Parents,
Here is all the information you will need to work with your child at home over the next few weeks. My iblog will be active and I can answer any questions you may have! If you are working on something and need assistance, I can help via pictures and I can always help via email!
Spelling test will be pushed back and will resume in April when we return. In the meantime, please continue working on weekly sight words. We have attached the sight word lists for Kindergarten that need to be mastered before the end of the year.
Spelling words week of March 16th
- help
- play
- on
- at
- him
- ten
- men
- den
- hen
- pen
Sight words
- find
- his
- put
- some
Practice the letter Rr – please practice forming the letter and the sound it makes. The following is the video to help introduce the letter.
Practice the -en word family this week.
- An easy way to practice these words is by writing out flash cards. We recommend you try the 6:4 method (6 words they know and 4 words they do not know) when reviewing. Practice the set of 10 words until they have mastered words and then bring in new words 4 new words and removed 4 they have mastered.
- Alphabet Chart
- Sight Word Lists ** They need to know these by the end of kindergarten
Reading
- Please use Freckle.com to work with your child on maintaining and improving their reading skills. I will be monitoring the online programing from home, please email if you have any questions. Students should still be reading book bag books listen 20-30 minutes and 20-30 minutes on freckle.com
- You will need the teacher username for freckle, these are posted on individual teacher’s blog but we have also listed them here: Class Code: WENTLE
- If you are not using online resources (freckle), we have attached comprehension pages for you to do with hard copy of books – 1 per day (15 total).
- Please continue to do the fun activities on the March is Reading Month Log. Don’t forget to log your minutes!
- Online Stories for week of March 16th:
How to Trap a Leprechaun – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyg32H5eBNkvocabulary words: trap, dim, sneak, capture - Side by Side – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8BZNXzxlHs vocabulary words: creature, soar, bellowed, see-saw
Writing
- Attached is a template to use each day- 15 total. Students should pick a topic of their choice and write at least 3 complete sentences (Kindergarten) to match the picture they draw.
- Newcomers Writing Template – 1 complete sentence
- Kindergarten Writing Template – 3 complete sentences
Math
- Please work on number bonds for the number 8 and 9. Draw number bonds and show the whole number and the parts.
Jack Hartmann video for number bonds for the number 8 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Kb6hpwB2U and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtsVRgXt8CM
Jack Hartmann video for number bonds for number 9 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQvjdtQR7A and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoOrRWYtv9c
2. Practice writing numbers 1 – 20 and drawing the matching number of objects.
3. Count to 100 by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s.
Counting to 100 video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dkPouLWCyc
Counting by 5’s video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWNOLHG49EY
Count by 10’s video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8CEOlAOGas
- Students can spend 30 minutes on math in freckle each day. You will need the teacher username for freckle, these are posted on individual teacher’s blog but we have also listed them here: Class Code: WENTLE
Here is a link to resources for helping teach your child at home:
All resources are linked in this folder so you have access to 1 spot
Young 5/Kinder Online Learning
Here is the district online resource page if you would like anything additional to what we have provided you.
District Remote Learning Resources for all grades
Social Story for Kids about CoronaVirus
Kid friendly story about what is happening
What should I turn in to the teachers:
Please return the reading log, daily writing page, and reading response if you are not using freckle where we can track their progress and reading.