Week 24: Community, Kindness, & Teamwork!

Community Helpers: Observational Charts

Our Friendship Story: 


Words of the Week (W.O.W.): they, will, because

Word Family of the Week (WFW): _et (example: bet, zet, wet, let, met). The initial sound referred to as an onset. The word family is referred to as a rhyme. Using this vocabulary will help in identifying the parts of the word and building familiarity with how to choose rhyming words.)

Daily Reading Log: 

Options for logging your students exposure to literacy at home: 

Option A) Complete the online version of the "Daily Reading Log".

Option B) Record your child's reading selection on the back of the homework packet instruction sheet.

Option C) Create a electronic book shelf using shelfari and share it with me so I can follow your collection growth! This option is super easy! All you have to do is create a profile (basically name & email) and then type the title of the book(s). See my shelf to the right of this post for an example. 

Reading Strategy: Predictions & Inferences

Phonemic Skills: 

Syllable Tapping: Your student is now practicing syllable tapping (extend one arm and use the other hand to start at the shoulder and tap down the arm for every syllable). Practice this skill with simple CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words such as c-a-t, d-i-g, f-o-g, b-e-g... etc. Once your child proves success with independent practice you may challenge him/her to move on to more difficult words. By rehearsing this skill daily, your child will reach mastery in no time!

Rhyming: Please work with your student on words that rhyme. Begin with words that follow our word families. Reading poetry and seeing how others use rhyme can be a fun way to begin this journey! Dr. Seuss is a great resource for this activity. 

Please continue work with both beginning sounds and segmenting words at home. 

Beginning Sound: 

Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2d Student will be able to isolate and pronounce the initial sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC) words. This does not include words with the ending sounds /l/, /r/, or /x/.

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "cat"?

Answer: "C! C says /k/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "mom"?

Answer: "M! M says /m/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "bed"?

Answer: "B! B says /b/"

Phoneme Segmentation: Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2c Student will be able to blend and segment onsets and rimes of single syllable spoken words. 

Example: Tell me the sounds in the word cat answer: /c/ /a/ /t/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word man 

Answer: /m/ /a/ /n/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word hit 

Answer: /h/ /i/ /t/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word box 

Answer: /b/ /o/ /x/

Our Read Alouds:

Math Focus: Shapes!

Social Studies: Mapping, Community, & Presidents! 

I am loving the volunteer presence! Keep it coming! It is so fun to share our learning experiences with you! 

Week 23: Mapping, Shapes, Presidents, & Sequencing!

Words of the Week (W.O.W.): be, here, am

Word Family of the Week (WFW): _ed (example: bed, fed, ted, led, red). The initial sound referred to as an onset. The word family is referred to as a rhyme. Using this vocabulary will help in identifying the parts of the word and building familiarity with how to choose rhyming words.)

Daily Reading Log: 

I will provide three options for your reading log to meet you in the middle, as I know life gets a little crazy. For the rest of the year you will have the choice between one of the three options. Please remember this is apart of your child's homework completion. I am providing options to make it "user friendly". 

Option A) Complete the online version of the "Daily Reading Log".

Option B) Record your child's reading selection on the back of the homework packet instruction sheet.

Option C) Create a electronic book shelf using shelfari and share it with me so I can follow your collection growth! This option is super easy! All you have to do is create a profile (basically name & email) and then type the title of the book(s). See my shelf to the right of this post for an example. 

Reading Strategy: Predictions & Inferences

Reading Skills: 
Syllable Tapping: Practice with your student tapping out the number of syllables in words. Start simple with one syllable then slowly increase the challenge to 2, 3, and more syllable words. Practice this skill during your daily reading and/ or dinner conversation. By rehearsing this skill daily, your child will reach mastery in no time! 


Rhyming: Please work with your child on words that rhyme. Begin with words that follow our word families. Reading poetry and seeing how others use rhyme can be a fun way to begin this journey! Dr. Seuss is a great resource for this activity!


Please continue work with both beginning sounds and segmenting words at home. 

Beginning Sound Practice: 

Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2d Student will be able to isolate and pronounce the initial sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC) words. This does not include words with the ending sounds /l/, /r/, or /x/.

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "cat"?

Answer: "C! C says /k/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "mom"?

Answer: "M! M says /m/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "bed"?

Answer: "B! B says /b/"

Phoneme Segmentation:
Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2c Student will be able to blend and segment onsets and rimes of single syllable spoken words. 

Example: Tell me the sounds in the word cat answer: /c/ /a/ /t/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word man 

Answer: /m/ /a/ /n/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word hit 

Answer: /h/ /i/ /t/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word box 

Answer: /b/ /o/ /x/

Our Read Alouds:

Math Focus: Shapes!

Week 22 we will be investigating shapes. 

Social Studies: Mapping, Community, & Presidents! 

I am loving the volunteer presence! Keep it coming! It is so fun to share our learning experiences with you! 

Classroom Celebrations!

Hello! We have had a wonderful celebration of friendship through crafts and laughter! Come see our fun! 

Week 22: Friendship, Community, Shapes, & Field Trips!

