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Week of April 11th

READING-Our theme is The Amazing Ocean.  We’ll discuss what kind of animals live in the ocean, what kind of animal has fins, a shell, claws, tentacles…

WRITING-Descriptive Sentences   Students will be writing about different fish and using descriptive words.  Students should be writing at least 3 sentences by now on a given topic.

For example, “Whales are huge animals that live in the ocean.

Whales have gills.

Whales have a blow hole.”

If you have any books that you would like to share on this topic, please send them in with your child.

SPELLING WORDS- has  look  fish  pot  cot  hot  got  plot     

***Please note*** Kindergarten Spelling words will now be 8 practiced words (HOT WORDS) and 2 unknown words (COLD WORDS-from the word family of the week.)  As you can see, we will be working with the “ot” word family next week.  To get ready for the “COLD WORDS”, use the “ot” chunk and form new words.  Have your student spell the words.  This will help solidify the word chunk family for the week.

LETTERS-X  x  V  v

MATH- We will review time to the nearest hour. We review function machine. We will practice adding and subtracting through a number talk model. Each child will receive a double ten frame and build numbers presented and will add and subtract within teen numbers. Students will also talk about the $1 bill and how 4 quarters equals one dollar.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES-We will continue with our Plant Observations and recording our findings.  We are Scientists!

We also will begin discussing Earth Day.  We will discuss ways to save the earth. We will create group poster projects with slogans to identify issues that need to be addressed in our environment.

 

Spring pictures came home: PLEASE READ

Your child received a packet with 5 sheets of photos. There is an order form envelope in the packet along with the set of pictures.

If you are interested in purchasing these pictures, you may send the money to school or order the pictures online. Either way, please send envelope back completed. You may purchase all or some of the photos. Follow the instructions on the order form.

If you are not interested, please send all photos back and they will be shipped back to the company.

Any questions, please let me know. I will not be in Thursday, April 7th. I will return Friday, April 8th.

-Ms. Mohamed

Please join us for Curriculum Night

Curriculum Night is Thursday, April 7th from 5:00-6:30.

Activities include:

  • Bingo
  • Make a book mark
  • Sight word games
  • Jeopardy
  • Cootie Catchers
  • Make and Take Games
  • I have/ Who has
  • Book walk
  • Math Games
  • and much more…

-Ms. Mohamed

Week of April 4th

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable holiday and break.

Coming this week…

We are starting a new unit called Amazing Creatures:

  • Week1-Interesting insects

Reading:We will read plenty of informational and non-fiction books about all kinds of insects this week. We will read to collect information to guide our writing.  We will also read a play about An Ant and The Grasshopper we will create a Frayer Diagram to record characters, setting, Author’s Purpose, and a favorite part of a story.

  • Comprehension strategy: Asking questions
  • Comprehension skill:  Classify and categorize

Writing: Its all about informational writing! We will be asking questions about insects and answering in complete sentences.  We will ask a question and research an answer using the text provided or the infamous Google.

  • For example:
    • Can a lady bug fly? Yes, a ladybug can fly.
    • Can bugs live in the water? Yes, some bugs can live in water.

Word Family: (-ig) big, fig, gig, jig, pig, rig, twig

Spelling Words: he, she, yes, no, insects, jig, big, wig, rig, twig

Math: We are starting a weaving project.  We will also practice basic addition and subtraction. To practice with your child make sure they pay attention to the symbol (+,-).  We will also review reading clocks to the nearest hour. We will also continue practicing writing number 0-100.

Science: We will continue our investigation about plants. Some plants have sprouted! We will observe how much our plants have grown over break and record our findings in our science journal. We will continue to identify what plants need for growth and create a flip book. We will also discuss what photosynthesis means to plants. Photosynthesis means the process of how plants make their food.

  • There is a really cool game to play under class links called Growing Plants. I introduced it in the classroom. Your child will love it.

Have a great week!

-Ms. Mohamed

 

Updated Reader Schedule

 

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 9:00: Maya’s mom

9:10: Adam’s mom

3:10: Zein’s mom

Thursday, March 24, 2016 @3:10: Layla’s dad

Week of March 21

Happy Spring! 

Four days this week. Short week-Spring break begins Friday, March 25. Students will return Monday, April 4th.

We planted our flowers last week, so why not dive in and learn about different kind of flowers????

Reading: We will read Sunflower house, The Garden Grows, and the Elephant and the Rabbit.

Writing: We will be writing a description about a particular flower. Students will pick a flower and write its description. Sentence stem: ____ are ____. Examples include: roses are red. Roses can have sharp thorns. Roses are beautiful.

Word Family: (-un) bun, fun, sun, run, stun

Spelling words: little, said, here, was, bun, fun, sun, run, plant, grow

Spelling Test Thursday!

Math: Subtraction practice. Students will practice decomposing number 10 using manipulatives. 10-7=3, 10-6=4, 10-5=5

Science: Plant parts and planting investigation continued. We will create diagrams of a plant and labeling its parts. We will continue to monitor plants currently growing.

 

 

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Week of March 14th

Literacy Unit: How plants grow?

Reading: We will be reading Seed Secrets, Poems: In my garden, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, The conceited apple branch

Writing: How seeds get to certain places. Sentence stem: Seeds travel____.

Word family: -ug ( bug, hug, plug, tug, mug, shrug, snug)

Spelling words: here, was, hug, tug, bug, mug, plug, plants

Math: review base-ten counting, clocks to the nearest hour, add and subtracting fluently within 5, greater and less than within 5. Math test Thursday. Study guide was sent last week for review. If you need the study guide, refer to last post.

Science: We are planting! We are investigating plant needs for survival and plant parts.

Keep in Mind:

  • Late start, Wednesday, March 16th.
  • Last day for 3rd card marking period- Friday, March 18th.

Updated Readers Schedule:

Friday, March 18, 2016 @ 9:00: Ali D.’s mom

9:10: Naveen’s mom

3:10: Nora’s dad

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 @ 9:00: Maya’s mom

9:10: Adam’s mom

3:10: Zein’s mom

Thursday, March 24, 2016 @3:10: Layla’s dad