Week 1 Q3

 


Dear families,

Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope everyone is recharged and ready to start our second semester. The Arctic/Antarctic animal presentations went well. Students were very excited about presenting and watching their peers present. This is probably their first time presenting in front of an audience. Throughout their elementary school years, students will have more opportunities to present and gain presentations skills.

Thank you for your support on this project,

Mrs. Bernal

What we learn this week!

Spalding: We reviewed all the phonograms learned last semester! Students used their pink notebook to write their new spelling words/sight words (good, time, have, blue). Two letters’ phonograms will be learned next week. At the end of kindergarten, students must master 70 phonograms.

Reading reminders:

  • Your child should read to an adult as daily homework.
  •  Practice sight words as daily homework. Assessments on Wednesdays.
  • Minimal goal by the end of third quarter, master 68 sight words. (5 sight words a week), but the sky is the limit!

Literature: We started the reading of “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” (chapter book) Students are practicing how to listen to a chapter at a time for listening comprehension. Also, we started our Lapbook project for this fun book. Then, we read “The Three Little Kittens”, and worked on the story elements like characters, settings, problem, and solution.

Math: Students started unit 7. First, we learned how to make a group of ten and keep counting on to figure out how many in total. We introduced numbers after 10, teen numbers to reach 20. We deepen our study on number from 11 to 16.

Science: Animal presentations took place this week.

History/Geography: Students learned that maps from the past weren't accurate because some continents weren't discovered yet. Then, students listened to the early life of Christopher Columbus. Students were surprised how people believed Earth was flat in the 15th century.


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