Week of January 25

 

Our Resources for the week are: Monday #1-18 ART and #19-31 MUSIC, Tuesday MUSIC, Thursday #1-18 P.E. and #19-31 Computer Lab and Friday ART. Wednesday is an EARLY RELEASE DAY. Friday is Character T-Shirt Day and Layla is bringing in snacks for the class.

**Reminder: Tuesday, February 2 is Jump Rope for Heart. So make sure to get all your pledges in!! Also, mark your calendars because Thursday, February 4 is the 100th Day of K. Our students have worked hard to get to this point. It is a momentous occasion!!**

Handwriting/Writing

We are beginning Opinion Writing. We will be reading two books this week: Pinkalicious and The Recess Queen. We will focus on writing a reason to support our opinion... "I like it." will not be an acceptable response. :) We want MORE!  For example: I like the color blue because it is the color of the sky. :) or another response would be, I liked the part when the girls became friends.
**Please note the students are still stretching unknown words and only writing the sounds they hear. However Sight Words are expected to be spelled correctly if we have taught them in class.)
Friday our Grammar lesson  will be reviewing Nouns. We will be circling the nouns in sentences.
 Here is the Youtube video for The Recess Queen. Watch it with your child and discuss your opinion of either the book or one of the characters. 
 

Math

The 3rd Quarter is here are we are diving into addition and subtraction. As work comes home and home learning sheets arrive you will see something you may be unfamiliar with called number bonds. Number bonds are a set of circles that help children see the relationship between the whole number and its parts. For instance, the number 5 can be broken into different parts like 1 and 4 or 2 and 3. Here is a number bond.

Hopefully by the time you see this in home learning your student will have the beginning understanding of number bonds so they can explain it to you!!

Science

Gravity is a fun law of motion to explore with Kindergarteners. For some reason dropping and throwing objects appeals to them!! :) Here is a short video we will watch that is a great, simple explanation of gravity! 

Reading

Sight words for the week are: been, or, your and little. Our Word Family is the -it family. Practice having your child make words that would belong in the family~ sit, fit, kit, etc.

We are beginning a new Module on Kings and Queens. We will focus on figuring out the meaning of unknown words. The words we will be discussing are: royalty, advantages, treasures and merry. We will also discuss similarities and differences we have with royalty.Then we will end the week with the story King Midas and the Golden Touch. We will sequence the events of the story in order with pictures. Read the story with your child by clicking the title of the story.