Week 19: 12/16-12/18

Happy Friday! 

Can you believe there are just 3 schools days between us and Winter Break?! This year is flying! Next week is short and sweet. Monday is our only full day, Tuesday and Wednesday are both half-days. Don't forget to have your child bring their wrapped book for our class book exchange. 

Spalding: This week we will review words and phonograms. There will be no test.  Please continue to review phonogram cards each night.

 

We recently learned the "ers," in Spalding and they can be a little tricky. We use the sentence "her first nurse works early" to help students remember each "er".  We use the words as cues so the students know which "er" we want them to write or say. When you are practicing at home you should be saying these cues as well. 

 

er (as in her)  ir (as in first)

ur (as in nurse) wor (as in works)

ear (as in early) 

 

Sight Words: Review all lists.

 

Literature: This week we will explore the silly Story/Poem, “There was an Old Lady.” We will read different versions and compare/contrast them as well as sequence the events.  We will still be reading with students this week so please be sure to send your child with their book bag. This will give students an opportunity to get a new book to read before break.  Please be sure to keep reading while away from school. 

Math:We will complete the first semester by reviewing some topics from the year.  Students will work on both Monday and Tuesday to complete pages in their Math Book A.  Once completed, students will be bringing their books home with them to keep.

History: We will learn all about the real life of Saint Nicholas. Students will learn that he gave to those in need out of love and kindness. Students will get to make a craft to give to someone they love.

We loved having our stuffed animals at school just like the boy from the Velveteen Rabbit. 

Week 18: 12/09-12/13

Happy Friday!

Don't forget our Winter Festival is this Saturday on the field, I will see you there! Check your child's green folder for more information about our Annual Class Book Exchange! 

Congratulations to our November virtue award winner. Way to show Courage Ryan!

And here's a look at next week:

Spalding: This week we will learn two more phonograms ed and wh. We will have five spelling words again can, see, run, the, in ; We will continue to add two phonograms to the homework.  Please be sure that you are reviewing phonogram cards on a daily basis as our phonograms increase in difficulty. 

 

Sight Words: We will review list 6 this week.

 

Literature: We will continue reading the Velveteen Rabbit and finish our story this week.  To finish off our unit students will be allowed to bring in one small, non-pop culture, stuffed toy to school on Friday!  This can be an animal or doll that is special to your child, however, it may not be a character from a show or movie.  Please limit the size so that it is able to sit in their lap at their desk, and not interfere with the learning environment. Our Poem will be “Little Jack Horner.”

Math: After working on sets that have more, this week we will work on sets that have less.  We will then review more or less and have an assessment on Friday.

History and Science: We will continue to explore the continent of Antartica and the Arctic this week. Scholars will learn all about polar animals and how they survive in the cold. We will focus on polar bears, arctic foxes, penguins and snow owls. 

Working on our soccer skills!

And I forgot to take anymore pictures this week, we were having too much fun! 

Week 17: 12/02-12/06

Greetings Families, 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know we had a great time in Temecula visiting with family and eating way too much, we even got to see some snow!

Harper learning how to make homemade noodles with great grandpa. 

Our view on the way home, we didn't want to leave!

A couple quick things for this week. Thank you all who donated for our Thanksgiving party, we had so much fun. Please be sure you label all your child's belongings especially jackets! If you'd like your child to be able to wear a sweater in the classroom it does need to be an Arete school sweater you can purchase through Anton or our next uniform exchange. This coming Saturday is the Winter Festival! Come out for bounce houses, food and fun! A scholastic flyer will go out in your child's green folder later this week. This is a great time to stock up on books for the holidays. 

Here's a look at this week:

Spalding: Can you believe we have almost learned 50 phonograms? Kindergarten is flying! This week, we will learn two new phonograms: or and ck (cue: two letter). When reviewing phonograms daily, you only need to review about 20 at a time.  We pick 20 phonograms to review each day, and we switch the phonograms around, so that we are practicing all of our two letter phonograms each week.  You can do the same at home. 

Our spelling words this week will be: on,  a, it, is, she

Both a and she use rule 4.  The vowel may say its name at the end of a syllable.

 

Sight Words: This week we will introduce list 6 these words are: so, these, them, then, many, out, about, other, up, will. 

 

Literature: We begin our unit on The Velveteen Rabbit this week.  Please hold off on reading this story until after we have completed the book.  We love to see how the students explore and discover the story for the first time. Students will not be required to bring the book in.  We have learned in the past that it becomes more of a distraction.  This year, we want to students to just enjoy listening to the story, and then have it in their library at home for the future. Our Poem will be Pease Porridge Hot.

Math:Students will be comparing sets to determine which set has more.  We will use every day items such as cups and straws, cards, and cubes.  We will also be looking at numbers and writing numbers that are one more than the one shown.  For example, if they are shown 8, they will write 9 as one more than 8.

Science: It’s almost the winter season! We will learn about snowflakes, how they form and that each is unique. We will discuss what a habitat is and that many animals in a cold habitat have blubber to keep warm. At the end of the week we will begin learning about the Arctic and the continent of Antarctica. 

We earned free time with play-doh!

Party Fun!