Our field trip to SAFETYVILLE was a HUGE success! I am super proud of all the kinders! We learned sooo much today! How to properly cross the street, how to handle a fire emergency, calling for help, caring for our pearly whites... and more! Here is a picture story of our day! 

Here are some links for your children to explore "community": 

Last week we celebrated "Digital Learning Day" on Wednesday February 5th! The children each took 10sec videos of their partners during our Math Centers to share with you what math looks like in the classroom! I will be "splicing" and posting soon! 

Here are pictures of our 100th day celebrations! The children had such a wonderful time! I am so very impressed!

Words of the Week (W.O.W.): by, am, big

Word Family of the Week (WFW): _ed (example: bed, fed, ted, led, red). The initial sound referred to as an onset. The word family is referred to as a rhyme. Using this vocabulary will help in identifying the parts of the word and building familiarity with how to choose rhyming words.)

Daily Reading Log: 

I will provide three options for your reading log to meet you in the middle, as I know life gets a little crazy. For the rest of the year you will have the choice between one of the three options. Please remember this is apart of your child's homework completion. I am providing options to make it "user friendly". 

Option A) Complete the online version of the "Daily Reading Log".

Option B) Record your child's reading selection on the back of the homework packet instruction sheet.

Option C) Create a electronic book shelf using shelfari and share it with me so I can follow your collection growth! This option is super easy! All you have to do is create a profile (basically name & email) and then type the title of the book(s). See my shelf to the right of this post for an example. 

Reading Strategy: Predictions & Inferences

3) Rhyming: Please work with your child on words that rhyme. Begin with words that follow our word families. Reading poetry and seeing how others use rhyme can be a fun way to begin this journey! Dr. Seuss is a great resource for this activity!


Please continue work with both beginning sounds and segmenting words at home. 

Beginning Sound Practice: 

Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2d Student will be able to isolate and pronounce the initial sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC) words. This does not include words with the ending sounds /l/, /r/, or /x/.

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "cat"?

Answer: "C! C says /k/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "mom"?

Answer: "M! M says /m/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "bed"?

Answer: "B! B says /b/"

Phoneme Segmentation:
Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2c Student will be able to blend and segment onsets and rimes of single syllable spoken words. 

Example: Tell me the sounds in the word cat answer: /c/ /a/ /t/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word man 

Answer: /m/ /a/ /n/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word hit 

Answer: /h/ /i/ /t/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word box 

Answer: /b/ /o/ /x/

Our Read Alouds:

Math Focus: Shapes!

Week 22 we will be investigating shapes. 

Social Studies: Friendship, Community, & Presidents! 

I am loving the volunteer presence! Keep it coming! It is so fun to share our learning experiences with you! 

Week 21: Storms, Friendship, Addition, & Pennies for Patients!

Words of the Week (W.O.W.): as, was, who

Word Family of the Week (WFW): _ox (example: box, pox, fox). The initial sound referred to as an onset. The word family is referred to as a rhyme. Using this vocabulary will help in identifying the parts of the word and building familiarity with how to choose rhyming words.)

Daily Reading Log: 

I will provide three options for your reading log to meet you in the middle, as I know life gets a little crazy. For the rest of the year you will have the choice between one of the three options. Please remember this is apart of your child's homework completion. I am providing options to make it "user friendly". 

Option A) Complete the online version of the "Daily Reading Log".

Option B) Record your child's reading selection on the back of the homework packet instruction sheet.

Option C) Create a electronic book shelf using shelfari and share it with me so I can follow your collection growth! This option is super easy! All you have to do is create a profile (basically name & email) and then type the title of the book(s). See my shelf to the right of this post for an example. 

Reading Strategy: Predictions & Inferences

3) Rhyming: Please work with your child on words that rhyme. Begin with words that follow our word families. Reading poetry and seeing how others use rhyme can be a fun way to begin this journey! Dr. Seuss is a great resource for this activity!


Please continue work with both beginning sounds and segmenting words at home. 

Beginning Sound Practice: 

Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2d Student will be able to isolate and pronounce the initial sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC) words. This does not include words with the ending sounds /l/, /r/, or /x/.

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "cat"?

Answer: "C! C says /k/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "mom"?

Answer: "M! M says /m/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "bed"?

Answer: "B! B says /b/"

Phoneme Segmentation:
Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2c Student will be able to blend and segment onsets and rimes of single syllable spoken words. 

Example: Tell me the sounds in the word cat answer: /c/ /a/ /t/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word man 

Answer: /m/ /a/ /n/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word hit 

Answer: /h/ /i/ /t/

Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word box 

Answer: /b/ /o/ /x/

Our Read Alouds:

Math Focus: Addition!

Week 20-21 we will be investigating the concepts of addition. There are many strategies students are exposed to through this concept. The stations the students are diving into this week are: 

Pictures coming soon! 

Composing & Decomposing Numbers: Composing with Legos

Science: Becoming a Meteorologist

 

Click the picture to the right for your child to investigate cloud observation techniques and expand his or her horizons in his/her development of becoming a meteorologist! 

I am loving the volunteer presence! Keep it coming! It is so fun to share our learning experiences with you!