Explaining feelings: Students discuss how to think back to what happened first or look for situational cues in order to understand reasons for someone’s feelings. Students brainstorm reasons that people can have different feelings.
Virtue: Empathy
Social Skills: Following directions and working with others