Week 25- February 11-February 15

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.

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:

Week 24- February 4-February 8 ( No School Friday)

Happy Rainy Sunday! For all you golf fans out there, you may be sharing in my hubby's excitement that Rickie Fowler was able to take the win today!  Now on to the Super Bowl!

Class picture day is Tuesday 02/05. Look for the order forms in your child's green folder. There will be no school Friday 02/08 for a staff professional development day. Thank you for your support in our continued education. 

We have 6 new friends in our classroom! Say hello to our caterpillars. 

We're excited to watch them grow!

We had a successful and fun Athletic Field Day! Thank you for your donations and volunteering! See below for LOTS of pictures from our fun week!

Here's a look at what will be learning this week:

Spalding: This week we will learn three new phonograms ey, gn, wr. We will have three new spelling words and two words as review. Our words will be us, am, good, you, now. 

Sight Words: We will introduce list 5 and practice these words for the next couple of weeks. The words are: there, use, an, each, which, she, do, how, their, if. 

Literature: We will round out our unit on Mr. Popper’s Penguins this week. We will be sad to see the penguins go but excited to see how the story ends. Students will write postcards to Mr. Popper’s and the penguins to say good-bye. Our Poem will be Tommy Tucker.

Math: This week we will continue learning about number bonds. Number bonds are a visual way to explain the relationship between a number and the parts that combine to make it. Throughout the week we will use number bond mats and manipulatives, such as unifix cubes, dice etc. to explore number bonds for numbers up to 10. On Thursday we will be take an assessment.  No School Friday

Science: It’s butterfly week! Our class will receive our very own live caterpillars! Scholars will observe the little caterpillars daily and keep track of their growth. We will learn all about the lifecycle of a butterfly, the parts of a butterfly and how they eat. At the end of the week, the kids will use different kinds of pasta to depict the lifecycle. As the caterpillars eat and grow they will soon go into their chrysalis and emerge as butterflies!