Hello Families!
Happy 25th week of Young 5s! I hope you all enjoyed the weekend! I am excited for the exciting things we will be doing this week at school! Please be sure to read for 15 minutes each day and record the titles and minutes read on the back of the Minion paper for our March is Reading Month reading contest.
Monday is Hat with Words day!
Tuesday is PJs day!
Wednesday, your child can dress up in a costume as their favorite character! and it is a Late Start! School begins at 9:30!
Thursday is Crazy Hair Day and Kindergarten Round-Up at 9:30!
Friday is jersey day or wear green for St. Patrick’s Day!!!
Reading: This week we will continue to practice the Three Ways to Read a Book as well as identifying the features of narrative stories. (ex, characters, setting, problem/solution). We will practice the following literacy skills:
- Identifying letters and their sounds while writing the letters. (ex. /th/, /sh/, /ch/)
- Producing pairs of rhyming words. (ex. dish/wish)
- Reading emergent level texts and knowing where to begin reading on the page.
- Blending the beginning sound with the rime in words from the -un family. (ex. fun, run)
- Stretching for the sounds in three letter words and identifying the letter that makes the sounds in the beginning, middle, and end of the word..
- Identifying the sight words (get) and (him).
- Identify the author and illustrator’s roles in books
Please review: All upper and lowercase letters and practice writing them! Please review the following sight words: a, the, see, to, like, my, you, I, it, in, said, for, am, make, here, can, is, up, do, big, little, yes, have, jump, she, did, he, red, so, not, go, green, will
Math: We will work on counting to 100 and recognizing/writing numbers and their quantities 1 to 20. We will also practice finding the sums for addition problems up to 5. We will also continue learning about subtraction using objects.
Science: We will continue a new science unit about Ecosystems. We will first discuss what living and non-living means as we talk about living things need.
Social Studies: We will continue a unit called “Who am I?”. We will continue to talk about ways we measure time in terms of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We will also continue to talk about ways we can learn about the past. We are also working with a program called Second Step. This program helps us learn about rules, social skills, and how to handle our emotions. We will learn about how to handle when we feel disappointed. We practiced identifying the feeling, talking about it, and taking belly breaths.
Writing: We will focus on Opinion Writing. We will write about our thoughts and feelings about a topic. We have been practicing using finger spaces between words in our writing.
Homework Everyday:
- Count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s. Write numbers 1-10.
- Use objects at home to practice hands on addition and subtraction up to 10.
- Read books for 15 minutes! Record the title and minutes read on the back of the Minion paper.
- Draw a picture and label the drawing
- Practice letter formation
- Make and play a memory match game with sight words on cards.
- Play one math game and one ABC game on ABCya.com
Thank you for all you do! Have an amazing week!
~Mrs. Mehrhof