This week we continue our performance momentum with
rehearsals for our kindergarten show. The dress rehearsal will be on Thursday
morning at 8:30 and the show on Friday at 8:30 for our families and friends.
The children are doing a great job practicing and are looking forward to our
performances.
Math: We are moving on from coins, but will
continue our lessons with spatial patterns, addition, and subtraction. In the
upcoming weeks will explore dividing shapes into fractions. Most of our
emphasis will be on halves. We will also review the months of the year, talking
about the common holidays and activities for each month.
Word Work: We will build words for the “ub”
and “ug” families and add these to our Word Family books. We will look through
dictionaries for words that use the letter “x” and include these in our
personal dictionaries.
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| Using dictionaries to find words that contain the letter "x". |
Reading: Reading “just right” books will
continue daily, as will our new book clubs. The clubs have a mascot who
represents one of the characters in each club’s books.
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| Clifford and his club of readers. |
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| The busy Worm books. |
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| Biscuit in the basket. |
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| Noodles is a nice dog. |
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| Froggy and friends. |
Writing:
Our new writing unit will begin next week with a return to writing about
events in our lives. We will look at the writing in our “just right” books to
find out how the authors told their stories and what details they have included
to make their books interesting to read.
Social Studies: From talking about our own
houses and others the children are familiar with, our study of houses will turn
to houses found in other parts of the world. We will talk about how these
houses are alike and how they are different from ours and why they are not like
our houses. We will be moving on to talk about other buildings you would find
in cities.
Science: We have begun the second part of
our physical science unit with our investigation of liquids. The first two
liquids that we studied were water and glue. Last week we added oil and shampoo
to our investigations of liquids. The study of insects will begin by revisiting
their symmetrical bodies and interesting shapes.
Responsive Classroom: The children are learning
to greet each other by name and ask about their weekends or if they have any
news to share. Sometimes we shake hands or high five greetings. The class
enjoys playing “Toe to Toe” with partners. This team building activity helps
encourage cooperation and following directions in a fun way. We are continuing
to talk about the difference between a peacemaker and a peace breaker.
Events to Calendar:
Friday, May 3rd - Kindergarten Show 8:30 am
Monday, May 27th – No School, Memorial Day
Friday, May 31st – Last day of school, noon
dismissal
