Happy Sunday! We have a fun week coming up in kindergarten! Thursday is Great Hearts Day! If your child is a half day student they are invited to stay for the whole day! Please let me know if you still want to pick them up at noon and I will have them ready to go. We are having another Scholastic Book Order! Please order online at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and enter our class code when prompted: QDR6N Orders are due February 21 at 8am.
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| Congratulations Sadie for being selected for the winner of the Humility Virtue of the Month award! |
Spalding: This week there will be no new phonograms so that we can focus on our spelling words which will introduce all the jobs of silent final e.
-time-job 1- the silent “e” jumps over a consonant to tell the vowel to say its name. (most common)
-have- (the “e” is double underlined and has a 2 next to it). job 2- English words don’t end in v.
-blue-(the “e” is double underlined and has a 2 next to it). job 2- English words don’t end in u.
-chance- (the “e” is double underlined and has a 3 next to it). job 3- Anytime a “c” is followed by an “e” at the end of a word, it will make the second sound.
-charge-(the “e” is double underlined and has a 3 next to it). job 3- Anytime a “g” is followed by an “e” at the end of a word, it will make the second sound.
-lit tle (the “e” is double underlined and has a 4 next to it). job 4- every syllable must have a vowel. Syllables are separated in Spalding.
-are- (the “e” is double underlined and has a 5 next to it). job 5- no job.
On Thursday, when we celebrate Great Hearts Day and the virtue of friendship. We will use our writing skills to create cards for a friend.
Sight Words: We will continue to review list 5. We have now learned 50 sight words, yay!
Literature: This upcoming week, we will be reading Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. We will explore the elements of a fairy tale and read versions of Snow White from around the world. Our Poem will be One, Two Buckle My Shoe.
Math:
This week in math we will begin addition! We will explore simple addition problems by using number bond mats and unifix cubes to help us visually understand written problems. We will learn a few math vocabulary terms (plus, equal) as well as what the “+” and “=” symbols represent.
History:
This week we are learning all about our own state; Arizona! We will find Arizona on the map and discuss our state’s history. Students will be able to name our state bird and flower as well as identify our flag. We will learn more about the desert climate, especially the Sonoran Desert’s animals and plants. Students will learn the 5 C’s of Arizona; climate, cotton, copper, cattle, and citrus. We will discover interesting facts about the Saguaro cactus and the animals that call one their home.
Last week fun:
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