Welcome to the
last quarter of kindergarten! I am in shock that it is already fourth quarter! Report cards will go home this Tuesday, April 7th. Please remember to sign the back of the report card envelope and return it to school. I have enjoyed getting to know each and every student in this class! It is
bittersweet to know that this is our last quarter together. Each student has
made so much progress this year! I am proud of all of my students! We are going
to enjoy every last minute together these last few months!
I want to start
off by bragging a bit about my students! We have just finished Unit 5: Let’s
Celebrate! The end focus in this unit is to celebrate your country and take
pride in where we all live, The United States! For our inquiry project the
students were split up into groups and each had to do a report on a symbol of
the USA. All students worked together to gather information, create the poster,
and finally present it to our class! Look at these AWESOME projects!
UNIT FIVE: INQUIRY PROJECTS;
Symbols of the United States of America
Reading
Update:
We
are now moving into Unit 6, Life All Around. In this unit we will learn about
all living things. We will be looking at
animal and plant life cycles. This is a fun unit that is very hands-on and
interesting for students. We are even have lady bugs and caterpillars in our
classroom to observe the changes each object goes through. This week we will
also be planting seeds and journal the growth. I am so excited to be starting this unit!
Phonics:
Word Families –
Changing beginning sound to make new word.
Identify the
beginning, middle, and final sounds of a word
blending sounds to
form a word
vowel sounds - long
& short
Blends & digraphs
(Below is a helper sheet for blends and digraphs)
Comprehension
Strategies:
Make text
connections (review)
Make predictions (review)
Draw conclusions (review)
Sequence of events
Make inferences
High Frequency Words:
have like
what has my not his
puts big for down
(Please continue to review and practice all HFW that have been sent home.)
Math Update:
We will continue to work with addition and subtraction problems to ten. Students are expected to be fluent with addition and subtraction facts up to 5. Our focus going forward will be to review addition, practice more with subtractions, and learn combinations of ten by heart. We will also be identifying shapes at 2D or 3D.
Important dates for April:
April 2nd: Red, White, & Blue day; Half Day
April 3rd: No school; vacation
April 5th: Happy Easter!
April 6th: No School; vacation
April 7th: Report cards go home; return envelopes
April 13th: No school; PIR day
April 16th: Skate Night; 5-8pm
April 24th: Spirit Day
Happy April everyone!
