April 19, 2024 Class News
We had another terrific week learning together in the magical land of kindergarten! We participated in the Kids Heart Challenge assembly and observed our class caterpillars! Take a peek at what else we have been up to!
Star Student this week was Meraluce. Next week will be Nora.
Sight Words: out and many
Phonics: We focused on consonant blends sc, sn, and sw this week. Ask your child if they can think of words that begin with these blends!
Literacy Centers: This week at the library center, students searched for sc, sn, and sw blends in picture books. At the iPad center, students worked on sounding out CVC words, spelling, and letter formation. This week at the phonics center, students unscrambled spring picture cards and then recorded the correct sentence on their recording sheet! At the guided reading center, students continued to work on comprehension checks, CVC word games, and reading stories.
Writer’s Workshop/Science: We continued our butterfly journey and compared and contrasted caterpillars and butterflies using a Venn Diagram. Ask your child how they are alike and how they are different! We also brainstormed what butterflies can do, what they have and what they need! We continue to observe the amazing cycle of a butterfly’s life in our classroom and record our observations in our butterfly journals. Students also used different types of pasta to re-tell the life cycle. Look for this in your child’s Friday folder!
We continue to focus on including 4 things to make our sentences complete-
1. Capital letters at the beginning of a sentence.
2. Spaces between words.
3. Period at the end of a sentence.
4. Mostly lowercase letters.
Math: This week we continued with Chapter 7: Composing and decomposing numbers 11-20. We continue to practice addition and subtraction facts to 10 through games and problem solving in our math journals!
Second Step: During our Second Step lesson this week, students learned how to feel calm in order to solve problems. We learned to take a deep breath, and/or ask for help if we need help with a problem with a friend!
Common Core Standards we’re working on:
- I can read common sight words.
- I can count to 100 by ones and tens.
- I can write numbers from 0-20.
- I can count forward beginning with a given number within the known sequence (instead of starting at 1)
- Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.
- I can read emergent level text with purpose and understanding.
- With prompting and support, I can ask and answer questions about key details in text.
- I can spell simple words phonetically.
- I can read CVC words.
- I can speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.
- I can read the words in a book in the right order.
- I can tell how the words and pictures go together in stories.
- I can say the most common sound for each consonant in the alphabet.
- I can draw or write to help me share what I think.
- I can help my class learn about a subject and then write about it.
- I can print lots of upper and lowercase letters.
- I can tell who the author and illustrator are in stories.
- I can tell the characters, setting, and what happens in stories.
- I can draw or write to help me share what I think.
- I can change sounds in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
- I can add and subtract numbers within 5.
Important Dates:
- Wednesday, May 1st – Dress Uniform, Crowning of Mary
- Thursday, May 9th – Dress Uniform, All School Mass
- Friday, May 10th – Grand Day, Dress Uniform
- Friday, May 17th – Field Trip to the Arboretum! More information to come! – Please Do NOT order hot lunch for this day!